Ok, so, it's a week past the beginning of DragonCon and I'm just now getting to writing my blog about it. It's taken me this long just to come back down to earth and to reality enough to write many of the memorable things that happened. For those that don't pay attention, I LOVE DragonCon. It. Is. Awesome.
Friends picked me up Thursday morning and we all headed down to check in to the hotel, get our badges and settle in for the evening and prepare ourselves for the weekend. When we got in line for our badges, the pre-register line was approximately 2/3 of the way full. About five-ten minutes of standing there, they called the first initial of my last name as one of the empty lines so I was able to skip ahead, much to the dismay of my line buddies.
After badge procurement came food... and then drinking. I didn't drink THAT much but I did drink enough. I followed my roomies down to the balcony of the Hyatt (where we stayed at this year) and generally caroused with them. During the course of the evening, people came and went. One particular person, who will henceforth be known as psychohosebeast, began talking to me and seemed an interesting sort of fellow. He asked me to go to his room and get his cigarettes while he went to the restroom. I do NOT like doing this type of thing for strangers but as my friends were right there, I figured things would be ok. I couldn't find the guys stuff, so I came back down to give him his key, only to find all of my friends had left.
I couldn't just leave with the guy's room key, so I waited for him to get back. This is when things got weird. There was some kid (early twenties if that and golly if I don't feel old referring to someone as "kid") that was hitting on psycho dude. At first psycho dude referred to the kid as if he didn't know him from Adam. As the night wore on, he started referring to the kid as his nephew... Things continued in their strangeness and I continued to look for a way to relieve myself of the situation without causing more of one. Finally he zoned out and I was able to sneak off and find the nice gentlemen in suits that helped run the hotel to escort the guy back to his room.
So. By the time I made it back to my room, it was 6am. What a slam-bang start to this year's Dragon*Con, eh? So, I wake up at 9:30 after sleeping on the floor because it was the first open spot I could find and I'm still not quite sober. The peeps in the adjoining room were up and awake so I drug myself over to their room and grabbed a spot in the bed. I finally caught another hour’s worth of sleep and after a shower and some protein (the kind made of ham... really yummy ham I might add); I started feeling more humanish again. At least as human as I ever feel that is.
After speaking with my friends about them NOT EVER LEAVING ME WITH THE CRAZY PERSON AGAIN, we figured out that they had mistaken my leaving for me going back to the room, not what had happened. All in the clear again, I headed down with my buddy to check out the dealers rooms right after they opened. This is where the biggest highlight of the weekend presented itself. I. Got. To. Meet. TOM SAVINI!!!!!! goes off into a fit of puddly school girl squeeing This man is the most H.A.W.T and awesome fantastical person I have ever met. goes into another fit of fangirl squeeism Not only did I meet him, but I also got my picture taken with him. I think I wet my panties at that point.
Then it was time to wander. I wander a LOT during Dragon*Con. I don't take tons of pics like others do but I do get a few here and there. Friday night was the FetLife Meet & Greet, held at Trader Vic's. I have nothing but good things to say about Owynn who put the entire thing together. Trader Vic's on the other hand... didn't listen when they were told how many people would be showing up and then proceeded to put us on the patio. In the humidity. Where the smokers could smoke. Seeing as how I had been around smokers the night before and my asthma had hated me for that, it was becoming especially intolerant of the combination of smokers and humidity this night.
I retreated inside and found a nice comfy seat on the stairs just inside the doors where some wonderful people stopped and sat and chatted with me. I also got the most wonderful foot rub of the entire weekend. After a bit inside, I was asked to come back outside, so I did for a bit, before I had to retreat inside again. This time I took some peeps in with me and we found a nice comfy seat on the floor and talked for a good long while before realizing the meet and greet was over and heading upstairs to find more comfortable seating.
After good company, it was time to head to bed and start day 3 of Dragon*Con. Saturday morning, a friend and I went to the walk of fame, you know, where all the famous peeps are, and I was able to meet the crew of Eureka & Warehouse 13 (more awesome people btw). Afterwards I went to the Tom Savini panel, which was AWESOME (I'll have to count later how many times I've said awesome in this blog). The only drawback was that I developed a headache at some point during it, so I went back to the room afterwards and laid down to try to get over it. Afterwards, I got some most excellent snuggleage from a wonderful friend.
I headed off to the FetLife panel only to end up with another headache, this one because of someone's perfume. I was escorted back to my room to make sure I got there ok (the headache was verging on a migraine). This sucked because I was so looking forward to the panel and getting to know more kinky people. This ended Saturday on a slow note.
Sunday was another day for people watching and seeing panels on DCTV that had lines entirely too long for my patience to handle. I got more awesome cuddles on this day, because yes, I am addicted to touch. I know this makes people VERY sad to hear. That night was the pirate’s ball, held in the Westin, which I had never been in before. I fell into love/lust with this hotel the instant I stepped into it. My friends and I stayed at the ball a short time before heading off to explore the hotel.
This hotel is reportedly the tallest hotel in the western hemisphere with 70 floors of guest rooms. The hotel is a tower essentially with all of the rooms facing outwards. This means there are no views from the hallways. The hotel employees were very nice and let us go up to the 72nd floor, where the hotel restaurant (the Sun Dial) is located. The elevators open up to a conservatory floor with telescopes to view the city with and poles which have labels on them to show you which direction you are looking.
It was night and the lights of the city shown very brightly, like glittering jewels out into the distance. Looking out at the city from such a great height was an experience I won't forget for a lonnnng time. It had a very heady and arousing effect on me. Apparently I also became frisky after getting back downstairs. The evening is a bit blurry after going up to that restaurant. On thinking of it later, I realized I just might have a fetish for heights. LOL.
Monday was uneventful as that was the day I came back home and started having to reintegrate myself into the real world. It took me most of the week but I think I'm mostly there finally. There are moments that were not spoken of here, out of respect for the involved parties. I know that this will disappoint a few people but that is how it is. I'm sure there are also other things I've missed but that tends to happen from time to time.
To some people, this may not seem like a very interesting spectacle and there is no adequate description of Dragon*Con. It is something one must experience to understand. It is not purely science fiction. It is for geeks of every variety. This was also only my experience from my perspective so take that as you well.
nods and bows out of the room
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