I'm Back
- OMG, two cons are just too much for me. I like NY, hell I love NY too much to be away for so long. I came home and it's hot, muggy, humid and raining, and I'm telling my sister just how much I love it. San Francisco is way too cold for me, and San Diego is still too cold. I like my summers to be hot. More than that, I missed home with my caffe latte in the morning (and not that cheap, horrible Starbucks lattes), the pasta with fresh seafood at night. Really, I should never leave NY for more than a week at a time. I go in withdrawal.
- Azkatraz - I didn't register, which gave me plenty of time to see people. I won't mention everyone because I'd mention half my flist, but it was so awesome to see all them again. The downside of it was that the hotel sucked ass. I haven't had time to call the fire marshal yet for the negligent way they dealt when they fire alarm went off. If this is how the act in a real emergency, everyone on that floor would be dead.
- Comic Con - How much do I love this Con? There are no words for it. sabershadowkat and I have this down to an art. We got there on Monday night. Tuesday, we went grocery shopping for the rest of the con, and then we went to Tijuana (it's just 6 stops away on the trolley). When the con started, we made food every day - lunch and dinner - so we could stay in the panels and not stress. We also had enough practice in getting passes and doing what we needed to do without losing our seats. I came home with about 30 free books, some signed, some not, and some from sabershadowkat. Most of them are young adults and my kids will love them (and so will I). My nephews got an autographed book of GI Joe v. Cobra. Stephen was in love with it, and almost hugged me for it, before thinking better of it, because he's 15 and hugging isn't cool. There's a rumor that next year, preview night will be capped to 13,000. I don't know if it's true, but I've already registered, so no worries there.
- Infinitus - After this year experience, I've decided that there is no way that I can go to Infinitus. As much as I'll miss seeing everyone, there's no way that I can be in Florida from July 15 to the 18 and then in San Diego from the 21 to the 25.
- NYC Con? - Which brings me to the last point? I know we've talked about it a lot, but how many people would seriously be interested in coming to NYC the weekend of July 9-11? Depending on the numbers and interest, we might do something, it would be totally unofficial, a la Wincon, and probably numbered capped, because big hotels mean big money and registration, blah blah, and this wouldn't be an attempt to compete with HPEF, but just getting a lot of us together so we can have a good time.
- Azkatraz - I didn't register, which gave me plenty of time to see people. I won't mention everyone because I'd mention half my flist, but it was so awesome to see all them again. The downside of it was that the hotel sucked ass. I haven't had time to call the fire marshal yet for the negligent way they dealt when they fire alarm went off. If this is how the act in a real emergency, everyone on that floor would be dead.
- Comic Con - How much do I love this Con? There are no words for it. sabershadowkat and I have this down to an art. We got there on Monday night. Tuesday, we went grocery shopping for the rest of the con, and then we went to Tijuana (it's just 6 stops away on the trolley). When the con started, we made food every day - lunch and dinner - so we could stay in the panels and not stress. We also had enough practice in getting passes and doing what we needed to do without losing our seats. I came home with about 30 free books, some signed, some not, and some from sabershadowkat. Most of them are young adults and my kids will love them (and so will I). My nephews got an autographed book of GI Joe v. Cobra. Stephen was in love with it, and almost hugged me for it, before thinking better of it, because he's 15 and hugging isn't cool. There's a rumor that next year, preview night will be capped to 13,000. I don't know if it's true, but I've already registered, so no worries there.
- Infinitus - After this year experience, I've decided that there is no way that I can go to Infinitus. As much as I'll miss seeing everyone, there's no way that I can be in Florida from July 15 to the 18 and then in San Diego from the 21 to the 25.
- NYC Con? - Which brings me to the last point? I know we've talked about it a lot, but how many people would seriously be interested in coming to NYC the weekend of July 9-11? Depending on the numbers and interest, we might do something, it would be totally unofficial, a la Wincon, and probably numbered capped, because big hotels mean big money and registration, blah blah, and this wouldn't be an attempt to compete with HPEF, but just getting a lot of us together so we can have a good time.