“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…”

I’m hopping on a plane to Denvention 3, the world science fiction convention. The lovely and gracious Anne is putting me up for the weekend, and I’m meeting up with Janiece and Tania while I’m there, so I’m looking forward to some great UCF bonding time.

What do I want out of the weekend? See a couple of famous authors speak – and even get a chance to meet them (Lois McMaster Bujold & John Scalzi, for example). Pull up a quiet table in the bar and watching the weird people of the world go by. Socialize a lot with fellow science fiction fans. Relax and enjoy not being hyperscheduled.

I have a personal rule about blogging. I guess you could call it an acknowledgement of the golden rule, or karma. While I might describe particularly strange goings-on – and take and post pictures of interesting people and places, with permission – I am not going to surreptitiously take pictures of the truly weird and post them here. (Believe me, in downtown Seattle I see plenty.) I wouldn’t want to have my picture taken and posted, however anonymously, in a stupid moment – and I won’t do that to someone else.

I am set up to mobile blog from my BlackBerry, so I’ll be doing that as I can for the next couple of days. See you at the con!

Update:

Road reading: Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson. I really like Stephenson, and I’ve somehow missed this one. At 1152pp, it should keep me busy for a long time, even at my hyper-fast reading rate.

Update 2: First class upgrade! w00t!