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wombat_socho) wrote2022-06-02 01:33 pm
wombat_socho) wrote2022-06-02 01:33 pm
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General observations about the week that was
Well, I managed to see most of the friends that I had hoped to see, with the exception of Toni (possible COVID), Dutch (the babysitting signal summoned him), Doug (lack of comms/time/who knows) and Martin (my failure to follow through and confirm) but at least I got to have a good, extensive phone call with Martin.
Judging from what Mark and Martin had to say, I didn't miss much by not going to Balticon. Attendance was down, of course, and the science track was evidently not as beefy as usual because of that, and apparently there was some hooliganism over the weekend by the locals, but both of my friends who attended seemed to think it good. So maybe next year I'll actually go, but the lure of hanging out with John and Stacy to do the podcast (plus possibly seeing other friends on Friday night/Saturday/Sunday) is powerful.
I had some hilarious misadventures with hotels while out east, mostly pertaining to being spoiled by Las Vegas hotels which will cheerfully check you in no matter when you show up. DC hotels aren't like that - on three separate occasions I was inconvenienced by showing up at 0300/0400 of the day I had a reservation and being told I couldn't check in early. You'd think I would have learned after the first time, but it's hard to get things though my thick skull when I am tired.
The financial problems I was having with NSB and PFCU resolved themselves on Saturday, and cash flow was not an issue for the rest of the trip, though there is some fuckery afoot with Sheetz and the latter that I hope will get sorted before the weekend.
More specific details to follow, maybe.
Judging from what Mark and Martin had to say, I didn't miss much by not going to Balticon. Attendance was down, of course, and the science track was evidently not as beefy as usual because of that, and apparently there was some hooliganism over the weekend by the locals, but both of my friends who attended seemed to think it good. So maybe next year I'll actually go, but the lure of hanging out with John and Stacy to do the podcast (plus possibly seeing other friends on Friday night/Saturday/Sunday) is powerful.
I had some hilarious misadventures with hotels while out east, mostly pertaining to being spoiled by Las Vegas hotels which will cheerfully check you in no matter when you show up. DC hotels aren't like that - on three separate occasions I was inconvenienced by showing up at 0300/0400 of the day I had a reservation and being told I couldn't check in early. You'd think I would have learned after the first time, but it's hard to get things though my thick skull when I am tired.
The financial problems I was having with NSB and PFCU resolved themselves on Saturday, and cash flow was not an issue for the rest of the trip, though there is some fuckery afoot with Sheetz and the latter that I hope will get sorted before the weekend.
More specific details to follow, maybe.