Ok I'll give him a shot then. Given that he is somewhat local to me, he might even get me involved with an in-person community of people.
I can't wait to see you with your black clothes and your sun hat and your parasol next year. You wouldn't consider wearing white?
do you discord?
White? No! Certainly not. It doesn't suit my complexion at all:)
I do hope we both manage to get there next year. I think Jeff half expects us all to be locked down by a world war. He's offering no refunds anyway!
Edit: The only time I ever used Discord was for organising the freewrite encouragers
I was worried about that this year!
I won't be wearing white either, but black in summer is not my thing. It's too hot!!! Even in this clime!
I'm so excited. It sounds like a dream come true. Jamming at Max's bar! All those healthy and happy-looking men half my age!
Apparently, when we were there the weather was very hot, even for Acapulco. It wouldn't have mattered if you wore your birthday suit, you'd still be dying. As to the men, there were lots of hot older guys who hadn't turned into dumplings, well worth a third glance from behind one's opaque sunglasses.
I kept hearing about how hot it was there, but no one was sweating that I could see. And what about those earthquakes? DEWs or geoengineering? Oh now I'm talking myself out of going, good thing the older men were hot. Healthy is what I am most interested in. Someone who doesn't have contact information for thirty doctors stored in his phone.
I woke up in the early hours to find the building swaying from side to side. A little unnerving but I managed to get back to sleep!
Don't you dare talk yourself out of going! Aside from the earthquakes, the mosquitos and the heat, sure it's a fabulous place.
Mosquitos?! Earthquakes! Heat! The heat would be the hardest for me of those. I assume there is swimming very nearby to go cool off regularly. Why weren't people just wearing stuff to swim in? Go take a dip, slather on some essential oil, and hope the world doesn't go topsy turvy because we are all together.
The music jams with cool people are the biggest draw for me. And the parties, neither of which were broadcast. I really liked Paul Puey, who can explain very complex concepts. I understood what "homomorphic encryption" is for a second there!
I just sent a consultation request to Kaufman, and a request to be informed when his fellowship starts up. He's got a maneuverable website at least, but you have to take a very stupid quiz to get anywhere in it. Kind of like a scientology quiz, where none of the answers are what I could comfortably choose. My result was that I practice "conscious avoidance." I take umbrage to that!
Conscious avoidance? Hilarious! I'd say that's the last thing you practice.
There was actually a swimming pool but I never take my clothes off in public. I'll leave that to you:)
Yes, I agree with you on Paul Puey. Did you see Adam Bigelsen yet? Fascinating.
As you can see, I am sitting at my computer, or am very nearby my computer, without break. I'm watching this, a Kaufman interview that is excellent.
Just wear a big black T shirt into the pool! No body exposure! Cools you down for hours! Mine will not be black. So there wasn't a swimmable beach or other natural water nearby?
The problem with the replays, is that they are only of the events that occurred on the mainstage during daylight hours; a lot of stuff is not there. It's also hard to locate what you want to watch; a lot of the speakers don't interest me and there are no time stamps. I'll look for Bigelson though, I don't think I watched anything of his.