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Welcome to the latest game of #marygoround.

To play:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink*.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.

(*Sip, don't chug. Does not need to be alcohol to play.)

And yes, my 6:12 flight is delayed to 9:19.
WE HAVE A PLANE AND IT IS BOARDING!!!

Have a drink!

#marygoround
Aboard my flight! Have a drink and wish me luck with the connection in Atlanta. #marygoround

Current state of travel crochet...
Atlanta! Running for next flight which is already boarding! #marygoround
My flight actually departs from T06 despite what @Delta's app says.

Landed at A, ran to C

Waiting for train back to T. Have not bitten anyone. Yet.

#marygoround
Made it! ::panting:: Have a drink!

#marygoround
They are closing the boarding doors. Have a drink! #marygoround
Welcome to Nashville! Have a drink! #marygoround
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Things to note! Marionettists doing different rhythms with each hand.

The drums!

Okay, the others look hard, and they are BUT

With the drums, she's maintaining height, focus, and keeping the beat, with a single airplane control in one hand sans gimmicks.

(h/t @timminneci)
What do I mean by "gimmick?"

Specialty control, trick control, etc... This is a control that's not standard but is designed to produce a specific movement.

That's what's going on with the guitars.

Still impressive manipulation, but the control is doing part of the work.
With the drums, that is all the puppeteer.

You know those toy ostrich marionettes? That's essentially what she has in her hand. The stringing is different, but it's all about her knowing EXACTLY where her hand is and exquisite control.
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Mary Robinette Kowal
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Me: Hi, I'm Mary Robinette. Nice to meet you.
Them: Hi, Mary.
Me: Actually it's 'Mary Robinette.'
Them: Got it. So, Mary, we were...
Me: Mary Robinette. Like Mary Anne. I'm named after both grandmothers.
Them: That's really long. What do you go by for short?
Me: Mary Robinette
This would be closely followed by:
Hotel: What's your last name?
Me: Kowal
Hotel: We don't have a reservation under that name.
Me: Check Robinette?
Hotel: Oh! There you are.

When travel agents do this with airlines it is a PITA.
I also, more than once, have had some variation of this:

(Picking up name badge and sees "Robinette-Kowal")
Me: Oh... Sorry. Robinette is part of my first name. Could I have a new badge?
Them: I was told VERY CLEARLY that your last name has a hyphen.
Me: ...
Them: Very Clearly.
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Mary Robinette Kowal
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My flight is delayed. I'm trapped for the next several hours.

The Writing Excuses cruise has scholarships & I'd like to able to offer more.

Donate via paypal to writingXcuses@gmail.com as SCHOLARSHIP, report back and I'll write a microfiction.

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If we raise enough to add a fifth scholarship (about $2000), I'll read everything aloud that I write.

Add a sixth? I read them again. With my phone sex voice.
And if you fund a scholarship all by yourself?

I'll write a 250-word piece of flash and mail that sucker to you.
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