DexCon kind of tanked for me this year, but all for things that were pretty much my fault, so there's not much to complain about. Mostly it was a combination of being sick, having one of my rare episodes of really bad menstrual cramps. None of my games actually ran, mostly making me feel guilty that I didn't recruit harder. If I'd felt better, I could probably have dragooned passers by.

I did put together a quickie livejournal account for thejennychannel so I'll have a place to drop programming when I have it ready (and, of course, have the equipment and place to broadcast to officially in character.

Well, there's always Southern Exposure. I had enough Avatar players interested in reprising the Hellenback games (just not at the same sessions!) it's likely to be worth it. Now I just need to decide how much, if any, time off I'll be taking for SE. Cherry Hill is too far for me do do the Thursday evening commute.

The tag end of this cold thing is still hanging on, but really only by a thread. It really needs to be done already.

I picked up Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on my way back from the con and finished it early Tuesday. I rather liked it. At least, I liked it better than book 6. Rowling still needs to edit down and tighten a bit, but I've never seen a popular book series that didn't have that problem at this stage. When there's deadline and marketing pressure, and a certain level of sales are guaranteed, it's extra hard to go back and do that last traumatic edit where you butcher your dearest darling down to a smoother pace and svelter profile.

I have no trauma from the Big Character Death, but then, I didn't last book either. I had a little fun watching the fannish trauma via Fandom Wank though.

Sky High comes out next Firday, the 29th. Any takers on an expedition?