State of the Me

[kate_nepveu]

I have the post-vacation blahs in a big way, not helped by an upset digestive system (bad airline food? reaction to Northeast allergens? just not wanting to be here? who knows!) and a serious lack of sleep. Have very briefly skimmed over reading list and marked a rather large quantity of things "read" on Bloglines.

Feeling overwhelmed at the idea of leaving for Japan in less than two weeks. I still have fourteen chapters of Genji to read, not to mention learning more than five Japanese words, and half-a-dozen doctor's appointments, and all this laundry, and, generallly, everything that needs to be done for us to leave the country for three weeks.

Speaking of Japan & Worldcon: has anyone else filled out a program questionnaire & not gotten a schedule? There's at least one other con e-mail I've not gotten that Chad has, and so I'm worried that I'm not getting e-mail for some reason. (The other possibility is that they've decided they don't need me after all, which is fine, but I'd really like to know.)

Further to traveling: can anyone recommend a simple, preferably shareware, e-mail program for the Palm TX? Versamail apparently refuses to send anything longer than 4KB of text, which rather puts a damper on my post-by-e-mail plan for Japan.

I have this whole list of posts I wanted to write for International Blog Against Racism Week, and failed to write any of them while on vacation (and to finish Genji, and to read new-to-me John M. Ford books in preparation for a proposed Worldcon panel, and and and . . . ). I don't know whether I'll have the guts to write them and post them outside of IBARW (I was telling Chad, it's like being in a school of fish: it feels like there's less chance of trolls coming and eating you). But I did read Covering and will post about it, so that will be something.

But now, I am going to go buy food for the family and a camera for me. Yay, blatant consumerism as a mood lifter, or something.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

I understand your reluctance to post Blog Against Racism posts now, but I'd certainly like to hear some of your thoughts. The posts from last year were, I thought, insightful and interesting.

[kate_nepveu]

Thank you, that means a lot to me.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I have not gotten a program schedule, and just emailed the con folk to ask if I'm on any panels or not. I did fill out the form.

[kate_nepveu]

At least it's not just me.

(We're still on the program participants page, though!)

I believe that programming may have undergone some personnel changes, so I wouldn't be surprised if the focus/philosophy changed, but still, communication is good.

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

I am channeling an odd number of the statements in your first sentence. Hope you at least enjoyed the vacation while you were there.

[kate_nepveu]

Oh, the vacation was fabulous. I'm not sure that contemplating it further at length is a good way to get into all the stuff I need to do now, though. =>

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

I wish ChatterEmail ran on the TX, since I would recommend it heartily. :|

Hope you had a good vacation!

[kate_nepveu]

I did! (I should've made these posts in reverse order, I guess.)

Thanks for the not-rec anyway; I was hoping you'd weigh in, and at least now I know not to look at that one.

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

I see that now :) --I'm catching up verrrry slowly but should've checked.

If you find something that works well, please let us know; I'm sometimes asked about non-Treo Palm recs, and it'd be good to have additional info. Versamail is terrible in so many ways.

[skwidly.livejournal.com]

Ooooh...what camera are you getting?

[kate_nepveu]

Canon SD800, only no stores carry them anymore because the SD850 "replaced" it (another megapixel, slightly more zoom = 20-25% markup; I think not), so Amazon it is. No instant gratification for me, boo.

[skwidly.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent choice. Several of my friends have SD series, and they take amazing pictures for a pocket P&S. Image Stabilization is a wonderful thing.

[kate_nepveu]

My parents have the 600 and love it, but I couldn't resist image stabilization & face recognition, especially since I hope to do a lot of museum pictures.

[montoya.livejournal.com]

It seems like most reviewers think the face recognition is a gimmick, but the IS is clearly awesome.

I've actually got an 850IS (I think I thought the 800IS was discontinued and gone) on my Amazon wishlist right now, so I can watch to see if it drops to some crazy-low price at some point...

[kate_nepveu]

Well, the 800 is now $300, and I believe that the differences are minor.

[montoya.livejournal.com]

And probably in the 800's favor, honestly. It already has too many megapixels...