Big Damned Flanvention
POSTED BY: Piffle101
UPDATED: Monday, November 28, 2005 00:47
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Piffle101, thanks! I look forward to reading your blog!!!! I am really hoping our BDH's make it to the East Coast sometime soon, but haven't heard anything yet. Yeah, it's expensive, but it's worth it, I think!
ZOE: “It’s just, the Captain’s so tense…”
WASH: “Of course he’s tense. He’s awake.”
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Rooms right at the convention hotel are only $99 a night, which is quite reasonable for a big-city hotel.
I'm going as a single, so I don't know whether you double that for two guests in a room, or whether that $99 will cover two guests. I do know that the $99 rooms can be had with two double beds, though, so maybe it's a don't ask, don't tell deal.
I redid my travel reservations yesterday and saved over $200 by booking my room through the Flanvention site (getting the convention discount) and using frequent flier miles for the plane ticket. And I'm flying first class!
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Well,it looks as though I'll be going to this here convention. That's kinda exciting; I've been a member of this board since the show was on, but never actually met anyone else....
I'll be bringing a frind or two, I think, if I can convince them to pony up the cash. I've never been to CA before - in fact, I've never been farther west than western Maryland - so, this'll be cool.
Who all else is going? Anyone cool? =)
I'm Steve, fyi, as you may have guessed by my wildly creative sig, and my equally inventive s/n. Eh, I'm 20 (well, almost), and I'm at college in MD, studyin' history & teaching.
In case you care.
-Steve
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Hi Steve! Its good that you're going. I'll be attending with PsychicRiver and Piffle101. I'm sure we will be meeting a lot of really cool people. We're going for all 3 days, so we'll look out for you there. You'll have fun, I promise.
Most of the autos will probably be Sat. I'm not exactly sure, but thats my guess. You'll be safe if you don't go Friday. I don't think theres gonna be that much going on, except for the cocktail party/meet-n-greet.
Mal: Define interesting.
Wash: Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?
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Apparently the autos are on Sunday...in the afternoon. Which I think is cool. Its one of the final things.
See...you see the BDH's around all weekend, and ask them questions in the Q & A etc, and then at the end you get a chance to speak to them!
Just like me and Summer at Serenity...
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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trollish? perhaps
payed my dues for this show and it's success.
bought the dvds, loaned em out, payed for tickets for my recruit friends who otherwise wouldn't have seen the movie. i spread the word.
what's that bit of flotsam about giant's standing on the shoulders of others?
sorry...
i'd love to go see the cast of firefly at this convention... however, after the cost of the flight (in-country... 1-200 dollars), the hotel (as we've seen in a prior post, nothing less than 100 dollars a night, more likely 200+ unless you want a roach motel ~ let's not forget this is "hollywood", land of the l33t), um...
food, fuel (or car rental + fuel), etc. umm... add all of those expenses to the price of admission and it's how much??
factor in the cost of everything and to be with the high and mighty gods of serenity on their turf will easily go past $1000, prolly close to $2000 if you want such priveleges like air conditioning, solid food beyond soup and crackers, etc.
sorry, their acting (and whedon's writing) wasn't enough to make me wan't to shmooze up that much.
they want me at conventions, let them kiss my ass.
come to where i live, charge me what i can afford, build my loyalty, don't expect it's a given. etcetera etcetera. they are hollywood bigshots now. don't bother the gods u peons u.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-is" just sucks.
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Geez, more negative waves.
Nobody's got a gun to your head. If it's not worth it to you, don't go. End of story.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Did they post the schedule?
Last time, All the non headliner (poeple not the cast) will have autos on Sat in the Auto room.
The cast has autos on Sunday in a different room around the end of that day.
(This is just experience from last time)
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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau
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-I think they captured his essence... -Wash
-Look sorta angry, dont he? -Kaylee
-Kinda what I meant. -Wash
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-Everywhere I go..His eyes keep following me... -Kaylee
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-How bout we get away from this eerie ass piece of work and get on with our increasingly eerie ass day? How's that?!
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Ps... Friday not much happens..Events start around 3pm. just a Q&a or 2.. and the cocktail party. Then usuallyw e throw our own party... 
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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau
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-I think they captured his essence... -Wash
-Look sorta angry, dont he? -Kaylee
-Kinda what I meant. -Wash
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-Everywhere I go..His eyes keep following me... -Kaylee
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-How bout we get away from this eerie ass piece of work and get on with our increasingly eerie ass day? How's that?!
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Cool, thanks for your responses. Only problem - the weekend pass says it includes autographs from them all; the day pass, eh, doesn't. So, would I still be able to get their 'graphs if I just went Sat and Sun?
Also, any advice on things to say to convince a few frinds to join me? Right now, in responce to "what is there to do there," my reply is something along the lines of "Eh, I dunno...you can see the cast...plus, Browncoats will be there, and they're pretty cool."
I'm about 97% sure I'm going, at this point. My sister'll be flying down with me, but not attending the con - she wants to actually "see California." What a loser...
-Steve
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