02-16-2009, 01:00 AM
So Lady Cranefly went up to Seattle to babysit her niece Amanda. Babysit isn't quite the word. Actually, Lady Cranefly took her to RadCon. Which means "corrupt" is more correct.
It's become a yearly odyssey. Amanda is now 15.
RadCon is a science fiction convention held in the vicinity of Hanford -- which means that Rad stands for radiation. Lady Cranefly's younger brother is a safety manager at Hanford's cleanup facility.
As part of RadCon, there is an art auction. Lady Cranefly spied a really nice little Audrey sculpture -- very menacing expression and poised leaves. She tried to buy it outright as a gift for me. If your bid is uncontested, you get it. But someone outbid her a dollar. That sent it to auction, which was held at a time when Lady Cranefly had to hold forth on a panel. Nevertheless, she found a surrogate to do her bidding and gave her a handful of cash. Unfortunately, the bidding exceeded the ready cash and the surrogate finally had to relent. The proud winner went up to the podium to receive her prize, only to have the auctioneer drop it. Whereupon the winner declined it, not wanting it in two pieces.
The artist will receive recompense, and she's very happy that Lady Cranefly helped bid the piece up.
Anyway, I know it's a stretch to put this under "I'm more broken than you." Still, I feel a responsibility to practice conservation of topics in the Greg universe.
It's become a yearly odyssey. Amanda is now 15.
RadCon is a science fiction convention held in the vicinity of Hanford -- which means that Rad stands for radiation. Lady Cranefly's younger brother is a safety manager at Hanford's cleanup facility.
As part of RadCon, there is an art auction. Lady Cranefly spied a really nice little Audrey sculpture -- very menacing expression and poised leaves. She tried to buy it outright as a gift for me. If your bid is uncontested, you get it. But someone outbid her a dollar. That sent it to auction, which was held at a time when Lady Cranefly had to hold forth on a panel. Nevertheless, she found a surrogate to do her bidding and gave her a handful of cash. Unfortunately, the bidding exceeded the ready cash and the surrogate finally had to relent. The proud winner went up to the podium to receive her prize, only to have the auctioneer drop it. Whereupon the winner declined it, not wanting it in two pieces.
The artist will receive recompense, and she's very happy that Lady Cranefly helped bid the piece up.
Anyway, I know it's a stretch to put this under "I'm more broken than you." Still, I feel a responsibility to practice conservation of topics in the Greg universe.