tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:326julietjulietjuliet@earth.lijuliet2019-08-20T17:12:00Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:326:708277Worldcon!2019-08-20T15:54:25Z2019-08-20T17:12:00Zpublic4Spent the last 5 days in Dublin for Worldcon (plus a day before on train/ferry getting there). It was awesome; I am now very tired.<br /><br />There was lots of time hanging out with lovely people: some who were already good friends, some I was meeting in-person for the first time (hurrah for internet people!), and some folk I already knew a bit in person but got to spend more time with. All of which was wonderful. I was intending to prioritise socialising over programme content this time (especially given that some of the people I wanted to hang out with are folk who I am unlikely to see again for years at a time), and that worked out really well :)<br /><br />Programme-wise I was on two panels (one on fanfic and representation, one on art/craft), moderated another (on fanfic and community), and co-'ran' the Stitch & Bitch, which is very low effort as it just means "turn up on time and be friendly to people". And attended between 2 and 4 panels a day, almost all of which were excellent. There was one I left halfway through because they weren't addressing the topic, there had been one too many heteronormative comments, and I hadn't had my TEA yet so wasn't coping; I was chatting online with a couple of other folk also in it, so we all escaped and went for TEA and a cathartic rant which turned the whole experience into one of my fun con memories.<br /><br />(edited to add) Also went to the orchestra concert on Fri evening, which was great. <br /><br />The Archive Of Our Own won a Hugo! It was a damn good Hugos list all round (winners and nominees and long-list), but I was especially thrilled about that one. Partly because it feels personal (I use the Archive all the time, I've had an account since the closed beta, I volunteered for a while) and partly because I can't imagine that happening 10 or even 5 years ago. It feels really important as a marker of the way the overall SFF community is changing. I wasn't at the ceremony but I was watching in the bar, and there was cheering in there too. I may have done a little cry. <br /><br />I bought an art! (A small thing by <a href="http://www.sarafelix.com/wp/">Sara Felix</a>.) And picked up my <a href="http://stokesinternet.com/anne/temertei/costume/costume_bracelets/rainbowhelixinteruptedbyzbracelet.shtml">beautiful rainbow bracelet</a> from <a href="http://stokesinternet.com/anne/temertei/index.html">V Anne</a>. Not only is it gorgeous, but being able to fiddle with it whilst chatting to people means that this is the first con I've ever come away from without having wrecked all my nails gnawing on them. I am proud of myself! <br /><br />But yes mostly my highlights are all the lovely people, and generally 5 days spent being fannish and surrounded by delightful fannish folks :) <br /><br />Bloody hell I am SO TIRED today though.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=juliet&ditemid=708277" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:326:326898Climbing, socks, links, sealing-wax (not all contents may feature in post)2010-01-14T13:11:36Z2010-01-14T13:23:52Zpublic6Another "selection of random things" post, then.<br /><br />I went climbing yesterday & had AWESOME FUN, despite (or perhaps because of) falling off several times & sustaining a splendid bruise to the elbow. (Falling off is kind of good for you, though, because hey: you fall off, no major harm done, more inclined to throw yourself into it next time.) There are at least two things that I really love about climbing: the meditative nature of it (not thinking about anything other than what you're doing at the time); and the fact that it's about both physical ability (being able to do particular things) and mental puzzle (how can I get from A to B?). The physical exertion/exercise part helps, too. Anyway: I now have a decent pair of shoes (thank you <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://doop.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://doop.dreamwidth.org/'><b>doop</b></a></span>) & a harness (thank you Mum & Dad), both for Xmas, which obviously commits me to going a lot & making use of them :)<br /><br />This has led me to a certain amount of contemplating about the sports/physical activities that I enjoy & what it is that I get out of them; as opposed to the ones which I'm still not remotely interested in. I still have this mental image of myself as "not very physically inclined" from school sports, which these days is kind of out of date; but of course basically everything we did at school fell into the second category, and I hated it. <br /><br />I've also been writing a lot, which is cool but a little scary so I will not say anything more about that. (Although I will put here <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/32425">links to the</a> <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/36436">two things I wrote</a> for the Yuletide fic exchange.)<br /><br />On the subject of making things: someone on my FL linked to <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_haiti">an auction to help Haiti</a>, so if you want <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_haiti/2138.html?thread=37210#t37210">a pair of hand-knit socks</a>, wander over there to make a bid.<br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/7809605">This CGI video</a> is seriously beautiful, and v hard to believe that it's all CGI.<br /><br />I could have sworn I had other things to say here, but apparently not.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=juliet&ditemid=326898" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:326:320184OTW donations2009-11-08T19:40:44Z2009-11-08T19:45:22Zpublic0I recently started volunteering for the <a href="http://transformativeworks.org">Organisation for Transformative Works</a> (it does fandom-stuff, for those of you who haven't encountered it, & it's pretty damn cool). I also totally missed the October push for MONIES, because... I don't know why, actually. I just did.<br /><br />Anyway: in case any of you lot feel like donating a few pennies to the cause of protecting & preserving fannish works as legitimate creative activity; <a href="https://secure.transformativeworks.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2">now you can even get a travel mug for doing so</a> as well as a nice warm glow.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=juliet&ditemid=320184" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments