What I learned at DragonCon
POSTED BY: GazerBeam
UPDATED: Monday, September 12, 2005 22:14
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Adam is strong, and large. If you sense a friendly slap on the shoulder coming, brace for it...
- Leto_V
"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal
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-It is nearly impossible to get any work done the day after Dragon*Con. I should have just called in sick.
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
-It is nearly impossible to get any work done the day after Dragon*Con. I should have just called in sick.
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
lol... I had a feeling that would be the case so I made sure I had an extra day to take off so I could recover!! My poor sister had to work... Nice meeting you at the fan table, btw!!
~*~ Cheryl
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Although in a place with hundreds of Browncoats, still didn't run into anyone from the boards and no one really talked to me. I tried but oh well....
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I learned that...
*Firefly fans are all insane but at least we're together!
*There is a difference between a Companion and who Ron had in his room last night.
*Hilton is the worst hotel to stay at cuz you cant watch Dragon*Con TV so that means no Masquarde (sp?)
*Its fun to watch Stormtroopers dance to "The Hero of Canton"
Something the fire marshle and hotel staff need to know: If there is a fire coming and you are blocking the fire exit, a human will stand and run like hell away from the fire and out of the way of the exit so stop interrupting our costume contests! Humans are flamable and therefore will flee before a flame!!! Jeeze!
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FREAKIN' SHOW! I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damnit." ~Joss
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Originally posted by Litwolf689:
Something the fire marshle and hotel staff need to know: If there is a fire coming and you are blocking the fire exit, a human will stand and run like hell away from the fire and out of the way of the exit so stop interrupting our costume contests! Humans are flamable and therefore will flee before a flame!!! Jeeze!
are you a mitch hedberg fan?? "if you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit."
~lissa, retired spwhore
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Originally posted by lissa:
are you a mitch hedberg fan?? "if you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit."
~lissa, retired spwhore
You mean that really funny comdedian I saw on TV for 5 minutes and that was his only joke I heard but I love it and use it all the time? Yep ^_^ tee hee its true.
... wait, you're not going to sue me for plagrism or copyright infirngment or something, are you? AHHH! *runs away, leaving a piece of paper that says "The Fire joke came from the comedian! SRY!"* ^_^ lol
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FREAKIN' SHOW! I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damnit." ~Joss
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- It's good to make friends with the Con Security guards. They warn you about such things as the bondage freaks that come out Saturday night wearing even less than Gollum, or the 500 lb. woman who likes to parade around in a G-string, or even Miss Marvel, who's been attending D*C for 25 years, is borderline psychotic and may target you as evil and decide to annoy you for the entire con for just any reason.
- Hyatt security guards are funny. One of them was walking around wearing blue gloves a Browncoat gave him and had a great time posing for pictures as a Blue Hands guy (despite his broken leg or foot, whatever it was).
- Gold paint, some wings and a brief sarong with coins apparently makes up for a shiny costume.
- Tequila is evil, especially if you're not used to drinking it.
- Nobody should have allowed Latrell from "White Chicks" to distribute strawberries at the Shindig. That was downright unsettling...
- The BDHs seem to have trouble saying "The Juggled Gosling".
- Adam Baldwin has a good memory for faces, but is shit with names. He's also prone to brain farts when trying to name one of his castmates by his/her real name (he almost said Kaylee when talking about Jewel.)
- 800 people singing the first part of "The Hero of Canton" after Adam started with "Jayne... The man they called Jayne..." was something unbelievable.
- Walking around in a "Joss Whedon Is My Master Now" t-shirt may cause the following reactions:
a) People looking at you with a sorry expression, then patting your shoulder and saying, "You know he's not coming, right?" (Standard answer: "So what? He's still my master!")
b) People pointing straight at your chest and going, "Where did you get that?" (Standard answer would be the website where to order it, though I came very close to uttering, "I was born with it, then I hit puberty and it expanded outwards... Oh, you mean the shirt?")
c) A major giggle fit, like the one Jewel's husband, Matty, got upon reading it.
- You get the Bedlam Bards separately, singing ditties about "Wanting the Trilogy" or "The Hero of Canton" to people waiting in line.
- People will ask you, "What do you have to do to be a Browncoat?"
- Even babies wear wings at D*C.
That should be all... for now.
MAL: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.
ZOE: Shoot 'em?
MAL: Politely.
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*the D*C gameroom has a dazzling array of free board and card games they let you play. I'm suspicious that the gaming stalls in the exhibit hall donated these as a perfect hook... and it works.
*fundamentalist christian organizations need to check their calendar and stay in other gorram hotels during dragoncon.
*Police tape strategically wrapped is a costume.
*the goths and the renfaire crowds are about equal.
*you can get an astonishing amount of free quality artwork by taking artist cards from the art shows and scavenging flyer tables.
*if your feet stick to the floor (esp after 10pm), don't think about it, don't look at it, and take your shoes off at your door.
*you only need half a stormtrooper costume. if you put a grass skirt on the bottom half, you're much more unique than the rest of the troop.
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If you don't realize that people are stupid panicky cattle in an emergency than you haven;t worked in public safety.
I've been both an EMT on a rescue truck and worked convention security(one begets the other)and seen con-goers push wheelchairs out of their way to get out of the Ballroom when they saw smoke.
As well as the recent story of a theater fire where lives were lost because of blocked exits.
...cause Justice is the one thing you should always find.
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