Ubalblog

[  Mood: Sleepy ]
[  Currently: Watching Whatever is on TV ]
Well today has been a blur of panels. All four of my panels were today, so I have been tooing and froing all over the place. One of the problems of this hotel, and why I don’t think we will be back once the Double Tree is up and running is how much we are spread out and how hard it can be to find certain rooms.

Excellent example, I wanted to attend a panel that was in the squash court. Yup. The squash court. And it was in another building. I could have taken the tunnel, but that would have taken ten minutes. Luckily I ran into someone who pointed us to the shortcut across the parking lot.

Panels today were interesting:

1) Flashpoint – where we talked about this great Canadian show on CBS. We loved the fact that when Jules and Sam realized that they could not have a relationship unless one of them quit the team, Jules challenged Sam to quit as she had seniority. Yes – finally! A strong, career minded woman who doesn’t give it all up because of a man.

2) The Mentalist – I got to be the moderator. I mentioned Joe’s comment about Manimal Handsome. We thought the show had a good premise, but it was flawed as we get very little character development.

3) I Loved That As a Kid! – We talked about how books we loved as a kid, that might not be loved by kids today. We ranged far and wide.

4) It May Be Too Dark For You, But Your Kids Like It! – About the dark turn that children’s fiction has taken in the last few years. We tossed out titles like mad.

Art show wise, two pieces I wanted went to auction, so Husband Unit is off bidding on them. This year it only takes three bids to go to auction. In previous years in has been five, but last year, only three things went to auction, making a very boring art auction. Hence the change.

I also got two necklaces before the cut-off, but I was also bidding on another necklace, but I didn’t know if I got it. We will see tomorrow when I pick up my art.

Now off to bed with a book.