Quick Arisia report

[pbray]

This year's Arisia was one of the best organized conventions I've ever been to, and the con staff were friendly and efficient. However the downsides of the new hotel were considerable--among them the wholly inadequate elevator system, and the lack of event space on lower floors which meant the dealer's room and art show were both located at the top of the hotel.

I rapidly became accustomed to walking up and down the stairs to my hotel room on the 7th floor. However, with the dealer's room on the 14th floor, I only visited it twice during the weekend. Many congoers never made it to the dealer's room since they didn't feel like hiking up the stairs, nor braving the endless wait for an elevator.

Pros were thin on the ground, in contrast to the previous Arisias I'd attended, but I did see several friends. Sadly I missed seeing some folks I knew were there, but just didn't run into. I'd been sick earlier in the week and was still crashing early each night, missing the parties.

The long drive was enlivened by the company of jpsorrow and jennifer_dunne, who tried unsuccessfully to break me of my new verbal tick of inserting "In accordance with the prophecy" at random points during any conversation.

And now it's back to the salt mine. I'll be checking in later this week with a wordcount.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

In accordance with the prophecy

Yanno, that could be useful.

"Sorry, Mom, I can't wash the dishes, in accordance with the prophecy."

"Sorry, Harold, I can't go home with you tonight, in accordance with the prophecy."

"Nope, boss, can't work late tonight, in accordance with the prophecy."

Ummm, there was a reason one would want to be broken of this habit? :-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It is a useful phrase, especially in an SF-nal setting.
jennifer_dunne was particularly unhelpful, in that she expanded the phrase so we would say "As it was written, so it shall be, in accordance with the prophecy." Occasionally we abbreviated this to IAWTP for text messaging.

We're hoping that this tick is shorter lived than my previous tick which was to include the phrase "the ebola virus" in virtually everything, as in "This sucks more than the ebola virus."

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

No, no--you have to save it for Wiscon...in accordance with the prophecy.

It'll suck more than Ebola if you don't...

[onyxhawke.livejournal.com]

I agree on the organization, it was wonderful. The restaraunt was absurdly priced though.