Further comments about last weekend

I promised some more stuff about SFX, but to be honest, what I had to post about wasn't so much about the con itself, as something unrelated to the con itself which just happened to take place there.

Okay, that's not quite true, but the following does lead up to it...

In elizard100's LJ, bnddbl07 commented that SFX seems to have a distinct problem with communication. In particular, they're not big on putting up clear, easy-to-follow signage. The way they organized the autograph area this year, the tables were about 30-40 feet from the western wall of the convention centre, and people lined up behind the curtains that were just behind where the actors were sitting. It worked very well insofar as organizing the autograph lines was concerned (last year, I believe Julie Benz's and Robia LaMorte's lines intersected, and it was a complete Mongolian clusterfuck), though I suspect it was a minor contributor to the aisles feeling narrower than in past years. However, once you were back there, you had to know which line you wanted to get into because there was no signage to tell people which line was which. It was easy for Kevin Sorbo, both because he was at one end and because his line was easily one of the longest, but when I went to get Tim Russ' and Marina Sirtis' autographs, I had to peek around the corner to make sure that I wasn't lining up for Erica Durance or Margot Kidder instead.

Further to this (and folks involved with the Masquerade need not read this paragraph, because you already know about my complaint in this area, but I'm mentioning it in leading up to that something else I alluded to above), the Masquerade Registration desk is usually in the main lobby of the convention centre at street level. In past years, people have just lined up outside the theatre and filed in until all of the seats were full. This year, it was decided to issue tickets for the Masquerade instead. Now, the tickets were free, so that wasn't an issue - what I objected to was the signage. Apparently it was mentioned on the website and in the programme book, but for those of us who attend every year and think they know what to expect, is it so much of a stretch to think that we might not have seen those notices? And that the 8.5" x 11" sign on the Registration desk might not have been visible because the desk was constantly surrounded by dozens of people registering (or, as it turned out, getting tickets)? Would it have been so hard to print a LARGE sign and post it on the draping behind the desk so that people who were walking past, ten feet away, not knowing that they should have gone over to the desk, would know about the change in policy?

Okay, rant over... anyhow, I went downstairs to where people were lined up on the off-chance that I might bump into someone I knew (and I've since been told that had I thought to ask for a certain someone, they would have given me a ticket from their stash... ah, well), and I bumped into Krikor and Lori... these were a couple of the folks who helped out with the Gaylaxicon float in the Pride parade this year. (Remember them?)

So Lori says to me, "I need your contact information." My first thought was, "Why? You stalked me for a year in the hopes of converting me," (which seems to be a habit with her... she did it to cuteteenboy too) but I didn't say that. Krikor helpfully mentioned that he had it and could give it to her. I asked why, and she said, "Josh wants your phone number." (Remember Josh? The "straight" boy I was flirting with on Pride weekend who said I was hot/sexy?)

Oy. Okay, I thought he was cute. I probably would've had a roll in the hay with him had he been up for it at the time. So to speak. However, there are a couple of problems here:

1. I'm now sober.


2. I was in university when he was born.


3. I can't afford to keep a 20-year-old in the style to which he would like to become accustomed.


4. Damnit, I'm still kind of interested in the other guy I've been chasing, and haven't had an opportunity to um... explain to him that I actually meant it when I told him I found him attractive.


5. He's supposed to be insane, at least according to other people who know him. Whatever that means.

I really must get together with cuteteenboy and ask him why, exactly, he dislikes Josh so much and thinks that there's something wrong with him. Unless one of the rest of you who were there that night in Tim Horton's when he walked in and you all ran out, leaving me confused, can explain?

In other news... I still haven't heard anything regarding the job that I interviewed for last week. I called on Monday, but the woman in HR with whom I had spoken didn't know whether a decision had been made yet or not. I'll call again tomorrow.

Two days from now, I'll be in Atlanta... I'm looking forward to this. It should be fun. So, evil_admiral, when are you going to be there, exactly? I can send you my schedule once I have it nailed down. (Oh, wananga, are you involved at all with the Outworlders table? I emailed Michael Henigan three weeks ago, as well as the general Outworlders address, but never heard back. I emailed again tonight. I'm trying to find out if I can put some flyers for Gcon '06 out on the table; I'm also willing to put in some time there, if I can sell memberships.)