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[tanaise]

I went to school with a boy named Lochlan O'Leary my senior year, his freshman yeah. His dad's Patrick O'Leary, who is a SF writer. When I saw that Patrick was going to be at WFC I was all excited, and got Loch to tell his dad I was going to be there, and he's the *only* person I was actually brave enough to talk to (other than about a 5 minute conversation with Gordon in which he told me what sports teams to mock within JJA's sight).

I was chatting with Loch tonight, and he told me that his dad had shown him the picture of me that was in the Locus because of Clarion. I told him how cool I'd felt, getting to hang out however briefly with Patrick and his friends. Lochlan, being a child of and not fan of, told me that his dad and Kathe Koja are 'big geeks' (his words, not mine.). :) I said, "I was at Clarion, breeding ground of big geeks. It was cool to me." And Loch told me I'm cool even on my own, and that I'm also cool enough that if I lived nearby, I could probably hang out with his dad. :)

In retrospect, it's almost an insult. "Oh, yeah? well you're so 'cool,' you could hang out with my dad."

Oh, and I was right: there were people I knew in the crowd at the peace march. Loch, his brother, and his mom all came down from MI for the protest. Id just like to warn people I know: if you visit DC and don't let me know, I will kick your butt. I may not be able to see you, blah blah blah, but I want to know you're coming, so if I really need to see you, I can rearrange my life and make it happen.

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[crowyhead.livejournal.com]

Ha! It's good to hear Lochlan's doin' ok and stuff. Your mention of his brother reminds me of a funny story from freshman year -- apparently on the first day they moved in, Joe and his dad were taking bets on which one was Joe's roommate, Loch or his brother, because Lochlan looked (as you may remember) like he was about fifteen.

[eudaimonia.livejournal.com]

Id just like to warn people I know: if you visit DC and don't let me know, I will kick your butt. I may not be able to see you, blah blah blah, but I want to know you're coming, so if I really need to see you, I can rearrange my life and make it happen

Hey, we came to D.C. to visit and you were off gallyvanting at some little old workshop thingee called Clarion or something! The nerve.

[boxofdelights]

That is cool! (And that doesn't mean only old farts think you're cool, it means *even* old farts think you're cool!)

What school did you go to? I grew up near where O'Leary lives now; I think it strengthens the familiar/utterly strange dissonance I feel in his books. I close each one thinking, "I certainly would not like to live in his head, but I love hearing what comes out of it so long as I am at a safe distance." --Jonathan Carroll, The Wooden Sea

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

I went to Kalamazoo College.