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valarltdGot up early for a shower, since I had a 10 AM panel. Saw many many clocks, and no two had the same time, ergo was a few minutes late.
Librarians and Library Staffers in fandom was cool. We talked about using our libraries as research, using our fannish interests to help the libraries with collection development, and we geeked about various systems and griped about pay. I got overwhelming sympathy when I mentioned a migration to Voyager. Very interesting indeed.
11 AM was the "Can one be a Good Christian and an active Fan?" A Lutheren, a Baptist preacher's wife, and another Methodist. We had 2 nonChristians in the audience. I introduced as "a recovering fundamentalist." I was ready to smack some folks by the end who couldn't seem to grasp that what HP calls "witchcraft" has nothing to do with Wicca. I scared some folks by saying people can leave themselves open to possession. It's not so dramatic as The exorcist it's more an attitude thing. We all agreed that fannish behavior is integral to Christianity, but I held the position that "Good Christians" don't get so attached to media. They should be/are to busy to treat it as anything but disposable.
I cited the story of my grandmother, who griped at me for reading a book more than once. Worst scolding I ever got was when I asked why she read her Bible more than once.
At 1, we had "The Fannish Family." Perils, benefits and pitfalls. Fun, and we decided the kids need to have a meet & greet in the party suite next year. The kiddos are there to have fun as well. We had them from 11 weeks to 10 years in the audience.
At 2, I sat as Cerberus for the Dealer's Room. Couldn't donate blood because of time conflicts. from the sound of it, my iron may be too low anyway.
I ran vids at 4. I was handed a vid and said "This should do it." It ran out at 4:20. The audience had come in expecting California Crew, and i didn't have any for them. I gave them the only other I could find with "Sit tight, enjoy these, and I'll find what's happened to the Crew." Got the CC vid from the coordinator, and all was well.
5 PM was "Spank that Butt: BDSM in fanfic." Spanking is not my kink, and I fear we made sure the discussion circled back because it was the mod's. We agreed on the "safe, sane, consensual" and discussed Gorean Damage where people think it takes no guts to submit, only a female nature. I did say that subbing, for me, too no courage, no bravery. It just required I quit faking the competence of my daily life. We discussed the Discussion, that even in fic there needs to be some idaea of what will be done, and Jim can't just throw Blair into the handcuffs. We talked of where domestic discipline crosses the line into sexual abuse.
At 6, i moved into SW pairings that stand the test of time. Don't remember much of this. I think I let one gal dominate it.
Bunny was off at 8, so we went to Ponderosa and ate. A quick trip to Lowe's got us some duct-tape. Then, we came back and started getting ready for the costume contest. My spiral piping was all wrong, so i did an emergency seam rip. Bunny brushed her hair and laid out her dancer costume.
We watched part of Revenge of the Trickster as we got ready.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jkb is fun to watch as she squees. She taped me around a bit so the boobs looked like boobs and not pregnancy.
Bunny was second in the Masquerade. "Narcissa Black, at the end of her First Year." She came out, stared down her nose at the audience, turned to show it off, quirked a half smile and walked of, pausing at the end of the stage to throw a perfect sneer at Andre, the MC.
We scooted out to the ladies' lounge and she changed clothes while I mixed the purple and white makeup to get the right shade of lavender. I slathered her, having a terrible time getting an even coat. But we did, and dashed back out to take out places as 19th in line. 15 was just up.
We got out, showed the clothes and then hit a pose in mid-stage until the music started. 40 seconds of dance, and then off stage for pictures. We had a lot of flashbulbs go off for us.
The judge worked very hard before announcing the winners. Bunny took "Best Young Costumer" and she and I were dubbed "Unofficial evening's entertainment." She went up, still in twi'lek, and Seth (the judge) said "Where's Narcissa?" Bunny did the Victor/Victoria thing, took off her Lekku and said "Does this help?" shaking out her long blonde hair and sneering.
We went back and cleaned up, after we'd gotten our pictures snapped a few more times. Those boobs were heavy. They give a whole new look to belly-rolls.
We changed and goofed off for a while, and finished the movie.
Librarians and Library Staffers in fandom was cool. We talked about using our libraries as research, using our fannish interests to help the libraries with collection development, and we geeked about various systems and griped about pay. I got overwhelming sympathy when I mentioned a migration to Voyager. Very interesting indeed.
11 AM was the "Can one be a Good Christian and an active Fan?" A Lutheren, a Baptist preacher's wife, and another Methodist. We had 2 nonChristians in the audience. I introduced as "a recovering fundamentalist." I was ready to smack some folks by the end who couldn't seem to grasp that what HP calls "witchcraft" has nothing to do with Wicca. I scared some folks by saying people can leave themselves open to possession. It's not so dramatic as The exorcist it's more an attitude thing. We all agreed that fannish behavior is integral to Christianity, but I held the position that "Good Christians" don't get so attached to media. They should be/are to busy to treat it as anything but disposable.
I cited the story of my grandmother, who griped at me for reading a book more than once. Worst scolding I ever got was when I asked why she read her Bible more than once.
At 1, we had "The Fannish Family." Perils, benefits and pitfalls. Fun, and we decided the kids need to have a meet & greet in the party suite next year. The kiddos are there to have fun as well. We had them from 11 weeks to 10 years in the audience.
At 2, I sat as Cerberus for the Dealer's Room. Couldn't donate blood because of time conflicts. from the sound of it, my iron may be too low anyway.
I ran vids at 4. I was handed a vid and said "This should do it." It ran out at 4:20. The audience had come in expecting California Crew, and i didn't have any for them. I gave them the only other I could find with "Sit tight, enjoy these, and I'll find what's happened to the Crew." Got the CC vid from the coordinator, and all was well.
5 PM was "Spank that Butt: BDSM in fanfic." Spanking is not my kink, and I fear we made sure the discussion circled back because it was the mod's. We agreed on the "safe, sane, consensual" and discussed Gorean Damage where people think it takes no guts to submit, only a female nature. I did say that subbing, for me, too no courage, no bravery. It just required I quit faking the competence of my daily life. We discussed the Discussion, that even in fic there needs to be some idaea of what will be done, and Jim can't just throw Blair into the handcuffs. We talked of where domestic discipline crosses the line into sexual abuse.
At 6, i moved into SW pairings that stand the test of time. Don't remember much of this. I think I let one gal dominate it.
Bunny was off at 8, so we went to Ponderosa and ate. A quick trip to Lowe's got us some duct-tape. Then, we came back and started getting ready for the costume contest. My spiral piping was all wrong, so i did an emergency seam rip. Bunny brushed her hair and laid out her dancer costume.
We watched part of Revenge of the Trickster as we got ready.
jkb is fun to watch as she squees. She taped me around a bit so the boobs looked like boobs and not pregnancy.Bunny was second in the Masquerade. "Narcissa Black, at the end of her First Year." She came out, stared down her nose at the audience, turned to show it off, quirked a half smile and walked of, pausing at the end of the stage to throw a perfect sneer at Andre, the MC.
We scooted out to the ladies' lounge and she changed clothes while I mixed the purple and white makeup to get the right shade of lavender. I slathered her, having a terrible time getting an even coat. But we did, and dashed back out to take out places as 19th in line. 15 was just up.
We got out, showed the clothes and then hit a pose in mid-stage until the music started. 40 seconds of dance, and then off stage for pictures. We had a lot of flashbulbs go off for us.
The judge worked very hard before announcing the winners. Bunny took "Best Young Costumer" and she and I were dubbed "Unofficial evening's entertainment." She went up, still in twi'lek, and Seth (the judge) said "Where's Narcissa?" Bunny did the Victor/Victoria thing, took off her Lekku and said "Does this help?" shaking out her long blonde hair and sneering.
We went back and cleaned up, after we'd gotten our pictures snapped a few more times. Those boobs were heavy. They give a whole new look to belly-rolls.
We changed and goofed off for a while, and finished the movie.
