Wiscon Day 3 - Report 6

This is Saturday.

I got up early. Having a job that makes me wake up at the ungodly hour of before noon 6:30, plus the time difference of -1:00, made my body not want to sleep in. Grr! Plus, I thought the first panel was at 8, but it was 8:30. An altogether reasonable hour if you think of it as 9:30.

In any event, I was awake in plenty of time to attend panels. I don't think the consuite was open yet at that point.

( Balancing Creativity and the Day Job )

Then I believe I nipped up to the consuite and had oatmeal (a fabulous idea, that!), some coffee cake/danish-type thing, and I grabbed a banana, I think. Or maybe not. I didn't take notes of that part!

( Fantastic Groves of Academe )

The Tiptree bakesale started then, but I did not attend. I'm all for supporting the Tiptree Award, but I'm a little leery of food from bakesale-type things. This isn't a commentary on anyone supplying the baked goods! I have a couple of irrational anxieties. Except that what happened at this Wiscon means maybe it wasn't quite so irrational as all that. Plus the fact that I don't have money to blow on food with too many calories. There's books to be bought!

So, off to the farmer's market. K1 began the adventure with me, but then went to a writers' meeting. A far better idea than the farmer's market. Before she left, we stopped into a pizza place and I got a slice of penne pasta pizza. Which. Was. Awesome. Brilliant idea. There were also at least another dozen slices of veggie choices I could've had. Mac & Cheese sounded interesting in particular.

( Farmer's Market )

Not sure what I did after that. Surely it wasn't quite time for another panel, was it? But my notes don't say, so look for the next panel in report number 7!

Wiscon Day 3 - Report 7

Actually, after hitting the farmer's market, I think I may have wandered down the street to A Room of One's Own, the feminist bookstore. There, I bought Eclipse One because it was in a programming item I intended to attend, and Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners which I kept seeing mentioned and this and that, so I finally got it. I think I stopped at 2 books. They had a whole display for Wiscon attendees, plus a fairly decent sf/f section, with lots of stuff I wanted, wanted, wanted. If I could remember which Bending the Landscapes I have or don't have, I could've completed my collection.

Next up, panel.

( Disability in SF and Fantasy Fiction )

Moving on, to a media panel, which are generally boring, so I probably would have skipped it if something really interesting was opposite it. But how can you resist a title like....

( Captain Jack's Big Gay Torchwood )

This was a long entry (if you read the panel notes), and I have enough for another entry for Saturday, so look forward to next time.. when I discuss dinner, the Tiptree auction, and a panel that made me uncomfortable.