tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post8650839796626662559..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: In the Footsteps of Lois LaneLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-31997878862477724962011-09-21T19:59:39.051-04:002011-09-21T19:59:39.051-04:00Hi, Beth--How nice that you thought of me while wa...Hi, Beth--How nice that you thought of me while watching Brandon Routh! I thought he did a great job with what the script allowed him to do. His role seemed unduly restricted, to me, when dealing with the love triangle.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-88098470134926623682011-09-21T19:58:11.228-04:002011-09-21T19:58:11.228-04:00Jeanne, I delivered your greetings to Jean Marie, ...Jeanne, I delivered your greetings to Jean Marie, as requested. She also says you need to do Dragon*Con!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-82155059741297329382011-09-21T19:57:24.816-04:002011-09-21T19:57:24.816-04:00Barbara, thanks again for sitting down with me! We...Barbara, thanks again for sitting down with me! We managed to find a spot with no crowds around it. I hope your glasses weren't too difficult to fix.<br /><br />So you didn't see Superman, either--and you were there on Saturday. I wonder whether the various Supermen spent most of their time at the Marriott. That seems to have become Costume Central.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34918338016966706152011-09-21T19:55:36.739-04:002011-09-21T19:55:36.739-04:00Jeanne, hunting for Superman was fun, yes, but you...Jeanne, hunting for Superman was fun, yes, but you'd be amazed how many costumes have big swatches of red in them.<br /><br />DragonCon is always fun for me, even if I need to duck out of the crowds from time to time.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16627738028612752512011-09-21T19:10:16.954-04:002011-09-21T19:10:16.954-04:00What fun, Nancy! I'm sorry you didn't find...What fun, Nancy! I'm sorry you didn't find Superman, though. I watched Superman Returns again yesterday and thought of you :-)<br /><br />No obsessive hunts that I can think of but both my girls are still on the hunt for a certain style of boots for school *g*Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81681541604173568502011-09-21T18:06:55.099-04:002011-09-21T18:06:55.099-04:00Helen, I really want to come to RWAus someday. Th...Helen, I really want to come to RWAus someday. That will be SO fun!!<br /><br />And Deb, I'm with you. I'm going to get to Dragon*Con one of these days!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57280799206740002332011-09-21T18:06:02.593-04:002011-09-21T18:06:02.593-04:00Kim, let me just say...Hawaii 5-oooohhhh, yeah. G...Kim, let me just say...Hawaii 5-oooohhhh, yeah. Grins.<br /><br />Jennifer Tanner, you said: <i>Obsessive hunting? Yes. For several handbags (I sound so shallow!) and the spare key to my old Saab, which I still can't find. </i><br /><br />Let's be shallow together. I love handbags. I don't have a Saab key though, so I can't help you with that. The shallow part though, when it concerns handbags, I'm right there.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-39654637758354469082011-09-21T18:04:38.324-04:002011-09-21T18:04:38.324-04:00It was a unique interview, sitting on the floor of...It was a unique interview, sitting on the floor of the hallway at Dragon Con. I even managed to step on my glasses when I finally got to my feet. But it's always an adventure there and I didn't see Superman either.Barbara Veyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17666661670224358799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-73793616622162967982011-09-21T18:04:32.591-04:002011-09-21T18:04:32.591-04:00Marybelle, I really had to LOL about the oven mitt...Marybelle, I really had to LOL about the oven mitt. <br /><br />Things like that happen around here all the time and I'm convinced that the ghosts do it. <br /><br />I was not, however then compelled to make 4 more mitts. SNORK! Good for you for doing so, however, as you now have extras should one go to join the missing...Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-19362563814897344432011-09-21T18:03:24.904-04:002011-09-21T18:03:24.904-04:00Hey Jane! Congrats on catching the chook - and th...Hey Jane! Congrats on catching the chook - and those OOP Nora books. The originals are better. Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-43784067965373290372011-09-21T18:03:00.147-04:002011-09-21T18:03:00.147-04:00Hey Nancy! Love that you went on a Superman hunt ...Hey Nancy! Love that you went on a Superman hunt until nearly 2 in the morning. SNORK!!<br /><br />How fun is that?Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-64525119372037174442011-09-21T17:48:24.514-04:002011-09-21T17:48:24.514-04:00Cassondra, pushing through crowds, like after the ...Cassondra, pushing through crowds, like after the parade or in the dealer rooms, wears on me. When I need a break, I usually go sit in a panel (not the TV/movie ones, which are the ones with the ginormous lines) or sit in the Daily Dragon office. There's space in the back of the Writer's Track room and in the DD office. <br /><br />I would love to go in costume, but I no longer have a figure I care to display in tights. Back in the days when I did, I had no idea how to get a costume. I don't feel confident sewing on those fabrics.<br /><br />As you can see from the photos, however, there are many people who are extremely skilled in costuming!<br /><br />Sorry they wouldn't let you use the stairs. Especially given that the elevators tend to be insanely crowded during certain times of the day.<br /><br />You have a knack with gift baskets, but I know what you mean about the obsessive hunting just getting to you after a while.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-1736136577837137472011-09-21T16:12:11.994-04:002011-09-21T16:12:11.994-04:00Events..
Sheesh, here I am again. I seem to be w...Events..<br /><br />Sheesh, here I am again. I seem to be wordy today, but not getting easily to any one point.<br /><br />I am compelled to attend highland games. <br /><br />Yes, I am. <br /><br />That is all. *grin*Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54650421615402850692011-09-21T16:10:55.140-04:002011-09-21T16:10:55.140-04:00Oh, and the question..
Yes, I have gone on a numb...Oh, and the question..<br /><br />Yes, I have gone on a number of obsessive searches for something. Most often, it's been a particular handbag--because I hate purse shopping with everything in me, and I am so dang picky about purses and bags that once I know what I want, I'll go to almost any lengths to get it. And will, unfortunately, pay a lot of money. But once I decide what I want, I often cannot find that.<br /><br />I've done the same thing for a particular gift basket I was constructing--I've built lovely gift baskets before--and been paid to do it--but if I need a certain look or size or color for some basket component, I'll spend days hunting it, and doing nothing but that.<br /><br />And I have to tell you, this obsessive searching is one of my least favorite things in the universe. I'd rather dig my own eye out with a spoon.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-76340899526443063132011-09-21T16:08:09.614-04:002011-09-21T16:08:09.614-04:00Hi Nancy!
Great blog about Dragon*Con. This was ...Hi Nancy!<br /><br />Great blog about Dragon*Con. This was my first time there, and I have to say, each time I saw you, I thought, "She looks like she's worn out by this, and I don't know how she does it." I mean, not that you looked bad, but you had that look on your face--that look about you--which clearly said, "I need a few moments not surrounded by a gazillion people.<br /><br />I will say that there is something about the conference which pushes my buttons, and I could so get into dressing in costume and going to that. It brings out the inner "alternate personalities" in me. And at one time, I probably could have pulled off the costume thing quite nicely. Now, however, having seen some older ladies in costume there, who most of us might wish we had NOT seen in costume, if you get my drift (what has been seen cannot be unseen, unfortunately) I have decided to remain forever a spectator. <br /><br />And the thing which would keep me away from it is that....there's no actual way to see it. I guess if I was a fan girl it would make sense--I could go to some panels or something, but I'm not willing to wait in those lines for ANY reason. And all I saw was walls of people taller than me, and it took an hour to go fifty feet, and I don't enjoy that kind of thing at all. In fact, I would pay to not do it. <br /><br />So I obviously need to go for a reason--to see something or watch something--some reason other than just random walking around and observing. <br /><br />The booths of merchandise and costumes--I would have LOVED time to go through those, and money to spend in them. There was some really cool stuff there.<br /><br />But the thing which signaled the death toll for Dragon*Con for me, is that hotel staff would not let me use the stairs. *sniffs in a miffed kind of way*Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50422448732141042652011-09-21T15:27:27.935-04:002011-09-21T15:27:27.935-04:00Hey, everyone, if you're on Facebook, go see t...Hey, everyone, if you're on Facebook, go see the wonderful and much deserved shout-out the fabulous Susan Andersen gave our own Susan Sey.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-6160879492290670582011-09-21T15:13:16.938-04:002011-09-21T15:13:16.938-04:00Susan, come on and go some year! When the offspri...Susan, come on and go some year! When the offspring get a little older, they might love it, too.<br /><br />You'd think Diet Coke on ice wouldn't be that hard to find--but of course a true "fountain" soda of any sort is hard to come by anymore.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83362103109729178702011-09-21T15:11:53.551-04:002011-09-21T15:11:53.551-04:00Trish wrote: I laughed at the thought of you hunti...Trish wrote: <i>I laughed at the thought of you hunting all over the place for Superman after midnight. Only at Dragon*Con!<br /><br /></i>Indeed, as my buddy Teal'c would say. But you'd think, at Dragon*Con, of ALL places, I would actually, you know, find him!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-36968875041569271872011-09-21T14:51:22.850-04:002011-09-21T14:51:22.850-04:00Nancy, this sounds like so much fun! Not to wish ...Nancy, this sounds like so much fun! Not to wish time away or anything but sometimes I think wistfully about how many years it will be before I'll have an empty nest & can pursue the fun overnighty type things I used to enjoy before I reproduced. Conferences like this are totally at the top of my list. <br /><br />Glad you had a great time, & the last obsessive hunt I engaged in had to do with Diet Coke from a fountain with crushed ice. I have since given up Diet Coke (six days & counting; pray for me) but I involved my entire family. It wasn't pretty. It made me realized I was addicted & really ought to give that stuff up. <br /><br />I did but I'm still really sad about it.Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47348734386235812832011-09-21T14:44:36.400-04:002011-09-21T14:44:36.400-04:00I laughed at the thought of you hunting all over t...I laughed at the thought of you hunting all over the place for Superman after midnight. Only at Dragon*Con!<br /><br />It was wild how with 50,000 people around, I managed to run into several people I know. That's not always the case.<br /><br />You know, I am certain I've been on an obsessive hunt before, but at the moment I can't think of what it is.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-32971531936287011032011-09-21T12:22:00.026-04:002011-09-21T12:22:00.026-04:00Carol, you're obviously more adept at PhotoSho...Carol, you're obviously more adept at PhotoShop than I am!<br /><br />The main hotels sell out early in the year, but the overflow ones usually have rooms up until late summer. I think you would love Dragon*Con. You're the one who got me into fandom in the first place.<br /><br />The leaf-peeping trip sounds fabulous!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11501130737539416442011-09-21T12:02:50.610-04:002011-09-21T12:02:50.610-04:00Y'see, I would have cheated and put myself nex...Y'see, I would have cheated and put myself next to Superman via Photoshop.<br /><br />Perhaps Supes was wearing his new duds (the one(s) they've changed him to in DC's Nottaboot) and you didn't recognize him.<br /><br />I've got to get to this some day, but NOT if they close hotel rooms in January. Besides, next year will be my big New England leaf-peeping trip.Carol A. Stricklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144748925453952984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-17913160218216072772011-09-21T11:34:10.048-04:002011-09-21T11:34:10.048-04:00Kate, thanks! Dragon*Con is my special treat to m...Kate, thanks! Dragon*Con is my special treat to myself every year, a place where I don't have to make an impression or be on company manners. I can just do whatever I like and not worry about making contacts or selling a book. <br /><br />Were you looking for a particular cute boy in the bar? And did you find him? Or the lake and the Beatles memorabilia?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47915206518273499082011-09-21T11:31:47.352-04:002011-09-21T11:31:47.352-04:00Thanks, Janga! It was a great weekend. I look fo...Thanks, Janga! It was a great weekend. I look forward to it every year. Thanks to A. C. Crispin's writing seminars, I have buddies there I don't see anywhere else, so getting back together with them is always a treat.<br /><br />You wrote: <i>The only other things I've ever hunted obsessively are earrings in exactly the right color combo and books, of course.<br /><br /></i>Ah, you must have the accessorizing gene--lucky you! I wish I had that knack. And I absolutely know what you mean about books.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-61596882698344134982011-09-21T11:27:14.277-04:002011-09-21T11:27:14.277-04:00Great post, Nancy! You know, Dragon Con sounds lik...Great post, Nancy! You know, Dragon Con sounds like the absolute best place to get obsessive and go hunting! *g*<br /><br />I've gone hunting for an elusive Lake up in Santa Barbara County, and there was the time I went hunting for Beatles memorabilia in Hollywood (I was 13, my girlfriend's mom had to drive us). And lots of book hunting, and hunting down restaurants at odd hours in strange countries. And I've gone hunting for a cute guy at a pub ... more than once.<br /><br />But Superman? Nope, never. It sounds like you had a total blast! Thanks for sharing your adventure. And I'd love to hear more about those interviews, too. :-)<br /><br />Jane, looks like you'll be hunting down the elusive feathered Wily One today!Kate Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863555050062113192noreply@blogger.com