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Eric: Snarks what hae!
So, this coming weekend I'm going to be at Baycon. I'm not going as an official guest, mind -- I go to Baycon to hang out with a good friend, eat sushi, have a random mixed drink at some point, eat excellent sandwiches, get some beautiful art drawn for me, meet people, and look at the weirdass trees.
However, the fact remains -- I will actually be at Baycon, and if folks who might be there or be in the area or whatever might want to get together and sit and talk comics or RPGs or 'stuff,' I'd be amenable.
Also, there are usually many attractive women dressed to distraction on hand. And the same with attractive men, although I don't tend to notice them as much. And the actual con is good. Oh, and they project movies on the outside wall.
I fly out tomorrow. Thursday I'm making a pilgrimage to the Cartoon Art Museum and then meeting a friend. Friday through Monday is the con. I fly back Tuesday. Wednesday, I do a lot of sleeping.
That's the plan. If folks might want to get together at Baycon, reply hither in this thread or shoot me e-mail. Yay!
Posted by Eric Burns-White at May 24, 2005 1:58 PM
Comments
Comment from: Nich posted at May 24, 2005 2:21 PM
Will you be getting together in the actual con, or somewhere else? I'd like to get involved in any get-together, but I had no plans to actually attend BayCon and don't want to pay $75 at the door just to meet you. (Much as I like Websnark!)
Comment from: Wednesday posted at May 24, 2005 2:39 PM
Anyone got five hundred quid lying spare? Come on, people; you want to see if the two of us explode if we're placed in the same room...
Comment from: scrubbo posted at May 24, 2005 2:42 PM
If you see or hear of a "Creech party" at the con, you should definately attend. It's always a fun party with plenty of booze available and almost always a collection of the more entertainingly dressed con attendees.
One of those parties was also the origin of the infamous "School Girl Scrubbo" picture. I got bought from a Klingon Slave Auction and dressed as a schoolgirl for the night. Oiy. If you run into Greg Creech (Who's about 6 foot a zillion and very large with a wild mane of hair and a beard) tell him Scrubbo said he's a tubby bitch!
Comment from: Eric Burns posted at May 24, 2005 3:08 PM
Nich -- I'm open to suggestions. ;)
Comment from: gwalla posted at May 24, 2005 4:56 PM
Man, I had no idea this con even existed, and I live in the area. Now I want to go. Curse my lack of funds! I wanna meet Eric (and the attractive ladies dressed to distraction)!
Oh, and the Cartoon Art Museum rocks muchly.
Comment from: miyaa posted at May 24, 2005 7:53 PM
Explode? More like romantic angsts on the scale of Questionable Content.
Comment from: Phil Kahn posted at May 24, 2005 11:24 PM
Have a good trip there, buddy. Don't murder yourself like I did me at E3!
Comment from: sinless posted at May 25, 2005 8:29 AM
Have much fun!!!
Comment from: PerfessorEvil posted at May 25, 2005 12:49 PM
Alas, the era of the Creech Party is long past. He stopped having the parties 4 or 5 years ago. After that, the big party was ScreamWorks, which had a dj, a horror theme, and stripper bartenders who served drinks wearing little else but body paint.
ScreamWorks isn't having their party this year either, so it might just be a (relatively) quiet weekend on the 2nd floor.
Comment from: theErik posted at May 26, 2005 4:44 PM
I'll be around, on the weekend at least. If there's a time you're holding court, or just a time you expect to be free to chat, let me know.
But if you're new to Baycon (or even if you're not), let me *strongly* push one panel: "A Shot Rang Out", late Sunday afternoon. AFAIK, it's a local thing - pure improvisational storytelling. It's based on a box full of suggestion slips that spends two days in the Con suite getting stuffed with all the oneliners and oddball quotes that anyone can think of, and the panelists have to pick randomly from the box and weave it all into a story. Loads of fun, and one of BayCon's main attractions for me.
Comment from: siwangmu posted at May 26, 2005 7:20 PM
Extra funny (how to amuse yourself by not knowing much): If you, like me, find that "to distraction" either connotes or denotes (I'm too lazy to go find out which) "a whole lot," you got the image that the notable aspect of the costumes in question is lots and lots and lots of layers, or a whole lotta clothes. Whereas my scant con experiences lead me to believe the most notable costumed ladies are on the other end of the quantity-scale. Since "to distraction" functions (for me, who'm not looking stuff up) as a pun, since half-nekkid ladies are, well, distracting, I'm fine with the conglomeration of meanings. So, in conclusion, that one phrase conjured up: (1) Amidala-style elaborate, layered affairs, (2) chain-mail bikinis and (3) the pun-induced mental image of boy-eyes popping out when passed by chainmail bikinis. The whole con experience in three words!
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