Dyssonance

So after my midday post yesterday I continued my little fun project of getting feedback from vvarious other people here on how the sessions were going — all of which will find its way into a big ole article I’ll write later.

However, round about 5 ish, I got hit with a massive wave of fatigue, and ended up crashing int he room for three hours, missing Mila Pavlin podcasting from the Hospitality suite and some singing and food and stuff like that.  That was somewhat disapointing, but easily taken care of because I then opted to just mingle and chat with others, handing out a few TMII brochures and biz cards and answering questions about it for a large ch8nk of the evening while having a good time.

Ran into Waymon from Bilerico, of course — and tonight is the big Bilerico team reception — and spent time with Bil and Jerame teasing the crap out of them about the next few columns I’ll write.  Among them, of course, is one entitled “Trans people gotta stop hiding stuff”, the mere thought of which had Bil envisioning the next massive attack by trans people on Bilerico.

It’s been that kind of time.

Ran into Mara  several times, and Mara made it quite clear that she thinks one should not believe what is written on Bilerico about politics. I kinda differ, but I’m always willing to keep an open mind ab0ut it.  She also says that ENDA will pass this year.  I’m finding that a tad difficult to swallow, myself, based on my c0nversations, but NCTE is gearing up for a big push come next month during their lobby days.

I wouldn’t mind going, but the financial burden is literally just too damn much, so I will, alas, have to forego that.  I’m hoping the Erica can make it this year, though — she had a good time last year and she’s pretty dedicated (probably the most dedicated person we have in Phoenix).

I’ve remet a lot of the people I met back then, and that’s been nice, as well as a whole slew of new people.  This includes on of the Ingersoll folks, and he and I were up until about 1 chatting.

THen I headed to bed, or, more accurately, a really long hot shower that was meant to raise my core system back up.

IN bed, major hot flashes all night, followed by a headache that literally woke me up this morning and required extra excedrin just to be able to think.

THis is howit was that at 5:30 n the morning I was gearing up for my morning jaunt tot he front of the hotel.  This trip has actually been good for me — I’ve seriously cut back on the smoking thing, which is probably for the best — especially if I can keep it down when I get home.

So today is a one of the big days of the whole shebang.  Tons and tons of stuff going on, and the grid for it is filled with teeny tiny print. IT’s packed with all kinds of stuff that interests me, personally, and it’s really fascinating since I haven’t exactly bothered to check some of it out in detail.

There is an Academy session that takes up the morning I’m really interested in seeing, but that conflicts with some of the other things.  THe Academy session is about inclusion, and as ya’ll know that’s important to me.   There’s ”The Art of the Schmooze” which I absolutely have to stop into — as a burgeonng politician, schmoozng has value, ya know.

There’s an oral history workshop that *really* has my particular interest piqued.

In the Cacus track later tonight, there’s one I will be attending on trans advocacy at the state and local level. And, of course, tonight is the aforementioned Bilerico meetup that’s really just an excuse to, well, laugh a lot.

And I have been doing that a great deal here.  There is an incredible energy in the air here, and i you are a people watcher, this is a place filled with such incredible opportunity that you can literally just sit in one spot and get more watching done in an hour that is usually possible in a week.

That kind of thing.

Rea Carey will deliver the state of the movement address, which I sorta plan on being sneaky about, as I did bring my video camera and tripod.

Overall, I expect a great day, eve if I am going to be cold for most of it, lol

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