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tfabris ([personal profile] tfabris) wrote2007-10-27 07:24 pm

The Color of my Home


As I write this, I'm sitting in the middle of the Interfilk auction at OVFF, surrounded by friends and chosen family, and I couldn't be happier. The weekend isn't even half over and it's already been an intense time filled with fantastic musical experiences. But let me back up a bit, since I need to catch up with other news first...

One week ago, Vixy and I spent a fantastic weekend as guests of honor at Vcon, in Vancouver, BC. They took incredibly good care of us and made sure we had a wonderful time. We wanted for nothing, everything was taken care of for us. We met wonderful people, and were on panels and shared a concert with Martin Springett and Peter Beagle. Martin's music was especially inspiring, and he also gave us the gift of turning us on to the musical comedy of Bill Bailey. Thank you so very much to the Vcon concom, and to Cindy Turner specifically, for having us there as their guests.

Day before yesterday, I bid adieu (for now, at least), to Microsoft, as my one-year contract is up. (Side note: Does anyone have a link to a clear and concise explanation of the Volt 100-day break?) Now, I'm in the position of needing to find IT work again; preferably a permanent place I can settle into, but a 100-day contract would suffice, too. I'm interviewing at places, and had a really good interview on Thursday (at a company I really want to work for), so I've got my fingers crossed.

That brings us to tonight at OVFF. I'm now in posession of my first Pegasus award, for co-writing Emerald Green with Vixy. Thank you so much to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the other category winners, some of whom are our good friends. I would like to extend a particular thank you to Mary Crowell, who played an amazing piano part on the song last night, after only one lightning-fast rehearsal. I'm certain that her great performance on the song was a factor in the voting, since many of the ballots are cast right there at the Pegasus concert. For those who were there, just wait until you hear Alisa Garcia's equally wonderful (but completely different) piano part on the final studio recording, you will be blown away.

That's all for now. Back to the auction.

Vixy and Tony will be at the following places in the near future:

Orycon, Weekend of November 16th, 2007, Portland, OR.
ConFlikt, Weekend of Jan 25th, 2008, Seattle, WA.
Consonance, Weekend of March 7th, 2008, Milpitas, CA.
Norwescon, Weekend of March 21st, 2008, Seattle, WA.
FilKONtario, Weekend of April 4th, 2008, Toronto. We are the Guests of Honor!

[identity profile] admnaismith.livejournal.com 2007-10-28 04:37 am (UTC)(link)

You Winz! You Winz all of the Internets, and Pie too!

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2007-10-28 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh good, because I've heard that the cake is a lie.

[identity profile] hsifyppah.livejournal.com 2007-10-29 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
But it's so delicious and moist! Oh god, I stayed up until midnight on Thursday watching my husband play through Portal on the xbox 360, then got up at 2:30am to drive down to seatac to catch the plane to ohio. I had all kinds of disturbing daydreams about greeny red toxic goo on the drive down.

Good luck job hunting! My psychic manta ray (Frederica; she's never wrong) informs me that there's totally a permanent job with an interesting company with a generous vacation plan for pegasus-award-winning-songwriters out there with your name on it.