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The weekend in Portland for the Vampire Ball was wonderful. We stayed with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cass404, and spent time with flyingtapes, two of my chosen family. We made the traditional pilgrimage to Powell's, where I purchased some new vampire books (mmm, genre fiction), and went up to the Rare Book Room to visit the signed 1st edition of Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury. (Dark Carnival was the first book Ray Bradbury ever published.)
The Vampire Ball was lovely, as always. A venue full of people dressed up in dark-themed finery? One of my favorite things, and this year the eye candy was even better than in previous years. (Well, there were some outfits that made me want to gently shake the wearers while muttering "What were you thinking?", but I did not give in to those evil urges. Yes, the Stroppy One took photos (he was in charge of the camera), but (a) not a lot of them, and (b) we haven't downloaded them yet.
mineke outdid herself on my outfit. Katie, I promise I won't make you sew anything involving velvet and bazillions of covered buttons again.
There's a bunch of other stuff I want to write about, but I'm tired. And tomorrow, I must start working on the 2nd revision pass of the GCS manuscript, because the deadline for it is very tight. (By the way, have I recently mentioned that I have my advance uncorrected proofs? BECAUSE I DO, WHEEEE!)
cass404, and spent time with flyingtapes, two of my chosen family. We made the traditional pilgrimage to Powell's, where I purchased some new vampire books (mmm, genre fiction), and went up to the Rare Book Room to visit the signed 1st edition of Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury. (Dark Carnival was the first book Ray Bradbury ever published.) The Vampire Ball was lovely, as always. A venue full of people dressed up in dark-themed finery? One of my favorite things, and this year the eye candy was even better than in previous years. (Well, there were some outfits that made me want to gently shake the wearers while muttering "What were you thinking?", but I did not give in to those evil urges. Yes, the Stroppy One took photos (he was in charge of the camera), but (a) not a lot of them, and (b) we haven't downloaded them yet.
mineke outdid herself on my outfit. Katie, I promise I won't make you sew anything involving velvet and bazillions of covered buttons again.There's a bunch of other stuff I want to write about, but I'm tired. And tomorrow, I must start working on the 2nd revision pass of the GCS manuscript, because the deadline for it is very tight. (By the way, have I recently mentioned that I have my advance uncorrected proofs? BECAUSE I DO, WHEEEE!)
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