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con_txt the other weekend, though I had to miss a couple of panels that sounded interesting because either I was at skating or because I was at the vid show I was hosting. Speaking of which, watching all those AMVs and other fan vids I liked with people might've been the highlight of the con for me. I had a great time seeing everyone's comments on them. (Maybe I should write up the playlist on here since it's not available publically on Conline.) There was also a vid editing panel I went to that was interesting because it was a very different approach than I take when I edit things. And also more influenced by film vocabulary than most discussions I've seen about AMVs.
Picked up a few romance novellas for free during Pride Month out of curiosity about what commercial romance is like. Unfortunately - and this may just be the authors I've tried - they've so far all been less compelling than some of the original works I sometimes read in exchanges despite having more words to work with. I do have a full-sized f/f ballet dancer book waiting for me that I'm hopeful for, though.
The weather here has been hot like probably everywhere in the hemisphere, and worse, humid. We generally dry our clothes in the basement, but it's been so damp that even without any clothes, it's very wet down there, so we've been dragging the racks outside when it doesn't look like rain. The plants generally seem to be liking the heat, though - we have our first tomato blossoms! And when I pulled up the last of the daikon, they'd grown actual roots; not sure if they'll taste any good, but the leaves sure did.
I signed up for unfortunately early weekend skating group lessons (for adults!), so that'll be one way to beat our heat... until I have to step back outside for the long bus rides home, at least.
con_txt the other weekend, though I had to miss a couple of panels that sounded interesting because either I was at skating or because I was at the vid show I was hosting. Speaking of which, watching all those AMVs and other fan vids I liked with people might've been the highlight of the con for me. I had a great time seeing everyone's comments on them. (Maybe I should write up the playlist on here since it's not available publically on Conline.) There was also a vid editing panel I went to that was interesting because it was a very different approach than I take when I edit things. And also more influenced by film vocabulary than most discussions I've seen about AMVs.Picked up a few romance novellas for free during Pride Month out of curiosity about what commercial romance is like. Unfortunately - and this may just be the authors I've tried - they've so far all been less compelling than some of the original works I sometimes read in exchanges despite having more words to work with. I do have a full-sized f/f ballet dancer book waiting for me that I'm hopeful for, though.
The weather here has been hot like probably everywhere in the hemisphere, and worse, humid. We generally dry our clothes in the basement, but it's been so damp that even without any clothes, it's very wet down there, so we've been dragging the racks outside when it doesn't look like rain. The plants generally seem to be liking the heat, though - we have our first tomato blossoms! And when I pulled up the last of the daikon, they'd grown actual roots; not sure if they'll taste any good, but the leaves sure did.
I signed up for unfortunately early weekend skating group lessons (for adults!), so that'll be one way to beat our heat... until I have to step back outside for the long bus rides home, at least.
