Dragon*Con Days Two and Three
Aug. 31st, 2008 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillian13Sorry I didn't post yesterday--very tired and the internet connection at the hotel was being annoying.
Saturday was another long day--in at 9am. Finished all the stuff we didn't have time for on Friday (backdrop, etc.). If we had had the Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible shirts we would have made a mint. (They were up in Seattle at PAX.)
I barely stopped all day--I spelled Alan on the register for a while so I did get to sit down briefly. Wandered around the upstairs Exhibit Halls but saw very little that interested me. I guess I'm jaded--I didn't even buy any dice, since I'm not gaming right now. :-( Though I did get the SGA 2009 calendar and a John Barrowman calendar. Hmmm. Who do I know that deserves a John Barrowman calendar for Christmas?
My grey market video guy wasn't here, darn it. There are a couple of things I was willing to pay for...
Saw some really fun costumes, including The Flying Spaghetti Monster (I touched teh Noodly Appendage!), a 12-foot demon skeleton, and Darth Elvis. Darth Elvis had the armor and cape (studded with red rhinestones, natch), and the hair and the sneer. Very fun. Ran into an old housemate of mine I hadn't seen in 10 years, easy. I feel so sad; he has Parkinson's and doesn't look good. Met![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wolfshark 's husband and got to say hi to her on the phone, since he brought me a present she had picked up in Canada on vacation.
Celebrity Sightings: none, unless you count the original Batmobile. We closed at 7, got out about 8, and had really good Italian food out in Smyrna.
Sunday started with a comedy of errors. Not only did Alan's laptop (the register) die at minutes to 10am (aka opening), but two of the guys working the other booth were 45 minutes late since the car over heated. Alan's wife had to run to the hotel and fetch Scott's spare laptop, and the guys were able to switch cars, but still, an interesting start. Again, it was solidly busy, which will mean good things for my pay day. Got to run down to the Dealer's Hall downstairs and saw Ruth Thompson, who I hadn't seen in years, since I haven't been to GenCon in forever. She looked happier than I'd seen her in a while! Picked up some things for The World's Best Niece and a couple of pirate movie soundtracks I didn't have. Saw a White Queen, Kitty Pride, Movie!Rogue, and three versions of the Phoenix while I was out. Plus a very nice set of guys who had re-created the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band. Very nice!
Celebrity Sightings: A guy dressed as Spike Plissken. I told him I heard he was dead. :-) We ate MEAT at Cafe Brazil.
I'm flying out tomorrow evening, so I'll post again on Tuesday.
PS My feet still hurt.
Saturday was another long day--in at 9am. Finished all the stuff we didn't have time for on Friday (backdrop, etc.). If we had had the Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible shirts we would have made a mint. (They were up in Seattle at PAX.)
I barely stopped all day--I spelled Alan on the register for a while so I did get to sit down briefly. Wandered around the upstairs Exhibit Halls but saw very little that interested me. I guess I'm jaded--I didn't even buy any dice, since I'm not gaming right now. :-( Though I did get the SGA 2009 calendar and a John Barrowman calendar. Hmmm. Who do I know that deserves a John Barrowman calendar for Christmas?
My grey market video guy wasn't here, darn it. There are a couple of things I was willing to pay for...
Saw some really fun costumes, including The Flying Spaghetti Monster (I touched teh Noodly Appendage!), a 12-foot demon skeleton, and Darth Elvis. Darth Elvis had the armor and cape (studded with red rhinestones, natch), and the hair and the sneer. Very fun. Ran into an old housemate of mine I hadn't seen in 10 years, easy. I feel so sad; he has Parkinson's and doesn't look good. Met
wolfshark 's husband and got to say hi to her on the phone, since he brought me a present she had picked up in Canada on vacation. Celebrity Sightings: none, unless you count the original Batmobile. We closed at 7, got out about 8, and had really good Italian food out in Smyrna.
Sunday started with a comedy of errors. Not only did Alan's laptop (the register) die at minutes to 10am (aka opening), but two of the guys working the other booth were 45 minutes late since the car over heated. Alan's wife had to run to the hotel and fetch Scott's spare laptop, and the guys were able to switch cars, but still, an interesting start. Again, it was solidly busy, which will mean good things for my pay day. Got to run down to the Dealer's Hall downstairs and saw Ruth Thompson, who I hadn't seen in years, since I haven't been to GenCon in forever. She looked happier than I'd seen her in a while! Picked up some things for The World's Best Niece and a couple of pirate movie soundtracks I didn't have. Saw a White Queen, Kitty Pride, Movie!Rogue, and three versions of the Phoenix while I was out. Plus a very nice set of guys who had re-created the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band. Very nice!
Celebrity Sightings: A guy dressed as Spike Plissken. I told him I heard he was dead. :-) We ate MEAT at Cafe Brazil.
I'm flying out tomorrow evening, so I'll post again on Tuesday.
PS My feet still hurt.
