That girl who wrote that fic.

Hear me interview lauramcewan about vidding and being a beta reader, learn about Ass Creed, listen to me, wook77, kriken, and midnitemaraud_r reminisce about Lumos 2006, hear how djin7 and thistlerose survive the holiday feet season, and more. :-D

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This is seriously the only complaint I have about Lumos. No, really. I loved Lumos, and I can overlook almost everything, because the people who organized it were volunteers, and I know for a fact that they worked their asses off. There was undoubtedly plenty of shit that went on behind the scenes that none of us heard about, and they still pulled it off. Good for them.

( But still? I can't let this one go. )

Due to a combination of con drop (*sniffle*) and jet lag (only a 2 hour time diff, but add in the fact that I stayed up 'til 4:00 am every night and I'm basically on Hawaii time), I find myself wide awake at 3:00 am. I just spent the last hour and a half lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, and then I gave up and got up. I'm really going to regret this tomorrow, I think.

So as long as I'm awake, I think I'll write up some of my thoughts about Lumos and the impact that going to cons has had on my enjoyment of and perspective on fandom. ( Cut for those of you who are sick of hearing about it. )

I guess fandom is such a comfortable place for me, and going to cons like TWH and Lumos has been a really big part of that. I know that a lot of people were frustrated by the way some things were organized, and not everyone was happy with the structure of the con. I have very little to complain about, to be honest. I have some lingering frustration about the way the Night Classes went (and seriously, if I had it to do again, I wouldn't have done it at all), but otherwise I have no major complaints about Lumos. ( Stuff I really loved: )

I still want to make a post or two about panels, so I'm afraid you'll have to put up with a bit more Lumos-squee from me! For now, I think I'm finally getting tired enough to go to sleep. *yawns*

( TMI ETA: )

Party in dramaphile's room!! swtjemz has posted a list of everyone in the room here. There is much alcohol and squeeing and general craziness, and OMG such fun!!! I'm going to let a few folks say hello...

swtjemz: I WISH YOU WERE ALL HERE WITH ME. SERIOUSLY. *SMOOCHIES*

corvidae9: oh, dude, this is the most fun ever. <3 <3 *glomps and loves*

songs_mistress: OMG, this Lumos thing, is absolutly awesome!!!!! I am totally fan girling al the authors here.

shabzilla: Okay I need to try and be at least a little original, just because there is only so much OMFG*SPAZZSPAZZ* one can take... Right this very second, I'm just going to join the swtjemz/dramaphile on the bed... *h0rish*

lazy_daze: WOOO! WOW, this is taking me forever to type. I hope this room doesn't get busted as there is muchos underage drinking. Moohaha. I am having SUCH a good time. A room full of fandomers! Many fandomers!! O'Coolness!! I am slightly incoherent and cannot think of anything really original to say but OH WELL. HI GUYZ!!!! Wow, I don't normally use this many multiple exclamation marks, I apologise. I can only really repet, WOOO!!!

maxine_chan: HIIIIII EVERYONE!!!! What's up, what's up? Coming to you live from LUMOS in LAS VEGAS, BABY!! WOO-HOO!!! Wish you all could be here, seriously. Met a TON of awesome ladies so far, BUT IF EVERYONE ELSE WAS HERE IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER!!! K, must go, am slightly drunk, but next time you all need to come, too!!!! ♥♥♥!!!! So worth blowing off work and spending a gajillion dollars on, trust me. ^.~

emmagrant01: lazy_daze and longleggedgit are totally making out on the bed now. There will be photos, I think.

goldie: It seems this is my room that everyone's partying in, yeah. So far, I've distributed a kilogram of tim tams, got at least five minors drunk and discovered that spurious and lazy_daze have very talented mouths. ....o_O. Also, marksykins? You shuld be here to plot logarithms with me. ♥.

wendy: Y'all, it's hard to type drunk...SAM! We love you! And everyone else? WE LOVE YOU TOO! Mwah! Gah , all these people rule so much, we are th eluckiest fangirls in the world! 'Scuze me...someone just handed me a drink...BYE!

coffeejunkii: hee, hi!!!! as my t-shirt says, a mecca for mpreg!! ummm, not this party, of course. anyway! i guess we just got a warning about being too loud in here so we are migrating to the hot tub outside...

wildegirl_05: We gatecrashed a birthday party tonite and it was the best decision ev0r! We've got drunken yelling, drunken snogging and just a lot of drunkeness!!! On to the hot tub...

kriken: HI! Pleasantly buzzed for Karen's birthday - no better way to be :) Lumos is amazing so far and of course the fandom people are absolutely wonderful and awesome. And just so you know, f says "come to the crack panel." Which, of course, we will all be at, because who doesn't love some crack? Wish everyone was able to come, but there's always next year, right? BYE!!

emmagrant01: And security just came by and said we're on the verge of getting kicked out, so the party is moving down to the jacuzzi... :-D

OMG just a few days until Lumos!

This is mostly for my own reference, but also here for any friends who might be looking for me -- or anyone who hasn't yet figured out what events they're going to and wants to see what I'm doing in order to avoid me. ;-) I somehow wound up on four panels in addition to teaching in the Magical Night Classes, so it's going to be a busy weekend!

If you know of any meet-ups you think I'd be interested in that I haven't mentioned in here, please let me know. There was an awesome pornish_pixies meet-up at TWH, but I haven't heard if there's one planned for Lumos.

Also, we'll be recording segments for slashcast and handing out Slashcast buttons throughout Lumos, so be sure to ask for a button from me, amanuensis1, glockgal, karaz, kerryblaze, longleggedgit, or Aspen (cursescar).

( Wednesday )

( Thursday )

( Friday )

( Saturday )

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So what am I missing?  Other get-togethers?  Also, I'm not leaving until Monday afternoon. Who else is sticking around?

ETA: Very Happy Birthdays to wordplay (we're the same age now, mwahaha!) and coffeejunkii (see you soon!). Also, a very Happy First Anniversary to hearts_n_roses and her lovely wife!

In case you haven't seen this article about the ubiquitousness of slash at TWH, check it out. Specific panels and events are mentioned, including several references to amanuensis1's "Yes, I'm here for the slash" buttons, and one reference to mijan's habit of raising her wand high in the air in panels when she wanted to speak!

I registered for Lumos!!! I have a hotel room reserved!! I'm counting the days! And I had breakfast with my darling friend jedirita this morning and told her all sorts of juicy tales about the con. I think I've convinced her to come to Lumos!

A week ago, I was hanging out with cool people and trying to decide which awesome panels I would go to in the morning. Waah! Where's that damned time turner?