Dragon*Con, day the last.
Sep. 5th, 2006 12:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lance_sibleyI was checking my voicemail this morning when the battery in my cellphone finally gave up the ghost, so no photos today. :( I know ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evil_admiral got a couple which I will shamelessly swipe from him when he gets around to posting them, though.
As a result of the death of my battery, I had no idea where he was so I went to the Hugh Laurie panel (no, Hugh Laurie wasn't here :( ), which was about half pre-House (mostly Jeeves And Wooster and Blackadder), and half House.
I ran intoevil_admiral after the panel in the hallway, however, so I accompanied him to the "Men Of Stargate" panel.
Now, it's not my intention to irritate or offend any of the Gaters reading this, but I have to say this: the one thing that gets under my skin about serious fans of Stargate is that many of them don't seem to analyze the show or talk about the plots at all. It seems to be all "Daniel Jackson is so dreamy... John Sheppard is so dreamy... Rodney MacKay is so snarky and dreamy... *drool*" and this panel was no exception. I mean, I like to look at hot guys too - what gay guy or straight woman doesn't? But when I read or watch SF, I like to be mentally challenged too. I think this is why I've never gotten involved in Stargate fandom, as much as I enjoy the show. Hearing the phrase "the pretty" used thirty times in an hour was a bit grating.
Anyway, after that panel, there wasn't much left to do, so the two of us wandered through the Dealers' Room, gawked at all of the merchandise neither of us could justify buying (though I was almost tempted to get a couple of t-shirts (the "Hell Kitty" one particularly amused me), and then he had to leave to go to his date with the guy he met last night at the party. (Grrr. Not that I'm bitter.) I ran intowananga, who invited me to join a group that were going for dinner. A few seconds later, I ran into Kirk, Mark and a couple of other guys who also invited me to join them for dinner, but I told them that I had already agreed to go to dinner with the first group, but that they were probably welcome to come along. However, they had already set their sights on the Peachtree Centre food court.
I met up with the dinner group at 5:30, though I had to run back to my hotel as I had neglected to bring a Lactaid pill over with me when I left this morning. I rejoined them around 6:30, and we left for a restaurant - however, it was closed, so we ended up eating at a swanky restaurant in the Mariott, where I had meatloaf with mushroom gravy, smashed potatoes (yes, that's what the menu really said), and veggies, and a Banana "Foster" split for dessert. Bananas Foster is made with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, banana liqueur, bananas, dark rum, and ice cream. It's a good thing I went back for that Lactaid.
After dinner we went to the hotel bar for drinks. While there, we saw a number of paramedics, police, security and a fireman or two come in with a gurney and wondered what had happened. We were able to piece together that someone had jumped out a second floor window and smashed through the glass walkway over the restaurant we had earlier been in. Yikes. Such drama.
After that little excitement, we went up to the Outworlders suite, where I hung around until about 12:30, when I decided to come back to my hotel, catch up on email and pack for my flight home. As I was leaving it occurred to us all that it will be a year before we next see each other, since Gaylaxicon won't be until October next year. *sniff*
About 20 minutes after I got down here to the business centre, I was interrupted by a black woman - at least, I think it was a woman, though it may have been a man in very good drag - and a man wanting to check something on Mapquest, so I let them. It turned out that this weekend was also Atlanta Black Gay Pride, and they were here from Brooklyn, NY for it (hence my uncertainty about the gender of one of the people I was talking to -thespian, you probably would have fallen instantly in love. ;) ) I guess they figured that even in Atlanta, it was safe to tell me why they were here, since I was wearing my "I'm not gay - that's just a nasty rumour spread by all the guys I've slept with" t-shirt, which they both said they found amusing. Which, it was pointed out to me tonight, was clearly made in Canada - because "rumour" is spelled with a "u". Yes, the Canadian jokes were still flying around today...
So that's it for Dragon*Con. Next con, I guess, will be Con*Cept in Montreal, where I've been asked to do an LGBT panel again. Hopefully this time there will be a pre-defined topic for us to discuss.
Checkout is at noon, but my flight isn't until 4:45, and I get to Pearson at 7, so I will probably get home to my apartment around 9ish. Since I still have to pack, though, I should probably cut this short here and go upstairs.
I do hope, if ADP called to set up an interview (though the headhunter knew I wasn't getting home until tomorrow night), firstly that my answering machine wasn't full like it was when I got home from Worldcon, and second, that they don't want to see me first thing Wednesday morning.
evil_admiral got a couple which I will shamelessly swipe from him when he gets around to posting them, though.As a result of the death of my battery, I had no idea where he was so I went to the Hugh Laurie panel (no, Hugh Laurie wasn't here :( ), which was about half pre-House (mostly Jeeves And Wooster and Blackadder), and half House.
I ran into
evil_admiral after the panel in the hallway, however, so I accompanied him to the "Men Of Stargate" panel.Now, it's not my intention to irritate or offend any of the Gaters reading this, but I have to say this: the one thing that gets under my skin about serious fans of Stargate is that many of them don't seem to analyze the show or talk about the plots at all. It seems to be all "Daniel Jackson is so dreamy... John Sheppard is so dreamy... Rodney MacKay is so snarky and dreamy... *drool*" and this panel was no exception. I mean, I like to look at hot guys too - what gay guy or straight woman doesn't? But when I read or watch SF, I like to be mentally challenged too. I think this is why I've never gotten involved in Stargate fandom, as much as I enjoy the show. Hearing the phrase "the pretty" used thirty times in an hour was a bit grating.
Anyway, after that panel, there wasn't much left to do, so the two of us wandered through the Dealers' Room, gawked at all of the merchandise neither of us could justify buying (though I was almost tempted to get a couple of t-shirts (the "Hell Kitty" one particularly amused me), and then he had to leave to go to his date with the guy he met last night at the party. (Grrr. Not that I'm bitter.) I ran into
wananga, who invited me to join a group that were going for dinner. A few seconds later, I ran into Kirk, Mark and a couple of other guys who also invited me to join them for dinner, but I told them that I had already agreed to go to dinner with the first group, but that they were probably welcome to come along. However, they had already set their sights on the Peachtree Centre food court.I met up with the dinner group at 5:30, though I had to run back to my hotel as I had neglected to bring a Lactaid pill over with me when I left this morning. I rejoined them around 6:30, and we left for a restaurant - however, it was closed, so we ended up eating at a swanky restaurant in the Mariott, where I had meatloaf with mushroom gravy, smashed potatoes (yes, that's what the menu really said), and veggies, and a Banana "Foster" split for dessert. Bananas Foster is made with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, banana liqueur, bananas, dark rum, and ice cream. It's a good thing I went back for that Lactaid.
After dinner we went to the hotel bar for drinks. While there, we saw a number of paramedics, police, security and a fireman or two come in with a gurney and wondered what had happened. We were able to piece together that someone had jumped out a second floor window and smashed through the glass walkway over the restaurant we had earlier been in. Yikes. Such drama.
After that little excitement, we went up to the Outworlders suite, where I hung around until about 12:30, when I decided to come back to my hotel, catch up on email and pack for my flight home. As I was leaving it occurred to us all that it will be a year before we next see each other, since Gaylaxicon won't be until October next year. *sniff*
About 20 minutes after I got down here to the business centre, I was interrupted by a black woman - at least, I think it was a woman, though it may have been a man in very good drag - and a man wanting to check something on Mapquest, so I let them. It turned out that this weekend was also Atlanta Black Gay Pride, and they were here from Brooklyn, NY for it (hence my uncertainty about the gender of one of the people I was talking to -
thespian, you probably would have fallen instantly in love. ;) ) I guess they figured that even in Atlanta, it was safe to tell me why they were here, since I was wearing my "I'm not gay - that's just a nasty rumour spread by all the guys I've slept with" t-shirt, which they both said they found amusing. Which, it was pointed out to me tonight, was clearly made in Canada - because "rumour" is spelled with a "u". Yes, the Canadian jokes were still flying around today...So that's it for Dragon*Con. Next con, I guess, will be Con*Cept in Montreal, where I've been asked to do an LGBT panel again. Hopefully this time there will be a pre-defined topic for us to discuss.
Checkout is at noon, but my flight isn't until 4:45, and I get to Pearson at 7, so I will probably get home to my apartment around 9ish. Since I still have to pack, though, I should probably cut this short here and go upstairs.
I do hope, if ADP called to set up an interview (though the headhunter knew I wasn't getting home until tomorrow night), firstly that my answering machine wasn't full like it was when I got home from Worldcon, and second, that they don't want to see me first thing Wednesday morning.
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Date: 2006-09-05 07:22 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:53 am (UTC)That's exactly what I said in the post I made a few minutes before you posted this comment!
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Date: 2006-09-07 02:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-05 01:32 pm (UTC)At least we're lucky to live in a city with active fan communities who actually get together.
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Date: 2006-09-06 04:59 am (UTC)Speak for yourself - I'm planning to go to Con*Cept in October. But otherwise, yes, after this summer it's going to be a boring winter by comparison.
At least we're lucky to live in a city with active fan communities who actually get together.
This is true - which reminds me, this week is First Thursday. For some reason I thought that was last Thursday.
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Date: 2006-09-05 01:53 pm (UTC)Then I tried Atlantis for the pilot episode. Another blah experience. Even Ben "I Wanna Have Babies With You" Browder couldn't lure me back.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:03 am (UTC)I do have all of the available DVD box sets, however - I figured I should watch some of it when I was co-heading Programming for TT, and I'm a completist for the most part - I can't just buy one or two seasons and not get the rest. (I only have two seasons of Will & Grace because I've never seen any of the others in my local Future Shop, though I know a few more have been released.)
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Date: 2006-09-05 08:32 pm (UTC)Beyond reading the occasional fanfic, I'm not very involved in the fandom either...
"I'm not gay - that's just a nasty rumour spread by all the guys I've slept with"
That's hilarious. And the fact that it's Canadian makes it even funnier.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:01 am (UTC)Yeah, their rabid nature scares me sometimes. (*ducks flying kick being aimed at me by
That's hilarious. And the fact that it's Canadian makes it even funnier.
The shirt was a gift from the couples whose weddings I arranged at Torcon 3 back in 2003. It never fails to get a chuckle. :)
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Date: 2006-09-08 01:20 am (UTC)I really suggest you talk to Cathy. We have been having a hard time this year and she is doing most of the programming herself (and just about everything else for the con), she is overloaded. Maybe you could discuss it with her or tell her what you would like as a subject, otherwise "you know who" she is going to ask for suggestion of "gay" topics ;-)
If you can't reach her let me know I can pass along your suggestions. We have a big meeting on Sunday if you can get back to us before then it would be cool :-)
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Date: 2006-09-08 05:46 am (UTC)