Apocalypse in 3... 2... 1...

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So, after hearing more and more about cool guests at DragonCon (D*C), Terry Gilliam finally tipped the meter enough that I went and checked out the site. There I discovered even more cool guests than I'd known about. As I was talking about it with Andy he suggested I try pricing it out, just for the heck of it.

Darned if I didn't take him up on it. As in, figuring out airfare, hotel, transportation, and the cost to get in the door(s) of the con. This is not to say I'm going, but even getting as far as planning is pretty out there for me. Heck, the one year I was living in Atlanta when D*C was going on, I chickened out of attending.


Among the reasons not to go, some are:

1. Andy would not be coming along. He'll be all traveled out by the time September rolls around.
   
2. Big crowds -- four hotels plus some seven overspills are sold out, and they'd all be in those four hotels in the daytime.
   
3. I would just have moved into my dorm the week before.
   
4. A lot of overstimulation in the form of noise, things to see, and other things which tend to make me start dissociating.
   
5. The hotel I would stay at is 25 minutes away by MARTA.
   
6. There is no reason #6.
   
7. Even though it's not as expensive as I'd imagined, it still is a significant amount of money.
   
8. I have no idea how close I would get to any of the guests I would be going to see.
   
9. No Weird Al.
   
10. Did I mention noisy crowds?
    

And, some of the reasons to go include:

1. Patrick Stewart. Terry Gilliam. Leonard Nimoy. Claudias Black and Christian. Peter Jurasik and Stephen Furst. Leslie Fish. And so on.
   
2. I might run into and/or actively meet up with a friend or two. I know one person who is definitely going and another who was leaning toward going, last I saw.
   
3. I would be doing something well outside my comfort level.
   
4. Andy would be proud of me.
   

So anyway, unless I get a lot more reasons to go (like, say, Weird Al being added to the guest list) and not many more reasons not to, this was all just an exercise in wishful thinking. Still, it's further along than I take most of my wishful thinking.

Comments

[druidsfire.livejournal.com]

Hell, if I could scrounge an air mattress for myself (I generally dislike the hotel beds), you'd be welcome to stay with me and my crew of MUSHers at the Hyatt and that will lower the hotel cost considerably and delete the MARTA ride.

Getting close to most of the guests is fairly easy (one of the reasons I love D*C).

My crew and I are going to the Melting Pot Thursday night before Con.

I can introduce you to Peter Jurasik and most of the Celtic bands there.

[ljedi.livejournal.com]

Wow, good job even checking this out! Maybe if you could get a friend to go with you (or get a rollaway bed from the hotel and stay with other friends)and stick with a group it might be manageable. Of course, I don't know what to tell you about the crowds...

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

If you manage to find a place in a con hotel, you can probably get around actually going to the major panels. They air them on D*C TV, which you can watch from your room. Makes it easy to see the major stuff--like the masquerade--without dealing with crowds.

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Wow. Well, there are definitely crowds, but DragonCon is a pretty amazing event. I've only been once. I had a brief flash of wanting to go with you. I miss SF cons. But, sigh, no we really need to not travel for a long time if possible.