Picking up where I left off on Wednesday…
Through a combination of staying out too late and being an Eastern Time zoner, I got one hour of sleep before meeting my friend Mary (who I know from Zihua) for breakfast at Pike Place Market. The one where they throw the fish. And get this — they threw TWO fish for me to take a picture but they threw them OVER MY HEAD! (the fish is the blurry thing right above the guy’s hands.)
I also ordered a dozen cookies. Through jail.
I got back to the hotel in time for Stacey’s 11am panel, which had been changed to 10am. From that point on it was referred to as the nanel (the non-panel) and we’ve affectionately renamed the entire weekend the Nanel Weekend. At least we got to see a group perform Thriller.
She got reeeeeally into it.
Their Sunday panel was also moved so I had the opportunity to lounge on a fancy couch at the front of the room and pretend I was important enough to be a panelist. Although one of the very helpful organizers (who looked JUST like John Malkovich) treated me as if I was part of their group, so I almost felt like an honorary member of their super cool club.
The rest of Sunday was a bit of a blur (one hour of sleep people) but I do recall the hottest tea I’ve ever been served and the best fish tacos I’ve had in a long time.
The whole reason we came!
My trip ended on a high note when Jesse and I ended up on the same flight to Chicago. We talked shop (and roofs) for the ENTIRE flight and I’m very excited to count her — and everyone else — as my new friends.
I did learn a few things worth noting:
– the publishing industry is hard even after you’re published
– “they” aren’t always right (in regards to writing/querying rules)
– George Romero is very tall
– Chuck Palahniuk (or Palucknucknuck as we kept calling him) is rather frisky
– it doesn’t rain EVERY day in Seattle
– people are rude no matter how polite you are
– little tiny cupcakes in the hotel lobby make everything okay
– fish don’t drip when flying through the air
And finally…
– zombies can’t talk because they don’t breathe
It was a weekend chock full of WIN! Thank you again for coming, y’all made my first con… memorable. 😉
#whalefarts
Tee hee, whale farts.
I had a blast!
I have to say, you were very lucky to catch some sun in Seattle. The rain is here now, and it is supposed to stay for the unforeseeable future. 🙂 So perhaps you brought the sun over with you!
Glad you had a fab time, and I think that grumpy waitress was from California. At least she acted like she was.
#pearldropsauce
I’m glad I could brighten your day. *slaps knee*
She must’ve been. What a grumpy butt.
#andgoldenpond
Sounds like an amazing weekend! Sorry the panels kept moving, that’s not so fun.
And good to know “they” aren’t always right. It’s nice when the rules aren’t always rules.
I think your next trip should be to HI. 🙂 Just saying…
Hawaii would be awesome!!
Interesting! I didn’t know that about Zombies, but that makes sense!
Sounds like you had a great time ;o)
I learned a lot about zombies but that tidbit stuck in my head.