Sorry for the radio silence, folks. I appear to have picked up what folks keep telling me is officially called, “con crud”. (And then SB tells me they had a verified case of H1N1 at some other big con this weekend and I’m like, oh, crud!)
This had better not be that. I have a book to revise.
So, as I’m mainlining matzoh ball soup and orange juice, let me tell you a bit about my experiences at my very very first Dragon*Con.
Discovery the First: Geekdom is a small small world. Take for example my first night there, where a dinner with fans of my friend C.L. Wilson ended up including a video game designer who not only used to work with my brother, but actually gave him his pet cat. This discovery, by hte way was made while sitting at a table with a centerpiece of a giant statue of Pope John Paul II while wearing the outfit of a clockwork can-can dancer. Which leads me to…
Discovery the Second: Costumes are fun! Behold:
Me as a clockwork can-can dancer, being wound up by a clockwork patron (Actually, his clockwork beat the pants off mine. It actually wound up, for REAL.)
Rainbow Brite! Oh, 80s! How I’ve missed thee!
Lots of Watchmen. These were three of the better ones. Rorshach was especially popular this year.
Dude’s Dark Mark tattoo looked real. Possibly was real. So awesome.
This is how the conversation went in the lobby of the Hyatt when I saw this guy:
Diana: Look, it’s 9!
C.L. Wilson: Like from District Nine?
Diana: No, 9!
C.L. Wilson: You mean like from The Nines?
Diana: No! Nine! 9!
C.L. Wilson’s sister: Like German for “no?”
I hung out with Marianne Mancusi on Saturday night, while she was dressed as Zombie Bo Peep. It was one of the coolest costumes I saw the entire con, but it bugged me that people kept calling to her as “Bloody Bo Peep.” Dude, there’s very clearly a brain on the end of her crook there. What is it with people not getting the zombie aspects of zombie costumes? Last Halloween, when I dressed up as Wedding Night of the Living Dead with SB, people kept asking us if we were supposed to be “Corpse Bride.” Um, well, there’s a dude here, so, what? Is he “corpse groom?” Also, we were very clearly bloody and slavering for brains.
To make a long story short, I was thrilled whenever I heard anyone go “Zombie Bo Peep! Can I get a picture?”
Okay, time for more cold medicine. I’ll post more later!
September 9th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Awesome!!! I love the photos! This looks like an absolutely fabulous time!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Ya apparently PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) had a bunch of swine flu outbreaks.
but the good news is, according to both GoogleHealth and WebMD:
“Most people who get H1N1 flu will likely recover without needing medical care.”
So no worries. Drink some OJ or Sprite and get some rest. Suffer through a little bit of discomfort and it’ll pass.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I know how you’re feeling, Diana. There have been at least a couple of conventions where I have come back with some sort of con crud. And at the moment, I have what could be called con crud, except that I did not get it by attending a convention.
If you spend most of the convention running on adrenaline (which is all too easy to do), and you let yourself get just the slightest bit run down, you leave yourself open to catching whatever may be running around at the moment. Remember the 5-2-1 Rule I told you about? This is one of the reasons behind the rule.
How many Dr. Manhattans did you see at DragonCon? Hmmm, maybe that should be, how many out of shape Dr. Manhattans did you see?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Hi
Thanks for the great pictures and update.
It sounds like a great time.
Congratulations on the success of RAMPANT.
All the best,
@RKCharron
xoxo
September 11th, 2009 at 8:54 am
I still say 9 looks like a homeless Sandman with a serious beer belly.
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