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Old 08-03-2014, 05:42 PM

Are you camping out during the con?

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Old 08-03-2014, 05:43 PM

Camping out would so be a dealbreaker for me if I were going somewhere.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:01 PM

Likewise, but I have minions/kids and a back that would not be cool about anything less than a foam pad. Plus... lack of indoor plumbing.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:10 PM

Oh gosh yeah. Though I don't know I think camping might be fun.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:12 PM

I would think camping at a convention would just mean sleeping in a tent, and I'm not willing to do that much. I will sleep in a comfortable and familiar home, thank you. :|

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#31
Old 08-03-2014, 06:15 PM

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Are you camping out during the con?
No, I'll be in a hotel, but I'll be on the floor. But as long as I'm somewhat reasonably comfortable, I should be okay.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:23 PM

It's always fun when there is a bunch of people are in the room it's like a sleepover. XD

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:26 PM

I'm not into sharing a room.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:32 PM

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I'm not into sharing a room.
I'm not into stuffing a room, particularly if it's too small.

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Old 08-03-2014, 06:44 PM

ONe convention I went too we had so many people their was someone in the closet. XD

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Old 08-03-2014, 10:41 PM

Sleeping on the floor is no biggie - very glad you'll be with other folks!

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Old 08-04-2014, 03:29 AM

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Sleeping on the floor is no biggie - very glad you'll be with other folks!
As long as they don't mind snoring. That's why I plan on bringing earplugs.

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Old 08-04-2014, 04:43 PM

I hear you about snoring! Whenever I visit my folks along with my sister's family, I think we wake the neighborhood with our combined snoring.

IF (yes, a bit if) we can get Soki's anxiety issues sorted, we'd like to go to Dragoncon. I have far too many friends who go every year and love it - kinda jealous.

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Old 08-04-2014, 04:50 PM

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I hear you about snoring! Whenever I visit my folks along with my sister's family, I think we wake the neighborhood with our combined snoring.

IF (yes, a bit if) we can get Soki's anxiety issues sorted, we'd like to go to Dragoncon. I have far too many friends who go every year and love it - kinda jealous.
My advice for the latter: if you haven't already, start small. A smaller, local con(maybe a one-day library con) would be perfect for this sort of thing, and work from there. Dragoncon is much, much too big for something like that, I think.

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Old 08-04-2014, 05:05 PM

From what my friends were saying, I figured I'd have to fly solo on Dragoncon or meet up with some of them minus the kids.

Hadn't thought about what our library has. Sometimes they hire a new branch manager with an interest in doing things like that. We went to Momocon quite a while ago, and she was very excited - didn't seem agitated at all. But momocon is/was much smaller than Dragoncon. Honestly, I think my partner was more freaked out than she was. He grew up in the South. This was very much outside his comfort zone.

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Old 08-04-2014, 05:13 PM

Yeah, I was all "whoa" when I went to my first con(Katsucon back in '09). Not just for the experience, but more for "how did they pack THIS many people into this hotel?"(There was something along the lines of 6000 people in a largish hotel)

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Old 08-04-2014, 06:38 PM

I've been to conventions for other types of events and often marveled over how many people they pack into hotels and venues. By the end of the convention, the staff at those places looked relieved to see our crazy selves depart.

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Old 08-05-2014, 04:47 PM

*bounces off the walls*

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Old 08-05-2014, 08:02 PM

So what are you people up to?

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Old 08-05-2014, 11:07 PM

Recuperating after a long day. Son is taking a bath and my daughter is keeping an eye on him for a few minutes. Popping in to see your friendly faces!

What are you up to?

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Old 08-06-2014, 03:56 AM

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Recuperating after a long day. Son is taking a bath and my daughter is keeping an eye on him for a few minutes. Popping in to see your friendly faces!

What are you up to?
About to eat, then I need to finish packing as much as I can before I attempt to get some sort of sleep in.

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Old 08-06-2014, 04:43 PM

I am pretty close to done with event and common items. Soki's laptop is nearly fixed, but I went ahead and had her use my laptop. As far as we're concerned, we are finished with buying what we both wanted - which is good because I'm pretty close to being tapped out with event tokens again!

Were you able to get some rest?

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Old 08-06-2014, 11:07 PM

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