For my 6th year in a row, I will be going to CONVergence at the Sheraton Bloomington. Much to do today before I leave tomorrow afternoon. 4 Fun Filled days of movies, panels, and parties!!!
Hope to see some of you there!!!
I'll be there. Doing a little volunteering. Doing a little partying.
I won't be there. I asked for the weekend off to go, and instead my boos decided to make me work 7 days in a row over the holiday weekend... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
I'll be there, with my better half in tow!
I'm there now!
-Waiting for the wife to come back to the room for a change of clothes for the evening parties. (Our motel room is in the north tower and I can reach the free WIFI from the Caribou across the parking lot.) Went to the Steampunk and the "Skeptics 101" panels, caught the end of the movie "Beetlejuice". Looking forward to playing in a music jam at 11:30 tonight.
A couple songs to give people a flavor of things
Cougar at the Con
http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bbardles/files/Cougar%20at%20the%20Con.mp3
SciFi High School
http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bbardles/files/Scifihigh.mp3
So much for the jam, it seemed to be more of just a filk* song sing-along
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filk_music
trews or kilt tonight, trews or kilt...
Kilt.
Someone took a pic of me being held by the throat by "Riddick" and gave me their card to watch for their photos, post if I find them. Off to bed...
Someon with pictures already
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/barondave?v=photos&viewas=673048898
I have a few photos from this weekend up. I'll post the rest in a bit, or perhaps tomorrow - kind of tired.
What a GREAT CONVergence weekend!! I was in Vampire and Steampunk the first two nights wearing Black wigs, makeup, Black and Red ensembles, walking around with a newly purchased cane to give me support for my bad knee.
Wonderful panels, great movies at Cinema Rex, outstanding Masqurade, and so many parties to go to!!
I will miss CONVergence in 2010 due to a Family Reunion in Upstate New York and Bicentennial celebration of my husband's home town of Montgomery. I have been asked by several to partake in panels for the 2011 CONVergence.
Photos are in the process of being downloaded.
The photos of CONVergence 2009..........http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=5&aid=135352&id=568686279#/album.php?page=1&aid=135352&id=568686279 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=5&aid=135352&id=568686279#/album.php?page=1&aid=135352&id=568686279)
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs137.snc1/5851_125252761279_568686279_3477859_2336441_n.jpg)
Dressed as Willemenia Wonka, getting ready to look for her Brother, Willie. Who was not to be found... :(
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs137.snc1/5851_125249821279_568686279_3477741_7528006_n.jpg)
Gothic Vampire
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs157.snc1/5851_125249401279_568686279_3477738_4291611_n.jpg)
Needless to say, I had a lot of people stopping me to take my picture both on Thursday and Friday evenings. I will be in a lot of people's photo ablums.
CONVergence was a TOTAL blast!!! Lots of poeple asked me where did I get the Hat! Gave them a business card and let them know I made it!!!
Quote from: white trillium on July 05, 2009, 09:12:10 PM
I have a few photos from this weekend up. I'll post the rest in a bit, or perhaps tomorrow - kind of tired.
Ack! I apparently neglected to post the link; since facebook is blocked at work, I'll have to do that when I get home.
Sorry about that!
Now with a link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013565&id=1100802409
I was there, it was fantastic! Took a few pics and are uploaded to my crackbook (friends only kthxbye).
More pics here, including your's truly being held by "Riddick"
http://digitalcrushphoto.com/events/convergence2009/index.html
(http://digitalcrushphoto.com/events/convergence2009/picture016.jpg)
So who's going this year?
I opted not to this year. I have a paid membership, but changed my mind.
Maybe next year when it is not in July 4th weekend?
Maybe CON can get some more famous guests lime MarsCON and ValleyCON do?
Maybe their 6-figure bank account can knock memberships down some? I mean really? $55-$80?
We always register as we're leaving so as to get the maximum discount and don't forget. It's our last bit of vacation before settling down to getting ready for fest. Is that the Valleycon in Fargo?
We'll be there!
Quote from: groomporter on June 23, 2010, 01:51:58 PM
We always register as we're leaving so as to get the maximum discount and don't forget. It's our last bit of vacation before settling down to getting ready for fest. Is that the Valleycon in Fargo?
Yup. Pretty impressive guest list the last couple times I checked.
I'll be there. Idisi is singing on Friday night.
Shakespeare's Love Child is rumored to be coming back together for a set on Friday night.
Had a great idea for a new steampunk character, but just haven't had the time to work out some details. Maybe next year...
There's some potential for interesting debates in the programming at CONvergence this year. There's a couple ghost hunter panels and a presentation by the new editor of the TAPS Paranormal magazine http://www.tapsparamag.com/ and on the other side the Skepchicks are going to be back http://skepchick.org/blog/about-2/ ...
Went to Minicon this year for the first time since they down scaled it and was pretty unimpressed, it has become just too small to have enough variety in panels and things to keep the wife and I interested. Haven't made it to Marscon yet, we usually have 4 indoor shows in 6 weeks in Feb/Mar so there's too much else going on.
Looks like I'm going to miss Convergence again this year... :(
My husband and I will be there :)
I'll be there and I'm dragging Hanns (big night crew dude) with me. Got a room this year too.
Hey @William_MacKean....you still have that badge? What are you willing to transfer it for?
Oh one of these years I would love to get a room there.... hopefully next year the whole driving part sucks when you stay till 2am and want to be back at 6 :P
Not to mention finding parking once things are in full swing.*
(-Full swing? or is that just at the polyamory group's room... ::))
Quote from: MissBubu on June 23, 2010, 03:31:41 PM
I'll be there. Idisi is singing on Friday night.
Shakespeare's Love Child is rumored to be coming back together for a set on Friday night.
This is 100% true. 9pm, Friday night. If you've missed seeing any of our recent performances you will definitely want to make it to this one.
Quote from: groomporter on June 26, 2010, 07:48:06 AM(-Full swing? or is that just at the polyamory group's room... ::))
Another reason why I am not likely to return. I am sick to death of the "I cannot control my inner wh0re" room. How does that apply to SciFi, except that the guy who assigns the party rooms runs it? HOW? And why do they keep trying to recruit people to cheat? Serious. If you are so emotionally damaged that one mate cannot satisfy you, you need to remove yourself from the dating pool until you get your mommy & daddy issues resolved and then EARN a quality partner.
/Rant... for now.
Apparently they aren't going to have a party room this year
http://www.youngmetropoly.com/category/tags/convergence
I've never quite understood how they applied to Scifi/fantasy fandom either. -I can certainly understand discussing various flavors of sexuality as they fit within SciFi/Fantasy literature and media, but they seemed more like a mini "Pride" event and less relevant to the Con than most other parties.
Robert Schug is in charge of the parties this year.
Quote from: groomporter on June 28, 2010, 08:24:31 AM
Apparently they aren't going to have a party room this year
http://www.youngmetropoly.com/category/tags/convergence
I've never quite understood how they applied to Scifi/fantasy fandom either. My understanding it the Robert Schug is in charge of the parties this year.
He, I trust. I hope he cleans things up. I heard the party rooms were not filled, so a lot of 4th floor parties got freebie upgrades to the cabanas. No confirmation, tho...
Yeah, as of a couple weeks ago I think there were a couple cabanas that were still open for last minute party ideas.
In the past we've toyed with the idea of doing a gaming hall party, but decided if we wanted to work that hard at con we'd still be in the Dealer's Room. I am going to have a piece in the art show for a change since my new dragon-themed game board can fit a fantasy theme... http://tinyurl.com/2edu7td
Quote from: groomporter on June 28, 2010, 09:31:26 AM
Yeah, as of a couple weeks ago I think there were a couple cabanas that were still open for last minute party ideas.
In the past we've toyed with the idea of doing a gaming hall party, but decided if we wanted to work that hard at con we'd still be in the Dealer's Room. I am going to have a piece in the art show for a change since my new dragon-themed game board can fit a fantasy theme... http://tinyurl.com/2edu7td
Awesome! Can't wait to see it at Fest.
(The cover over your booth looks a tad rough, BTW. I been remodeling the mead booth's interior. It was bad.)
Yeah had to replace a couple boards last year and didn't have time to totally repaint the trusses. Need fresh skeeter netting as well.
Looks like the con has increased the amount of space requiring badges http://www.convergence-con.org/news/20100618b.php so no exploring the party rooms for people without badges.
They're apparently making some accommodation for non-con hotel guests so they have access to the pool and workout room
IMO, that is going backwards. CON should have day passes and/or Dealer's Room passes whereas people pay $10 to browse the Dealer's room but get $10 back if they show they purchased something of $10 or more. Sure it would require an attendant to DO something, but it might increase traffic to the dealers and expose the CON to more people.
Foolish, and possibly illegal, since it is a public building. Only hotel workers on a person-to-person basis can ask someone to leave the building. However, absent that, any one is allowed free access to ALL locations of the hotel not privately rented or 'available for rent.' Even monitoring the hallway to CONsuite is dubious.
No matters. Lots of people are upset. I guess there was a scene at a volunteer's event recently involving aggressive flirting bad enough that the recipient of the 'attention' left the event.
Yeah when I was a dealer I thought it would be nice to be able to get a little more business if people could get a day pass, or dealer's room pass.
But it's not really a public building... it's a privately owned building that is open to the public, and the hotel bar and restaurants will still be open to the general pubic. The Mall of America enforces their curfew on people under 16 years old based on a similar rational. And I can see the desire to keep what Con sees as free loaders away from the party rooms, it probably slightly reduces their liability risk as well.
Picked up our badges last night, and as we were walking from the Sofitel parking lot to the Sheraton, we found someone's badge on the ground. We turned it in to registration, who then sent it to the Bridge.
Hint: It was someone from this forum. Did you get it back? (eta: he got it back and didn't have to pay to replace it)
Yes ::) I got it back...
Boy did I feel dumb
Everyone can lose things, I'm just glad you didn't have to pay for the replacement.
Had a great time, I hear next year's theme is steam punk? -But, but we already an airship crew two years ago. Guess I'm just ahead of my time in the past. May need to recruit some fresh crew I guess, although the old one can still be pretty "fresh"
2008:
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b160/Groomporter/CONvergence2008/P1010007.jpg)
Due to family issues, I had to sit it out this year. BUt I did get the news that this year's convention was a blast.
I will be there next year. Possibly doing a few panels as well.