Worldcon: Day One - A Day Late
Aug. 17th, 2018 11:48 pm(Written yesterday, accidentally forgot to post.)
I am in San Jose! And although I've been in San Jose many times, I've never been here quite like this: hanging out with good friends and new friends, eating tasty food and playing silly games and looking forward to a few days more.
No programming for me today, because I arrived a little too late. Instead, I picked up a few people at the airport, and we drove down together after a stop at the grocery store for lunch and snacks. Then we checked in, registered, found some other folks for a quick dinner, and then gathered for a room party we'd planned with some other friends.
Okay, so I've only been here for six hours, but I am already confident that the room party is going to be one of the highlights of my con. It was a potluck, with the understandable limitations of folks who were traveling here. I bought bread and made blondies (which were well received),
forestofglory brought local cheeses, other folks brought candies and other tasty treats from their parts of the world, and we all munch and chatted about a glorious range of topics: Star Trek, con politics, Stephen Universe, and so many other things. Then we decided to adjourn to the bar for a round of Slash, one of my favorite party games, where there was much laughter to be had over drinks.
Since most people were tired from traveling, we're all settling down a bit early, which is fine by me: gives me a little time to go through the program again, plan out my next day, and catch some of tonight's Critical Role. I'm looking forward to getting to programming tomorrow as well as seeing more people (I've already made plans to connect with SE at a panel before lunch), and just having a nice time disappearing into con space.
If you're here, let me know! I'm staying in the Hilton, and although I have a few things plan, my schedule is mostly quite flexible.
I am in San Jose! And although I've been in San Jose many times, I've never been here quite like this: hanging out with good friends and new friends, eating tasty food and playing silly games and looking forward to a few days more.
No programming for me today, because I arrived a little too late. Instead, I picked up a few people at the airport, and we drove down together after a stop at the grocery store for lunch and snacks. Then we checked in, registered, found some other folks for a quick dinner, and then gathered for a room party we'd planned with some other friends.
Okay, so I've only been here for six hours, but I am already confident that the room party is going to be one of the highlights of my con. It was a potluck, with the understandable limitations of folks who were traveling here. I bought bread and made blondies (which were well received),
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Since most people were tired from traveling, we're all settling down a bit early, which is fine by me: gives me a little time to go through the program again, plan out my next day, and catch some of tonight's Critical Role. I'm looking forward to getting to programming tomorrow as well as seeing more people (I've already made plans to connect with SE at a panel before lunch), and just having a nice time disappearing into con space.
If you're here, let me know! I'm staying in the Hilton, and although I have a few things plan, my schedule is mostly quite flexible.