You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

I think I've finally recovered from Lumos and am back to semi-regular sleeping patterns. And yes, angua9, I finally did shed some belated tears over leaving Vegas and all the wonderful peeps I hung out with there. It's a strange feeling to be on the other side of something you looked forward to and planned for a long time - especially when you don't have any particular plans for something else in the future. I'm big on countdown calendars, and now that there's nothing to count down to (sorry, I can't bring myself to count down 300-some days until OotP), it feels like part of my life has kind of stopped. Weird.

I'm housesitting/dogsitting this week, so I'll be getting used to a foreign space for the next couple of days. Hopefully, I won't have any trouble getting on the wireless internet so that "real" life won't have to be put on hold. :P

In other news, I find that my passion for Pirates has somewhat cooled. It's not that I'm tired of it or don't like it anymore, by any means. But I find that my unbridled "wahoo!" enjoyment of it is sort of undercut by all the discussion. Of course, there's nothing wrong with discussion, but the movie doesn't feel like "my" experience anymore when I watch it, where other movies do give me that feeling. I don't feel like I can think what I want to think about it, because it's a bigger story now and there's a "right" way to think about it. For some reason, the "right way" issue doesn't bother me about HP at all - I guess I just experience books and movies in different ways. *shrugs* I'll probably be back in excitement mode next May anyway. :)

As is the case with every major event in my life, I feel compelled to write up an exhaustive account of my travels in Las Vegas, particularly the Lumos conference. I did a backdated entry about the last day of Shakefest here, in case anyone wants to hear about Hamlet. But what follows is purely (well, almost purely) Vegas. True, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but I'm going to break that rule for the most part. However, I reserve the right to invoke the VDC (Vegas Discretion Clause) at any point in my tale. There will be a few links to other people's pictures in this post, but I'll be posting my own under friends-lock later.

Also, having been obsessed with "Wizard People, Dear Reader" and it's seemingly infinite supply of wonderful, humorous lines for the past several days, this account may slip into that style now and then. But I'll try to keep it under control. :P

Thursday - wherein we arrive in Vegas, meet lots of people, eat hotel food, and ROX out.

After three days of small town quaintness, it was time for our heroines - Conny Lane, Susy G, and Wahlee the Bear - to bid farewell to their friend Gryffinkat and to the fair hamlet (*rimshot*) of Cedar City and hit the Big Time. Las Vegas, Nevada. The Big L.V. Vegas, baby. The Symposium of The Lumos. Whatever the question was, the answer would always be yes. Yes to life, and yes to Harry freakin' Potter.

(Too much? *takes it down a notch*)

( Thursday, continued )

( Friday )

( Saturday, Part 1 )

( My Adventures as Leaky Mug Bouncer and Stage Manager )

( Saturday, Part 2 )

( Sunday )

( Monday )

( Tuesday )

As is the case with every major event in my life, I feel compelled to write up an exhaustive account of my travels in Las Vegas, particularly the Lumos conference. I did a backdated entry about the last day of Shakefest here, in case anyone wants to hear about Hamlet. But what follows is purely (well, almost purely) Vegas. True, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but I'm going to break that rule for the most part. However, I reserve the right to invoke the VDC (Vegas Discretion Clause) at any point in my tale. There will be a few links to other people's pictures in this post, but I'll be posting my own under friends-lock later.

Also, having been obsessed with "Wizard People, Dear Reader" and it's seemingly infinite supply of wonderful, humorous lines for the past several days, this account may slip into that style now and then. But I'll try to keep it under control. :P

Thursday - wherein we arrive in Vegas, meet lots of people, eat hotel food, and ROX out.

After three days of small town quaintness, it was time for our heroines - Conny Lane, Susy G, and Wahlee the Bear - to bid farewell to their friend Gryffinkat and to the fair hamlet (*rimshot*) of Cedar City and hit the Big Time. Las Vegas, Nevada. The Big L.V. Vegas, baby. The Symposium of The Lumos. Whatever the question was, the answer would always be yes. Yes to life, and yes to Harry freakin' Potter.

(Too much? *takes it down a notch*)

( Thursday, continued )

( Friday )

( Saturday, Part 1 )

( My Adventures as Leaky Mug Bouncer and Stage Manager )

( Saturday, Part 2 )

( Sunday )

( Monday )

( Tuesday )