I survived the Great Flood of 1911!

[ilanarama]

Well, giving a lecture on it, anyway. I had started to get really nervous yesterday when I went to the museum to set up the slides and a local radio station called to do a phone interview of me and Robert, the museum director, about the talk. And then on the way over there I was half convinced that nobody would show up - and when we got there the place was totally packed and they were trying to shoehorn extra chairs in! Britt counted about 70 people. Lots of little old ladies.

Amazingly enough, I didn't screw up too badly anywhere, people laughed at the funny bits, nobody left early, and I got bunches of questions and applause at the end. It looks like I might be invited back for another one next year.

Comments

[guntar.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Go, Ilana! I knew you'd give an awesome talk.

I have the desire to make an icon that says, "Ilana. Loved by little old ladies since 1911."

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee! And I adore your icon. ADORE!