I didn't expect to feel this way...

[johno]

A few weeks back someone posted that Janis Ian had attended the Worldcon in Philly and had written a article about the experience.

Today I sent her a eMail that said in part:

I guess I've become jaded, because I spent the first part of the article going "What's her problem? Afraid of Connie Willis? Connie?!?!" Then I started remembering the feelings I had at my first cons and how nervous I was meeting the "greats" of my life.

and thanked her bringing back the memories and emotions of my first years.

I figured it would get filed as "Nice, but no reply needed" or a brief "Thanks", but she replied almost immediately with a nice note that she was glad her report helped me remember the newness of going to cons, that she is indeed attending ConJosé, she is much less nervous this year and wants to make sure she meets me.

Coolness!!! {bounce, bounce}

While not a rabid fan, Janis has been one of my favorite performers for many years.

Hey cadhla how do you think folks would react if I got her to come to a Filk circle?

JohnO

Comments

[jemstone.livejournal.com]

I remember meetin Larry Niven at the first Making Orbit, and thinking "Oh, holy fuck! Larry Niven!" and just basically being a drooling fanboy, despite my best intentions... and then, by the end of the convention, I was sitting in the dealers room after breakdown, casually chatting and eating lunch with the man, talking minor amounts of politics and even larger amounts of just "damn, life is odd" with him.

Reading her report brought that back... Which was good. :)

-JEM

[johno.livejournal.com]

Or the Filk where I leaned over to the guy sitting next me and asked who the Dorsai were. Turned out to be Gordy Dickson. Who when he returned and saw my gapping mouth, sighed and said "Someone told you who I am, didn't they?" then handed me a glass of scotch.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

THIS filker would love it!

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Hey cadhla how do you think folks would react if I got her to come to a Filk circle?

Please don't even try. blackfyr and I were writing to her about that sort of thing when we were getting a version of that article into the souvenir book, and she has no interest. ConJose is her vacation; performing is her day job.

[johno.livejournal.com]

I did not intend to invite her or encourage cadhla to put her on programming, just having her visit the concerts and/or filk circles would be cool.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you said. My statement stands. She is not interested in filking. It'd be nice, but it remains that she is disinclined. We asked. She used the term "Busman's Holiday."

[mdlbear]

Speaking as yet another filker -- I'd love it. I also particularly enjoyed her recent articles on the music industry: The Internet Debacle and the followup article Fallout

[johno.livejournal.com]

I saw those too, but I wanted to focus on Worldcon and her story in my email today.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I would love it if even if she just popped her head it. That would be soooo cool.

I wish there were a panel on MP3 sharing with her on it. Dang.

Afraid of Connie?

[gtpooh.livejournal.com]

How could anyone be afraid of Connie. She is a doll. I really miss all the Denver writers that we used to see all the time. WAAAAAAA. . .