Day 1
Know what's hard? Dancing for an hour to a rock band in one inch heeled boots with a knee like mine while wearing a corset and being closer to an elder than a youth. Fun as hell though. The convention is good, really good. Multiple dealer rooms, lots of talks and how-tos. And music. lots of music.
I've already forgotten the name of the first performer. The second and third are both from England. Madam Misfit was fun but not really my sort of music. You can hear some of hers here
The last group an alt rock duo from London was exactly my style. Loved them. They came out dancing with us several times. Mom's like make new friends at the con. Does me dancing with a guy young enough to be my kid to this song count?
I bought a couple cool things, something for a holiday gift, and an amazing amethyst skull that had no price tag and they're like 40$. SOLD. No way this was that cheap. It fills my hand and one side is a carved skull and the other is raw crystal. It's amazing. Later she's like...that is probably more but I said 40$ so... yes it's a steal and I'm taking it. I got chocolate from sweet steam (who hasn't been in Cincinnati since covid) and now they have hot chocolate. I got earl grey hot and six demon bag. We sat there quoting Big Trouble in Little China as we drank samples.
I'll hit the vendors again tomorrow. I made one pass and I bought things I was sure wouldn't be there tomorrow. I also sat thru my friend Leanna Renee Hieber's talk on Gothic and Noir fiction, really good. I need to buy one book but only one. I'm going to be good, right? I found a new to me author so hers will be the one.
Tomorrow I don't plan to leave the hotel. Today I went out into the blinding rain to go to the seminary museum. It was worth it. First though I went to Perkins, haven't seen that chain in forever and they had a kid's charity. Pick a rubber duck, win a prize. i won another breakfast. Sunday seems reasonable for that.
As for the museum it was 4 floors. I even attended a short presentation. one floor was general battle stuff (and how the seminary building played a role), next floor was about the hospital that was set up in it (both floors talked about the ziegler kids who were living in the seminary as their parents worked there, the other two floors were about the seminary leaders and their abolitionist ways and of course, the enslaved people themselves.
Since that was over by noon and this didn't start til 2, I went to lunch at Sheetz (Needed gas) because people rave about it. I could have gone to a sitdown restaurant for the cost of this sad hot dog and onion petals. eye roll.
From there I went to the dedicated movie theater for this hotel complex. They have so many horrors I'd like to see but what I did see was Deadpool and Wolverine. It was very vulgar, very violent, and pure enjoyment. Loved it. Wolverine and Gambit have been my favorites for like 30 years + and all the cameos!!
The only negative is this bed. My hotel room is nice but these beds are low to the ground, hard as a rock where they aren't broken down. I'm getting this room rather cheaply (if you can call 170$ cheap) If I was paying the usual 240$/night I'd be pretty pissed over these crap beds. Also I'm catty corner to the ice machine. Who the fuck was getting ice at 4 AM??
I've already forgotten the name of the first performer. The second and third are both from England. Madam Misfit was fun but not really my sort of music. You can hear some of hers here
Click to viewThe last group an alt rock duo from London was exactly my style. Loved them. They came out dancing with us several times. Mom's like make new friends at the con. Does me dancing with a guy young enough to be my kid to this song count?
I bought a couple cool things, something for a holiday gift, and an amazing amethyst skull that had no price tag and they're like 40$. SOLD. No way this was that cheap. It fills my hand and one side is a carved skull and the other is raw crystal. It's amazing. Later she's like...that is probably more but I said 40$ so... yes it's a steal and I'm taking it. I got chocolate from sweet steam (who hasn't been in Cincinnati since covid) and now they have hot chocolate. I got earl grey hot and six demon bag. We sat there quoting Big Trouble in Little China as we drank samples.
I'll hit the vendors again tomorrow. I made one pass and I bought things I was sure wouldn't be there tomorrow. I also sat thru my friend Leanna Renee Hieber's talk on Gothic and Noir fiction, really good. I need to buy one book but only one. I'm going to be good, right? I found a new to me author so hers will be the one.
Tomorrow I don't plan to leave the hotel. Today I went out into the blinding rain to go to the seminary museum. It was worth it. First though I went to Perkins, haven't seen that chain in forever and they had a kid's charity. Pick a rubber duck, win a prize. i won another breakfast. Sunday seems reasonable for that.
As for the museum it was 4 floors. I even attended a short presentation. one floor was general battle stuff (and how the seminary building played a role), next floor was about the hospital that was set up in it (both floors talked about the ziegler kids who were living in the seminary as their parents worked there, the other two floors were about the seminary leaders and their abolitionist ways and of course, the enslaved people themselves.
Since that was over by noon and this didn't start til 2, I went to lunch at Sheetz (Needed gas) because people rave about it. I could have gone to a sitdown restaurant for the cost of this sad hot dog and onion petals. eye roll.
From there I went to the dedicated movie theater for this hotel complex. They have so many horrors I'd like to see but what I did see was Deadpool and Wolverine. It was very vulgar, very violent, and pure enjoyment. Loved it. Wolverine and Gambit have been my favorites for like 30 years + and all the cameos!!
The only negative is this bed. My hotel room is nice but these beds are low to the ground, hard as a rock where they aren't broken down. I'm getting this room rather cheaply (if you can call 170$ cheap) If I was paying the usual 240$/night I'd be pretty pissed over these crap beds. Also I'm catty corner to the ice machine. Who the fuck was getting ice at 4 AM??