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Vividcon Report: Prologue - Thursday
Aug. 19th, 2004 04:52 pmBefore I begin my con report, I think I need to get a few things out there so at least there is a reasonable explanation for the rambling babble that is about to commence: I cannot do two things at once.
If you know me - or have spent anytime at all in my presence, you know this is true. I do one thing at a time. I can try to do two things. It usually ends up with me being hopelessly confused.
I am hopelessly confused. I also have discovered that when in doubt about who I had a particular conversation with at any given time, I have a![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
whatssnoo default setting. Which means if I try to remember stuff happening and my recall is not totally on target - then I remember it as a conversation that I had with Snoo. If I am really confused and there were multiple people around, then I remember a room filled with Snoos everywhere.
It is surreal, and would be a little bit disturbing if I did not find Snoo a comforting presence. Which I do. Also - Um - I don't think I actually had a chance to really talk to her about anything at this con at all and maybe this is now my mind's way of rebelling.
Oh well. To Snoo - I salute you!
So - what was I doing that has now led to this terribly traumatic cognitive dissonance? Well, I will tell you dear friend and disinterested but still reading lurker (who is probably also very keen) - I was freaking the fuck out!!!!
Yes, I spent all of Vividcon - ALL OF IT - in this stomach-clenching fit of nerves and my GOD! I brought it on myself, but never again. By the time I relaxed - the con was over. Seriously - it was during the Dead Dog panel that I was all flooey. Dammit. And I felt the ill effects into the evening as I was not nearly as charming as I could've been at the house of meat (I remember just staring into space) and I left the singing in the pool early cause my throat hurt and I was cold. Much later inflummery's room, I relaxed a bit - but I was still just off enough to not really feel like I was getting or participating or adding anything at all to the conversations in the room. I mainly just watched vids and sat on Zen's feet. Or were they Eunice's feet? Dammit - who's feet did I molest? Lum was there but her feet were further over...Snoo??
ETA: MEMORY GIVES ME AN AHA!!! It was Tzikeh's feet!!! Or Killa's. Maybe both. Right now I am issuoing a blanket apology for any unwanted foot molestation to anyone at the con.
(at this point I am pretty much giving up on LJ tags - they slow me down and I'll fix it later).
So I get to the con Thursday night. Well - no - let me go back and start my story at the Lexington that JUST WOULD NOT LET ME LEAVE and the dog with his hurt face at the kennel and the tire with its hole that no one could plug in under two hours and MY DAD OWNS A FREAKIN' TIRE STORE!!! Two hours out of my way, of course - but it still felt like a fly in my goddamned Chardonnay. At Goodyear I was all begging to just let me borrow tools, I have seen this done, I think I can do it myself.
Finally SS Tires on Richmond Rd had pity upon me and I was on my way! Whee. I stopped once for gas and grabbed some Cheese Combos (pretzel-y snacks). Already I was nervous and could not eat -- also excited and could not eat. I was pretty much a big ole ball of VIVIDCON!!!!!! WHEEEE!!!
Well - until I hit Chicago, discovered that I did not have enough strong women fandoms to vid Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." and it got dark - all at the same time.
You have to understand - I can barely see in the light. Once it is dark - I can read the sign right when I am under it. The plan was to not have that even be an issue - but then the plan fell apart. I felt like Spike. It was a good plan.
So I got in the center lane and I DROVE. At one point I looked over to my right and saw the hotel right there. So I took that exit. God looks out for children, fools and vidders who right at that minute discover the Perfect Chianna Song.
Entering the hotel I observed two lovely young ladies dressed in dark tones (and looking a bit exhausted) that I did not know in line a head of me. Then Bonibaru said her name to the clerk and I was all "Oh hey!!" to her and the fantastic Mely. YAY. I knew they were one of us - it is something around the eyes - you can really see it when you group all of us together.
Well - here's luck and renenet were not checked in and Mely was rooming with them - but since I knew that h.l had made the reservations for her room and my room at the same time stressing that we had to have adjoining rooms for health reasons (renenet and I share an inhaler, Eunice has the keys to h.l's insulin pump - c'mon people - think creatively) I got to snag Mely up all for myself. YAY!!
Oh - I was rooming with Eunice (who I adore).
So we make our way to my room and then down to the second floor where registration was going on and LUMINOSITY WAS THERE!!! And really - how do I get by only seeing her a few times a year? - it is just WRONG that we should be apart I tell you. WRONG!! And I saw Ellynross and got hugged and badged and I think I was all wanting a red badge not really connecting the red to the concom and dude - so okay that I did not have a red badge - but I did not get that at the time - at the time I was all "ohh they are outta red badges. Awwwww." And I knew - but I was not making much sense at this point.
I think Elke Tanzer realized this because I think the first thing she asked was if I had eaten. Elke knows me well. I have no idea what I told her - but I think it involved a story about something or other and me needing to make several confused trips to my room and/or Zen and Pete's room and Elke wisely realizing that if I was left unaccompanied at this point I might end up wandering outside. At some point we got off an elevator that Eunice was getting on and she walked right past me and as I turned around to go "Wait!" the doors shut - but then she came back and there was much hugging and rejoicing and I think I forced Mely and Elke and Eunice to then watch my premiere vid and at some point we all ended up at the Outback Bar with Zen and Pete and Lum and Boni and thus began the Anime-Guys extremely well-organized Pimp.
I promise you I have been pimped by the best. I have been pimped by Tzikeh. I could major in flummery's vids -- I know from pimp.
I have never been pimped the way I was pimped at Vividcon. When it was all said and done I had a DVD set and tainted doughnuts and I may or may not wish I was a lesbian but dude - it is rough on the poor boys of anime. They get held down and kissed really hard and it takes their breathe away. I also think there is stabbing involved in that. Or maybe that was a mystical tattoo - whatever - that is some righteous pain.
So I still couldn't eat - I just had some beer at the bar, but is was okay cause it was Newcastle and that was like food. It was all hearty and stuff and I think I had a crush on the server and was devastated to find out he did not like us. I was - I tried to hide it, but inside I wrote a maudlin poem and everything. It was terrible.
Then other stuff happened and it was really late and I learned that when Eunice and I are together - we are incapable of NOT talking. So we talked pretty much the entire night starting with lingering Angel issues and then I think the conversation ended up either about NAFTA, Barney Rubble or geopolitical ramifications of mineral rights in Rwanda. Or maybe I dreamed that part - hard to say.
Then it was the next day and Eunice made coffee and I woke up and realized that it was Friday. And Friday I will tell you all about - just as soon as I remember what happened. I know there was pizza and pink hair. Also - I began drinking in earnest.
If you know me - or have spent anytime at all in my presence, you know this is true. I do one thing at a time. I can try to do two things. It usually ends up with me being hopelessly confused.
I am hopelessly confused. I also have discovered that when in doubt about who I had a particular conversation with at any given time, I have a
whatssnoo default setting. Which means if I try to remember stuff happening and my recall is not totally on target - then I remember it as a conversation that I had with Snoo. If I am really confused and there were multiple people around, then I remember a room filled with Snoos everywhere. It is surreal, and would be a little bit disturbing if I did not find Snoo a comforting presence. Which I do. Also - Um - I don't think I actually had a chance to really talk to her about anything at this con at all and maybe this is now my mind's way of rebelling.
Oh well. To Snoo - I salute you!
So - what was I doing that has now led to this terribly traumatic cognitive dissonance? Well, I will tell you dear friend and disinterested but still reading lurker (who is probably also very keen) - I was freaking the fuck out!!!!
Yes, I spent all of Vividcon - ALL OF IT - in this stomach-clenching fit of nerves and my GOD! I brought it on myself, but never again. By the time I relaxed - the con was over. Seriously - it was during the Dead Dog panel that I was all flooey. Dammit. And I felt the ill effects into the evening as I was not nearly as charming as I could've been at the house of meat (I remember just staring into space) and I left the singing in the pool early cause my throat hurt and I was cold. Much later in
flummery's room, I relaxed a bit - but I was still just off enough to not really feel like I was getting or participating or adding anything at all to the conversations in the room. I mainly just watched vids and sat on Zen's feet. Or were they Eunice's feet? Dammit - who's feet did I molest? Lum was there but her feet were further over...Snoo?? ETA: MEMORY GIVES ME AN AHA!!! It was Tzikeh's feet!!! Or Killa's. Maybe both. Right now I am issuoing a blanket apology for any unwanted foot molestation to anyone at the con.
(at this point I am pretty much giving up on LJ tags - they slow me down and I'll fix it later).
So I get to the con Thursday night. Well - no - let me go back and start my story at the Lexington that JUST WOULD NOT LET ME LEAVE and the dog with his hurt face at the kennel and the tire with its hole that no one could plug in under two hours and MY DAD OWNS A FREAKIN' TIRE STORE!!! Two hours out of my way, of course - but it still felt like a fly in my goddamned Chardonnay. At Goodyear I was all begging to just let me borrow tools, I have seen this done, I think I can do it myself.
Finally SS Tires on Richmond Rd had pity upon me and I was on my way! Whee. I stopped once for gas and grabbed some Cheese Combos (pretzel-y snacks). Already I was nervous and could not eat -- also excited and could not eat. I was pretty much a big ole ball of VIVIDCON!!!!!! WHEEEE!!!
Well - until I hit Chicago, discovered that I did not have enough strong women fandoms to vid Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." and it got dark - all at the same time.
You have to understand - I can barely see in the light. Once it is dark - I can read the sign right when I am under it. The plan was to not have that even be an issue - but then the plan fell apart. I felt like Spike. It was a good plan.
So I got in the center lane and I DROVE. At one point I looked over to my right and saw the hotel right there. So I took that exit. God looks out for children, fools and vidders who right at that minute discover the Perfect Chianna Song.
Entering the hotel I observed two lovely young ladies dressed in dark tones (and looking a bit exhausted) that I did not know in line a head of me. Then Bonibaru said her name to the clerk and I was all "Oh hey!!" to her and the fantastic Mely. YAY. I knew they were one of us - it is something around the eyes - you can really see it when you group all of us together.
Well - here's luck and renenet were not checked in and Mely was rooming with them - but since I knew that h.l had made the reservations for her room and my room at the same time stressing that we had to have adjoining rooms for health reasons (renenet and I share an inhaler, Eunice has the keys to h.l's insulin pump - c'mon people - think creatively) I got to snag Mely up all for myself. YAY!!
Oh - I was rooming with Eunice (who I adore).
So we make our way to my room and then down to the second floor where registration was going on and LUMINOSITY WAS THERE!!! And really - how do I get by only seeing her a few times a year? - it is just WRONG that we should be apart I tell you. WRONG!! And I saw Ellynross and got hugged and badged and I think I was all wanting a red badge not really connecting the red to the concom and dude - so okay that I did not have a red badge - but I did not get that at the time - at the time I was all "ohh they are outta red badges. Awwwww." And I knew - but I was not making much sense at this point.
I think Elke Tanzer realized this because I think the first thing she asked was if I had eaten. Elke knows me well. I have no idea what I told her - but I think it involved a story about something or other and me needing to make several confused trips to my room and/or Zen and Pete's room and Elke wisely realizing that if I was left unaccompanied at this point I might end up wandering outside. At some point we got off an elevator that Eunice was getting on and she walked right past me and as I turned around to go "Wait!" the doors shut - but then she came back and there was much hugging and rejoicing and I think I forced Mely and Elke and Eunice to then watch my premiere vid and at some point we all ended up at the Outback Bar with Zen and Pete and Lum and Boni and thus began the Anime-Guys extremely well-organized Pimp.
I promise you I have been pimped by the best. I have been pimped by Tzikeh. I could major in flummery's vids -- I know from pimp.
I have never been pimped the way I was pimped at Vividcon. When it was all said and done I had a DVD set and tainted doughnuts and I may or may not wish I was a lesbian but dude - it is rough on the poor boys of anime. They get held down and kissed really hard and it takes their breathe away. I also think there is stabbing involved in that. Or maybe that was a mystical tattoo - whatever - that is some righteous pain.
So I still couldn't eat - I just had some beer at the bar, but is was okay cause it was Newcastle and that was like food. It was all hearty and stuff and I think I had a crush on the server and was devastated to find out he did not like us. I was - I tried to hide it, but inside I wrote a maudlin poem and everything. It was terrible.
Then other stuff happened and it was really late and I learned that when Eunice and I are together - we are incapable of NOT talking. So we talked pretty much the entire night starting with lingering Angel issues and then I think the conversation ended up either about NAFTA, Barney Rubble or geopolitical ramifications of mineral rights in Rwanda. Or maybe I dreamed that part - hard to say.
Then it was the next day and Eunice made coffee and I woke up and realized that it was Friday. And Friday I will tell you all about - just as soon as I remember what happened. I know there was pizza and pink hair. Also - I began drinking in earnest.
