Balticon

[dcseain]

Got home from Balticon a couple hours ago. Hung out with a whole bunch of people, and got to see synger and jbsegal for the first time in much too long.

Had much fun, though i skipped all the programming. Even got to play a full mah jongg game, played in 2 parts on Fri and Sat nights, with billsears, scruffycritter, and nosebeepbear.

Sadly, no dining this con with nancylebov nor with Hanna Shapero, though i did get time to chat with them each briefly, plus a trip to Wegman's with Nancy. I recommend Hanna's art, see the link above, and Nancy's buttons. I vouch for her calligraphic prowess.

I had fun gaming today with starmalachite, stevemb, blackfeather, Marc, and others. We did some TransAmerica and some Thurn und Taxis.

Oh, and after a chain of events that lead to me carrying a piece of framed art from Cambrigde, MA - i took posession at Arisia - to Reston, VA, to Hunt Valley, MD, it was finally reunited with wayward_va via not_the_pope (who ordained Cardinal Wrong, and elevated Saint Ow and Saint Darwin this weekend), and scruffycritter.

I'm not as sleep deprived as usual after a con, thanks to a decent night's sleep yesterday.

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[thespian.livejournal.com]

note that I've been attempting to get it to him since I got it at Torcon III. That would be September 2003.

Last year, I finally took it to Arisia and gave it to jim_p, who framed it and then had it at his framing shop until last December. It is a well travelled piece of Kelly Freas art, though it does seem to get comfortable and not want to move for long periods of time ;-)

[scruffycritter.livejournal.com]

Wow, this means that almost precisely half of the way through this artwork's odyssey, it's maker *died*.

They don't call it "Fannish Express" for nuthin :-).

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I remember commenting on that to Steve once; he told me about Freas dying, and my first response was, 'Boy. Guess I really should get you this original sketch of his now, shouldn't I?'