1. Keith Knight rocks!
We saw him at the Cleveland Institute of Art, so basically it was me and Rand and a bunch of art students. Very cool. We talked to him a bit, and he signed a copy of one of his books (Passion of the Keef) for us. We also picked up a copy of his latest CD (he’s in a hip hop group called the Marginal Prophets)…titled Bohemian Rap CD. Hee! I mean, how do you not buy that?
2. OVFF was a lot of fun.
I got to meet some new people, all of whom were very cool, and see several fantastic concerts: Seanan McGuire, Michelle Dockrey, Riverfolk and Wild Mercy. Wild Mercy has a cool Celtic vibe…they even covered a song by one of my favoritest Celtic-type bands, Great Big Sea. (Own True Way) Awesome.
Every year at OVFF, awards are given in various categories. The nominated songs are performed on Friday night, attendees vote, and awards are presented at a Saturday evening banquet. I have to say, the nominees for best filk song were quite impressive. Tom Smith’s song “Rocket Ride”, an insanely catchy tune, was this year’s winner. I also really liked Escape Key’s “The Girl That’s Never Been”.
Rand gave a lyric writing workshop, which I sat in on. It was cool to see him in teacher mode. Very entertaining, and people really seemed to enjoy it. 🙂
And of course, it’s always fun to hang out with Joe Giacoio. Joe’s got a new CD out, which Rand got a copy of, and it’s great stuff. He never fails to make me tear up just a little. No Carla this time, though. Bummer. 🙂
Ummm…lessee…
3. Fleabag motels in Dayton=eeeeew.
Sunday night, we went to visit Rand’s brother and his family. I got to meet his wife and kids for the first time, and I really liked all of them. Cute, cute little boys. We spent the night at the “Relax Inn,” because we were too tired to search for anything else. Wouldn’t have been that bad but for the smoke smell. Let me be completely clear…this room didn’t just smell like it had been smoked in. It smelled like a family of three-pack-a-day smokers had lived there for ten years. Blech.
4. Henry Rollins rocks!
It wasn’t the most stellar of material, but man, can this guy entertain.
5. NaNoWriMo
I decided to sign up again, but I’m not exactly following the rules. I want to finish the thing I started last year, and my TC friends encouraged me to sign up anyway so that I could benefit from their peer pressure. Basically, I don’t care if I “win”, but I want to get back into the groove. I need a laptop, by the way. I’ve been hanging on to about half of my Woman’s World money, which won’t completely pay for a new computer, but will take a decent chunk out of it. Any suggestions?
Phew…I guess that’s it for now. 🙂