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Month: March 2012

Chicago- Day 6

March 5, 2012
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The last day of the conference & bookfair! One of our board members (I think?) brought us nummy cupcakes to celebrate! It was slow on-site (mostly a lot of giving out directions and apologizing for running out of everything). During lunch, I released a book in the penthouse. There were lots of books on the…

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Chicago- Day 5

March 2, 2012
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Is it day five already? How did that happen? So sleepy. Getting up at 6am every morning is not my thing at all. Mornings and Kate do not get along at all. I spent the morning at on-site registration, monitoring social networks and making a slideshow of images of the Chronicle, the digital app, and…

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Chicago- Day 4

March 2, 2012
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Woke up at Seriously-way-too-early o’clock, showered, and had breakfast in the executive lounge. It was a foggy morning, but it’s still a beautiful view to wake up to in the morning: On-site registration wasn’t nearly as crazy as pre-registration, just as we’d expected. Of course, there were plenty of tough moments and a few crazy…

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Chicago- Day 3

March 1, 2012
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Woke up early and headed to the Board meeting where I devoured so much for breakfast before presenting at the board meeting. My presentation is always pretty quick (it’s all in my report!) and the only hiccup was a misunderstanding regarding internet availability in the room. After that, I headed to on-site registration. Had some…

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Terms Explained:

AWP-I worked at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
BookCrossing-the act of registering books and leaving them in public places for people to find
BCinDC- my local BookCrossing meetup group
DADA-my local Harry Potter meetup group, Defense Against Dumb 'A's (who don't get Harry Potter)
Gillian-The name of my current GPS unit (old GPS was named Jill)
HPA-The Harry Potter Alliance. My local chapter was Carpe Futurum
Love-The name of my dark red Honda Element
Markeroni-finding & photographing historical markers (usually with a mascot; mine is Eeyore)
OBCZ- Official BookCrossing Zone (a shelf where it's okay to leave books)
Snarfari-at Markeroni, a historical marker is a snarf. So a snarfari is a safari/trip to find markers
WRock-Wizard Rock is Harry Potter music

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