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ways_back_room2009-08-31 09:05 am
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So who all's not going to DragonCon this year?
*raises hand*
*raises hand*
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Yo. Unfortunately, I'm probably going to be busy over the weekend, partly from work and partly because my dad's birthday is on Sunday.
Not officially. I'll be in Atlanta for the weekend to see my parents/hug my cat/get my hair cut, but am intending to drop in on con people for an evening.
(The real question: should I park at Lindbergh Center and take MARTA down, or try for one of the parking decks on Courtland by the hotel? DECISIONS.)
(The real question: should I park at Lindbergh Center and take MARTA down, or try for one of the parking decks on Courtland by the hotel? DECISIONS.)
*raises hand* Me! 'Cause lo, there is work, and being paid is good.
Not me. Mostly because I am no where near.
BUT ONE DAY. Maybe.
BUT ONE DAY. Maybe.
I'm not.
And it doesn't look like we're going to the fireworks either, which disappoints me a bit more.
And it doesn't look like we're going to the fireworks either, which disappoints me a bit more.
Moi. I have stupid things like school and... spending money on other things...
Shyly raises hand.
I've never actually been to any con believe it or not. Well I've never been to a SciFI, Comic or Gamer convention I should say.
I've never actually been to any con believe it or not. Well I've never been to a SciFI, Comic or Gamer convention I should say.
The closest I got was a little one called FairyCon in Philly, and a small one my sci-fi club at Rensselaer hosted. Other than that, no cons really for me.
I have only been to two conventions. One was the 2002 Discworld Convention, and the other was the final NarboniCon, which was tiny and in someone's house and the Greyhound trip in each direction averaged to 24 hours and it was worth it.
Alas, I am actually not going, but I live quite close to it; the trip all in all would take two hours and about whatever it costs for a day.
Unfortunately, I do not feel the need to pay forty dollars to walk around people I don't know in a weird-ass costume (my best friend is obsessing at me to go; I keep refusing). And the options for parking/getting around/staying in Atlanta scare me. I'd stay with my family that lives up there, only they're in frickin' IRELAND.
Unfortunately, I do not feel the need to pay forty dollars to walk around people I don't know in a weird-ass costume (my best friend is obsessing at me to go; I keep refusing). And the options for parking/getting around/staying in Atlanta scare me. I'd stay with my family that lives up there, only they're in frickin' IRELAND.
*raises hand* I gotta save money toward apt, and my vacation time was eaten up visiting family. Would love to go some year when I can afford it.
Not I. Cons just aren't my thing (unless they're Millicons).
Nope. I don't have the money to get from St. Louis to Atlanta, and I've also never been.
Maybe I will in a couple years after I graduate (in May) and have a job. And money.
Maybe I will in a couple years after I graduate (in May) and have a job. And money.
I'm not going. August/early Sept. is always a bad time for me, and the idea of going to a mega huge con terrifies me.
*hand up*
Last time I checked, return plane fares to the US checked in somewhere around the $3000 mark, and that's before anything like getting a passport or accommodation.
(I've actually never left Australia. YET. I have plans, they just have to wait until I'm a real grownup who can afford it!)
(stupid isolated country.)
I should be asleep.
Last time I checked, return plane fares to the US checked in somewhere around the $3000 mark, and that's before anything like getting a passport or accommodation.
(I've actually never left Australia. YET. I have plans, they just have to wait until I'm a real grownup who can afford it!)
(stupid isolated country.)
I should be asleep.
Man, every year, I hate that D*C starts right when school starts, and then the one year in the last four -- and the next couple -- when I'm not in school: I'm starting a new job.
(I am not going, and no, I'm not bitter about it, why do you ask? *sadface!*)
(I am not going, and no, I'm not bitter about it, why do you ask? *sadface!*)
Me! I'm in Europe, it's really too far to go for a con. I do have friends in Atlanta whom the Nazgul and I jokingly call the Atlanteans, and one year, we might go, stay with them, go to the con, connect with people (millifolken and Wraeththuites for me, Star Wars lego freaks for her) and see the parade, and then perhaps go see people and places for a week or two.
But only if the Americans let us in.-
But only if the Americans let us in.-
Guilty as charged *raises hand*. I wish I were going, but alas. I'm broke.
I'm not since my classes start on the 8th and I have no money.
*raises hand too* I have never been to a con. Not even the little ones that happen right in my area. I am always broke. Or forget.
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