we went to icon this weekend. it was in cedar rapids, at a marginally acceptable hotel. (not enough smoke-free lounging space. eeew.)

we drove down with nancy, got there about 7pm or so, went off and ate dinner with tony and denae and laura, and tried real hard to have dinner with felix, but he abandoned us. [sob] ah, well.

parties on friday night sucked, but i ended up talking to kerry and laura and denae and lex and lauren and stefanie and nathan and martin for a few hours. much goodness.

saturday, i got and read a book from the dealers room, and then went out for dinner, and then went and hung out at the supercon party. i wasn't feeling greatly social, but i was dressed up in fuzzy comfy clothing, which was a great help. (mom, if you're reading this, i love, l-u-v, love the lime green fuzzy shirt.) so i handed out flyers for a while, and went down to chat at the kc in 2006 party for a bit, and then came up and hung out and was a little anti-social. then, off to bed with me.

sunday, we met people for brunch in the hotel restaurant. many people. i won't attempt to tell you who because it was a lot of people. then there was the wandering around hugging people part of the program, and then the long drive back to the twin cities.

there are not quite as many useless bits of iowa that ought to all be stapled together as there are of wisconsin, but it's darned close, i tell you.