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Barn Dance has left me sore, but it was so nice to go back too. I should have taken a picture of the ridiculous outfit I was wearing last night. bodlon would have much to mock me about.

This morning? Costco victory. New fan for living room. New tiny fan for kitchen!

I think I have a plan about the UK!

Arrive in London on July 8. See Imperial War Museum and one other thing. Gather with LJ'ers to hang if anyone is interested. Sleep the sleep of the dead.

On July 9, get up early to have a bit of a stroll and some alert time without people. Then go to St. Katharine's dock market for arancini and fudge. Then get on a train to Bristol to arrive around 3pm. Meet up with Kali and D., hang out.

July 10, conference. Post-conference dinner. Post-mortem with the LJ contingent.

July 11, some possible conference related items in the morning, with a plan to leave Bristol around noon or 1. Here I still have some unresolved choices: I can go to Bath (Regency awesome!), I can go to Cardiff (thus allowing me to deal with my issues, but in relative peace, and also get some Fabulous Welsh Cakes), or I can head directly back to London. Much of this depends on whether there are places to leave luggage in the Cardiff or Bath train stations on a Sunday (anyone know?), as my suitcase is easy and small, but still shit for walking around. At any rate, I will arrive back in London that evening regardless of any circuitous routes I might take to get there.

July 12, Tesco shopping, and a yet to be determined attraction. Then to the airport.

It's almost a plan.

sparkindarkness has a round up of bad anti-gay news. What's important to remember here is this isn't every news story. Every news story isn't every anti-gay event. Every anti-gay event doesn't even get reported to the cops. This is a tiny fraction of how bad it can be out there.

Meanwhile, There's growing acceptance of LGBT relationships. Depressing to have to get excited about this one.

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[effervescent.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, There's growing acceptance of LGBT relationships. Depressing to have to get excited about this one.

:/ Yeah, considering that means that there's still a big chunk of the population who find it morally unacceptable. Whereas, you know, I find things like stealing 'morally unacceptable'. Sigh. Baby steps, I suppose.

[austengirl.livejournal.com]

Just had a look at nationalrail.co.uk's station info pages and it doesn't look like either Bath or Cardiff stations have left luggage facilities. There might be others nearby, it may be worth digging further. I'm guessing it doesn't make sense to leave your case in Bristol, go to either city, then go back for it and head for London. But given weekend train schedules, it just might.

Unfortunately it looks like I'll be working pretty much the whole time you're in the UK and then some, so I doubt I'll be able to make it to the conference. :/ I look forward to reading your paper if it's published.

[such_heights]

I should be around on the 8th, it'd be cool to see you!

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Tall black column fan with mini foot-high desktop fan? I have those from Costco too, and they served me very well through last year's heat wave. I'm considering going back for another set to replace the bedroom fan. They've worked very well for me.

Unless things have changed drastically, there is no train station in the UK that will accept luggage for love or money, due to terrorism issues and exploding luggage. Ask your hotel instead; they're much more likely to do so.

[spicklething.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, There's growing acceptance of LGBT relationships. Depressing to have to get excited about this one.

Was watching a Buffy rerun with my eldest daughter (six-years-old)and she asked why Tara and Willow were kissing, so I explained to her not all girls love boys and that girls can love girls and boys can love boys if they want to.

The best part of the conversation? Her reaction. She just shrugged and said, Okay... No questioning it, no ewwww or anything. A shrug, and a nod, and that was that.

Now if the rest of society could be as accepting as a kindergartner.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I should have taken a picture of the ridiculous outfit I was wearing last night. bodlon would have much to mock me about.

Hey, you've seen my enormous glass house firsthand. I only throw stones made of NERF. ;)

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Depending on how much you like roughing it, I highly recommend the youth hostel in Bath, and the bus service from the stop outside that's only £1 for a one way ticket.