GaFilk 2009, Friday

It's the weekend for GaFilk, my local filk con, and the only con I regularly go to. I missed last year as I was helping cope with my father's health problems, so it's good to be back. The crowd seems a little smaller than usual--guess that's somewhat a reflection of hard economic times, and perhaps some of weather.

( Cut for those not interested in cons, filk, etc... )

After the concert, mbernardi pumpkined. I wandered into the con suite for a while, came back to the main filk room to see that the open filking, as usual, was slow to form--lots of general socializing happens first, especially on the first night. I decided to retire to my room and perhaps come down later...but ended up getting absorbed on the Internet (curse you, mbernardi , I grabbed 4 new apps for my iPod!) and stayed up too late without even the excuse of listening to filk.

I love it when this happens...

Bought this jacket at a thrift store, for about $5, as I recall. Wore said jacket to the GaFilk banquet tonight, and collected compliments, including, if you'll pardon the name dropping, from both Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman independently. Love getting compliments, and love having gotten such a great buy.