Russell Kirkpatrick's Journal
Posted At : 9:59 PM
| Posted By : Russell
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Mood: Sentimental
Now reading: Making Money - Terry Pratchett
Conflux is fabulous - again. We had great fun on the panels - can you believe that someone thought it was a good idea to put me as chair of a panel looking at Australia from the outside? A whole hour of belittling our West Island friends!
Best part so far was taking the disco by storm. I'm a notorious non-dancer, but I acquired a new toy earlier this year and was keen to try it out. It's a shirt that flashes leds like the equalizer on a stereo in time with the beat. So I cranked out a few slick dance moves aided by my electric t-shirt. Woo Hoo!
Back home tomorrow, sadly, once again leaving all my Aussie friends behind. I'll even miss Gillian. I get home to the copy edit of my latest novel, Dark Heart. I'm ecstatic with the way its shaping up ... but it would be nice to stay here just a little longer ...
See Linda, works like a charm...
Posted By Jo / Posted At 10/1/07 8:45 AM
Haha....yes you were right! Russell dancing, somehow I get an image of Mr Bean and his swinging arms :=)
Posted By Linda / Posted At 10/1/07 3:56 PM
Oh yeah, ta Linda...now I have a mental image that is going to keep me up at night *shudder*. (Sorry Russell, but anyone who wears a shirt like that, deserves all that they get!)
Posted By Jo / Posted At 10/2/07 1:06 PM
Why do I attract bloggers with such obvious bad taste?
Posted By russell / Posted At 10/2/07 2:51 PM
This from the guy dancing in a shirt with flashing LED's... Besides, how can you suggest I have bad taste when I think your books are so good?
Posted By Jo / Posted At 10/2/07 6:43 PM
She's got you there, russell.
Posted By Barbara / Posted At 10/2/07 7:56 PM
Russell is capable of many things that seem impossible to other mortals. Not signed jellybeans, though.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 10/2/07 8:30 PM
That's because I wasn't reminded, Gillian. Capable, but not cognisant. I'm surprised you haven't told them about the uneaten chocolate pizza, dear Gillian.
Posted By russell / Posted At 10/3/07 3:23 AM
I can, but you were so miserable over that I thought I wouldn't make it public.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 10/3/07 8:07 AM
What? He forgot the jellybeans? AND he made you watch him dance?? Obviously anything that makes Russell miserable should be made public, at least within this forum *grin*.
Posted By Jo / Posted At 10/3/07 11:30 AM
it would make him much more miserable if he were forced to explain the pizza himself than if I explain it.
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 10/3/07 1:04 PM
I was one of a select few invited to lunch at Gillian's house last Thursday. Now Gillian is a foodie: you just have to check out her food blog to work that out. So this is not an invitation to be sneezed at. It was 'make your own pizza' - but there were about seven of us (I think) and three pizzas, so I made one for at least two people.
Trouble is, by the time mine was cooked, everybody else had eaten. I was left with a whole pizza to eat, and I only ate one slice. It had nothing to do with the fact that I'd put chocolate on the pizza, honest.
I liked those Italian doughnut thingies, though. MMMM.
Posted By russell / Posted At 10/3/07 4:25 PM
Do you have any pictures to share of your trip Russell
Posted By Linda / Posted At 10/3/07 5:15 PM
Russell's comments on various panels will be up soon (some are up already) here http://www.conflux.org.au/blog/
In my ideal world I would like Russ's thoughts on all ths in *much* greater detail (except things I did wrong - no more detail needed, in fact no report needed at all).
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 10/4/07 3:32 PM
Report coming ...
Posted By Russell / Posted At 10/4/07 3:41 PM
Yippee!!
Posted By
Gillian / Posted At 10/4/07 3:44 PM
