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[nolly]

There's a conversation fen know. It goes something like this:
Mundane: "What're you doing this weekend?"
Fan: "Going to a convention"
M: "Oh? What sort of convention?"
F: "Science fiction"
M: "Oh."
And there it dies.

Today, with a coworker:
Coworker: "Got plans for the weekend?"
Me: "I'm going to a convention in LA."
C: "Oh, Westercon? I'm planning to go up for Saturday."

He proceeded to ask me if I was going to the memorial for Bruce on Thursday.
*blink* Look, a fan, right there in my office!

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

i'm going to convergence (http://www.convergence-con.org) this weekend, and so are two, possibly three of the people directly in my unit. this is good, in the "other fans" sort of sense. this is tricky in the "this is the one i live with, and this is my girlfriend, and this is someone i just started dating, the status of whom i am not certain of yet" sense.

ah, well. :)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had some concerns along those lines, too, especially since I just started this job and don't know the guy very well.