Arisia '07: Whos Who

[omly]

Con started on thursday for me, as is my habit. For unknown reasons I really like unpacking Ops. Even early on I got to see cintyber, c1, allenswitch and other con people that I am not sure of lj handles for (but could probably find on cintyber's f-list if I was ambitious). Unfortunately since I left at 6:30 PM, apparently just missed thanos73 and kgola.

Friday I got to the hotel in the afternoon by taking the shuttle from Kendall. This was my only shuttle experience at the con, but it was fairly positive. It showed up quickly and wasn't crowded. After I got in, Programming Ops was crazy full of people, so I wandered up to Ops, where I met up with thanos73, crazybone and kgola. I also saw doobie, dalious and other Security staff (aka more people I don't have lj names for).

Also friday night I got to see mynext_boldmove, motive_nuance, mindslv, ember_dark, terse_scribe, cwellan and ruggrat briefly. I wish I had been able to spend more time with each of you. Con makes me feel very ADD, and I find my attention going 100 ways at once, none of them well. And since I crashed at 9:30 PM I didn't get to see shadesong or any of the other BPALers.

I did get help from one of the Security ladies (name?) to crimp my hair to complete my nurse costume though. Yay 80s hair! I had a great time with the naughty_nurses for the most part (more on that in another post). The photo shoot in particular was too funny. Much fun was had with such lovely ladies as buxom_bey, doeeyedbunny, mizarchivist, gingerkat, pisicutsa, and mzrowan. Many thanks to our cat-herder gingerkat for making it happen. Added bonus for making first_clark blush! Also many thanks to woodwardiocom for taking photos from which I could make an icon.

I was really glad that I had a few chances to steal time with yummygirl, as I have missed her very much. Sweetie we should plan something soon! Not only was she fabulous in Registration, but we found out that going to Johannesburg does not disqualify you from giving blood.

I didn't get to Staff Den until saturday, but chaiya did an amazing job. And I got soap from her for my mom about which I am quite excited. Also working there I got to see tpau, with an added bonus round at the Stitch 'N Bitch.

Sunday I was starting to drag, but I managed to catch sight of a few more people I would have otherwise missed including forestjay in Fast Track and clahey at Fabric Dragon. (BTW forestjay, the sewing machine I was talking about was a Husqvarna Husky.) And Roger bought be sock yarn! That man loves me :) (The background for this is that I am trying to not buy any more sock yarn at the moment, but he reminded me that we had made a special dispensation for souvenir yarn, for which this wool/soysilk/chitin yarn qualified.)

By Dead Dog I was feeling dead on my feet. I chatted for a little bit with allenswitch and ember_dark which actually helped me feel a little better. And finally to end my evening on a much higher note than it had progressed for much of the day, I was chatting with bryttan and mycroft.