GAH EVERYTHING SUCKS

[jazzfish]

Work is being workish and just dropped a ton more work on my head, on top of all the work I've been putting off because hey look over there, a procrastinabob! So the next couple days will be awful. Starting tonight.

And likely because of that I'm still in hiding-from-everything mode and don't want to do anything, and haven't revised a bit of my stupid deeply frustrating story. Which I wanted to have out the door by the time summer con season got started. GUESS WE BLEW THAT ONE.

And I go to the beach next week. Which would be awesome and relaxing but there will be work, and why will there be work? Because I felt stressed out and slacked off and didn't get it all done by now, that's why. Not to mention the packing and planning and non-work everything that needs to happen before we leave. Including figuring out how we're getting to SeaTac (current best answer: by Amtrak bus, getting us there IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT at 8:30 PM, half an hour away by transit for a 10:15 flight).

After that we'll be in Richmond (Va) for a couple of days and then in the DC area for a couple of days, and then we fly to Madison for Wiscon. Which will hopefully not suck, and will in any event be populated by a large number of awesome people I have not seen since October (or, in two fortunate cases, since March).

But the DC part is going to be rough because there is simply not enough time to see all the awesome people I want to see.

There's a Hokusai exhibit at the Sackler gallery, and since I just finished rereading Zelazny's only-female-main-character mood piece "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" we are likely going to that on Monday. And dinner with my folks on Tuesday and working from work Tues and Weds and flying out of National on Wednesday night. Gah time.

And then after Wiscon I come home and go back to work, nominally relaxed and recharged and in reality just jetlagged and lonely.

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Today I am grateful for the perfect weather, for being a beta-tester for Spectromancer for iPhone, for a handful of pretty kick-ass friends. For having a job that pays me to be where I want to be.

Comments

[thanate]

Which couple days are you in DC for?

[rbandrews]

people I have not seen since October (or, in two fortunate cases, since March).

Don't forget June!

[(Anonymous)]

*hugs* try to relax. I'm hoping to go to Cincinnati to go to a zoo this weekend, because I need the break :)

this is Melissa, BTW. isolde_deely on LJ

[aamcnamara]

I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy life to give me story comments. However, I should note for the future that saying "sorry, everything's busier and more stressful than I thought, I can't do it" is totally fine. (:

WisCon will not suck. WisCon will ROCK. My enjoyment of cons tends to go up when there are more people I know around (social interaction at cons really adds to the experience), and you know lots more people than I did at my first WisCon, so.

[selki]

The timeframe to catch the plane seems awfully tight. Is it too late to consider driving/renting a car?

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Hope all that traveling is awesome!

[l. blankenship (from livejournal.com)]

I love the Sackler gallery, it's one of my favorite parts of the Smithsonian. I need to go downtown more often...

[fwilde.livejournal.com]

Ohhh if this is a return of the Hokusai exhibit from a few years ago (or an evolution, even better) you are in for a treat. Have you seen this (http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hokusai/launch.htm) ?

I hope you have great travels!

[tbonejenkins.livejournal.com]

Hang in there. We'll get to hang out at Wiscon, so YAAAAAAYYYY!!!

Appropos of nothing

[candle.livejournal.com]

But this is the easiest way I know to get a hold of you.. Leonard Cohen is playing the Rogers Arena in VC on Nov. 12. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. I don't imagine they'll be cheap, but if you love Cohen, I highly recommend seeing it. All three shows I saw of the previous tour were phenomenal.

[isolde-deely.livejournal.com]

have fun - everyone needs a break :)

*hugs*