Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: John Denver, "Country Roads."

On the road again...

Having just returned home from Reno, Land of Cigarette Smoke and Strobe Lighting, I am now preparing to board a big metal skybird and soar away on wings of science to scenic Columbus, Ohio, where I will be appearing at Context as their Horror Guest of Honor. Well. Mira will, anyway, and since she doesn't have a legal photo ID, she has to let me come. Ha ha, evil twin. Ha ha.

I am, perhaps, a little less excited about the idea of taking another road trip than I could be; last night, my dreams centered almost entirely on my having forgotten to buy a plane ticket to England, and being forced to run hither and yon in an attempt to make it to the airport before I missed my flight. Parts of the dream actually took place in England, with a strong undercurrent of "if you miss your flight, you won't have been here, and the ensuing paradox will destroy the world." Because I'm not overly inclined to take responsibility for things or anything...

The cats are not entirely happy about seeing the suitcases come out again. And by "not entirely happy," I mean "they have transformed into an unstoppable feline murder squad." If I stop posting and no one knows what happened to me, the cats will have removed all the bits I use to do things other than catering to cats. I will probably deserve it. I will, after all, have left them again. (Thankfully, after this, I have no more long trips away from home until December. A few weekends, but nothing longer than that. This may be what saves my life.)

If you're in the Ohio area, Context is going to be amazing and fun, and I would really love to see you there. I fully intend to be so amped-up on sugar that I can't see my toes for at least twenty-four hours, which is always a good time, for everyone involved. And I can sleep on the plane. Which is a wonderful thing, to be sure.

Here I come, Ohio. And I am demanding frozen treats.
Tags: busy busy busy, con prep, in the wild, travel, utterly exhausted, where's seanan
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  • 47 comments

ohari

August 25 2011, 16:00:41 UTC 5 years ago

So close and still so far. Oh Well.
Have Fun!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:32:57 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

morvab

August 25 2011, 16:35:47 UTC 5 years ago

So wish we could be there, but cannot yet ransom our suitcases from feline control after Musecon trip. Hope you have a wonderful time and that you again escape their furry clutches for OVFF, which we can, I believe, attend.
Enjoy!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:33:25 UTC 5 years ago

I am hoping to be there!

misachan

August 25 2011, 16:39:04 UTC 5 years ago

Have fun! I went to Origins in Columbus a couple of years ago and it's a pretty place. And so clean! We were all so impressed at how clean it was you'd think we'd all escaped from some industrial wasteland.

ravin_raven

August 25 2011, 18:27:23 UTC 5 years ago

This makes me worried for other cities.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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filkertom

August 25 2011, 16:41:03 UTC 5 years ago

It'll be great to be back at ConText, and extra great to see you. :)

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:33:42 UTC 5 years ago

Love the Tom.

groblek

August 25 2011, 17:16:35 UTC 5 years ago

Safe journeys, and I hope you have a blast!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:34:36 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

ladymondegreen

August 25 2011, 17:39:34 UTC 5 years ago

Have a wonderful time. Get good sleep and find marvelous frozen things, and hopefully early-season pumpkin parfaits at the enormous Whole Foods.

<3

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:40:19 UTC 5 years ago

I ate ice cream!

ravin_raven

August 25 2011, 18:23:59 UTC 5 years ago

I had no idea we had so many cons; Marcon, OVFF, and Context.

And you're going to need those frozen treats (unless we end up Hurricane Irene leftovers and it rains the whole time). The weather finally realized it's August and cranked the heat back up.


queenaeron

August 26 2011, 00:24:41 UTC 5 years ago

It was hot yesterday but it was wonderful today. And watching the Weather Channel it's suppose to be wonderful all weekend low to mid 80s all weekend and 60s at night. Awesome sleeping weather!

I was seriously thinking about going to Context until my car decided to stop dead in its tracks in one of the drive ways into the Polaris shopping mall last Tuesday night. Thankfully it is not "dead" dead but may be reanimated tomorrow. I'm just hoping that it doesn't cost a small country's GDP to do it.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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bzarcher

August 25 2011, 18:30:57 UTC 5 years ago

Sounds like we'd better arrange for some emergency Jeni's.

chaoticgoodnik

August 25 2011, 21:32:36 UTC 5 years ago

I was going to be sad that Context isn't particularly near the North Market ... but I'm glad you're on it. ;)

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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textileowl

August 25 2011, 19:13:11 UTC 5 years ago

If we weren't already planning a trip to Cinci next weekend, I would totally be there. It sounds like it's going to be a blast, but the cash flow is low so have fun!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:41:04 UTC 5 years ago

You were missed!

avahgdu

August 25 2011, 20:14:37 UTC 5 years ago

That's the closest you've come to my hilltop in West Va, but I am just not well enough to travel yet. Stoopid tumors. Ah, well, have lots of fun and come back to this coast when I have beaten this thing!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:41:15 UTC 5 years ago

I love West Virginia.

judifilksign

August 25 2011, 20:36:09 UTC 5 years ago

I look forward to seeing you at Context! Hooray!

seanan_mcguire

August 30 2011, 16:45:12 UTC 5 years ago

You were a highlight of the con.

Such love.

judifilksign

5 years ago

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om nom nom

lauowolf

August 25 2011, 20:36:15 UTC 5 years ago

Perhaps no one else has pointed this one out yet (for the IZ NOTHING SACRED file:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/08/25/funny-pictures-mlpfi-delishus

In any case, hide it from the felines, since they are already disgruntled.

Re: om nom nom

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:01 UTC 5 years ago

Heeeee.

jessicasix

August 25 2011, 21:52:33 UTC 5 years ago

So going to try to be there since I only live a few hours away!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:10 UTC 5 years ago

Yay. :)

yellowblackhaze

August 25 2011, 23:20:42 UTC 5 years ago

Gee the dust doesn't even get to settle on your feet. Have fun and be safe.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:20 UTC 5 years ago

I get to stop and breathe now.

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seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:30 UTC 5 years ago

Woe. :(

vincentursus

August 25 2011, 23:44:26 UTC 5 years ago

I fully intend to be so amped-up on sugar that I can't see my toes for at least twenty-four hours

That sounds like reason to attend Context in and of itself.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:39 UTC 5 years ago

It was AWESOME.

silvertwi

August 26 2011, 00:27:14 UTC 5 years ago

Cats are so very good at guilt-tripping their Humans. My cat* was not happy that I was leaving her, again. I'm a college student. She got me home for three months, and now I'm back on campus for four-ish. My mother and I were actually discussing how when I graduate, I'm probably going to have to bring Mischief to any apartment I get and hope that Chaos (my mother's cat) can adjust. Mischief will never forgive me if I stop staying overnight with her so that she can cuddle.

Which is all a roundabout way of saying, I feel really guilty for leaving my cat behind every semester after I come home for a while.


*My family has two cats, but one of them is very attached to my mother, and the other one is very attached to me.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:49 UTC 5 years ago

I understand your guilt.

calico_reaction

August 26 2011, 03:48:47 UTC 5 years ago

I really, really wish I could be at Context this year! Alas...

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:28:56 UTC 5 years ago

Alas. :(

peachtales

August 26 2011, 04:43:34 UTC 5 years ago

I will SO try to get there Saturday. My need to pick up more hours at work, and especially the 5 hours Saturday, may take a back seat to my squee.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:29:03 UTC 5 years ago

Understandable.

theironchocho

August 26 2011, 12:01:31 UTC 5 years ago

For frozen treats in Columbus, I recommend Blue Moo Cookie Dough ice cream by United Dairy Farmers. I really wish I weren't missing Context this year. Have fun!

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:29:10 UTC 5 years ago

I <3 Jeni's.

ambermoon

August 27 2011, 03:59:15 UTC 5 years ago

I was visiting parents yesterday and saw a copy of Feed on my stepmother's bookshelf, which made me bounce.

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:29:18 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

nothin' to do with nothin'

georgiamagnolia

August 29 2011, 19:04:38 UTC 5 years ago

I have a copy of One Salt Sea IN MY HANDS!!!! *cries* and I can't buy it yet because Baker&Taylor sent it early. (evol bookseller) The BookGoddess is very particular about release dates, so rest assured that the sale will go on the correct date! I will try very hard to keep myself from reading it before I can buy it. (I may need to distract myself with some cake or something)

Re: nothin' to do with nothin'

seanan_mcguire

August 31 2011, 16:29:31 UTC 5 years ago

Bad bookseller.

Good bookstore!