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lagilmanWe came, we saw, we hit the Road running.
A nice turnout yesterday at Pandemonium Games and Books in Cambridge MA, evenly mixed between People We Knew (including an appearance by my sister, b-i-l, and nephews), Store Regulars and Total Strangers.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kradical and I did our usual schtick, which was well-recieved (well, they laughed at all the right places, anyway) aided and abetted by the store owner's offerings of chocolate espresso brownies and cappuccino. Wheee!
Oh, and we moved a number number of books -- I'm not sure aboutkradical's total count (he had all those Trek books, too) but there were twenty-four copies of Staying Dead in front of me when I sat down, and only eight of them went back into the "signed stock" rotation. Not bad for two hours' work.
And then off to my sister's house, where we drank excellent wine out in their patio garden and basicallly unwound. Unwinding is a Good Thing.
BTW? Loving the fact that this all took place not only on the night of a full moon, but a Blue Moon to boot. :-) Also by the fact that, coming home last night, we were greeted by an awesome electrical storm (no rain, just lightning) including a couple of cloud-to-cloud bolts. I really did feel that Wren was being welcomed home...
And today, assuming I can get everything up and running, is the start of the "Retrievers World" contest. More on that when the site goes live. Oh hell, must also mosey over to my threads on the Luna board on eharlequin.com and see if that's live....
And in other other news, I just had to say no to a friend who asked me to do something. I felt bad about it -- it's something I could have done, quite easily, and would have been fun. But it is tied into something I've been trying to get several people interested in for a few weeks now, and all I've gotten is indifference or silence, so I've decided that I'm not going to put my energy into trying to help out on this any more. I need that energy for myself.
Selfish? Maybe. I know it doesn't feel good to say no to friends. But I just can't keep pouring into empty wells, y'know?
A nice turnout yesterday at Pandemonium Games and Books in Cambridge MA, evenly mixed between People We Knew (including an appearance by my sister, b-i-l, and nephews), Store Regulars and Total Strangers.
kradical and I did our usual schtick, which was well-recieved (well, they laughed at all the right places, anyway) aided and abetted by the store owner's offerings of chocolate espresso brownies and cappuccino. Wheee!Oh, and we moved a number number of books -- I'm not sure about
kradical's total count (he had all those Trek books, too) but there were twenty-four copies of Staying Dead in front of me when I sat down, and only eight of them went back into the "signed stock" rotation. Not bad for two hours' work.And then off to my sister's house, where we drank excellent wine out in their patio garden and basicallly unwound. Unwinding is a Good Thing.
BTW? Loving the fact that this all took place not only on the night of a full moon, but a Blue Moon to boot. :-) Also by the fact that, coming home last night, we were greeted by an awesome electrical storm (no rain, just lightning) including a couple of cloud-to-cloud bolts. I really did feel that Wren was being welcomed home...
And today, assuming I can get everything up and running, is the start of the "Retrievers World" contest. More on that when the site goes live. Oh hell, must also mosey over to my threads on the Luna board on eharlequin.com and see if that's live....
And in other other news, I just had to say no to a friend who asked me to do something. I felt bad about it -- it's something I could have done, quite easily, and would have been fun. But it is tied into something I've been trying to get several people interested in for a few weeks now, and all I've gotten is indifference or silence, so I've decided that I'm not going to put my energy into trying to help out on this any more. I need that energy for myself.
Selfish? Maybe. I know it doesn't feel good to say no to friends. But I just can't keep pouring into empty wells, y'know?
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Date: 2004-08-01 07:23 am (UTC)Hee. Did the store owner know you? ;)
Glad it went well. And this reminds me that I still need to buy your book, dammit! Next time I'm in a bookstore...
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Date: 2004-08-01 09:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-01 01:56 pm (UTC)And he still lets you come back. Astonishing...
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Date: 2004-08-01 05:03 pm (UTC)Of course, it doesn't help when people DO sing "There's no business like show business" and mortify me.
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Date: 2004-08-02 05:09 am (UTC)that's horrible.
Roll Model of the Month!
Date: 2004-08-02 09:22 am (UTC)Selfish? Maybe. I know it doesn't feel good to say no to friends. But I just can't keep pouring into empty wells, y'know?
I am very proud of you--you are massively busy, you've worked your tush off for this career, you are keeping the bills paid, you are doing things with your sweetie and family AND sometimes with friends-- It's okay to say "no". You are my heroine and Roll Model of the Month.
Even if you are a caffeine addict. %^)
I hear the storms are heading for you--be dry when you need to be, and pick warm rain for those occasional rain dances....