Oh yeah, I forgot! I have this “web” “log” thingy.

So… Potlatch! Potlatch was great. Several other VP X alumni attended: Bart, Mac, Lucy, and Barbara. This meant I had a safety net of friends in case the other children were mean to me, although it turned out the other children were all perfectly nice. I had drinks with friends, visited Powell’s Books and VooDoo Doughnuts, even attended a panel here and there. And I saw Ursula K. LeGuin in the flesh! I didn’t go so far as to introduce myself, since I didn’t have anything to say to her other than, “I-read-Earthsea-when-I-was-9-and-I-think-you’re-awesome.” No doubt she’s heard quite enough of that.

I also ran into Janelle, who I last saw over a decade ago in college. All Saturday, I kept looking at her out of the corner of my eye, “Geez, that person looks really familiar,” while she was wondering the same thing all day as well. Janelle actually came to her first Potlatch with no safety net of friends, which makes her a heckuva lot braver than me. I also met TexAnne from Making Light, who saw the name on my badge and tapped me on the shoulder. Having a unique first name + last name is awesome. Great for email addresses, User IDs, screen names… thanks, Mom and Dad and Ancestors!

All in all, Potlatch was a great time. It was really fun to be around so many people with such a deep and rich sense of the genre and its history. I hope to come back.