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Only the nominees have to be Victorian. Nominations will be accepted  from "...from natural persons active in fandom, or from full or supporting members of the event hosting the award."

BTW this isn't a bug in the rules, it is a feature. :)

Oh, and if anyone from Canberra is at Conjecture could you pick up my conbook etc - I had to work this weekend and couldn't get there.

Inspired by an amusing conversation over dinner last night...
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A 2 hour breakfast spent mostly chatting with friends.

Life is good. Might go shopping for some supplies shortly.

The NZ tour dates are a touch later than I expected but on the upside mean that I won't be stopping over in Canberra on the way to Swancon.
( Where I'll be and when... ).

Things are looking good.

...And I can't be bothered.

Happy to come out for dinner if anyone is interested but the convention itself holds no interest for me.

rdmasters and leecetheartist just won the Marge Hughes (Mumfan) award.

I am incredibly pleased by this, and deeply sorry I missed the awards ceremony because of it. Richly deserved, photos later.

Well I've booked my flights and accommodation for this year's Swancon. I'll be arriving a couple of days early, checking into the hotel on the Wednesday and checking out on the Tuesday morning.  I'll then be sticking around for a couple of weeks flying back on Tuesday 8th April.

Given the length of the stay I'll be bringing the trike with me so I can stay in training and rack up some Ks. 

One of the recurring* panel items at SwanCon is "Trailer Park" where panelists, including angriest, present downloaded trailers for upcoming films along with their comments and predictions about the films.

One of the films discussed this year was the live action / CGI Transformers (can't you just hear the trainwreck coming?).

The new movie has changed the designs of the Transformers and angriest speculated that this may be motivated by a desire to preserve the sales of the original designs merchandise (still going strong apparently) if the movie tanks.

Well I can now report seeing evidence supporting the theory. Today I was off work sick and channel surfing during the afternoon. Along the way I came across an ad for some original design merchandise packaged with a DVD that described itself as the "real Transformers".

*Possibly because it is invariably entertaining, funny, and informative. But don't take my word for it, go see it next year. :)