So, uh, yeah, what exactly are we doing this weekend? Brucha and I are planning to get to Toronto Friday afternoon. Where do we need to go to find people?
CUT OFF DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Aug 1st. If we don't reach 15 persons by then, we throw up our hands and spend the whole weekend getting drunk* . I realise this is not very much different than the norm, but we would be lacking a Johnny, laptop time and calling it Dexcon in LJ updates. We'd probably keep the formal only because we found a really awesome restaurant and I want to wear a dress and get free tequila again.
* for those of you who have "clever" commentary on when the last Dexcon should have been, do yourself a favour and keep it to yourself ** have not actually registered but they don't really get a choice
As you may know, Dex has finally thrown his hands up in the air and can't find enough alcohol to willingly host us again but more likely because he's done it for ten something years, let's not tempt fate on that doesn't have an ulcer thing. This is a poll to gauge interest in Dexcon XIII: Revenge of the Laurens (now with more PowerPoint) involving, but not limited to: guest speakers, writing activities, prizes and general awesome. Please choose one of the following radio buttons.
am awesome and (barring natural disasters) will be attending
10(38.5%)
might be okay and am thinking of attending
6(23.1%)
am a square and will not be attending
2(7.7%)
think August is a long time away and have no idea, and therefore no adjective
7(26.9%)
for the last time, live in a backwards land and have school in August
1(3.8%)
We will be pimping this out through multiple channels and encourage you all to do the same; everyone is invited! I mean, it's the internet; everyone likes alcohol and writing on the internet. Keep an eye on this space for information and discussions, but feel free to get the ball rolling with ideas of what you'd like to see this year. I'm voting for name tags.
Bed and breakfast locations near High Park As Dex mentioned, there's some B&B places near High Park that are nice and reasonable-ish price-wise. The first one is the one my parents stayed at here. The other is this this one, actually almost on High Park itself.
Registration! It's that time again! Dexcon Registration is now open. The Con itself will run July 31 to August 3, and registration fees will be dependant on how many people we get signed up. Come one, come all!
Post-Dexcon XI Home again. Well, at work actually, but I've arrived safely. I had a blast seeing you folks again, and hopefully we get to do it again next year. :)
Seen in the restroom in Fiddler's Green in downtown Toronto... not "Call Jenny @ 867-5309 for a good time." Not some indecent innuendo. No, someone wrote between the bathroom tiles:
Hotels. Does anyone need/want to room share to cut costs? Twiller and I have yet to book, and we took kind of a financial Ow this month, so -we're- looking to cut costs.
(We're quiet, and tidy, and AFAIK, neither of us snores. I am grumbly in the morning but no more than any other large ground-based mammal my size)
I was fussing with my Dexcon photographs, as they are gigantic and must be painstakingly resized before I upload them, but I got distracted by this one. As Dex noted the night of the barbeque: iconic.
The rest of my pics will be posted soon, though I currently have three jobs and 1000 hobbies. Rossi, you were right, that is totally my black shirt, damn.
My pictures from Dexcon, set so only registered users can view them. Also posted them on my Facebook. If anyone doesn't want to be shown online, then I'll take down the pictures. My e-mail address is thatwasnifty[at]gmail[dot]com.
Warnings for language, general insanity, and reckless use of real people. (Blame Doqz. Really.) My apologies for being late in posting!
St. Johns, New Brunswick 2008
Once this was a barren wasteland, bereft of culture and good conversation. It was good to know, despite everything, that some things remained the same. ( Read more...Collapse )
Feel free to link or do whatever with them, and if you want me to remove them... just say so. Oh, and they aren't labled, but I figured if you want to see them, you know who people are.
I'm Not Home But I'm Back I landed in Phoenix twelve hours ago but this is the first chance I've had to get online. I know I said I'd email a few people upon my arrival, but I figured this would be a bit quicker.
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