The longish weekend

So the weekend was lovely, much fun was had. I went to MA, where I saw lots of people and did lots of stuff. It was nice to see my family, and it almost made me want to visit more. Actually, I still really like that area a bit more than where I live, who knows, maybe I'll end up back there. Anyway, so on to the other stuff.

I gatecrashed WorldCon!!! Multiple times, even! That was fun. Not that I'm advocating it in general, I do feel worthwhile things should be supported, but on the other hand my only choice was not going or crashing due to lack of funding, and honestly, I wanted to see people enough that a little bending of the rules seemed warranted. And since nanne was willing to do it too... well, anyway, the subterfuge made it a completely different experience and added a layer of fun complexity that was welcome, more or less. Though tanaise did tell *everyone* that I was an illegal.

So I didn't quite go to any panels, though I really had planned to. Or rather, I had planned to plan to, but I hadn't actually gotten that far in the planning stage other than arriving there and having a room to crash in. I did manage to go to a reading, a couple of parties, the art show, and the dealer room. If I was rich, I could have such cool art in my home. Seriously. And I don't mean giant puzzles or batcaves, either, I mean *real* art. Speaking of which, if anyone needs a giant blue puzzle (6'x8' assembled), you just let me know... But I digress. So then I was all flirty-flirty with someone. Of course, I'd assume he thinks I'm a total whack-job, given that I told him that I routinely get lost in his town. Though I offered to stalk him and he seemed okay with that... anyway, I thought about sending him a fake submission asking him out, but... yeah, well, I never said I was all nervy and forward. I mean, other than sneaking into places, but really that's just a natural extension of movie-hopping. I've seen the face of moral decline in this country, and it is me.

So I didn't get to say goodbye to tanaise, because she's a twit. That was sad, but I suppose I do talk to her often enough that that's okay. Smoochies, baby! Oh, plus she gave me a ninja bunny. Or is he a kung-fu bunny? The mind boggles! I then went to my parents house, and was asked by my cousin to move to England with him a year and a half from now. The dog seemed depressed when I left, as did the parents. Peter seemed inscrutable, as is normal, but I'm sure he's sad. Really. Less sad now that he has my old papasan chair probably, but still sad. Luckily he has the tv to comfort him.

And pretty much, that was it. I mean, I saw lots of people that I didn't name here, and had much fun with it all. I stared at clouds a lot, including while driving home. I made it home in just under 4 hours, including stopping for gas. And whilst I was gone fievel1 kept my plants alive, because she is a beautiful and lovely person. And sidruid introduced me to the joys of oreo bomb flavored ice cream. Oh, and I didn't have to get a root canal this morning. Go me!

My Clouds Still Suck and Candyland Is Evil

So today I keep looking at a pic of the board game "Candyland". I'd make it my desktop, except that looking at it disturbs me. But I have to look. I have to paint something very similar to it on a stage tomorrow. The play opens this weekend. Cutting it close? Why yes, thank you. Eep!!! At least I'm certain I can do it. Maybe. Possibly. Eep. Candyland, you are evil!!! And you rot teeth.

Also... I didn't really feel this belonged so much in the weekend thing, but, well, over the weekend I spent a lot of time looking at clouds. Mostly while walking around. Because I just cannot paint clouds very well and it bothers me. It bothers me quite a bit. So I spent a lot of time just looking, trying to track the color changes, see how the shading changed. How I could modify what I do so it works better. Maybe if I practice on something small I'll get better. Painting for stage shows tends to require more grandiose strokes, less really *detailed* details. That's not exactly true, but it's close. If I painted really detailed details I'd quickly go insane and the sets would never get done. So details are bigger details, and my clouds still suck. I have a gift card to an art supply store, maybe I'll get some canvases (canvii? I wish that was a word...) and try my hand at that. Or maybe paint on tiles...

I was thinking of a new project in my house, a fake window on the inside wall of the dining room. I'm not sure how it'd work though, and I really do have things I should do first. Like get to work with that hacksaw my mom bought me over the weekend. Woo!