Apollocon Part the First
Jun. 26th, 2005 02:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaGot to the con just after lunchtime. Didn't really miss anything today, it looks like. There were a couple of panels on Friday I sort of regret missing, but I think on general principals I'm glad I stayed here and roleplayed instead, as I would have been there for four hours and really only used two. I snuck in in the middle of the "history of filk" panel with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
starcat_jewel as one of the two panelists, which was very good (at least the second half was) - lots of amusing stories. Also stuck my head into open gaming and waved at redneckgaijin.
Then I went to the dealers' room and did my best to support the financial backbone of the con. I bought: a pair of sculpey-type horns, grey with iridescent glitter and a brass "piercing" ring (most draconic horns she had on display, which I will wear backwards from the way most IA!DL members wear theirs); a dichroic glass bead, a bone spiral goddess pendant, a silver toe ring with a Czech faceted glass bead, and a pair of hairsticks; and two T-shirts. I also placed a bid on two pieces in the art auction - one a very nice dragon piece, which I got outbid on later at the actual auction, and the other a sketch of Sean Astin as Sam Gamgee, which I don't think anyone else bid on (I'll find out tomorrow morning, since I didn't stick around for the full art auction).
The next panel was one on vampires, for whichteegarden was one of the panelists; unfortunately, one of the other panelists (who incidentally looks like he could be Mrs. Mac's son) was more interested in vampires-as-straight-horror than in vampires-as-Freudian-eroticism, which I'll admit is wholly my take. There was, however, a cute fellow on the other side of the room whose knowledge of literary vampires trumped mine by a lot - he obviously knew what he was talking about. I didn't catch his name, but if I see him tomorrow, I'll try and snag it.
I bounced around through panels on religion and SF/fantasy, fantasy worldbuilding, and SF's relationship to archaeological and anthropological research (during the last of whichmemeslayer called to wish me a happy birthday - unfortunately, I was a bit ungracious to him since I was flustered at my phone going off in the middle of the panel; I am so sorry about that!)
Spouse took me off to get dinner, and then dropped me back off (yeah, I don't understand why he didn't go either), and I hung out in open gaming for a while (and incidentally finished the second Solomon's Knot shawl). We also got to see most of the masquerade folks come by - an entire Imperial stormtrooper squad, an Inu-Yasha, a cosplay from an anime I haven't seen, several AD&D characters including a very good ranger, several barbarienne belly dancers, three Vulcan priestesses (the same people who had come to the HHGttG premiere in bathrobes), a Kenny, and one guy who was cosplaying as Number 6.
The CoC LARP, as I mentioned earlier, was cancelled. Not only hasperkyshai had dental issues, poor teegarden has been having sinus issues, so neither of them had the time or energy to write it. (At least it wasn't "Darn Soon!") However, he did present an introduction to LARPing, which had three attendees who were complete role-playing newbies, me, one of the Random Houston Gamers I keep bumping into, and (after we roped him in) the guy who had been the ranger in the Masquerade (the second well-spoken, intelligent, energetic, short, pale, and handsome guy I'd run into today; dang, I need to flirt more). After the explanation, we did a very short High Seas Swashbuckling Horror LARP, which was quite fun, and got the cosplayer of our three newbies interested enough that if they're at the next con, at least she'll probably be at the LARP proper. (The other two weren't quite as into it, although they seemed to have fun.)
I'm going back tomorrow morning to see if I got the other piece of artwork - and perhaps to pick up another piece if it hasn't been bought. I don't know if the con has been a financial success, although I don't think anyone's lost their shirt on it at this point. And I'm much more more used to gaming cons than general SF ones, so I don't really know what a successful SF con looks like. But I'm certainly enjoying myself.
starcat_jewel as one of the two panelists, which was very good (at least the second half was) - lots of amusing stories. Also stuck my head into open gaming and waved at redneckgaijin.Then I went to the dealers' room and did my best to support the financial backbone of the con. I bought: a pair of sculpey-type horns, grey with iridescent glitter and a brass "piercing" ring (most draconic horns she had on display, which I will wear backwards from the way most IA!DL members wear theirs); a dichroic glass bead, a bone spiral goddess pendant, a silver toe ring with a Czech faceted glass bead, and a pair of hairsticks; and two T-shirts. I also placed a bid on two pieces in the art auction - one a very nice dragon piece, which I got outbid on later at the actual auction, and the other a sketch of Sean Astin as Sam Gamgee, which I don't think anyone else bid on (I'll find out tomorrow morning, since I didn't stick around for the full art auction).
The next panel was one on vampires, for which
teegarden was one of the panelists; unfortunately, one of the other panelists (who incidentally looks like he could be Mrs. Mac's son) was more interested in vampires-as-straight-horror than in vampires-as-Freudian-eroticism, which I'll admit is wholly my take. There was, however, a cute fellow on the other side of the room whose knowledge of literary vampires trumped mine by a lot - he obviously knew what he was talking about. I didn't catch his name, but if I see him tomorrow, I'll try and snag it.I bounced around through panels on religion and SF/fantasy, fantasy worldbuilding, and SF's relationship to archaeological and anthropological research (during the last of which
memeslayer called to wish me a happy birthday - unfortunately, I was a bit ungracious to him since I was flustered at my phone going off in the middle of the panel; I am so sorry about that!)Spouse took me off to get dinner, and then dropped me back off (yeah, I don't understand why he didn't go either), and I hung out in open gaming for a while (and incidentally finished the second Solomon's Knot shawl). We also got to see most of the masquerade folks come by - an entire Imperial stormtrooper squad, an Inu-Yasha, a cosplay from an anime I haven't seen, several AD&D characters including a very good ranger, several barbarienne belly dancers, three Vulcan priestesses (the same people who had come to the HHGttG premiere in bathrobes), a Kenny, and one guy who was cosplaying as Number 6.
The CoC LARP, as I mentioned earlier, was cancelled. Not only has
perkyshai had dental issues, poor teegarden has been having sinus issues, so neither of them had the time or energy to write it. (At least it wasn't "Darn Soon!") However, he did present an introduction to LARPing, which had three attendees who were complete role-playing newbies, me, one of the Random Houston Gamers I keep bumping into, and (after we roped him in) the guy who had been the ranger in the Masquerade (the second well-spoken, intelligent, energetic, short, pale, and handsome guy I'd run into today; dang, I need to flirt more). After the explanation, we did a very short High Seas Swashbuckling Horror LARP, which was quite fun, and got the cosplayer of our three newbies interested enough that if they're at the next con, at least she'll probably be at the LARP proper. (The other two weren't quite as into it, although they seemed to have fun.)I'm going back tomorrow morning to see if I got the other piece of artwork - and perhaps to pick up another piece if it hasn't been bought. I don't know if the con has been a financial success, although I don't think anyone's lost their shirt on it at this point. And I'm much more more used to gaming cons than general SF ones, so I don't really know what a successful SF con looks like. But I'm certainly enjoying myself.
