Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Much to write, too tired to do a proper job of it; here are a few highlights:

Made it to Darkover. Felt like crap. Managed not to fall over during the Ball. Played arco a little more than I really should have -- sometimes I quickly realized I was reaching a little beyond my current skill with the bow and switched back to pizzicato, but conversations with dancers and dancemistress later indicated that they didn't hear me suck; need to remember to ask the musicians who sat right in front of me whether trying to use the bow was a net win or not. Felt exteremely wobbly after the ball, and elected to sit in one place for a long while. Was brought food (for which I am quite grateful) and mustered the energy required to consume it; had longer conversations than I usually manage at conventions, with a few folks who stopped to talk, including some I haven't had longer than a drive-by conversation with in way the hell too long; skipped the Clams concert because I didn't really feel good about getting up and going to a more crowded spot.

My thanks to the other musicians who played, both for Regency last night and for Playford on Friday.

After recovering a bit, went and sat out in the lobby for a few hours talking to folks (and getting massaged at one point, which helped), and listened to the traditional poolside Handel performance, made a very brief appearance in the con suite (which was mostly empty when I wandered in), and decided I was steady enough to drive home.

Basically didn't see much of the con (and didn't get a chance to sell copies of the new CD to merchants for them to sell at other conventions, so I hope justgus37 did) but I did play, and I got to sit and talk to people I really wish I got to see more often, so all in all it was a positive thing.

Woke up today feeling headachy and slow, so did not get back to the convention. Around dusk, madbodger rang my doorbell with a bunch of surplus hardware that I didn't have room for in my car last night since I was already carrying the double bass. I'm gonna need more entries for my list of names to name computers as I get them configured. First I need to find the file in which I jotted down a bunch of names the last time I decided I needed more. (Yes, I have a naming theme. Current names are wood, eon, stjoan, tipton, and cornbury for servers, rupaul, boygeorge, and carlos for workstations, and a few still named things like "temp0" and "install2", but that'll change soon.) Reading the manual for the big, intimidating switch now. A little later I'll curl up with a mandolin and Bach. Later still, I'll sort out how to organize my week.

First ibuprofen. Then Bach.

As much as I like the punch of pizz on the bass, I really like having the bowed sounds available as well. There's a certain ... richness there.