Alison, Liz, John and Alison are live from Conversation! We talk about the convention, in a rather more haphazard way than normal. Art by the amazing Sue Mason. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/81-it-wasn-t-an-interjection-from-the-room-it-was-my-face/

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Lovely weekend at Eastercon. Got to do a reading (lots of silly voices!) and helped me self to free wine and cake, as is my way. #Eastercon #Eastercon2023

Thick red line across the lateral flow test. 😠

First symptoms last night at around 7 pm, so given reports on how rapidly the variant spreading at the con showed symptoms, that's almost certainly where I got it.

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Got home last night from #eastercon2023, ate a McDonalds, and then fell asleep for 12 hours before getting up to go straight to work

Take me back, please 😂😂

The date for the next Glasgow #Fanfic Open Mic is up!

If you enjoyed or missed the open mic at #eastercon2023, or if you've just emerged from a cave of shadows and want to find out what an "open mic" is, you can come and join us on Tuesday 6th June at 8pm BST!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-fanfiction-open-mic-night-online-inevitable-cakeverse-tickets-615567518017

Bad cold symptoms when I arrived home from #eastercon last night. I got pinged by the app this morning for exposure to a positive Covid case on Saturday. I think it's just a cold but will test later today, because Covid was spreading at the con. I wore a mask most of the time when I wasn't in my room, but only most, and even if it's just a cold the incubation time suggests I picked it up at the con.

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Home from #eastercon where I had a great time in spite of spending a lot of it hiding in my room from the nasty horrible noise. Half a con is a lot better than none. Just sorry that I didn't get to see so many of my friends, whether because they weren't there or because I didn't know if they were there.

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Phone says I've walked 2.55 km this morning. It doesn't sound like much, but I haven't actually left the hotel building. It's just that it's a long way from one end of the hotel to the other.

Anyway, some of that 2.55 km took me past the dealers' room. I made the mistake of going on in the grounds I'd missed the start of the panel I was vaguely interested in, and I might see one of the dealers I happen to know but hadn't talked to other than in the food queue.

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I have worked out how to evade the Chairs of Evil attempts to cut off the circulation in my leg. The volume wasn't too high in the last panel. I left a couple of minutes early and successfully got to the souvlaki van with only three people in the queue. I am much happier.
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Another panel I've had to leave within two minutes because " are we loud enough" does not encompass the concept "are we too loud?". :-(

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Just changed into this afternoon's fannish teeshirt and realised that a medical mask is in fact the correct accessory for Rocky Horror teeshirt.

(The teeshirt is old enough to vote. Unfortunately it does not have voter ID so won't be illegally voting in the upcoming council election.)

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First problem for morning service - break into the room. Second problem - get the lighting switched from nightclub to normal because we are not an American Evangelical megachurch.

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Right, that's me now sitting on the floor for the rest of the con, because those awful chairs in the panel rooms have actually injured something in my leg. No, I'm not being metaphorical.

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Loot from the Third Vault Yarns table in the dealers' room.

I can stop any time I like.

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Hey, the #Eastercon programme is out! https://guide.conversation2023.org.uk/
Time to tick way more items than you can possibly attend.
Meanwhile I shall be over here boggling at the idea of having a coherent thought at 9 on a Saturday morning.
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The #eastercon2023 schedule is up! I'll be taking part in two chill fanfic-themed events - Putting Yourself On The Page at 6pm on Friday, and running an open mic at 9pm on the Sunday - and spending the rest of the time furiously taking notes at the panels of much smarter people.

You can view my events in the planner here if you're interested in adding either of them to your schedule: https://guide.conversation2023.org.uk/people/M0446

Octothorpe 80 is now up! John is jetlagged, Alison is working, and Liz is under pressure. We get excited about the upcoming Eastercon, barely even mention Chengdu at all, talk a bit about science fiction, and round it all out with Gaming Corner, sponsored by Mark Plummer. Listen here: https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/80-four-constituent-blobs/

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John is chuckling, Alison is conversing, and Liz is critical. We discuss the COVID policy from the 2023 Eastercon, Conversation, as well as discussing the latest news from the Chengdu Worldcon. Listen here: https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/78-sqrrl-grrl/

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