jumping on the incomprehensible bandwagon...

Well, it sort of makes sense. I recognize most, certainly not all of these people. A couple of surprises...

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Closest 50 non-Friends for electricland:

1: niccibear, 2: wrendragon, 3: truthlies, 4: wireandclouds, 5: moonlightjoy, 6: eyebeams, 7: tem_akh, 8: whitelight1, 9: nottheterritory, 10: cyron, 11: blazing_angel, 12: pyat, 13: fbf, 14: kernezelda, 15: uncharted_tales, 16: veritykindle, 17: eynowd, 18: childe_roland, 19: rolinator, 20: skrymir, 21: chrissajeanie, 22: graht, 23: schiessenstern, 24: thatcash, 25: vengal, 26: dvixen, 27: _ellie_, 28: darkbeforedawn, 29: bird_e, 30: boondocks, 31: krazykitkat, 32: pekeana, 33: adamjury, 34: catcom, 35: mrbehemoth, 36: fairy_chef, 37: bruceb, 38: whisper_jeff, 39: maliszew, 40: sextips, 41: marrythesea, 42: jaanquidam, 43: lawgeekgurl, 44: meeby, 45: paksenarrion2, 46: tiggz, 47: willagurl, 48: insert_world, 49: mearls, 50: aliasa

so that's what I've been doing wrong.

You should be dating an Aquarius.
20 January - 18 February
Your mate is communicative, thoughtful and caring.
Though he/she can be tactless and rude and
sometimes self-interested, he/she enjoys the
intellectual experience of sex.


What Zodiac Sign Are You Attracted To?
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(thanks to elissa_carey for the quiz)

Never dated an Aquarius to my knowledge. There's no pattern to the birth signs of the men I've dated/been attracted to, although there is a certain superficial resemblance between them, in that you could use many of the same adjectives to describe them (about my height, dark hair, talkative).

Long-Awaited Toronto Trek Report

I've been putting this off, but it's time. It's finally written (took for bloody ever, too). I'm going to be posting this in various forms all over the Web, so I thought I'd put it here first because the data entry is significantly simpler. Aren't you lucky? I'm also sticking my own notes about what worked and what didn't at the end, for future reference.


Toronto Trek 17 took place July 11-13, 2003 at the Regal Constellation Hotel. By coincidence, this was the same weekend that Space: The Imagination Station began rerunning Farscape from the Season 1 Premiere. It was, in other words, an ideal weekend to educate science fiction fans about Farscape and the Save Farscape campaign. A small but dedicated band of Scapers, some from as far afield as Montreal and Alexandria, ON, descended on the hotel…

( Preparation )

( Table )

( Prize Draws )

( Promotion )

( Panels )

( Memorable Moments )

In Summary:
We came, we gave away stuff, we got 147 postcards signed and 255 signatures for the petition, we made $220 ($180 net after paying for the buttons), we gave out a ton of information, we got many compliments on our table, we had a fantastic time and we didn't go crazy.

What Worked:
Flyer with all the right info.
Lots of stuff to give away and sell.
Variety of buttons (know your audience! If You Build A Bunch Of Variant Covers, They Will Come).
Selling buttons worked just dandy.
Donation jar next to the cookies – a lot of people asked how much the cookies cost, and we were able to say "Nothing, but we accept donations!" – worked very well.

Do Differently Next Time:
Make people sign up for shifts right away.
Make it clear beforehand who is responsible for what, what will and will not be reimbursed.
Plan panels a bit better.
Have water or Gatorade or something handy.
Get a picture of the whole crew, dammit!
Even more buttons. Chiana, D'Argo etc. Lots of people asking for individual characters.

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Updated Save Farscape Canada with con report and some other little things. God. I know Real Women Code By Hand, but it's bloody tiring, dammit. Next time I do this I'm abusing office resources (read: Dreamweaver) the way I normally do.

Still, glad I got that done. It's been nearly a month and the guilt was getting to me.

Someone out there is barbecuing, and it's making me HUNGRY.

raithen, I really hope the fires stay away from your area...