back in NYC

[ellenkushner]

...after a deliriously delightful Wiscon. We are still not living in our apt., as not a single room in it is ready for habitation yet - including bathroom. When we moved all our worldly goods in, the contractor ordered our movers to pile all furniture & boxes in the middle of each designated room - "24 inches from the wall!" - since nothing was painted yet - and then had the temerity the next day to be upset when we said the ceiling light fixtures had to go up, because "it will be difficult . . . middle of room is filled with stuff." Ha.

Pitched a mild temperament fit (our first!) when we returned from Wiscon on Weds. to discover that - contrary to our specific request - they had not yet painted or put up poles in any clothes closets - do they like having to work around half a dozen wardrobe boxes (not to mention all those cardboard-encrusted books)...? On Friday, unpacked 4 wardrobe boxes into one closet - all off-season clothes, fortunately, still encased in plastic dry-cleaner sheets (from the rather unfortunate incident with the mice in the basement a couple years ago) . . . . Bedroom was painted yesterday, and with any luck will be able to order bed this week so we can sleep there when we return next week from Mythic Journeys. Meanwhile, are extremely fortunate to be able to crash in East Side apartment of my honorary uncle, a doctor who worked with my dad when I was small - he's the one who suggested to my father, when I was 12, that he buy me THE LORD OF THE RINGS - Dermot's off in his native New Zealand, and our crap (which we thought we'd be able to at least store in our apt., but Dream On) is spread out all over his floor. Dermot is a very tidy man. Every time we unlock the door, I have this awful fantasy of walking in to find I've gotten the dates wrong and he has returned to find our clothes and suitcases and papers all over his place.

Had a very unpleasant dream this morning that Neil Gaiman's fans were shooting heroin in their frustration that he wouldn't look twice at them - maybe a conflation of a good talk w/Justine last night on how to deal with total strangers coming up to you in hallways to talk about your book and - Naw, it's not that. Worried about people we left behind in Boston and haven't spoken to since? Maybe. Anyhow, kids, just in case: don't put anything in your body you don't want to live with. And don't order hamburgers at a place called MOM'S.

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[autopope.livejournal.com]

how to deal with total strangers coming up to you in hallways to talk about your book ...

I hope your total strangers are better socialized than mine. Nothing quite puts "the rapture of the nerds" into perspective like discovering that the sort of folks who want to buttonhole you and talk about the Singularity are also most likely to have difficulty remembering to keep the old meatbody clean and fresh.

[erzebet.livejournal.com]

how to deal with total strangers coming up to you in hallways to talk about your book

Like me? :)

Although that was more like a fortuitous running into you than an all-out attack. hehe

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

But you are not a stranger at all! We've been introduced more than once at our various cocktailless parties of interest - and I will always love you for your "Interstitial Identity" reply to my post on the IAF Discussion Board
http://p081.ezboard.com/finterstitialartsfrm2.showMessage?topicID=155.topic
(gosh, has it really been a year that I've been meaning to respond to that one??)!

[adelynne.livejournal.com]

But the Mom's Diner in Cleveland is actually good!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Cleveland is Special.

(Ooo! Ooo! The lamp!!!

You are Special, too.)

How did you like the Bryn Mawr Bookshop?

[adelynne.livejournal.com]

Yes!

I was inspired last night - just had this idea, knew where my digital camera was, and Photoshop was cooperating. A rare turn of events.

Haven't yet made it down there. Will this week - probably tomorrow night.

[erzebet.livejournal.com]

Wow. I was unaware that it had been a year since I *made* that post.

I sent you an email about Thomas, too. I will always love you for that. :)

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Had a very unpleasant dream this morning that Neil Gaiman's fans were shooting heroin in their frustration that he wouldn't look twice at them...

....

.....

*collapses into a heap of giggles* I really don't know why that's funny, but it is. Slightly scary, but funny too.

[intelligentrix.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Boston people, do you know Sheila? A mutual friend was inquiring after her at WisCon, and I realized I haven't heard from her in about two years. If you know her, have you had any recent encounters?

[megmccarron.livejournal.com]

speaking of random people who accost you -- i was supposed to comment to say, hi, we had an extended convo at the quietest dance party ever about putting together a theoretical rock band. now i have done that. because i am finally back in LA...

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

Oo, I feel for you with the boxes! I just spent two days helping my mom unpack after her move. Those stacks of boxes are downright depressing, never mind the exhaustion of unpacking everything and trying to figure out where to put it.

*waves hello*

[kekhmet.livejournal.com]

Here I am, finally catching up on things since returning to home to London from Wiscon and other travels in my former haunts in the US....
It was a delightful Wiscon, wasn't it? I've emailed you the photo I snapped of you with my camera-phone at the sign out.
Once off the phone and on a computer it appears to be a bit blurry soft focus, but it's a nice photo nonetheless.

Meg

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Some are, some aren't - the ones who aren't are a Whole Nother Discussion; this was chiefly about how, if you're used to being a fairly private person (and of course most write in conditions of utter solitude), there's an initial shock when your work is published and people you've never met want to talk to you about something that was conceived, as it were, in privacy. Of course we all think we want the glory and adulation and are primed and ready for it, but the reality can still take some getting used to.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Which Sheila, my dear? Boston (and our life) is full of them!

It was so good to see you again at Wiscon - here's to many more!

Re: *waves hello*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

It was an Excellent photo, and we loved getting it. I was so glad to see you at Wiscon, and to hear about your latest triumphs & endeavors. It really is a family reunion, isn't it?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

We should be so lucky as to be able to start unpacking... ("Bare feet? You walked to school with bare feet? We would have killed for feet!" etc etc)

Anyhow, thanks for the empathy - everyone says this is the worst - at least we can look forward to better! I hope your mom is settling in. It is both easier and harder to unpack for someone else.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

As I recall, I accosted you - now all I have to do is read your fiction - I always did tend to do things bassackwards. It's good to see you here & know where your LJ Self lives - I'm looking forward to the rock band ("Her Smoke Rose Up Forever..."?)

Re: *waves hello*

[kekhmet.livejournal.com]

it is indeed. I'd really missed seeing everyone last year, too. No more missing Wiscon for a few years for me I think :-)

[intelligentrix.livejournal.com]

Sheila Lightsey?

It was wonderful to see you, too! I hope the next time there is more time for real conversation.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen her in awhile - that doesn't mean she's not around - between our move and my novel, I've had my head pretty much up my own butt for the last year and a half.

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