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Three hours sleep. Yep.
So. Went to the Con - got there around noon, did our first panel of the day around one - the "Spike It To Me" panel. In which everyone but me,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkmattr, edie22, adellyna, gwynraven, astrophysicat, podling, OtherHeather, and Elayna... everyone but us - all stupid. Very very stupid. yendi was in the Forensic Pathology panel, so I had Miss Kid with me; she was fairly patient, but still very fidgety, had to go potty, etc. It sorta set the stage for a stressy day.
So. Hm. We checked out the dealer's room. We stalked the wild Peter David. We went to a Babylon 5 panel - or tried to, anyway. It was utterly packd, standing room only with people milling outside... half an hour before the panel was scheduled to start. They put these things in such teensy rooms! These hotels suck.
So we tried to go to the Jhonen Vasquez panel instead. Nope. Such a teeny room, and so many people, that they actually cut his hourlong session into two half-hour sessions, so everyone would get the chance to see him.
Then the bright part of my day: the Writing in Comics panel, with Judd Winick, Paul Jenkins, Bob Burden, and Dan Brereton. This was actually a really serious (not not-funny, just.... on-target) and useful panel, and I found it really exciting. It was smaller - maybe 30 people - and the questions asked were good ones, and the answers were really informative. And Judd had been checking out my shirt (the Julia design), so I gave him a flyer. And he actually looked it over, asked questions, etc. I think he may actually go to the website. Which would totally kick ass.glenn5 has pointed out that, not being a publisher, he doesn't actually have a great deal of clout in getting me published - but I gave him the flyer just because I'm a big fan of his work. You all need to be reading Barry Ween. And Frumpy the Clown. :) So if he likes my work... that'd just be so so cool. So I was all full of wacky energy from that. Oh, and plus, I'd been hanging out and talking to this cool chick pre-panel, and it turns out she's a 1st-grade teacher in Dunwoody - and Paul Jenkins' fiancee. So cool.
And then I came home. And had the Adrenaline Crash From Hell. I'm going to go for a walk in a few, try to wake up for the dance.
So. Went to the Con - got there around noon, did our first panel of the day around one - the "Spike It To Me" panel. In which everyone but me,
darkmattr, edie22, adellyna, gwynraven, astrophysicat, podling, OtherHeather, and Elayna... everyone but us - all stupid. Very very stupid. yendi was in the Forensic Pathology panel, so I had Miss Kid with me; she was fairly patient, but still very fidgety, had to go potty, etc. It sorta set the stage for a stressy day.So. Hm. We checked out the dealer's room. We stalked the wild Peter David. We went to a Babylon 5 panel - or tried to, anyway. It was utterly packd, standing room only with people milling outside... half an hour before the panel was scheduled to start. They put these things in such teensy rooms! These hotels suck.
So we tried to go to the Jhonen Vasquez panel instead. Nope. Such a teeny room, and so many people, that they actually cut his hourlong session into two half-hour sessions, so everyone would get the chance to see him.
Then the bright part of my day: the Writing in Comics panel, with Judd Winick, Paul Jenkins, Bob Burden, and Dan Brereton. This was actually a really serious (not not-funny, just.... on-target) and useful panel, and I found it really exciting. It was smaller - maybe 30 people - and the questions asked were good ones, and the answers were really informative. And Judd had been checking out my shirt (the Julia design), so I gave him a flyer. And he actually looked it over, asked questions, etc. I think he may actually go to the website. Which would totally kick ass.
glenn5 has pointed out that, not being a publisher, he doesn't actually have a great deal of clout in getting me published - but I gave him the flyer just because I'm a big fan of his work. You all need to be reading Barry Ween. And Frumpy the Clown. :) So if he likes my work... that'd just be so so cool. So I was all full of wacky energy from that. Oh, and plus, I'd been hanging out and talking to this cool chick pre-panel, and it turns out she's a 1st-grade teacher in Dunwoody - and Paul Jenkins' fiancee. So cool.And then I came home. And had the Adrenaline Crash From Hell. I'm going to go for a walk in a few, try to wake up for the dance.
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*sigh* I had thunk they were smarter than that...
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Do me a favor. Go to the wrap-up bitch session and tell Ed Kramer (that's Mr. Dragon Con) to get his butt back in the Merchandise Mart if at all possible; the Marriott, while wonderful as _hotels_ go, simply won't do for a conference facility....
*sigh* you're getting me all nostalgic this morning, 'song.... first a safe MARTA, then a sane con plan...
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But used-to-be's don't count anymore,
they just lay on the floor 'til we sweep them away....
-- Neil Diamond with Barbara Striesand
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