Friday, August 17, 2007

Let the feast of a thousand geeks begin!

Day Two of GenCon. The biggest gaming con anywhere. How's it going? well, its not the feeding frenzy I was hoping for. But its still pretty good. I had dreams of screaming corset groupies grabbing fr any corset they could get their grubby hands on, clambering for any product we could throw at them. The money would pile up on the floor in heaps. After the show, I would make snow angels in it.

Alas, it has not gone quite that way. I'm still not complaining as sales are strong. The event site is MASSIVE. Lots to see. Many shiny objects to distract. I bought another swords, because, well...I have a problem and can't say no. I tried to cover myself by handing it to Rossana and saying I got it for her (it did fit her hand well) but she could see right through me.

Not a lot of pictures yet, but tomorrow is the day of the costume contest. I have my camera at the ready. There is a pc gaming section demoing Crysis, which looks very cool. No other cool clothing vendors that I've seen so far.

Last night the wifi went out in the motel. A call to the front desk informed us that it was a problem with AT&T. Apparently they were having trouble keeping up with 60,000 geeks trying to such down gigabytes of porn on free wifi connections. Go figure.

The city of Indianapolis is creeping me out. It's clean, well laid out, has friendly and courteous drivers and good signage. What the hell is wrong with these people?

Gotta sleep now. The big day is tomorrow.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Pant...wheeze...puff...pufff

Back home from Pennsic and the last two weekends of the great Lakes Fair. So much, soooo much. No time!

The short form:

  • Pennsic: A never ending flume ride through an oven.
  • Great lakes: I was nearly decapitated by a porta john.
  • Pennsic: Great Party
  • Great Lakes: We bought a booth!
  • Home: I get a mysterious scar on my forehead (really)
A quick stop at the the house and now we dash off to set up Michigan and do Gen-Con. Could life get busier? Yes, I may be merchanting at Pennsic next year. Holy Crap.

I'll post details when time allows. Stay cool out there.