GAfilk highlights (part 5)

My GAfilk report thus far: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and here's Part 5, featuring some random personal highlights of the convention as well as photos....



Eating at The Waffle House! We don't have Waffle Houses in Toronto, sadly.

Hearing Bill Sutton's song, "Monkey Connection." A parody of "Rainbow Connection," it starts "Why are there so many songs about monkeys?" :-D

Watching Judi Miller while Tom Smith performed "Zombie Blues."



Tricking Jeff Bohnhoff into drawing something for The Smallest Biography Of Jeff Bohnhoff In The World, a hand-written tome I submitted to the Interfilk auction. Jeff thought that his (adorable) little kitty drawing was going to be one of many drawings on the sheet of paper, but I cut it out and pasted into the Autobiography as a bonus feature ("ORIGINAL JEFF BOHNHOFF ARTWORK!"). The book was accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (signed by me, Jodi, Brenda Sutton and Mark Bernstein) as well as a Certificate of Authenticity for the Certificate of Authenticity signed by Maya. AND a charming fridge magnet with this photo of baby Jeff. Heh. Many thanks to Rand for buying the book and supporting Interfilk. :-)

Hearing Erin Nappe sing in the open filk circle! You can read her report of the event here.



Margaret Middleton being able to save my quilt square, which I screwed up again by drawing too close to the edge. Here's a photo of the quilt in progress (my square is in the second row, second from the left):



Unfortunately I didn't win it. But next year....! Even if you can't sew (like me) and even if you don't attend GAfilk, you can still donate a square to the Interfilk quilt each year. Check this page for info. This annual filk community project is a fun way to support Interfilk, and you can start anytime.

Lunch with Dave Weingart. Plus he didn't freak out when I almost spit milk into his lap. We were eating at a nearby Subway and when I took my first mouthful of my milk, it tasted REALLY REALLY HORRIBLE (as in gone bad horrible). I had nowhere to spit it out, so spat the milk into my napkins. Unfortunately I had swallowed some and suffered for it shortly after, but I was impressed at Dave's (lack of) reaction. When I commented, he shrugged and said with a smile, "I have kids." :-D

Seeing rows of crafty-types embroidering, knitting, crocheting, beading, etc.



Trying out Dan K's Strumstick. WAY fun, and much easier (on my tendons) than a larger instrument like a guitar or dulcimer. I am SO tempted. It could be taken as carry-on, I suspect, or would easily fit into my suitcase. Not that expensive, either! I also enjoyed meeting Dan, even though he wouldn't let me steal his Strumstick. :-)

Myra helped me arrange a song I had written while playing around with the Strumstick. It went something like this:

Dan's gonna give Debbie his Strumstick
Dan's gonna give Debbie his Strumstick
Dan's gonna give Debbie his Strumstick
Cuz he's a nice guy
Cuz he's a nice guy

Unfortunately these exciting lyrics weren't enough to convince Dan.



Sitting beside Tanya Huff in the Interfilk auction when she was trying not to bid on something but mainly when she WAS bidding on something.

Another highlight: filk kids! There were some real cuties at the convention. I wasn't the only one charmed by those cherubic smiles:



I also fell hopelessly in love with Bill's and Gretchen's little daughter, K.

Every time K. saw me, she'd smile and offer me her blanket. One time her blanket wasn't handy and she looked a tad distressed until she got inspired and grabbed an empty Macdonald's bag from her mom and handed me that instead, beaming.

My heart melted every time, of course.




More highlights soon...



Above: Thanks to Mary Crowell for the t-shirt above! I -love- it!



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