Wiscon 33: Friday
Fri, May. 22nd, 2009 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterWow! This is the first time I've been at the beginning of a Gathering on Fridays; usually I get in some time in the afternoon. After a last-minute room switch at the hotel (we were originally on the party floor), I ran to have lunch with littlebutfierce and had tons of fun ranting and whatnot. Then I got my face painted at the Gathering! I feel at first it was me and a whole bunch of six year olds, but soon, other people got theirs done as well. Mine was very sunny/phoenix-y/fiery, and if anyone has pictures, I would love it if you could email it to me... I also was finally only second in line or so to get my hair braided (the line is usually super long), but of course, my hair was too short.
I then checked out zines, met tons of people in the Ravening Orc Hordes/Wild Unicorn Herd/Cabal and white allies, must remember to look up elementary level books with POC for Seaya, bought more than I intended to at the ARC sale and at the dealer's room (Cindy Pon, WHOO), checked out N.K. Jemisin and Alaya Dawn Johnson and Doselle Young and Margaret Robinson's readings, and started a sock. Then the cabal met for dinner. OMG! There are so much of us here! I think there was about 25 at dinner, and definitely several people who didn't make it to dinner. It was awesome to see familiar faces and new faces both.
After that, I finally caughtcoffeeandink and yhlee.
Oh! I forgot. Yesterday I had deep-fried cheese curds and bacon and macaroni and cheese pizza! And not at the usual mac and cheese pizza place! So there are TWO (2) places in Madison with mac and cheese pizza! I feel this is awesome and they need to get to work on the tuna and corn pizza now.
Oh right. So we talked and got Deepa to the Green Room for her first panel, and then Yoon and I headed over to seejiawen's presentation on being transgendered in Taiwan, which was very interesting. There was a particularly curious mix of the unfamiliar to me (the transgender community) and the familiar (tabloids, Taiwan drinking games, etc.) that was really neat and thought-provoking. I also have lots of links to look up now.
And now, to sleep... farmers' market tomorrow morning, way early so I can head back and check out Deepa's panel before I go to mine.
littlebutfierce and had tons of fun ranting and whatnot. Then I got my face painted at the Gathering! I feel at first it was me and a whole bunch of six year olds, but soon, other people got theirs done as well. Mine was very sunny/phoenix-y/fiery, and if anyone has pictures, I would love it if you could email it to me... I also was finally only second in line or so to get my hair braided (the line is usually super long), but of course, my hair was too short.I then checked out zines, met tons of people in the Ravening Orc Hordes/Wild Unicorn Herd/Cabal and white allies, must remember to look up elementary level books with POC for Seaya, bought more than I intended to at the ARC sale and at the dealer's room (Cindy Pon, WHOO), checked out N.K. Jemisin and Alaya Dawn Johnson and Doselle Young and Margaret Robinson's readings, and started a sock. Then the cabal met for dinner. OMG! There are so much of us here! I think there was about 25 at dinner, and definitely several people who didn't make it to dinner. It was awesome to see familiar faces and new faces both.
After that, I finally caught
coffeeandink and yhlee.Oh! I forgot. Yesterday I had deep-fried cheese curds and bacon and macaroni and cheese pizza! And not at the usual mac and cheese pizza place! So there are TWO (2) places in Madison with mac and cheese pizza! I feel this is awesome and they need to get to work on the tuna and corn pizza now.
Oh right. So we talked and got Deepa to the Green Room for her first panel, and then Yoon and I headed over to see
jiawen's presentation on being transgendered in Taiwan, which was very interesting. There was a particularly curious mix of the unfamiliar to me (the transgender community) and the familiar (tabloids, Taiwan drinking games, etc.) that was really neat and thought-provoking. I also have lots of links to look up now. And now, to sleep... farmers' market tomorrow morning, way early so I can head back and check out Deepa's panel before I go to mine.
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