tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post5368274145028885451..comments2023-08-28T20:55:37.738+08:00Comments on Satima's Blogspot: Canberra Con!Satima Flavellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-69929998568174950782016-10-05T15:02:00.979+08:002016-10-05T15:02:00.979+08:00I've trained myself to sleep sitting up. As lo...I've trained myself to sleep sitting up. As long as I do that I don't snore - and neither do I get migraines! However, sleeping upright on a bunk bed, upper or lower, is very difficult to organise because there is no proper headboard to support the enormous number of pillows I need!<br /><br />I've read the first bit of Gillian's book and am enjoying it immensely. I bought or was given several books at the con - now my enormous TBR pile has seven new members!Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-4330490688179426052016-10-04T15:56:08.678+08:002016-10-04T15:56:08.678+08:00I gather, from her Livejournal post, that Gillian ...I gather, from her Livejournal post, that Gillian somehow managed to have a dinner for friends after the con. I have a copy of Wizardry, which I bought at the Melbourne launch. Not far into it, but my mother picked up my copy yesterday, read 15 pages and bookmarked it for next time. <br /><br />Mostly, I've been lucky with YHAs, but there have been snorers who have been bad enough to drive me out into the corridor till I was tired enough to sleep. Mind you, I can be a snorer too, when I've had a cold and my nose is blocked. I nearly drove away one room mate in tears at a Swancon, but I told her to shake me awake if I did it next night, giving her time to get back to sleep. It worked and she was smiling next morning. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-34438690158885456282016-10-04T07:08:27.040+08:002016-10-04T07:08:27.040+08:00Nothing worse than a Serious Snorer, Sue! I haven&...Nothing worse than a Serious Snorer, Sue! I haven't struck any on this trip but I've stayed in enough backpackers and Youth Hostels to have heard some true professionals on the job.<br /><br />Yes, Jews in ACT must've been giving thanks for the public holiday! My colleague Gillian Polack was running to and fro to do justice to both events and made what looked like a pretty good job of it from the convention perspective. You might enjoy Gillian's latest book, The Wizardry of Jewish Women. The cover assures us that it contains bushfires, a possessed lemon tree, prophecy, magic, romance, violence, and politics. And, of course, Family.Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-26696764447989553502016-10-04T06:53:01.238+08:002016-10-04T06:53:01.238+08:00Sounds like you had a great time! Wish I could hav...Sounds like you had a great time! Wish I could have been there, but it clashed with Jewish New Year, and if it hadn't, I would have been back at work yesterday anyway. <br /><br />I stayed at a Canberra YHA once, can't recall where it was, but pretty sure it wasn't the one you mention, because it wasn't anywhere near a hotel. It was near the Botanical Gardens, which I visited(and accidentally stood on an ants' nest and had to be rescued by the gift shop staff!) My main memory of the dorm was an American lady and her local friend who occupied the bunk opposite mine. They both snored loudly enough to keep me awake - and in time. One would snore, then the other, then the first one, etc. they knew they were snorers, too; next morning, over breakfast, the American said, "And we snore... Don't we?" with a smile and wink at me.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com