LOSCON 34: Can you dig it? (Part II)

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Saturday



We interrupt this LOSCON report to bring you an addendumumumum.
Your intrepid chronicler forgot to mention a small incident that occurred Friday at the Herbangelist Wine & Cheese Party.
Apparently, world-famous (in the US) Chef Emeril Lagasse showed up, said "BAM!" and the chocolate fountain exploded!



It was a delicious chocolate mess! The fountain attendant had to fight off the advances of several ladies. :)
And now, back to our scheduled con report, already in progress!

Theresa had a panel about her art at 2pm, so I tried my best to make it on time to LOSCON.
I had to hit the post office first to mail an eBay item. Good thing I was able to use the APC and not wait in line!
(APC = Automated Postal Center. It's like an ATM with a scale and a postage printer. Awesome for domestic shipping!)
Traffic was lighter than Friday, so I made it just barely in time for the panel.
Theresa's Powerpoint slideshow had to compile first, so there was time for me to settle in and for her to answer
some questions. Then the presentation started, first with a selection of various art and artists who've influenced her.
Theresa: "...And this is another one of my influences, Gustave Doré..."
Zrath: "Woooh!!! French guy!"
Theresa: "Zrath..."
Zrath: "Sorry."
On the whole, I approved of Theresa's influences: the aforementioned Frenchie, Medieval tapestries, carousel horses,
the Dutch and Belgian masters of diffuse lighting, and, urrrrrr, other stuff (I didn't know there would be a test!).
Oh, hey, how about I plug her website? It's right here: Rock Feathers Scissors
So then she showed her own stuff, including her fantabulous feather painting, her equally fantabulous rock painting
(including one piece painted on a dinosaur turd. No, really!), and her more normal yet fantabulous canvas painting.
And then, she made a huge mistake! She admitted a weakness! The crowd descended on her and picked her clean!
Muahahahaha!
Okay, just kidding. She did reveal that she couldn't sketch very well, and she roughed her stuff out in paint.
But that's not a big deal. Painting is her forte, not illustration. The results speak for themselves.

After the panel, there was the usual hanging around and chatting.
Spi and Swee had brought Rafters, the very popular puppet mouse.
Here we see Rafters and a droog stare at each other. They both wore the same outfit!



I call that photo: "The Littlest Droog".
We tried to get a dinner group together to go to Cozymel, but it was a no-go. Theresa had a dinner engagement with the
other con guests. Spi, Swee and Giz wanted to eat at the hotel. Since my funds were limited, and Doodles had tempted me
with his Carl's Jr. to-go dinner, I decided to head out and march to the Carl's Jr.
And I wasn't alone. I passed about 4 different groups of congoers coming or going to the Carl's!
I got myself a nice portobello 'shroom Six Dollar Burger with onion rings and ate it on site. Le yum!
I returned to the Marriottttt and rejoined Spi/Swee/Giz at the hotel sports bar.
And before we knew it, it was time for the masquerade!
There was a line! We joined it, went in, and were herded like cattle into our seats. Le moo!
The kids' costumes were first. Cue healthy dose of "awwwwwwwwww".
Then the amateurs, then the journeymen, then the pros. Or something. I'm not well-versed in costumese.
One presentation had a zillion people on stage at once and was called something like "Buckyiana Jones And The Riddle Of
The Missing Pharaoh". Bucky was a robot with a bucket for a head, and his sidekick was Buckminster Fuller.
The Missing Pharaoh was one Twotendotcom and wore a vestment covered with circuitry symbols. It was midly amusing.
Anyway, have some photos of various costumes!



Dr. D Composing, the zombie archeologist! Braaaaaains...



The Ice Princess. That was a really nice outfit, by the way.



On the left: a Predator Adjudicator (aka a Predator police officer). Nice leatherwork!
On the right: a black Imperial Stormtrooper. Right on.



Two self-styled Internet Pirates (yarrr!) and a droog.
Just your normal average well-adjusted everyday citizens going about their business.

And last but certainly not least, my personal favorite and the one that made me laugh the most:



That, that pretty much made my con right there! :D
After the masquerade, I rushed to the photo area to take some of the pictures you see above.
Then there was some more hanging out, waiting for the parties to start.
Rafters was a big hit with the kids, as you can see:



The little boy was actually in the Masquerade, dressed as the Second Doctor. And a snappy dresser he was too!
And then it was party time!
The Writers Of The Future (aka The Scientologists) had their usual party with ice cream.
We went just long enough to get the ice cream and left before the mind rays could have any effect on us.
After that, we split up and checked out the parties according to our personal timetables.
Mark and Rod had a low-key Califur party, and that's where I returned when I needed to seat down and chill for a bit.
The Tyrell Corporation had a nice little party with various Japanese snacks and treats.
Other parties included Anticipation (the 2009 Worldcon in Montréal), ConDor XV (San Diego), Conjecture (also San Diego),
LOSCON XXXV (next year's theme is Ancient Rome! Toga-toga-toga!), the League Of Evil Geniuses (and Booze!! Muahahahaha!),
Baycon (I hear nice things about Baycon. It's BAYCON!!), Fiestacon (olé?), Xanadu Las Vegas (a con in Vegas I guess?),
and North American Discworld (which is a Terry Pratchett con. How about that?).
The Baycon folks had liquid nitrogen and made ice cream dots and stuff. It looked mildly dangerous.
I had talked to Warren (no LJ) about bumming a ride home off him, and we had set our departure time at 02:00.
I found him at around 01:45 and we circulated some more, then called it a night and left at about the appointed time.

On the way to my place, we passed the Nuart theater and there was some activity there. They were showing "Rocky Horror
Picture Show", and 3-4 attendees were out for a smoke-break. Warren used to do RHPS at the theater, so he dropped me off
at home, then went to the Nuart to check it out. He was not dressed for it though, he had renaissance garb. :)
I came home and went to bed.



The End!

...of Saturday.

Stay tuned for the pulse-pounding excitement of "LOSCON: The Final Chapter!".

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Those Spice Girls are hilarious! Awesome! :D