Don't panic!

Just got done entering my album info for CD Baby. Took a lot longer than I expected, but it's done. Would have taken less time if I'd had a suitable bio and album description ready; instead I had to cobble it together from scattered pieces. A good exercise anyway.

( Let me preface this by saying that the rational part of my mind -- what little is left of it after six decades of neglect and under-use -- has a pretty good idea of what constitutes a genuine health problem. The irrational part, however, is stupid, stubborn, quick to jump to conclusions, and difficult to convince. )

OK, so I'm a stupid old bear. I already knew that.

An expected picnic, with CDs

Today being the day of the annual Linux Anniversary Picnic, my plan was to go equipped to distribute a couple of pre-orders, and hopefully sell a few as well. The difficulty was in determining whose CDs I needed to bring with me.

( the gory details )

So far the effort required to catch up has been manageable: I've been using a simple paper-and-pen list to keep track of the names and numbers of the copies I've handed out. It will get harder presently, but I think I'll be ok as long as I can get the rest of the necessary data-entry done by Wednesday. We leave for ConChord on Thursday.

So far I've delivered two pre-orders today at the Picnic, plus a review copy and three direct sales. The flower_cat delivered two at the Baycon picnic; and there have been a little over a dozen pre-orders and direct sales at work. I expect there to be a lot more at the Casa de Chaos Bash tomorrow; I'm going to have to get busy stuffing envelopes and checking off names. That's my task for tonight and tomorrow morning.

Anyone local who's not going to the Bash tomorrow is welcome to come by Grand Central Starport on Wednesday, and I will of course have them at ConChord. I'll be mailing a few on Monday, but the bulk of the mailing will wait until after ConChord.