cornerofmadness

My flights are never free of drama. This time it was pretty good. The worst it really got was the old woman who hadn't flown in a decade who glommed onto me to lead her around and getting stuck in a row with a half mad former Latin/Grammar teacher who just couldn't shut up. Thank god for the pilot stuck between us going back to his home. The old dude mostly talked to him until he saw me editing. He asked about it and I should have taken his option of 'grading' but instead I said 'no, editing.' He brightened up. 'What is it?" And before I could stop myself I said 'vampires in Vegas' which was better than saying gay vampire erotica I suppose. His eyes got big. He got a charge out of that. When the plane landed he said ' be safe out there. You might need some holy water.' I said I'm staying at a haunted hotel and going on a haunted pub crawl. He said 'i want holy water to bless your seat before I slide out over it.

However there will be no ghost tour for me tonight because it's raining like 6 inches an hour and there is so much thunder and tornado potential. Sigh. It's only tonight but I'm exhausted anyhow.I didn't sleep much and I'm half afraid I'm getting a sinus infection. Every time I lean forward the nose drips. sigh.

I did step out and took a peek at the mud hut. I can see the alamo out my window. I did walk down the block to Pat O'Brien's forgetting it was Saturday. It was raunchy piano bar night so i broke the bank on hurricanes and a shrimp po'boy.

I strolled thru the Menger taking pictures. I think I might have some interesting ones. My room is nice. If I had a complaint it's that there is no vanity in the bathroom to get ready in the morning and the a/c is probably from 1974, barely doing anything. I think I'm sadly in the mid-20th century addition but still it's nice. There is a strange spongy spot by the walk in closet.

I'm just going to relax and go to bed earlish since I have to be over at the conference at 730.

Also I was aware Texas in this area was Flat. I just wasn't prepared for HOW flat. Also this bit of the riverwalk is TACKY. I'm talking Ocean City Maryland boardwalk - Wisconsin Dell's tacky. I sure hope more of it is...classier? Something? It makes me sort of sad to see the Alamo and the Menger literally built into tacky shops now. it loses something.

did enjoy the dark chocolate/coconut gelato I found across the street and I did finish 1 1/2 books, a novella AND rereading all the stuff I did for nano so now I know the next two scenes to work on for those Vegas vampires