Holy hell! Even Pro showed up this year!
...and was never seen again all weekend!
My apologies Doc & Grimm. I was so caught up in the chaos and sheer drunkery of the entire weekend. Not to mention, my cell phone had fuck all of reception in that place. I swear, next year, the booze is on me. That's a sincere promise, too.
So...my first Dragon*Con ever. Yeah. Here's some thoughts:
Holy fucking shit. It was an absolute fantasy madhouse! Over 35,000 people all there for the same purpose: Celebrate the fantasy/sci-fi/comic genres, and get totally loaded. Never a fight, cross word, or even a skirmish. It was a damn orgy of nerdism gone wild.
I loved every second of it.
The costumes were bad the FUCK ass! I've never seen so much creativity in one location. It was simply just fun to walk around, drunk, and check out everyone's outfit. There were some really, really good ones....and some that were okay. Nevertheless, the sheer madness of the whole thing floored me.
Also, I learned why it's called Drunken*Con. I was perpetually drunk, from Friday evening all the way until last night. I probably dropped about $800 on alcohol alone. Worth every fucking cent.
Three college friends showed up there Friday evening, and we got a room together in the Marriot. That place is, for me, the perfect hub of the entire event. That's where we ate, drank, slept, and socialized.
Friday night we ended up partying with the Farscape cast. Gigi Edgley...
...is fucking cool as shit. And, not a little bit hot. Also, we ran into Arron Douglas ("Chief" from
Battlestar Galactica), and the guy that plays "Ronin" on
Stargate Atlantis. Both were really fucking cool, and it was a pleasure to hang out and drink with them like people, rather than actors.
Saw Riker, Data, Crusher, and Q from Star Trek. They were only around for the formal event signings and shit like that. Didn't get to party with them like the others.
The SG1 crowd was in full effect, and pretty much dominated the signing events. Chris Judge ("Teal'c") was as drunk as we were, Heineken in hand everywhere he went. Good times.
I didn't even bother going to a single panel. After actually hanging out with some of the celebs in the High Velocity bar, I guess I just didn't care about hearing about their characters.
There's plenty more details to go into, plenty more action, and load of pics I haven't uploaded yet. Suffice it to say, though, you can count on me going to Drunken*Con every single year from here on out.
Best. Fucking. Party. Ever.
