Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: surprised
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "Velvet."

When I have a brand new hairdo...

I am going to Australia.

I am going to Australia, and I have been nominated for the Campbell Award.

Because I am going to Australia, and I have been nominated for the Campbell Award, I am attending the Hugos.

Because I am attending the Hugos, I needed a dress.

Originally, I was having a dress made, but time got away from us, and now this year's fabulous pumpkin patch of a dress will be next year's fabulous pumpkin patch of a dress (which gives me something to look forward to in Reno). I wound up in the unexpected, somewhat awkward position of needing to find a formal dress at basically the last minute. Oh, and did I mention that I have a wacky build and wear a size 16-18 right now? SUPER-FUN.

Thanks to a fantastic crew (Kate, HappyCat, Jeanne) and a fantastic saleswoman at the Walnut Creek Nordstrom's, we found me a dress. Floor-length, one-shoulder, teal and peacock, Grecian-cut...seriously, I put this thing on, and I am suddenly both thirty pounds lighter and thirteen feet tall. It is A DRESS OF MAGIC.

Because I have a dress, I needed shoes and jewelry.

Due to the cut of the dress, a bracelet was mandated; no necklace, which eliminates most of my jewelry collection (I'm planning to carry a Chimera Fancies pendant in my strapless bra, because I am a superstitious bunny). I found a lovely blue and silver swirl bracelet, and ordered a pair of beautiful blue glass earrings from Beckett's Etsy store. My shoes are two-inch tarnished silver heels with a sling-back.

Because I have shoes, I need a pedicure. Because I have a formal dress, I need a haircut.

Being a girl is difficult, yo. But it's all going to be worth it. My little sister (#2, the gothic Betty Page) spent yesterday working out my makeup, and Cat and I are going to have our hair done before the Hugos. I will look like a princess. A weird blue princess who may have a chainsaw somewhere under there, but still, they don't depose you for that.

I am going to Australia, where I will wear my dress. To the Hugos, where my name is on the printed material.

Wow.

That is all.
Tags: australia makes you die, cat valente, friends rock, good things, kate, so the marilyn
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mythos_amante

August 17 2010, 04:41:17 UTC 6 years ago

That is SO EXCITING!!!!!! How wonderful!! PLEASE PLEASE let there be pictures!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:00:43 UTC 6 years ago

I don't think I can avoid them.

tezmillertm

August 17 2010, 06:50:39 UTC 6 years ago

You could probably smuggle a chainsaw INTO AUSTRALIA, but Homeland Security won't be so lenient when you try to smuggle it back into AMERICA ;-)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:01:21 UTC 6 years ago

Sad but true.

I'm wondering if my pink plush chainsaw would be okay.

saffronrose

August 17 2010, 07:27:29 UTC 6 years ago

Teal, peacock, spruce, whatever you want to call that wash of shades between blue and green--but NOT colorless green blues!--they are Marina Color, and my others are the winey reds, purples, silver, copper, and occasionally, saffron yellow.

WE WANT A PICCY OF YOU all done up for the Hugos.

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cleothyla

August 17 2010, 08:47:06 UTC 6 years ago

Pictures please? Sounds gorgeous. But of course the person wearing it is gorgeous as well! :)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:01:54 UTC 6 years ago

Awww, thanks.

emberleo

August 17 2010, 09:23:57 UTC 6 years ago

Wow, congratulations on all the fabulousness!

--Ember--

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:02:11 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

amanuensis1

August 17 2010, 09:50:37 UTC 6 years ago

(I love your choice of music.) You accomplished thing, you. :D

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:02:28 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you. :)

muddlewait

August 17 2010, 09:55:15 UTC 6 years ago

Your description made me imagine the Seanan version of Lady Justice. Glasses instead of a blindfold for erudition and clarity of vision, a chainsaw instead of a sword... what's in the balance hand?

starmalachite

August 17 2010, 16:31:50 UTC 6 years ago

A graphic equalizer for optimum sound quality & balance of vocals & instruments.

seanan_mcguire

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la_marquise_de_

August 17 2010, 10:10:40 UTC 6 years ago

You will look fabulous. And we will want photographs.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:03:01 UTC 6 years ago

Yes ma'am.

vincentursus

August 17 2010, 10:11:13 UTC 6 years ago

You know, my introduction to the song "I Enjoy Being a Girl" was when Miss Piggy and Cheryl Ladd sung it as a rather violent duet on the Muppet Show.

Since then I've always thought of it as a song of female empowerment.

Have fun. ^_^

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:03:25 UTC 6 years ago

I love that version!

joecoustic

August 17 2010, 10:39:44 UTC 6 years ago

Also looking forward to photos :).

All in all it sounds like a fun adventure.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:03:44 UTC 6 years ago

I sure hope so!

bardling

August 17 2010, 10:50:47 UTC 6 years ago

Wow, that sounds a Dress of Magic indeed. Enjoy every minute in it! :)
(And yes, photos please... :)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:04:03 UTC 6 years ago

It's so comfortable, too.

hooton

August 17 2010, 13:58:55 UTC 6 years ago

w00t!

Have a good one and fingers crossed on the award!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:04:24 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

markbernstein

August 17 2010, 14:19:39 UTC 6 years ago

I find myself both more and less ambitious than some of the other commenters here. While I'd no doubt enjoy seeing pictures of you in the Dress of Magic, it's not a burning need. After all, I already know that you're beautiful.

What I am looking forward to seeing is video of you accepting the Campbell.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:05:15 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, honey, I hope so.

jacylrin

August 17 2010, 15:28:37 UTC 6 years ago

Squee!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:05:26 UTC 6 years ago

Yes!

Stuff you are doing at world con

ossiander

August 17 2010, 15:41:36 UTC 6 years ago

I am just wondering if you will be on any panels or it you will have a signing.

Re: Stuff you are doing at world con

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:06:14 UTC 6 years ago

I'm definitely going to be doing panels, and I have a concert. I don't know yet whether I'll be doing a signing, or what the specific panels will be. The schedule hasn't been announced yet, even to us.

ladyfox7oaks

August 17 2010, 16:48:23 UTC 6 years ago

SQUEEEE!!!!
And... did you say RENO? As in Reno NV? Next year? SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (Screams the one just down the road in Carson...)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:06:33 UTC 6 years ago

Yup.

Tricky Pixie will be the special musical guests.

eevieivy

August 17 2010, 18:30:01 UTC 6 years ago

That dress sounds very...familiar. If you post pics and that's the dress I just wore to my cousin's wedding earlier this year, I will have to grin a lot.

Regardless, you sound like you will look fabulous, and best of luck that everything comes together to get you there in a low-stress way such that you can enjoy yourself and come back wearing a tiara. Tiaras look very good with grecian dresses, I've heard. :)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:06:56 UTC 6 years ago

Was yours by Arianne Papell?

eevieivy

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angel_vixen

August 17 2010, 19:09:57 UTC 6 years ago

Being a girl may be difficult, but I think your way of doing it is much more fun.

I will offer candy corn to Coyote and the Great Pumpkin that your travel is smooth, your time there awesome, and your victories complete.

<waves her orange-and-green pompoms!>

AngelVixen :-)

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:07:15 UTC 6 years ago

Awww, thank you!

\o/

darcy807

August 18 2010, 01:51:07 UTC 6 years ago

I'm so excited that we'll get to see it in person! And a grecian gown is perfect - it will go so well with the tiara!

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seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:07:29 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

mneme

August 18 2010, 16:17:29 UTC 6 years ago

Good luck getting a matching tiara for that dress!

seanan_mcguire

August 19 2010, 18:39:39 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks!

sweetmusic_27

August 18 2010, 17:24:01 UTC 6 years ago

You're going to look lovely, and radiant, and tiaratastic. You'll be in the land of poison and flame. You are on a very short list of people specifically chosen to receive offical AUTHORIAL JEWELRY IN AUSTRALIA and you have a DRESS and I am so proud and happy for you.

seanan_mcguire

August 19 2010, 18:39:52 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks, sweetie. I love you, too.

jongibbs

August 18 2010, 21:17:49 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations...mate ;)

seanan_mcguire

August 19 2010, 18:39:59 UTC 6 years ago

Heh.
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