Omega!
Big honkin' list o' stuff what happened at Omegacon.
The Good
1. The grilled roast beef and swiss sandwich Roadkill made me for Saturday lunch. I don't know what the hell kind of voodoo he worked on that thing, but man it rocked.
2. The con suite in general. Holy crap. Pancakes on Sunday. A taco bar. A real bar, with alcohol and everything.
3. Faboo games of Apples to Apples, Killer Bunnies, and The Great Dalmuti.
4. That strange exploration of human paranoia known as Werewolf.
5. Raucous rounds of karaoke, in which I found out I can actually do Johnny Cash.
6. Scavenging together a meal out of black beans, rice and a hard boiled egg. I guess that sounds despirate, but it was actually pretty cool, considering I'm on a budget of pocket lint these days.
7. The statues people made out of marshmallows, including a plate of sushi, the robot from The Incredibles, giant ants from Them, gay porn, and the trench battle from Star Wars.
8. More antique boat motors than you would ever believe.
9. Viewing the recently discovered lost lost episode of The Dalek Masterplan from the Hartnell era of Dr. Who.
10. Dead dogging at the Moneysnake Palace, for much too much Time's Up and the geeky "up yours" of "Salad Bowl." I think I could play "Salad Bowl" all day.
11. Endless silly jokes, jibes, bon mots, and vignettes.
The Bad
1. The marathon game of Cranium I got roped into. I need to make a hard and fast rule: No board games with more than six players, ever.
2. Missing out on the mango habanero salsa everyone was raving about.
3. Being El Dumbass Supremo and forgetting my swimsuit. So no hot tubbin'.
The Scary
1. Discovering that Midway Arcade Classics for the Gamecube includes Klax, a strategy game that I was obsessed with once. I think I was the only person in the solar system who played it. Now I may have to fork over the bucks for a Gamecube.
2. Realizing how dependent the Vikings really are on Randy Moss.
3. Endlessly craving grilled roast beef and swiss sandwiches.
4. The weird soda from Russia with Pinocchio on the label. It tasted like circus peanuts.
5. Cola flavored condoms. I never thought of cola as a sensual thing before. Maybe there's some seductive way of cracking open a can of Coke, but I don't know what the hell that would be.
Thanks again to chebutykin and cajones for driving me up, and to hellziggy for providing me with lodging. I sincerely hope I can make it again next year.
The Good
1. The grilled roast beef and swiss sandwich Roadkill made me for Saturday lunch. I don't know what the hell kind of voodoo he worked on that thing, but man it rocked.
2. The con suite in general. Holy crap. Pancakes on Sunday. A taco bar. A real bar, with alcohol and everything.
3. Faboo games of Apples to Apples, Killer Bunnies, and The Great Dalmuti.
4. That strange exploration of human paranoia known as Werewolf.
5. Raucous rounds of karaoke, in which I found out I can actually do Johnny Cash.
6. Scavenging together a meal out of black beans, rice and a hard boiled egg. I guess that sounds despirate, but it was actually pretty cool, considering I'm on a budget of pocket lint these days.
7. The statues people made out of marshmallows, including a plate of sushi, the robot from The Incredibles, giant ants from Them, gay porn, and the trench battle from Star Wars.
8. More antique boat motors than you would ever believe.
9. Viewing the recently discovered lost lost episode of The Dalek Masterplan from the Hartnell era of Dr. Who.
10. Dead dogging at the Moneysnake Palace, for much too much Time's Up and the geeky "up yours" of "Salad Bowl." I think I could play "Salad Bowl" all day.
11. Endless silly jokes, jibes, bon mots, and vignettes.
The Bad
1. The marathon game of Cranium I got roped into. I need to make a hard and fast rule: No board games with more than six players, ever.
2. Missing out on the mango habanero salsa everyone was raving about.
3. Being El Dumbass Supremo and forgetting my swimsuit. So no hot tubbin'.
The Scary
1. Discovering that Midway Arcade Classics for the Gamecube includes Klax, a strategy game that I was obsessed with once. I think I was the only person in the solar system who played it. Now I may have to fork over the bucks for a Gamecube.
2. Realizing how dependent the Vikings really are on Randy Moss.
3. Endlessly craving grilled roast beef and swiss sandwiches.
4. The weird soda from Russia with Pinocchio on the label. It tasted like circus peanuts.
5. Cola flavored condoms. I never thought of cola as a sensual thing before. Maybe there's some seductive way of cracking open a can of Coke, but I don't know what the hell that would be.
Thanks again to chebutykin and cajones for driving me up, and to hellziggy for providing me with lodging. I sincerely hope I can make it again next year.