Arisia

[sparr]

The Awesome:
Got to spend time with kdsorceress
A con suite to rival the best I've seen
A con-suite-like green room, open to panelists and GMs

The Good:
Got to spend more time with kdsorceress :)
Very active gaming room
Wide variety of panels and people, from classic fen to modern fandom to alt lifestyles
Got to tie up a few pretty girls, pictures of which you can find in less public locations if you know my online habits well enough.
Learned how to make Rocket Fuel

The Meh:
Didn't get to spend enough time with kdsorceress :(
Room parties ran from weak to below average
I didn't have a chance to see more of Boston

No Bad.

No Ugly.

I plan to go back. $200 for round trip airfare was not bank-breakingly bad, but I would rather carpool next year. That means I have 11 months to convince some of you slackers to spend 16 hours in a van with me. Six of us can do it for $30 each in gas (round trip). Drive through Thursday night (in shifts), have breakfast somewhere around DC, arrive at the con around Friday noon. Depending on who goes, maybe we could show these folks how a real con party works :)

In closing, after spending the better part of a week in Boston, Chattacon will be a walk in the park (temperature-wise). I've got half a bed to spare there, if anyone is still looking.

Comments

[londo.livejournal.com]

This was a pretty weak year for parties. I'm not entirely sure why.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. Never found the Rocket Fuel, though I'm comforted to learn it did happen. Barfleet was fun Fri & Sat, as was Skank. The Evil League of Evil was, too. Whicch might in fact have been the same party...

[thespian.livejournal.com]

ironic, because there were actually 2 parties with rocket fuel, one that was all rocket fuel (surrealestate noted that the party was packed, because even though there were no decorations or any effort, they had rocket fuel) and one that made a couple batches with other things (I never found that but was told about it, because someone was confused by the presence of two rocketfuels).

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

:) Good meeting you!

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Agreed with everything relevant. You can fix the not having seen enough of Boston by coming back, you know. (As well as the not spending enough time with me. ;D )

...do you drive? Not that it particularly matters to me, but now I'm curious --I forgot to check whether any of your IDs were actual licenses, as opposed to just IDs.

~Sor

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

Yes, over half of the IDs that I carry are real driver's licenses. I am not currently insured, seeing as how I don't own a car, so I mostly only drive otherwise insured cars, unless the circumstances warrant the risk (say, when I am the only possible DD).