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It's becoming a joke, really.
« on: May 16, 2009, 10:47:15 PM »
Ever since Elantris was published and I obtained my own copy thereof, I've wanted to go to a signing and meet Brandon (again) and get it autographed. Of course, I already have his autograph on my copy of TLE Issue 41, but that's not the same thing.

But every. single. time I hear about a signing, there's some reason why I can't go.

Last night, I found out that he was going to be at the Provo Library from 11 to 3. My husband had plans from about 1:00 on, but 11:00 we could do. So we packed up our kids and headed out, only to find out that the Borders employee was misinformed; Brandon was doing a 2-hour-long panel (great without kids, not so great with two under the age of 3), followed by a signing from 2 to 4. I almost (almost!) decided to stay anyway, but then my 3-year-old got hungry and tired and cranky a little after noon, and we had to go.

I thought about coming back alone, even with the two kids, but my one-year-old has been napping for most of the 2–4 time slot. Ah well. At least Brandon lives here and there will be other days.

Incidentally, the little boy who pulled the fire alarm today was part of the group we abandoned when we left early. Maybe it's just as well.  ;D

I did SEE you today, Brandon, but I will have to wait for the signed books. I'll get you next time, Sanderson, if it's the last thing I do.

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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 11:57:55 PM »
He was in your group? That's hilarious. I could hear them playing around in the hall. I was standing at the back of the room when he pulled the alarm. All I could think was 'his poor parents.'  The panel was fun. Brandon read from Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians. I wish I could have stayed longer at the signing, but my baby girl was getting hungry.

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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 12:02:26 AM »
Man I wish I was there but I can't because I live about half way across the counry....... :-\
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 12:54:35 AM »
My little boy reached for the fire alarm on the way to the room where the panel was, and I thought, "What genius put fire alarms where young children can reach them?"

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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 01:17:13 AM »
Yeah....not the smartest hing to do.
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2009, 01:38:17 AM »
At the least there should have been someone keeping an eye on that and the other alarms with so many children running around. Hindsight is 20/20 though.  :) It provided some humorous times during the panel.

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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2009, 02:02:25 AM »
Must have been.  ;D
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2009, 03:56:56 AM »
I showed up at 3 something during the signing and met all sorts of people. Sorry to have missed you!
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2009, 04:44:17 AM »
My little boy reached for the fire alarm on the way to the room where the panel was, and I thought, "What genius put fire alarms where young children can reach them?"

They HAVE to be 4 foot off the ground, it's fire code regulation.
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2009, 04:54:04 AM »
That mirrors my experience perfectly. I couldn't make it to either of Brandon's recent Happy Valley-area signings.  >:(
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2009, 06:23:03 AM »
I almost missed him this time, too.

of course, in this context, 'almost' means 'about a thousand miles'

I wish he'd come to chicago someday...
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2009, 02:42:09 PM »
Yeah, I know how you feel. He's never coming to me ether.
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2009, 02:55:56 PM »
I was at a stables where a horse pulled the fire alarm once.
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Re: It's becoming a joke, really.
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2009, 07:08:59 PM »
Didn't he pull it more than once?
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2009, 08:00:45 PM »
Who the kid or the horse?
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.