You know, I had a dream that you won the Campbell... (just saying)

I had a dream that I was in Seoul, lying awake in a hotel room at 2:30AM with jet lag. Then Greg and Meghan and I were trying to play a practical joke on the drama department of a junior high school while it was being attacked by working-class British ninjas.

P.S. Was my speech any good?

*Two days* travel time in each direction?

That's nasty.

My condolences. :)

You should have seen my original schedule, before I decided to take Wednesday and Thursday and Tuesday off. :)

I kind of planned it this way, at least on the way back. (On the way out, I didn't see any point in getting to Glasgow earlier than I could check into my hotel room.) I couldn't get frequent-flyer tickets all the way to/from Glasgow, and I figured that it would be less stressful to spend Monday night near Heathrow than to get up early enough Tuesday morning to be absolutely sure of getting to London in time to re-check my bags.

Anyway, thanks to my dad's generous donation of most of his stock of miles, it's first class all the way. So it should be all right. If the advertised laptop power ports work, I might even get some writing done. :)

Alas, no speech - there was wacky hijinks instead.

Best dream involving me EVAR. Oh man, have a good time in Scotland. Drink so much good beer for me. And give a good speech. Hell, even if you don't get to give a speech, I heard the losers' party is the most rockin joint in town. I will be weeping quietly over my laptop, obsessively reading everyone's blogs. Or seeing a Fruit Chan movie. Or both.

First-class all the way? That's *fantastic*. Enjoy the free alcohol! :)

Don’t worry; I intend to. :)

Meghan — L’shanah ha’ba b’Anaheim!

Y'know, you could give a speech even if you don't win.

I'm just sayin'.

(For whatever it's worth, Campbell or no Campbell, I think you're supercool.)

Look at it this way: You're still not a Hugo loser! Hope you had fun.

"It's an honor just to be robbed." I stole that from Hannah.

It's been bugging me for two days now; are the "not-a-Hugo" losers allowed at the Hugo losers party?

Just wondering, Mr. Not-a-Loser.

Yeah, they let me in — the LACon folks even gave me a rocket ship clock as a “memento of my time as a Hugo nominee.” (Kinda tactless, but what the hell, I can use another clock.)

Funny thing about the Campbell, they can never seem to decide when it counts as a Hugo and when it doesn’t. F’rinstance, I don’t think I got a rocket ship pin — either that or I managed to lose it before I noticed it. (I kept forgetting to ask Chris Roberson and Steph Swainston if they got one.) But Jim Cambias got one, his year. So probably I lost it.

(To some of you it will sound like I’m obsessing about the rocket ship pin. I’m not, honest. Giving them out for the Not-a-Hugo always seemed like a dicey idea to me anyway. Anyway, if I really want one I just have to hurry up and get nominated for a Not-a-Campbell.)

’Course what I really wanted was a lapel pin with a Hugo rocket and a red enameled NOT sign. But now I’d have to wear it reversed, and then it would just look like “No Bombs” or something.

Oh, and for whatever reason they called it the Participants party this year. Which is just mealy-mouthed if you ask me.