Initial Otakon-ness
Aug. 8th, 2003 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cabbitzillaGot there, and stood in line for two hours (that was the line for pre-registered folks, the at-the-door registration line was estimated at 3+ hours). Because I needed to loop home to a) pick Megan up at work, b) shower and defoliate, and c) get dressed (thank GOD I didn't go with my initial plan of getting dressed properly this morning... 2 hours outside in the corset and they'dve been carting me off on a stretcher), Ryn and I have briefly parted... she was heading for Piro, to get in what we'd figured was going to be another massive line, and then try to locate Sue-chan... proximity of which I'm supposed to hook back up with her.
Our wait in the prereg line was actually shortened by almost an hour.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lostkun recognized me from a four year old photo and pulled us into where that small knot of folks were waiting. I met... Westie? And... there were three or four others, and I'm /HORRIBLE/ with names, but they all seemed quite nice and fun. :) And finally meeting Lostie was a treat, as we've been intermittent RP partners down through the years.
Otakon Staff are already looking frayed and battered; I feel for them. It's a pain I remember from working Security for EveCon and Creation Convention events, and doing crowd control for concerts and WWF (now WWE) events at the old Cap Center. I don't envy their position at -all-. What I've seen of the costumes have been quite nifty... and Ryn snapped a pic of me melting in the sun in t-shirt and jeans that I'm going to have to burn. :p (And yes, Rynnie is armed with a camera. God help us all. :p)
As for me, I'm a bit worn and people frayed, but... I'm focusing as I was told, as I did for AnthoCon, and while the distance weakens the effect, I was still able to be pleasant and cheery in the midst of the people wave. I hate crowds. But there are some things I'll brave them for, and I know that once I'm in the dress folks give me a bit more clearance. For some odd reason, the sheer formalness of it seems to keep most folks at bay.
Ryn seems to be in a very buoyant mood, and more focused than I'm used to from her. A good thing, really, and I'm glad to see that she -can- focus. It honestly looks like it'll be another great con... I just wish some of the missing key folks in my life weren't stuck elsewhere because of financial duress. Having a Lady and a couple more dolls about would be quite spiffo, and there a bear and... J strikes me as feline, but she might not like that, but there it is. Having them here would be ubercool. Maybe next year. :)
*hugs* I need to start cleaning up. I can do some of it while waiting for Megan to call, and then finish when I get home. On the way back out to the car, I found a tiny little parking lot nestled in behind the convention center, where I'll park when I return. Much closer. :)
Anyway, that's me. If I'm conscious when we get home tonight, I'll post again. It might have to wait till tomorrow morning...
*snugs*
Our wait in the prereg line was actually shortened by almost an hour.
lostkun recognized me from a four year old photo and pulled us into where that small knot of folks were waiting. I met... Westie? And... there were three or four others, and I'm /HORRIBLE/ with names, but they all seemed quite nice and fun. :) And finally meeting Lostie was a treat, as we've been intermittent RP partners down through the years.Otakon Staff are already looking frayed and battered; I feel for them. It's a pain I remember from working Security for EveCon and Creation Convention events, and doing crowd control for concerts and WWF (now WWE) events at the old Cap Center. I don't envy their position at -all-. What I've seen of the costumes have been quite nifty... and Ryn snapped a pic of me melting in the sun in t-shirt and jeans that I'm going to have to burn. :p (And yes, Rynnie is armed with a camera. God help us all. :p)
As for me, I'm a bit worn and people frayed, but... I'm focusing as I was told, as I did for AnthoCon, and while the distance weakens the effect, I was still able to be pleasant and cheery in the midst of the people wave. I hate crowds. But there are some things I'll brave them for, and I know that once I'm in the dress folks give me a bit more clearance. For some odd reason, the sheer formalness of it seems to keep most folks at bay.
Ryn seems to be in a very buoyant mood, and more focused than I'm used to from her. A good thing, really, and I'm glad to see that she -can- focus. It honestly looks like it'll be another great con... I just wish some of the missing key folks in my life weren't stuck elsewhere because of financial duress. Having a Lady and a couple more dolls about would be quite spiffo, and there a bear and... J strikes me as feline, but she might not like that, but there it is. Having them here would be ubercool. Maybe next year. :)
*hugs* I need to start cleaning up. I can do some of it while waiting for Megan to call, and then finish when I get home. On the way back out to the car, I found a tiny little parking lot nestled in behind the convention center, where I'll park when I return. Much closer. :)
Anyway, that's me. If I'm conscious when we get home tonight, I'll post again. It might have to wait till tomorrow morning...
*snugs*
