Between vacations
So last week jalen_mara came to visit me and it was fabulous. On Thursday we met emmaorgana at Cedar Point and between the weather, the fast passes we sprang for, and most of all the company, it really could not have been a better experience. We went to see Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters on Friday night and it wasn't horrible! And Jalen very graciously indulged my new obsession with Pandemic a lot in between.
With that long-anticipated weekend behind me, I turn to my next adventure: Dragon Con!! The new planning app for the iPad is heaven-sent and I spent last night putting together my first tentative schedule:
FRIDAY: (River Song costume)
Fly in, get checked in, etc. (I really prefer to fly in Thursday night but I couldn't get a hotel for all four nights this year, alas. On the bright side, I still have my Breeze Card for the metro from last year, so I don't have to buy another one).
Panels starting from 1:00
--Mortal Instruments Book 1 discussion
--Star Trek DS9 cast
--Peter S Beagle discussing the Trek episode "Sarek" (which means I need to watch it at some point)
--Hornblower panel
--Fave SW authors (Zahn, Anderson, Stackpole, Allston, and Some Other Guy)
--YA Lit's "Vampires vs Werewolves" debate
--Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Ball
(probably either the Beagle or the Hornblower panel will need to be sacrificed for the sake of food and sanity but I always let myself be extra-ambitious with my first schedule. Also? I cannot decide!!!)
SATURDAY: (Red Riding Hood costume)
AM - Marching in the parade
PM - Panels/events starting from 1:00:
--Advanced Sewing Techniques
--Social Media for writers
--Cosplay Charity Auction
--Spotlight on Bell Bridge Books
--The Last Unicorn viewing & commentary with Peter S. Beagle
SUNDAY: (Minion costume)
AM - Sleeping in a bit, some combination of church service, autographs, vendor halls, possibly blood drive
PM - Panels starting from 1:00:
--Why Actors Choose the Roles they Choose (for the Writer's track and featuring Ioan Gruffudd)
--A Diversity of Dragons (Fantasy lit, featuring Rachel Hartman)
--Guns-- Lots of Guns (Writer's track, helpful for my purposes for the Superhero thing)
--Seriously Funny Ways to get Rejected (a panel by literary agents)
Not sure for the rest of the evening? Possibly haunting the board game area for a good round of Catan, Pandemic, or Ticket to Ride.
MONDAY: (Street clothes-- sort of)
Monday is going to be a new experience for me because typically in the past I'm flying home by mid-day and do not do any con activities. This year, when my friend and I were trying to decide on a flight back home, I decided to take a risk and spring for the late evening flight and see if I could manage my stress and energy enough to have a fun Monday too.
AM - Breakfast with a friend.
-- William Shakespeare's Star Wars. Okay. SO EXCITED about this. I found out yesterday that the Star Wars track is doing a light, fun panel about the new book, including select readings. On a whim, I emailed and asked if they were looking for readers. The panel moderator responded that they had mostly everything filled but that I could read Greedo if I wanted, so of course I said yes! In honor of that, I am planning on wearing my alien green maxi dress, finding/making a headband with green antennae, and one of my pairs of bug-eyed sunglasses for an impromptu "Greedo" costume. :-)
-- BSG cast panel (I always try to go to at least one BSG panel when EJO is at the Con, b/c he closes them out by leading a chorus of "So Say We All" and I have yet to get tired of the experience)
-- The Future of Fantastic Fiction
Airport... home... exhaustion... sadness.
With that long-anticipated weekend behind me, I turn to my next adventure: Dragon Con!! The new planning app for the iPad is heaven-sent and I spent last night putting together my first tentative schedule:
FRIDAY: (River Song costume)
Fly in, get checked in, etc. (I really prefer to fly in Thursday night but I couldn't get a hotel for all four nights this year, alas. On the bright side, I still have my Breeze Card for the metro from last year, so I don't have to buy another one).
Panels starting from 1:00
--Mortal Instruments Book 1 discussion
--Star Trek DS9 cast
--Peter S Beagle discussing the Trek episode "Sarek" (which means I need to watch it at some point)
--Hornblower panel
--Fave SW authors (Zahn, Anderson, Stackpole, Allston, and Some Other Guy)
--YA Lit's "Vampires vs Werewolves" debate
--Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Ball
(probably either the Beagle or the Hornblower panel will need to be sacrificed for the sake of food and sanity but I always let myself be extra-ambitious with my first schedule. Also? I cannot decide!!!)
SATURDAY: (Red Riding Hood costume)
AM - Marching in the parade
PM - Panels/events starting from 1:00:
--Advanced Sewing Techniques
--Social Media for writers
--Cosplay Charity Auction
--Spotlight on Bell Bridge Books
--The Last Unicorn viewing & commentary with Peter S. Beagle
SUNDAY: (Minion costume)
AM - Sleeping in a bit, some combination of church service, autographs, vendor halls, possibly blood drive
PM - Panels starting from 1:00:
--Why Actors Choose the Roles they Choose (for the Writer's track and featuring Ioan Gruffudd)
--A Diversity of Dragons (Fantasy lit, featuring Rachel Hartman)
--Guns-- Lots of Guns (Writer's track, helpful for my purposes for the Superhero thing)
--Seriously Funny Ways to get Rejected (a panel by literary agents)
Not sure for the rest of the evening? Possibly haunting the board game area for a good round of Catan, Pandemic, or Ticket to Ride.
MONDAY: (Street clothes-- sort of)
Monday is going to be a new experience for me because typically in the past I'm flying home by mid-day and do not do any con activities. This year, when my friend and I were trying to decide on a flight back home, I decided to take a risk and spring for the late evening flight and see if I could manage my stress and energy enough to have a fun Monday too.
AM - Breakfast with a friend.
-- William Shakespeare's Star Wars. Okay. SO EXCITED about this. I found out yesterday that the Star Wars track is doing a light, fun panel about the new book, including select readings. On a whim, I emailed and asked if they were looking for readers. The panel moderator responded that they had mostly everything filled but that I could read Greedo if I wanted, so of course I said yes! In honor of that, I am planning on wearing my alien green maxi dress, finding/making a headband with green antennae, and one of my pairs of bug-eyed sunglasses for an impromptu "Greedo" costume. :-)
-- BSG cast panel (I always try to go to at least one BSG panel when EJO is at the Con, b/c he closes them out by leading a chorus of "So Say We All" and I have yet to get tired of the experience)
-- The Future of Fantastic Fiction
Airport... home... exhaustion... sadness.