As of Thursday, mamoru, xkatjafx and I are back from the US.

Katja snores. mamoru hates US drivers. I am crumpy without enough sleep. Onion rings taste good, but no one can constantly eat fried food. "Ross" is a marvelous idea. Switching on your climate control when it's chilly outside doesn't exactly make sense, especially regarding our environment. Calico's a nightmare for any Mag7 fan. Germany needs more "Subway"s. And "Denny's". Italian food in the US is not... Italian food. Juice should be pressed fruit without any additives, and milk is what you get from cows. Without additions like "vitamin D" etc. Refills are nice. Brownies with icecream... yumm. Double chocolate cake.

Ahem, before this denegates entirely into a food listing, I'll better stop now. ;-)

"Escapade 2004" was fun, but not as much fun as we'd hoped it would be. The other attendees were not as friendly and outgoing as we'd expected; we only talked to a handful of people and felt a bit like outsiders since everyone seemed to know everyone... else.

Still, I was glad to encounter Laura and khaleesian, and to meet so many first-day TOS fans in the panels "History of Fandom" and "ST: TOS". They reminded me once more why K/S was among the first pairings I read in slash.

And to learn that Jean Lorrah had written fan zines, of all things, before she'd published "The Vulcan Academy Murders"? Wow.

The vid show was interesting, too, even though mamoru and I soon felt like amateurs who shouldn't have turned their babysteps in. Ahem. Whatever. I'm still proud of my vid, so there. ;-)

I still read too much SG-1 (J/D), and I wholeheartedly blame mamoru and xkatjafx for it. Pffft.

Love my ebook.