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People I Won’t Be Interpreting For
Once again, I have been invited to interpret at Dragon*Con. Once again, I have to say no. In the past it’s been various reasons. Last year it was because of school. This year it’s because of school, too. I just don’t understand why they have to have it on Labor Day weekend, which is just … Continue reading
Shore Leave Wrapup
I had a pretty good time at Shore Leave despite being sick and alone. First, a rundown of who I interpreted for this weekend. I had William Schallert and Antoinette Bower on Friday night, and on Saturday I interpreted for Amanda Tapping, Carmen Argenziano, Corin Nemec, and Connor Trinneer. Today I had all of them … Continue reading
Solo Shore Leave
I am going to Shore Leave alone for the first time. Toadstool is still too weak to be left alone for the weekend, and the only other option would have been to put her to sleep before tonight. If she’d been in this state for a month, I would assume she wouldn’t get better, but … Continue reading
NonFicWriMo #17: Sci-Fi Convention Interpreting
In a bit of a departure from my encyclopedia-style non-fiction writing, today I’m going to describe my typical experience as an interpreter at a science fiction convention. This weekend will be my sixth trip to the Hunt Valley Inn north of Baltimore for the purposes of interpreting; I attended the same convention once or twice … Continue reading
From a Stool
I am writing this from a stool in a hidden corner of Baja Fresh near the intersection of 20th and Pennsylvania NW. I am several feet above the sidewalk and I am watching everybody go by. The evening party at the conference starts at 6pm, and I needed to get away from the crowd for … Continue reading
DHHIG Conference
Obviously since I will be a conference attendee I will make sure nobody else is available – I am paying to be there, after all – but if it is a truly desperate situation then I am happy to fill in. Continue reading
Farpoint 2005
The main difference between Farpoint and Shore Leave is that at Farpoint you can’t take a shortcut through the courtyard because it’s too cold to walk outside. Other than that they seem pretty similar. Farpoint has a panel discussion called Queer As Trek that I was lucky enough to be able to attend (the only … Continue reading