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chattacon

argghh... getting a very late start today, as you can probably tell -- and, as predicted, it was quite a busy weekend. filling my weekends with pulse work has made them a little less relaxing, but definitely more productive. not sure how long i can juggle all this though.

chattacon was, well, hard to put into words. today's photo is of princess margaret, daughter of queen catherine, a family we met at the weekend of festivities. the general concensus among us outsiders at the event went something like, "the family that 'cons' together, stays together." there's so much to say about this event that i can't really fit it into my abbreviated blog style. i will say though, that what struck me more than anything was how friendly everyone was. dressed as they are (witches, ghouls, etc) this friendliness comes as something of a pleasant surprise. i don't know -- read mesh's article on wednesday. i'm sure that it will capture the spirit of it all much more accurately than my fumblings.

oh, and the andrew bird show was outstanding. photos from that tomorrow, if i can find my digicam.