OMG Vividcon Yay!

[justacat]

So yeah, that's about how I feel. When's the last time I posted about a con? Squeed about a con? Made a long post about a con, or even anything fannish? I can't even remember (even though I've certainly had plenty of fun at cons over the past few years). It was starting to feel like maybe I needed to turn in my fangirl credentials

Comments

[charmax]

Thanks for this excellent report and for such enthusiasm about my 2 vids!

[justacat]

Glad you enjoyed the report - and thank you, for the vids. Every vid of yours I've ever seen has been a pleasure to watch; the energy of these two, and the amazing merging of all the sources, made them stand out for me particularly at this con. I wish I could do them better justice - both by having a better ability to read vids and articulate and also by being more familiar with the the sources.

[kassrachel]

Thanks for this con report, which helps me recapture some of the glee of the con even though I'm now on to the Next Thing. :-)

[justacat]

Glad it gave you back some of that feeling - I know exactly what you mean, when reading about it sort of puts you back there again for a moment... It was great to see you as always; I feel like we didn't have a chance to talk much, but that always seems to be the case, doesn't it - never enough time to see and talk to everyone you want to...

(Were you down here for Sanj's party? I missed that, which just sucked!)

[the_shoshanna]

Eee, I'm so glad you had such a wonderful time!

is there a way to indicate a dreamwidth user from within LJ?

There is! Arguably there are two ways -- heh -- but the from-entirely-within-LJ way is like this:

[justacat]

First - great to see you; twice in one month! Plus I got to be sandwiched between you and cmshaw! *g*

Second - I do have a DW account, actually (I'm justacat over there, surprise surprise *g*). Just haven't started posting there yet - too many of the people and communities I follow are only on LJ, and I don't want my comments split, so I'm sticking with LJ for the moment - not crossposting - though eventually I might start - I'll rethink this periodically.

In the meantime, thanks for this info; it's exactly what I wanted to know. When you say set up a macro, though - what kind of macro? In Word? Some other program?

[the_shoshanna]

When you say set up a macro, though - what kind of macro?

Well, I'm on a Mac, and I use a program called Typinator that watches for certain snippets of text and expands them as I've directed, no matter what I'm doing in any program. So for instance, any time I type "mklu" (which stands in my head for "make LiveJournal user"), it replaces those four characters with "" (where CLIPBOARD = the contents of my clipboard, of course). I have several dozen such abbreviations, which I use for everything from HTML/journal code like that bit to canned queries for authors whose books I'm editing (you have no idea how tired I can get of typing out the explanation of why it is perfectly acceptable to split an infinitive OMG). There are a bunch of such programs for the Mac, and I imagine there are for PCs as well, though I have no idea what they might be. Search your usual software sources for "text expander" or "abbreviations" or such terms

[laurashapiro]

This is a wonderful con report. Thanks for posting it, and for the lovely things you said about my vids.

jarrow really does get right to the heart of things, doesn't he? I hope you get a chance to talk to him further!

As always, it was wonderful to see you.

[justacat]

I'm glad you enjoyed it - the report, I mean! And thank you, for the vids (and damnit, I just realized that one I forgot to mention but had intended to was I Want Candy

[laurashapiro]

No worries about I Want Candy -- you told me in person that you liked it, so I don't feel neglected or anything. (:

If you come to Bitchin' Party (Pacificon), you'll see jarrow there, since that's his hometown. I'm sure he'd be happy to talk vids with you -- he's generally happy to talk vids with anybody. I think his ability to sum up exactly what's needed to get you into a vid probably comes from his natural gifts as a teacher. I admire that very much.

And yes, Premieres set-up was great! I am always so glad to help the con, and I love that it gives me quality time with friends.

[justacat]

You know, that could be very fun. A little tough - right between Escapade and con.txt (ack! con.txt! con.txt is work for me...though it seems to be fun for everyone else), and on the other side of the country...but to see the Seattle folks - that would be great. I know so many of them. Were you there? Was it fun? What was it like?

You, meanwhile, would really like con.txt, I think. Lots of emphasis on really good panels, but also a lot of fun/socializing, with a party modeled roughly on Club Vivid and a great combo con suite/dealers room/art show...

[jarrow]

Holy CRAP, this is the nicest post in the entire world. [bookmarks] Why are you not around so I can hug you?

I am absolutely blown away that my vids moved you this much and that my vid review comments were so helpful! I really had no idea (even after our conversation afterwards), and I am deeply humbled. Thank you so much!

[justacat]

Hey, I am around - just here, not there. *g* Which turns out to be on the opposite coast - the other Washington. So next time, yes?

Seriously, though - it's I who should be thanking you, though I'm glad you enjoyed the post, and you're very welcome (will I thank you when I'm weeping over SFU, which I have a feeling I will be...? ;-).

Aside from the pleasure of your vids, I really do mean what I said about your comments. I've heard a lot of people review and comment on and attempt to explain vids, to me and more broadly, over the years, so it's not empty praise. Maybe it's the teacher skills, as Laura said (though I didn't know you were a teacher) - whatever it is; your way of looking at the vids, breaking them down, seeing them and then articulating that, seems to work with the way my mind works - I realized that almost immediately, after only a few vids had been reviewed, and kind of wished everyone else would just shut up so I could hear more of your comments *g* - and I so appreciate that

[jarrow]

You really are too kind. I feel like such a first-grade reader of vids and very very rarely offer concrit because I feel I can't properly read/speak to them. I'm glad at least one other person was able to comprehend my Dr. Seussian readings. :-) Thank you again for the kind words both here and after the panel.