Had a perennial low level headache for several days. Assorted noise from reconstruction? Cigarette smoke from same? Changes in weather? Who knows? Anyway, it's irksome.
OVFF was great, even though some regulars didn't show up. The overall crowd was huge; I think this is one of the few filk cons which is actually growing. Picked up some interesting books at the Interfilk Auction, such as a collection of some of Terry Pratchetts pre-Discworld YA novels, but the bidding on a two volume set of Dickson's "The Final Encyclopedia" quickly shot into the stratosphere. Sadly, they tried to keep the auction PG this year. I'll bet the auctioneer was disappointed.
One of the things I've learned from dialoging w/Beth is that, basically, I have two emotions most of the time -- angry and not angry. Music is very useful in helping me access other parts of my emotional vocabulary.
Also, net connection is wonky due to work being done in computer room, something else which keeps me offline a lot of the time. Sigh.
EDIT: A quick addendum -- my comments about my lack of emotional range are based on my own self-assessments, not on any comments from Beth. It's very difficult to have to describe one's feelings on a variety of subjects, and to realize one really doesn't have any, at least any that can be easily accessed or identified.
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The thing about it, of course, is that to find those things that make you feel good you need to spend a non-trivial amount of time walking around, say, a specialty candle store, sniffing things. Just pretend you're doing research for an alchemy supplement to a game and you'll be fine.