No Brand Con - Favorite Moments
Cross-posted from the No Brand Con forums, here are some of my fave moments of No Brand. This is one of my absolute favorite shows to attend every year, and I hope you can tell why.
- Seeing everyone that I see several times each year, those that I only see once a year, a few that I haven't seen in a few years, and meeting so many new peeps. I wish I wasn't as tired and frantic so I could hang out more.
- Seeing friends Ray and Moy spend hours working to solve the 13 puzzles for the raffle. That was a great idea.
- Realizing on Friday, after the 6-foot-6 Ray spent Thursday night sleeping on the 5-foot-10 couch in the hotel room, that the couch actually folds out into a bed.
- Tracking the progression of Housekeeping's cleaning patterns over the course of the weekend. One day only the beds were made, the next only changed towels, another only emptied trash. One day, we believe the entire room will be clean... one day.
- Standing up in the Mann Auction, taking my place at the front of the stage, and instantly turning the event from PG to PG-14... then seeing ALL of the cell phones, digital cameras, and video cams raise up to capture the moment. We also raised a lot of money for the Red Cross.
- Starting a conga line at the rave... and turning it into a circle, with neither a beginning nor an end. Harmony was achieved that night. That was the only time, in all of the anime raves I've attended, that I've seen that happen.
- Pac-Man at the rave with his 40 yellow glowsticks of awesomeness.
- Vinnk loading Pac-Man into his van on Sunday. (I have a cell phone pic!)
- Microsofting nearly all of Rising Stuff's leftovers on Sunday. For the 4th year.
- Vinnk n' Peso's persistence in offloading their mystery bra into various places of the Fast Food Anime booth. Then our attempts to foist it back upon them. Then finding it later stashed back in our stuff. Then seeing Tiffany taking a shot in returning the wayward undergarment... only to find it finally hidden amongst the Microsofted boxes of CDs!! Vinnk n' Peso, just you guys wait until next year. You're taking your mystery bra back to Japan one way or another!
I'm incredibly psyched for ACen next week, and hope I can survive it all!
- Seeing everyone that I see several times each year, those that I only see once a year, a few that I haven't seen in a few years, and meeting so many new peeps. I wish I wasn't as tired and frantic so I could hang out more.
- Seeing friends Ray and Moy spend hours working to solve the 13 puzzles for the raffle. That was a great idea.
- Realizing on Friday, after the 6-foot-6 Ray spent Thursday night sleeping on the 5-foot-10 couch in the hotel room, that the couch actually folds out into a bed.
- Tracking the progression of Housekeeping's cleaning patterns over the course of the weekend. One day only the beds were made, the next only changed towels, another only emptied trash. One day, we believe the entire room will be clean... one day.
- Standing up in the Mann Auction, taking my place at the front of the stage, and instantly turning the event from PG to PG-14... then seeing ALL of the cell phones, digital cameras, and video cams raise up to capture the moment. We also raised a lot of money for the Red Cross.
- Starting a conga line at the rave... and turning it into a circle, with neither a beginning nor an end. Harmony was achieved that night. That was the only time, in all of the anime raves I've attended, that I've seen that happen.
- Pac-Man at the rave with his 40 yellow glowsticks of awesomeness.
- Vinnk loading Pac-Man into his van on Sunday. (I have a cell phone pic!)
- Microsofting nearly all of Rising Stuff's leftovers on Sunday. For the 4th year.
- Vinnk n' Peso's persistence in offloading their mystery bra into various places of the Fast Food Anime booth. Then our attempts to foist it back upon them. Then finding it later stashed back in our stuff. Then seeing Tiffany taking a shot in returning the wayward undergarment... only to find it finally hidden amongst the Microsofted boxes of CDs!! Vinnk n' Peso, just you guys wait until next year. You're taking your mystery bra back to Japan one way or another!
I'm incredibly psyched for ACen next week, and hope I can survive it all!