ConDFW

[rachelmanija]

Sherwood and I were guests of honor at ConDFW this weekend. (I hope she has made it back, after an unfortunate Amtrak delay.)



Me before erotica panel: "If someone buys me a drink, this panel will be 200% more interesting." Photo taken after panel. It was an excellent apple-cucumber martini. I believe the panel was as interesting as promised.

The con was lovely. I met many cool people and got to discuss werewolves, Marines, PTSD, women in superhero comics, Stagecoach Mary Fields (a 6' African-American woman who fought a duel at a nunnery and had a standing sucker bet that she couldn't knock out any cowboy with one punch), Ethiopian aether chemists, PTSD, food in science fiction from cram to the blushful Hippocrene, and sex. Also, I got barbecue and Valar Morghulis beer. Good times.

Comments

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun!

Are the arm braces decorative or functional? (Or I guess they could be both.)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

They are suggestive decorative.

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

To me they first suggested "carpal tunnel." If that doesn't prove I'm middle-aged I don't know what would.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Sadly, me too, I thought "Wow! Actual stylish wrist braces, at last!" Considering how many people have to wear such things, there ought to be some with style and interest.

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

There probably are some. Or at least ones you can put over the medically-necessary ones. I just assumed they existed and that Rachel is a person who, if she needed braces, would wear ones that looked cool.

[ivy]

They are badass! [grin] Awesome style.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

And I got delicious Texmex!!!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Where are you???

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Just left El Paso. I am in my train compartment, surrounded by books and writing, and am happy as a pig in clover.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Oh, good!

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

I saw an actual pig in clover this past summer! It seemed less ecstatic than the figure of speech suggests. More of a mellow vibe.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope that does the trick!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Mellow vibe it is!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Based on topics discussed, this sounds like a blast.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

It was!

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Stagecoach Mary Fields is turning up everywhere lately. I hope the somebody you were talking to is writing A Thing about her. Also, do people think she and her nun friend were sisterly love or sweetheartly love?

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Maybe now that I told him about her, he is. She came up on a panel on Westerns, when we were talking about how the real Wild West was more diverse than it's usually depicted in fiction.

ETA: I assumed sweetheartly. One doesn't generally fight a duel for a platonic friend.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

Maybe the duel was less "sexual jealousy" and more "getting rid of a dangerous stalker"?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

That sounds like lots of fun! I wish I'd been there.

Also, is Valar Morghulis actually a brand of beer? That's awesome.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

It really is! And a very tasty one, too. No doubt brewed with the blood of one's enemies.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

http://www.ommegang.com/got/valar_morghulis.php

They've got even more Game of Thrones-related beers!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's amazing! 'Iron Throne' sounds really tasty. Thanks for the link!