Easily Distracted

At first it seems weird, but then you catch sight of the love pillows and you realise that nothing else matters anymore.



(damasquerade, I know you like Cooking With Dog, so this should be enjoyable for you.)

Okay, found out some more info about the conference my professor wants me to show off my crap at. It's a pop culture expo with a journalism slant, the other two presenters are from somewhere in the northern hemisphere, and it's NOT going to clash with my USA plans :D However the things that caught my eye were:

1. My research will be published in an academic journal under the names of my professor and I

and

2. ZOMG THEY'RE GONNA FLY ME TO SYDNEY!!!!!!11!1!

You have to understand I have always been insanely jealous of people who get to travel as part of their duties, especially Jarrod who complains about getting flown all over the country to help out with high rated television dance programmes. I remember when I used to be a con whore and was perpetually low on cash and would gladly forefit groceries for flights and accommodation around the southern regions (do ho ho). At one point all my Christmas and birthday presents were cash towards plane tickets. So getting sent to Syd-en-y as part of my research is kind of a big thing for a cash-strapped travel bug such as myself.

It's not until June next year and I'll have to work through the summer break, which is no biggy seeing as I did summer semester last year (and will be again this year). At the moment I'm kind of freaking out because, you know, I don't consider myself academic by any stretch of the imagination (see: "If I only Had a Brain", Scare Crow) and it's just a bit of journo stuff mixed in with MY SHITTY LAME-ASS DRAWINGS. Not at all worthy of anyone's attention, but eh, like I'm going to say no to free flights.

ANYWAY.

Sunday is the High Tea Meetup for Brizzylitas, yayness! Looking forward to catching up with sexah ladies. Sadly Vampire Requiem has yet to arrive, but I managed to get my hands on Meta's Swan Lake jsk :D IMMA POPPIN' MAH PRINT CHERRY, Y'ALL! Except someone posted to the EGL comm that Meta prints run if you get caught in the rain... how the hell am I supposed to get the milky discharge off the bows D:

For reading all that bullshit, you get lulz.

Don't act like you wouldn't buy it.

Highlights of GenCon:

*The kickass group of DC cosplayers, particularly Wonder Woman who also goes to UQ. Also the guy in naught but a pair of short shorts who had painted himself white as part of a rather effective Despair (from Sandman) cosplay.

*Seeing ass-length petticoats selling for $70

*Running into minna and pect in her epic AP outfit

*"How do you win an RPG?" (I don't think Matt will ever let me live that one down...)

*Running into people we knew from BAS and seeing how old and bitter they'd become

*Going home at around 4pm to sleep and only just waking up an hour ago

Matt and I got invited to an afterparty (which is really the only reason anyone attends these things, right?), but oh God were we exhausted. Maybe I'm getting too old for this stuff. Then again, if I'd been any more energetic I probably would have succumbed to the lure of the karaoke room, and nobody needs that. 

And now to edit the fuck out of the audio grabs I recorded.