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.

Missed my regular Sunday meeting because I was at GaFilk, so I bolted from my review session at work to go to a noon meeting today. From one sort of measurement to another, I guess. Results on the second: down 1.2 pounds, for a total of 14.4. Despite the weekend of fast food and other irregular eating at GaFilk.

Telling everyone around me that I am on Weight Watchers (or any diet) really does help me. While I don't really think that anyone I saw at GaFilk, mostly people I see once a year, would shake a finger at me if I was "bad", I still behave myself better for having announced that I'm dieting. May this sort of mental maneuver continue to work for me after the early dieting enthusiasm wears off...