Conventional Dragons
To the lovely ladies that have requested confirmation of my intent to travel to sainted Hot-lanta and participate in the overall geekfest known the world over as Dragon*Con....
Yes, I'll be there.
In truth, I have a sneaking suspicion that my boss has forgotten about the notice I gave about three months ago regarding said weekend, and may try to schedule me for it. I've tried to remind her everytime I go to work, but she's never scheduled at the same time. Should she not be there, she'll get a lovely note.
And relax, even if she tries to schedule me, I'm still going. I didn't request off; I informed her that I will under no circumstances be in town, and therefore she has no hold on me.
In other news, I'm part of this rather lame-ass yahoo group dedicated to the Con itself. The idea itself is a good one, but nothing interesting is ever really discussed there. However, one bit of discussion got my interest (and I think maybe Crystal and Ryan's) and so I thought I'd share it will you.
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Charles C. Craig wrote:
WTF? WRESTLING? Whose lame-ass idea was that?
I strongly suspect that this will be my last Dragoncon, if the wrestling goes as I think it will. Lessee, rowdy yahoo wrestling fans in a con that features lots of women walking around in sexy costumes... what could this POSSIBLY lead to? Surely NOT tons of harassing, catcalls and generally obnoxious behavior?
You gotta wonder what the people who put on Dragoncon are smoking these days ...
And of course, I had to respond:
First of all, I'm a little offended, seeing as how I'm both a wrestling fan and a scifi/fantasy fan and have not caused one incident whatsoever at any DragonCon in the five years that I have attended.
And second of all, the wrestling is a very minor part of the Con overall -- the fact that you've just now noticed that there's a wrestling card Friday night proves that it doesn't intrude on the con, as the wrasslin' has been a staple of the con at least as
long as I have.
Against my better judgment, I did not go into "rowdy yahoo wrestling fan" mode and cut a scathing promo claiming that he's a son of a whore, that his father must have beat him silly with an ugly stick twelve times a day starting at age five, or that when I did see him at the con I was going to throw him into the drum room and start clubberin' him senseless with rights, lefts, and of course, EL-BOWs. I did not do those things, as I was trying to prove a point.
But I damn sure wanted to.
Yes, I'll be there.
In truth, I have a sneaking suspicion that my boss has forgotten about the notice I gave about three months ago regarding said weekend, and may try to schedule me for it. I've tried to remind her everytime I go to work, but she's never scheduled at the same time. Should she not be there, she'll get a lovely note.
And relax, even if she tries to schedule me, I'm still going. I didn't request off; I informed her that I will under no circumstances be in town, and therefore she has no hold on me.
In other news, I'm part of this rather lame-ass yahoo group dedicated to the Con itself. The idea itself is a good one, but nothing interesting is ever really discussed there. However, one bit of discussion got my interest (and I think maybe Crystal and Ryan's) and so I thought I'd share it will you.
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Charles C. Craig wrote:
WTF? WRESTLING? Whose lame-ass idea was that?
I strongly suspect that this will be my last Dragoncon, if the wrestling goes as I think it will. Lessee, rowdy yahoo wrestling fans in a con that features lots of women walking around in sexy costumes... what could this POSSIBLY lead to? Surely NOT tons of harassing, catcalls and generally obnoxious behavior?
You gotta wonder what the people who put on Dragoncon are smoking these days ...
And of course, I had to respond:
First of all, I'm a little offended, seeing as how I'm both a wrestling fan and a scifi/fantasy fan and have not caused one incident whatsoever at any DragonCon in the five years that I have attended.
And second of all, the wrestling is a very minor part of the Con overall -- the fact that you've just now noticed that there's a wrestling card Friday night proves that it doesn't intrude on the con, as the wrasslin' has been a staple of the con at least as
long as I have.
Against my better judgment, I did not go into "rowdy yahoo wrestling fan" mode and cut a scathing promo claiming that he's a son of a whore, that his father must have beat him silly with an ugly stick twelve times a day starting at age five, or that when I did see him at the con I was going to throw him into the drum room and start clubberin' him senseless with rights, lefts, and of course, EL-BOWs. I did not do those things, as I was trying to prove a point.
But I damn sure wanted to.