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1125 We
  * up 6:30ish; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * DO NOT wake the YD - no school today
  @ http://twitter.com/rowanf/statuses/6015813108
  * make appointment with Awsare (last was apparently Feb.)
    used the web form; entirely painless, avoided phone call
  & HSX: advance royalties to N. for Shattered and Amethyst Rose
  * pay remaining bills for the month
  * Colleen: Humira
  @ Kindle 2.3 software update available -- Engadget
    @ Kindle Software Update Version 2.3
  @ ChromeOS on a USB stick
  @ Comparing File Sharing To Payola | Techdirt
  @ 1:15 put in an intensely frustrating hour and a half looking for an
    important email that apparently went astray somewhere.  Non-fatal but...
  & fought with benefits site over password.  didn't help that FF kept
    putting it in the username field; by the time I realized that I could
    get it out of FF I'd already put in a change request, but the email
    never arrived.  They suck.
  @ DIY Light Bulb Planters and Mini Terrariums (gizmodo)
    @ TeamDroid | DIY Hollow Out A Light Bulb
    @ Reusing Lightbulbs: as planters or mini terrariums
  @ Get Your Hands on a Non-Functioning WETA Ray Gun
  * short walk around building before going home
  * wiper blades for van at Kragen (coupon)
  * Wishful Wednesday -> thanks in advance
  * print party fliers
  @ American Heart Association Fitting in Fitness: Hundreds of Simple Ways to
    Put More Physical Activity Into Your Life (from folkmew ) 
    & ordered from Powell's
  * dishes
  * print cards for Colleen, me
  . come up with set list for LosCon
    (probably best to make it stuff from the next album)
    mbrains ms-bear ma-bear riverheart inherit stuff
    * start directory in /users/record (1125)
    * need 1-3 more songs; or -> QV
  . pack.  
    *Ransack the Microsoft bag: stuff is hiding in there
    * flexeril.  
    x hard candy from honda
  * bed 11:30?  midnight?  snuggle.

1126 Th Thanksgiving - LOSCON
  * awake(ned) 6ish; up 6:30ish; drugs, nose.
    YD made bearable apple pancakes (a little too early)
  = Los Angeles Airport Marriott 1-800-228-9290  11/26 Th 3 nights
    conf#s accessible: 81521886  double: 81522310 
0926 Th
  ! got seriously frazzled on the way out; settled down quickly once
    all the last-minute stuff was done with and we were on the freeway.
  " (10:51:54 PM) me: Well, we had Kaylee.  Getting everything into the car
    was a bit challenging.  Good thing I'm four-dimentional. 
    (10:52:21 PM) chaos_tigerwolf: *smirk* Yeah. Master of Bear and Space.
    (10:52:24 PM) chaos_tigerwolf: Hehehe.
    (10:53:26 PM) me: As opposed to your Mom, who's the Mistress of Spice and
    Thyme? 
    (10:53:54 PM) ***chaos_tigerwolf LOLS at that one....you need to tell her
    that one. 
    (10:54:13 PM) me: So I do.
  "
  ? wonder whether I'm allergic to something.  Nose pretty clear all day.
  * bed 11:30ish; snuggle

1127 Fr
  * awake 6ish; snuggle
  * up 7ish; drugs, nose; coffee
  @ Black Friday Sale @ Tom Smith Online
  * ordered some concert downloads from Tom Smith
    links in email in m.m.filk; good for 7 days
  = one has to get downstairs ~10 to have any hope of making the
    buffet breakfast, which gets put away at 11
  * cloned repo for Private onto dsl, and from there to barnard.  YAY!!
    The repo on dsl is bare, of course.
  * bought memberships for Westercon 64 in San Jose
  * downloaded concerts to Barnard; very slow on dorsai.  wtf?
    Wonder whether the speed problem is on the starport end
  -> dried kiwi tastes awful.  Sort of soapy
  & changed strings because they were *really* dead.
  * 4:30 Concerts start (Nick Smith has schedule)
    90min, so I'm probably a :30 slot at 5:00
    * start directory in /users/record (1125)
    * need 1-3 more songs; or -> QV
    riverheart inherit ms-bear ma-bear stuff quiet
    maybe not quite the ideal order, but it fit the time slot and had
    only two capo changes.
    No amplification, but a small enough audience not to really need it.
    Seemed to go over well,
    $ one CD sold.
  * Parties.  Full bottle of water, plus chili.  Maybe more than I
    needed, especially after an overpriced dinner.
  * laundry
  * bed ~12:30; snuggle

1128 Sa
  * up 7ish.  Drugs, nose; coffee
  * Breakfast alone; conversations with Barry Gold, Moira, and the
    Tyra/Bohnhoff party.  Should have come down a little later, maybe.
  * Bought memberships for Westercon/ConChord 2010
  * Concerts.  
    1:00 Moira
    	 "All I Ask of You"  would be lovely for TGl; not practical, alas.
	 "Black Lace and Midnight", maybe
    2:30 Odds Bodkins (bought 4 CDs; there's one more)
    4:00 Bohnhoffs.  Preview of Midichlorian Rhapsody while waiting
  & Change rooms to 5018; 618 was scheduled for deep cleaning. (bugs?)
    comp last night.  For $100 I'll spend half an hour moving.
  ->TGl: The Tyras have some great mic stand  shelf/drink-holders; one
    has a rack to display CDs as well.   
  ->should do a River post on going to a con with a partner.
    Partners need a lot of training, as it turns out, especially if
    they're used to going solo or one partner's health has changed.
  * delivered package to Tibicina
  ~ /users/tg/Lyrics already under git,
  * laundry, with guitar and computer
  * small filk circle
    bigger, riverheart, vampire, wheelin, two bears
  ? my Droid demagnetizes keycards!!  GAAK!  Or else not.  WTF?
    I was probably just too sleepy to put the card in right!
  : mail: first card of the season, also the book Mom sent on stone circles
    (new tag: : for noteworthy stuff that happened, rather than what I _did_
  * backups: 2009-11-29T22:33:26-0800 - 2009-11-29T23:19:57-0800
  * bed ~00:15; snuggle

1129 Su
  * awake 6ish; up 7:15; drugs, nose; coffee
  & Key works fine; probably PEBCaK (or would that be HaK: hallway & key)
  * Breakfast.  Coffee with jcbemis & Tony
  * Coffee with the Cat.  Plan on meeting downstairs at 1pm with luggage
  * 1:30 on the road
  * Dinner: Madonna Inn
    Three cups of coffee helped a great deal in staying awake
    ! Fun to watch Kaylee enjoying it.  
  * 10ish: home; laundry, minimal unpacking
  ! summary:  happy bear; good weekend.  Colleen noticably better even than
    ConChord -- *much* better at maneuvering in tight spaces
  = travel: the little duffel makes a good bag for electronics.
    I need a suitcase the size of Colleen's, now that she's using it again
  * git pull dsl master -- worked perfectly; have to figure out how to specify
    the branch to pull.
  * 11ish  cyclobenzaprine, bath
  * 11:30p bed

The details are, as usual, in the raw notes, but I had a very good Loscon weekend.

I didn't get to any panels this year, but I got to all of the concerts on Friday and Saturday, and the filk circle Saturday night. That was very good -- small enough, maybe 4-6 performers -- to flow well but still allow time for a little conversation.

No really deep conversations, but a lot of good catching up with friends. I'll take that, though I'd prefer both.

Travel notes:

Doing the laundry is a lot more fun if you take a guitar and a netbook.
The little black duffel bag makes a good place for cords, chargers, and other random electronic stuff.
Using git means being able to work locally without having to care whether you have a net connection.
I need a bigger suitcase now that Colleen is back to using the purple one. But not as big as the one the YD has -- what a monster!
The little rolling shopping carts are the wrong shape -- narrow and deep -- to be usable as laundry hampers. The rollycrate works, though.

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