Technically, the workshop starts tomorrow, hence "day zero." I did however fly into Seattle, settle into my room at the sorrority house, meet many of my classmates, and attend the Locus Awards today. The camera was snapping at some inopportune moments, so I may or may not appear in the background of a picture in an upcoming issue of the aponymous magazine sticking my tongue out in the general direction of the toastmaster. All I can say is that, in context, there were mitigating circumstances.

During much of the flight over, I drifted in and out of a waking unconsciousness, and possibly even experienced three or four minutes of honest-to-god sleep, but disregarding that, were getting to about the 38th hour of continuous wakefulness. Coffee has been a major theme. As has been goofy adjective-and-noun matching, oddly.

Meanwhile, its long past time to go to sleep.