Norwescon 33 : "This Must Be Thursday"

"I never could get the hang of Thursdays"

I had to get into the hotel early to check in and make sure we got the room we wanted.  Well, we sort of did.  It's on the Nose Bleed Floor of the tower.   Then I had to beat it back to Port Orchard right away  to pick up Juli after she got off work.  On the way back down around the sound I got thoroughly pelted by many hail storms.  
Juli and I were concerned about parking, getting back so late.   We got lucky there and found what was likely the last slot in the back lot.

Typographer texted both Juli and I to let us know what room they were in.  I called him when Juli and I got into the room and found out a bunch of them were on there way to the bar for dinner.  One of the things Juli was desperately looking forward to was Hot Wings and Red Hook.  Coincidence being what it is, we had dinner first thing.   The drink typographer bought me this year was a Mimosa, the favorite drink of Sam's,  from "Burn Notice".  Gah!  Now I have problems with my thoughts leaping into a mimosa and partying on a pihnt leaf. [not mint leaf].

Juli and I got registered and then hung out a bit in the lobby with people we hadn't seen for a while...  as we as people we saw last weekend.

I went to my first panel on how technology is changing fandom from the days of printing fanzines to now.  There were three panelists and 4 in the audience.  The panelists stated how very long they have been in fandom ... and they made me feel very old. 
"I've been in fandom 35 years"
"I've been here since I was 13 and I wont tell you when that was."
"Well I've been in fandom since 1984."
To which I tell them they are all making me feel very old.

They discussed things like Sci Fi going mainstream and loosing the clique of the fan
How similar things happened with tech in the sixties when mimeographs made fanzines easier to produce.
How these changes have made successes and failures just happen on a grander scale.