BRAINPAN LEAKAGE

The daily WillyCon XI report, Day 4, Morning Report –

The following takes place… Meh (gimme a break, I’m exhausted…)

Day 4 – Morning Update

4:01 AM – aWaKe…

@mrsellars – [check time on cell phone] Bullshit. Not again.

@mrsellars – [roll over]

@mrsellars – skrrrnnnnxxx-snort… skrrrnnnnxxx-snort… skrrrnnnnxxx-snort

5:53 AM – AWAKE!

@mrsellars – Meh.

6:08 AM

@mrellars – Meh.

6:32 AM

@mrsellars – Meh.

7:12 AM

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies… Stumble… Lean… Struggle… Walkies

7:37 AM

@mrsellars – There’s a friggin’ snowcone stuck to the side of my face…

@mrsellars – I’m pretty sure my ear fell off back there next to the library.

@mrsellars – Shoulda bought a hat.

@mrsellars – Trudge… Trudge… Struggle… Trudge

@Student_Center_Door – Skreeeeee… clunk… errssskrmee… thump.

@mrsellars – [Shake… Stomp… Stomp… Shake] Melt… Drip… Melt… Drip… Melt… Drip…

@custodian – Gaaahhhhhh!!!

@mrsellars – Oh hai… Mahbd fabess… ib be fwobzin.

@custodian – O_o

@Con_Registration – It’s not bad out there.

@custodian – Are you nuts? Look at him. Half his face fell off. It’s bad out there.

@mrsellars – I’m nim nobt am amimahl…

@custodian – O_o

@Con_Registration – O_o

@mrsellars – Melt… Drip… Thaw… Drip… Melt…

@mrsellars – Venturing into eebil after-blizzard once again. Breakfast at Multicultural Building across parking lot. If I don’t make it, tell E K and the munchkin’ I love them.

@mrsellars – Trudge… Trudge… Struggle… Trudge

@mrsellars – Mahbd noebz… ib be gawned.

@mrsellars – Breakfast with Ron, Maria, and Chris. Good noms, good conversation. And… COFFEE!!!!

@mrsellars – good conversation with nomming attendees… and, more COFFEE!!!

(Note: Special thanks to “The Townsends” for absolutely killer breakfast noms, great conversation, and the handful of coffee singles to take back to my room. Y’all are my heroes.)

9:03 AM

@mrsellars – Panel = yak, yak, yak, lol, yak yak…

@mrsellars – [mingle] [chat] [brag on daughter] [chat] [brag on wife] [mingle] [silently fantasize about wife] [mingle] [chat] [mingle]

12:02 PM

@mrsellars – nom, nom, nom…

@mrsellars – Walkies… [BLINDED BY THE LIGHT] My Eyes!!! WTF is that thing?! The sun? Where the hell did that come from? [glare] Make it stop!!!

@mrsellars – Walkies… Wal… Gaaaahhhhhh!!!

@WIND – Hhhooooowwwwwwlllllllll! Whoooosssshhhhhh! Swissshhshshshshsshhhhh! SkreeeeeeeeeeHowlllllllll….

@mrsellars – HOLY CRAP! [grabbing for light pole] The wind… It is Eebil… More eebil than E K… I didn’t think that was possible…

@mrsellars – Whoooaaaha! [missing lightpole] [assume downhill skier position] Slide… Wal… Stumble… Slide… Slide… Slide… Walkies… STREET! WAHAHAHA! Whew… Oh shit!… Slide… Stumble… Holy crap, there go those badgers again! STREET! GAhAhAhHHH! Slide… Slide… A cow! [Note: Don’t tell E K about the cow…] Slide… Slide… Stumble… Thump.

@mrsellars – Skin has been peeled from face by wind. Missing one ear and three fingers to frostbite. Shoes wet.  Can no longer feel my feet. Retinas burned out due to glare from eebil snow, can make out some vague shapes but only if they move.

@mrsellars – {sigh}

Dead dog party tonight. Fly home tomorrow.  Right now, want nap. REALLY, REALLY want nap. Think I might set alarm clock and have one.

More to come…

Murv

And so continues the WillyCon Odyssey, Day 3

The following takes place between 4 AM and 4 PM. Events occur in real time. (Sutherland still not available. His people are supposed to call my people.)

4:12 AM – AWAKE!!

@mrsellars – [looks at time on cell phone] [puts cell phone away] [looks at time on cell phone again…]

@mrsellars – #fuckme

@mrsellars – Ears popping, arthritis in knees killing me.

@mrsellars – [Scratch… Burp… Trudge] [facilities usage]

@mrsellars – [Trudge]

@Television – [Click] …and that’s exactly why you need Super Colon Reamer. After just seven days when you look into the toilet you…

@Television – [Click] …ya’ see. So get your goons outta my way, ya see…

@Television – [Click] …never shave again. Just apply wax and…

@Television – [Click] …watching it develop over Colorado and into the plains states. This area here [visual includes Wayne, NE right in the middle of it] is under a Blizzard Warning with a 90% chance of a foot or more…

@mrsellars – Watch now a warning… #fuckme

@mrsellars – Now I know why my ears are popping and my knees hurt.

@mrsellars – I know I already said it, but it warrants a repeat: #fuckme

7:00 AM

@mrsellars – Walkies…

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies…

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies…

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Walkies…

@Analog_Camera – Click – Flash – Whirrrrrr…

@mrsellars – Apparently Skippy the Squirrel is even more cunning than I first imagined. It would seem he has Internet access and reads my blog.

@mrsellars – Squirrel jerky and snow suit no longer viable options. Fall back to plan B. Make snowsuit out of blankets. Take empty suitcase to student center and steal food from Convention Hospitality Suite.

@mrsellars – Walkies….

@mrsellars – Good morning.

@Con_Registration_1 – Wow, someone who’s actually up at 7 in the morning.

@mrsellars – I’ve actually been up since a little after 4.

@Con_Registration_2 – Nomma himna, ibble.

@Con_Registration_1 – We haven’t gone to bed yet.

@mrsellars – I can see that.

@mrsellars – Where can I get coffee since nothing is open on campus?

@Con_Registration_1 – Umm… Uhhh…

@Con_Registration_2 – We didn’t make coffee.

@Con_Registraton_1 – I can show you where the coffee pot is.

@mrsellars – Please do.

@Con_Registration_1 @mrsellars – Walkies…

@mrsellars – If you turn your back long enough, I’ll just take the coffee pot back to my room (lol).

@Con_Registration_1 – You can’t do that. We have other people who drink coffee at 5 AM.

@mrsellars – Yeah, well I was up at 4.

@Nearby_Faculty_Member – LOL!

@Con_Registration_1 – O_o

@mrsellars – [waiting in line for pancake breakfast]

@Con_Attendee – Oh, hi. [shake hands] It’s nice to meet you. You friended me on Facebook.

@mrsellars – Yeah, not surprised. I’m like that sometimes.

@Con_Attendee – I didn’t get a chance to read any of your works. I’ve been pretty busy.

@mrsellars – [smile] That’s okay. I didn’t get a chance to read any of yours either.

@Con_Attendee – O_o

@mrsellars – Nomming on pancakes, sausage, and hash browns.

@Con_Registration_1 – [nom nom nom] I played Zombies last night.

@mrsellars – Sounds cool.

@Con_Registration_1 – My character was like Rambo. D cubed sigma x squared to the power of knife and then other guy teleported the cube root of 24 divided by the remaining integer three paper saving throw on my turn and there were 7 of them when you solve for x by isolating the variable in the quadratic then I killed 21 of them and…

@mrsellars – O_o

11:00 AM

@mrsellars  – Panel = yak, yak, yak, lol, yak, yak

@mrsellars – Booksigning = yak, sign, yak, sign

@mrsellars – Lunch = nom, nom, nom

@mrsellars – Panel = yak, yak, lol, yak, lol, yak, rofl, yak, yak, yakkity, yak, yakky, yakkity, yak, yak…

@mrsellars – Walkies…

4:00 PM

@mrsellars – Current wind speed 587 miles per hour. Eebil rain now falling sideways. Temperature – Extra Cold. Must check weather on toob.

@Television – Click… Lifts and separates, see…

@Television – Click… not eating paella…

@Television – Click… Insurance policy…

@mrsellars – Why doesn’t this damn thing just stay on the channel where I turned it off?

@Television – Click… Click… Click… Click… Click…

@mrsellars – No change… Western Nebraska has been annihilated… Now it’s coming for us.

@mrsellars – Time to implement  emergency survival plan. Good thing I brought MRE peanut butter and crackers in my luggage.

More to come…

Murv