GameplayWhore
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Morning, all. Good weekend. Big pool party wherein I dropped a whole bunch of inflatables and we had a big grumpy dragon jousting tournament then a frank discussion in the hot tub on how gradual shifts in climate can affect the natural development of mermaid population and how Hollywood might be able to capitalize on this.
At one of the better night parties, I let loose a few head scratchers, which were enjoyed very aggressively. I was hit on by a few people because I brought them in. The dancing was pretty decent, too. Another of the parties took my suggestion and had a few blocks of dry ice misting up the entranceway.
Lots of fun overall, though there wasn't too much that I could really single out as tremendously higher or lower than average in enjoyability for a science fiction convention. One thing that particularly got me excited is when I learned that the convention that has historically been at my alma mater forty miles away is almost certainly (if temporarily) moving next year to a site which is literally less than fifteen minutes away from my house on foot.
The only downside of the weekend is that my order for the regional burning man event that ordered tickets for last month was inexplicably reversed by Paypal. I have to get everything resolved by tonight, because tonight is when they sell the rest of the tickets, and they would have to re-release the tickets I tried to order back into the queue. It is extremely competitive to get a ticket (they let in ~1250 people total, but about 3000 try to order), so I would really prefer to not have to go into the queue again.
At one of the better night parties, I let loose a few head scratchers, which were enjoyed very aggressively. I was hit on by a few people because I brought them in. The dancing was pretty decent, too. Another of the parties took my suggestion and had a few blocks of dry ice misting up the entranceway.
Lots of fun overall, though there wasn't too much that I could really single out as tremendously higher or lower than average in enjoyability for a science fiction convention. One thing that particularly got me excited is when I learned that the convention that has historically been at my alma mater forty miles away is almost certainly (if temporarily) moving next year to a site which is literally less than fifteen minutes away from my house on foot.
The only downside of the weekend is that my order for the regional burning man event that ordered tickets for last month was inexplicably reversed by Paypal. I have to get everything resolved by tonight, because tonight is when they sell the rest of the tickets, and they would have to re-release the tickets I tried to order back into the queue. It is extremely competitive to get a ticket (they let in ~1250 people total, but about 3000 try to order), so I would really prefer to not have to go into the queue again.
