A pretty good day, IIRC. Would have been a lot more relaxed if I'd been able to take an extra day of vacation, as originally planned. Oh, well. At least I got in a halfway decent walk. For once.
Weird things happen to my voice when I'm under stress. It's probably one of the more reliable indicators that I'm falling apart.
Lots of great links under the cut, including some wonderful illos from a Russian edition of The Hobbit.
Apart from the hotel -- don't get me started on that -- Colleen and I are having a blast as fan guests of honor at Baycon. So far we've been to the Opening Ceremonies and the MING the Guests (with the con chair dressed up as Ming the Merciless). Of course Colleen, on her scooter, couldn't get up on stage with the others, so we stayed down with the other fans.
And, probably because I bought two rolls of quarters at the bank, it naturally turns out that the hotel doesn't have laundry facilities for guests. Well, it's cheaper at home. So's the breakfast. (When I asked, they handed me a card for some laundromat that was actually further away than the house.) I am now officially worried about Westercon.
On the downside, I've had rather little guitar practice, and still need an order for the setlist. The fact that the hotel doesn't have free wi-fi (wired access is free for Baycon attendees by special arrangement) doesn't help. Except for providing one more reason to spend two hours at home with my ergonomic chair, my Model M keyboard, and my 22" monitor.
I'm still not entirely sure when my concert will be -- probably 6pm -- but our GOH interview will be at noon, and at 2pm Colleen is hosting tea in the bar while I'm on a panel on "from home recording to MP3".
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