Travel very soon

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4:30am and I almost finished packing! My time management is... not ideal. Now a few hours sleep, then a few things still to do, then to the airport. This will be the first time that I don't participate in an election, I ran out of time, I'm a bit disappointed in myself. (It's "only" the election of the mostly symbolic president, I definitely would have made time if we had a parliament or mayor election.)

Today in the morning I woke up to an excited text message from DD about the result of the first Pens playoffs game. Great win, now 15 more \o/ Playoffs are stressful.

I visited a Star Wars exhibition with DD in the afternoon, it was a lot of fun. Some original costumes, models, concept art, and some interactive "build your own character" stuff. Clearly made for fans. (She created a Twi'lek Jedi from Kashyyyk, I a Nautolan trader from Kamino, and yes of course I already thought of stories, that's what one does with characters.)

I'm not taking my laptop to NYC and I don't know how much internet access I'll have, I'm curious what and how much I'll miss. I'm very grateful for my ebook-reader, I made sure I'll have more than enough to read on the flight (especially considering that I'll definitely sleep for a few hours.)

ETA: Turns out I have iron-deficiency anemia, that explains several symptoms I didn't realize were symptoms. That's good news because it means I have another way to combat them. If I could pick, hopefully my appetite will come back first.

Comments

[myrdschaem]

Yay, have fun in the US and come back with good stories! The iron deficiency sucks but is easily fixed with supplements I think, so that shouldn't be too hard. :) All the best!

[dhampyresa]

Enjoy the US!

Hopefully the anemia clears up soon.

Tell me more about the Star Wars expo?

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Thank you! I'll do my best collecting stories :-)

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They had several original costums and masks - several actors are much taller than I realized! Almost everyone except Luke, in fact: there was one place where several characters stood in an outward-facing circle and Luke was the only one not standing completely straight, that made him look even smaller. They also had props, like Anakin's pod racer and models of different space ships, including the Falcon and star destroyers. They had some early concept art for characters, Jar Jar's were particularly ridiculous. They had an "elements of identity" theme going on and every once in a while played clips from the various movies to support their points (i.e. the influence of parents etc.)
Idk what else you want to know? It was fun :-)

[dhampyresa]

SO COOL! Thank you.