Not going to CMU Spring Carnival

I guess I should have mentioned this earlier, but Chris and I are going up to Seattle this weekend for Microsoft Puzzlehunt 16.  I really did think I'd go to Carnival this year, but in the end I figured that I'd rather do puzzles and I can go visit friends in Pittsburgh any time, really.  (Hopefully I'll manage a good east-coast trip sometime later this year.)

Carnival's always been timed badly for me recently due to my habit of spending some chunk of April in Japan anyway, which I also did this year.  We'll see, I guess.  It occurs to me that the Kiltie concert has already happened and things are underway, which just feels weird to think about.  I guess I'm getting old.