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[Worldcon] Umm...?
Aug. 6th, 2009 05:00 amOutside our window there's high-pitched whistling that sounds like a referee whistle combined with a low-pitched honking that sounds like a moose in heat. No freakin' clue what it is... O_O;
Aug. 6th, 2009
[Worldcon] First Day Thoughts...
Aug. 6th, 2009 07:58 pm--Did a morning walk with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emmalyon on the waterfront. VERY nice walk, even if it is tourist central! I think we were early enough that we missed most of the tourists, though...again, Montreal is a VERY nice city. Quite like it here. :)
--Worldcon Good: Lots of really interesting panels this year...they either shook it up or the planners were just a bit more creative this year. Lots of stuff for us to do! Also, everything is pretty much on the same floor, so no flying all over creation. It's quite a big layout, though, but I can't complain. Also, there's a well-stocked convenience store down on the first floor of the building if I need emergency snacks.
--Worldcon Bad: Not so much with the signage this year. Nearly all the cons I've ever been to have had some sort of posterboard in front of each door to say what's where, but it's sadly absent this year, so one can only hope they're in the right room. Also, we found the dealer's room quite by accident and actually had to ask a dealer what the hours were, since they were not in the schedule book, outside the door, or anywhere else. Okay, it was posted somewhere (lynxreign found it by accident, I'm yet to find it), but it's not in an obvious spot. Oh, and the dealer's room looked a little sparse this year...we're hoping that more vendors are going to be here this weekend.
--Worldcon Comme Ce, Comme Ca: Still the usual socially inept congoers that can get aggravating, but I've pretty much gotten used to it. ;)
--MOUNTAIN DEW SANS CAFFEINE. What the hell is up with that?!?? O_O
Okay, I kind of do know...caffeine is a regulated substance up here in Canada, so it's cheaper to keep it out. Still...it's like having Frosted Flakes without the frosted, y'know?
--SOUND FROM THIS MORNING FIGURED OUT, SORT OF: The University isn't too far from here, and also I saw an anti-abortion march later on, so there must have been some protesting going on. Whistles I can understand...moose mating calls, not sure about that one...
--Last panel was with Paul Krugman and Charles Stross chatting (sitting at a Dick Cavett-style setup, as Lynxie called it), just going on about all sorts of things from what the future might look like to economics (after all, Krugmann got a Nobel in it!) to all sorts of things. It amused me greatly that Cory Doctorow sat directly in front of us and could NOT stop playing FreeCell on his Palm Pre during the whole panel. :p
--Some Eden Cycle ideas and thoughts milling about in my head during a few panels. This always happens...I didn't get much written down, as there's not much to write just yet, but I'll definitely do a bit of planning once it fully forms up there in my cranium.
On that note...I'm tired, my feet hurt, and I still haven't quite figured out where I'm going tomorrow. Will need to do that either tonight or tomorrow. Must sleep now. *zzzzzz*
emmalyon on the waterfront. VERY nice walk, even if it is tourist central! I think we were early enough that we missed most of the tourists, though...again, Montreal is a VERY nice city. Quite like it here. :)--Worldcon Good: Lots of really interesting panels this year...they either shook it up or the planners were just a bit more creative this year. Lots of stuff for us to do! Also, everything is pretty much on the same floor, so no flying all over creation. It's quite a big layout, though, but I can't complain. Also, there's a well-stocked convenience store down on the first floor of the building if I need emergency snacks.
--Worldcon Bad: Not so much with the signage this year. Nearly all the cons I've ever been to have had some sort of posterboard in front of each door to say what's where, but it's sadly absent this year, so one can only hope they're in the right room. Also, we found the dealer's room quite by accident and actually had to ask a dealer what the hours were, since they were not in the schedule book, outside the door, or anywhere else. Okay, it was posted somewhere (
lynxreign found it by accident, I'm yet to find it), but it's not in an obvious spot. Oh, and the dealer's room looked a little sparse this year...we're hoping that more vendors are going to be here this weekend.--Worldcon Comme Ce, Comme Ca: Still the usual socially inept congoers that can get aggravating, but I've pretty much gotten used to it. ;)
--MOUNTAIN DEW SANS CAFFEINE. What the hell is up with that?!?? O_O
Okay, I kind of do know...caffeine is a regulated substance up here in Canada, so it's cheaper to keep it out. Still...it's like having Frosted Flakes without the frosted, y'know?
--SOUND FROM THIS MORNING FIGURED OUT, SORT OF: The University isn't too far from here, and also I saw an anti-abortion march later on, so there must have been some protesting going on. Whistles I can understand...moose mating calls, not sure about that one...
--Last panel was with Paul Krugman and Charles Stross chatting (sitting at a Dick Cavett-style setup, as Lynxie called it), just going on about all sorts of things from what the future might look like to economics (after all, Krugmann got a Nobel in it!) to all sorts of things. It amused me greatly that Cory Doctorow sat directly in front of us and could NOT stop playing FreeCell on his Palm Pre during the whole panel. :p
--Some Eden Cycle ideas and thoughts milling about in my head during a few panels. This always happens...I didn't get much written down, as there's not much to write just yet, but I'll definitely do a bit of planning once it fully forms up there in my cranium.
On that note...I'm tired, my feet hurt, and I still haven't quite figured out where I'm going tomorrow. Will need to do that either tonight or tomorrow. Must sleep now. *zzzzzz*
