The con (first day)

Our hotel's location provided something positive. The hotel hosting the convention was just minutes away. Not the nicest place to walk through, but we didn't have to take the car out until last day.

Yaoicon was different. I expected that. Men were definitely in the minority. The women attending were young. I guesstimate between 18-25 range. Costumes were interesting. I wish we could say the same about the seminars. As for the dealers room...mixed. Smaller than expected. More important, though, is discovering how much of the interesting stuff still needs to be translated. Damn.

First impression not good....

Personal:
Vacation. First impression was not good. I opened the car door after arriving Friday evening and smelled human urine. This, and seeing beggars every day left me tense until we left.

Okay, I goofed. I didn't know how close our hotel was to the Tenderloin. I know better next time. (At least we found a nice Thai restaurant within--safe--walking distance.)

There's gold in them hills....

Personal, spouse:
VACATION! Five days up in San Fran, Knotts Scary Farm, Disneyland...ahhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Humor


Personal, sibling:
Thanks, sis!

>
>A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going
>to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab,
>lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I
>noticed that there were several cabs, and I was in the wrong one.
>
>Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX
>
>
>
>At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on
>an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall.
>"Big breaths," I instructed. "Yes, they used to be," remorsefully
>replied the patient.
>
>Dr. Richard Byrnes, Seattle, WA
>
>
>
>One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told
>a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not
>more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of
>the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart,"
>
>Dr. ! Susan Steinberg, Manitoba, Canada
>
>
>
>
>I was performing a complete physical, including the
>visual acuity test. I placed the patient twenty feet from the chart and
>began, "Cover your right eye with your hand." He read the 20/20 line
>perfectly. left." Again, a flawless read. "Now both," I requested. There
>was
>silence. He couldn't even read the large letter on the top line. I turned
>and discovered that he had done exactly what I had asked; he was standing
>there with both his eyes covered. I was laughing too hard to finish the
>exam.
>
>Dr. Matthew Theodropolous, Worcester, MA
>
>
>
>
>During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with
>his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble
>with one of his medications. "Which one?" I asked. "The patch.The
>nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out
>of
>pl! aces to put it!" I had him quickly undress and discovered what I
>hoped I
>wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Since
>incident, the instructions now include removal of the old patch before
>applying a new
>one.
>
>Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk, VA
>
>
>
>While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I
>asked,"How long have you been bedridden?" After a look of complete
>confusion she answered "Why, not for about twenty years -- when my
>husband
>was alive,"
>
>Dr. Steven Swanson, Corvallis, OR
>
>
>
>
> I was caring for a woman from Kentucky and asked,
>"So, how's your breakfast this morning?" "It's very good, except for
>the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used to the taste," the patient
>replied. I
>then asked to see the jelly and the woman produced a foil packet labeled
>"KY
>Jelly."
>
>Dr. Leonard Kransdorf, Detroit, MI
>
>
>
>And Finally . . . . . A new, young MD when doing his
>residency in OB,was quite embarrassed performing female pelvic exams. To
>cover his embarrassment he had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling
>.
>The middle aged lady upon whom he was performing this exam suddenly burst
>out laughing and further embarrassed him. He looked up from his work and
>sheepishly said, "I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?" She replied, "No
>doctor,
>but the song you were whistling was 'I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener."
>
>
>
>Colonoscopy humor
>A physician claims these are actual comments from his
>patients made while
>he was performing colonoscopies:
>
>1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no
>man has gone before."
>
>2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?"
>
>3. "Can you hear me NOW?"
>
>4. "Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!"
>
>5. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we thereyet?"
>
>6. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married."
>
>
>7. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?"
>
>8. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand
>out. You do the Hokey Pokey...."
>
>9. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!"
>
>10. "If your hand doesn't fit, you must acquit!"
>
>11. "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity."
>
>12. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't
>you?"
>
>AND FINALLY (drum roll and cymbal crash.....)
>
>13. "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying
>that my head is not, in fact, up there?"

Look, there's my parents...all three of them....


Personal:
What's the point? Two seems to be working just fine:


Controversial three-parent pregnancy revealed

No fitness all week


Fitness:
Major change in my schedule this week. I will not be attending the gym for weight-training and cardio. Don't want to risk the remote chance of injury before vacation. While I'll miss the activities (especially cardio), I'll use the now-available time to prepare for vacation (e.g., pay bills, etc.) and write. (I currently don't plan to do any writing while on vacation.)

In my backyard


Personal:
Oh! I was talking to another bookseller last Friday night. She told me she was considering attending Gen Con. Apparently it's being held this year in Anaheim, California!

I was floored. I had heard rumors but thought it would not happen until next year at the earliest.

I must attend!

Not bad....


Fitness:
After an internal struggle, I finally crawled out of bed and attended that cardio class with one of my favorite--if not my favorite--instructors. Great class!


Writing:
Yeah! Major breakthrough with my WIP. Finally came up with a structure that I'm happy with and makes sense (for now). Happy dance!