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Worldcon, Day One
So, got up an hour later in the morning and headed out to breakfast with Tammy. Yum. Sam's #3, which everyone is apparently going to for breakfast.
That done, she dropped me off at home, where I did a little fiddling on the internet and then grabbed a shower before hitting the bus back downtown. On the bus I started chatting with some Worldcon folks, one of whom is in charge of the Treasury office. He tried to give me the whole 'Cons run on Volunteers' thing, but I explained how I sort of help run a few other conventions here in Denver and understood that. He invited me to drop by the treasury and help out.
Registration was... pretty awful. Arriving, I was stuck in a line for an hour. An hour! They only have 3-4K people attending, IIRC. NDK handles that many people without a problem every year, for crissakes. Ugh.
Happily, I got out of the line in time to do a little exploring, hunt down the treasury office, and then hit the dealer's room a little. I was happily surprised to find a table for Schlock Mercenary! I quickly snapped up two more volumes of that and a cute mouse pad. Further exploration found Paizo Publishing, which gave me free pulp novels, and the Speculative Literature Foundation. It wasn't until later that I could actually talk to them, but they won't have the Field Guide to Surreal Botany for sale until tomorrow... which isn't bad given how heavy my bag was.
Then I hit some programming - Schmoozing 101, partially to check out John Scalzi and partially got get some tips... and then slipped upstairs for the John Scalzi signing, where I got my 'Rough Guide to the Universe' signed and said hello to John Barnes - I didn't have anything for him to sign, but I think he's a righteous frood. Fun thing - John Scalzi had everyone who showed up for his signing sign this silly Children's book about Hamsters! Once that was done I zoned out on some Con food and sitting on the comfy couches they had out for people to enjoy.
Tammy then showed up - we hit the Dealer's room again, this time with an emphasis on the many TShirt vendors, and then I went to work in the Treasury, helping to count piles of money that come in from areas of the con that had closed for the night.
So, now I"m back home early. My feet hurt a lot, and I'm tired, but so far I'm digging the Worldcon. Tammy's not entranced yet - she expected it would be larger.
That done, she dropped me off at home, where I did a little fiddling on the internet and then grabbed a shower before hitting the bus back downtown. On the bus I started chatting with some Worldcon folks, one of whom is in charge of the Treasury office. He tried to give me the whole 'Cons run on Volunteers' thing, but I explained how I sort of help run a few other conventions here in Denver and understood that. He invited me to drop by the treasury and help out.
Registration was... pretty awful. Arriving, I was stuck in a line for an hour. An hour! They only have 3-4K people attending, IIRC. NDK handles that many people without a problem every year, for crissakes. Ugh.
Happily, I got out of the line in time to do a little exploring, hunt down the treasury office, and then hit the dealer's room a little. I was happily surprised to find a table for Schlock Mercenary! I quickly snapped up two more volumes of that and a cute mouse pad. Further exploration found Paizo Publishing, which gave me free pulp novels, and the Speculative Literature Foundation. It wasn't until later that I could actually talk to them, but they won't have the Field Guide to Surreal Botany for sale until tomorrow... which isn't bad given how heavy my bag was.
Then I hit some programming - Schmoozing 101, partially to check out John Scalzi and partially got get some tips... and then slipped upstairs for the John Scalzi signing, where I got my 'Rough Guide to the Universe' signed and said hello to John Barnes - I didn't have anything for him to sign, but I think he's a righteous frood. Fun thing - John Scalzi had everyone who showed up for his signing sign this silly Children's book about Hamsters! Once that was done I zoned out on some Con food and sitting on the comfy couches they had out for people to enjoy.
Tammy then showed up - we hit the Dealer's room again, this time with an emphasis on the many TShirt vendors, and then I went to work in the Treasury, helping to count piles of money that come in from areas of the con that had closed for the night.
So, now I"m back home early. My feet hurt a lot, and I'm tired, but so far I'm digging the Worldcon. Tammy's not entranced yet - she expected it would be larger.