Arisia, Day one!

[sorcyress]

Arisia!!

So, around noon thirty, mom and I tossed my things into the Prius, and I drove us to the airport. I said my tearful goodbyes, checked in, bla bla, made it safely to Boston and subsequently, the hotel where Arisia is held.

And have been doing a very mellow sort of "well, who needs help?" thing. Er, was, before the tech meeting anyways (and in between the staff den having cake!) After the tech meeting...well...Spence wanted to know how to be a good TD so he squirreled a handful of people away to go drink beer and tell stories, and I somehow got invited along. So that was cool.

Oh, and I already have my volunteer shirt --I just have to get them my time sheet eventually or they'll hunt me down. I'm thinking at six tomorrow when the con starts just getting Spence to sign off on the last of my hours and dropping it by the volunteer den. *I* wound up with an omgbright orange one, because I am awesome. Er, by which I mean, the omgbright orange ones came in two sizes --5XL and kids. I fit into a kids large, because I am cute and tiny like a hamster, *and* I figured out the right people to suck up to.

Also, notetoself, the really *really* fucking cute pigtail boy who you keep seeing places is called David. Alsoalso notetoself, the adorable smotf¹ with the half-blue hair is called Z-bang (spelling?). Pay attention to him, he is both pretty and knows what he's talking about. And he has an industrial, *jealous*.

Annnnnd that's all. I'd say I have to be up early tomorrow, but call is at noon. (I love my TD). Oh, and in a fit of "Wow this con is clever", breakfast is being served from eight AM to two PM. Someone knows how fen work. <3

Andyeah. Don't really much know what to do with myself, other than kick back, relax, and enjoy the calm before the chaos. See you all later!

~Sor
MOOP!

Well, if a smof is a secret master of fandom, and tf is techno_fandom...

Comments

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

half-blue hair is called Z-bang (spelling?)

It's Z! (bang=exclamation point, it's an old tech thing from the early days of the Intarwebz). Yes, he is both lovely and knowledgeable. Enjoy him. :)

And congrats on the bright orange shirt!

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Man, I knew that bang thing too, and even noted that his name was bang like a ! when I was writing this entry. (bang meaning ! is probably one of my favourite words)

And thank you!

Also, this is going to sound heaps of dopey, since I know I *should* know you, but...um...who are you? (And a simple "I'll be at Arisia, I'll come introduce myself (again)" will also work if you're here)

~Sor

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

Oh, no problem - I'm not at Arisia (someday, maybe, I will return, when the trauma fades) but you know me from both Balticon tech and dancing @ Ballroom. :)

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course. I will therefore assume that you are the only logical redhead who fits into those two categories and say hi!!

And then go write it down somewhere so I am not an idiot six months from now. (Doubly so because I feel like I've done this before...)

~Sor

[netpositive.livejournal.com]

"Logical redhead" - a rather accurate description, methinks! ;) Don't worry about it - my LJ is deliberately difficult to ID. But we've hugged quite often in the past half-year or so. Here, let me add one to the total: *hug*. Now go enjoy the con! :)

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

I would, but I doubt anyone much is awake though. I could go look though --probably should.

*hugsback and scampers off*

~Sor

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

The use of 'bang' actually goes back farther than that -- it was originally printer's jargon (thus, the interrobang), and from there made its way into computing, probably before the birth of the internet (and, of course, most of the early internet users were programmers, so it presumably landed there almost immediately).

[marcmagus]

While my OS prof. never outright stated that bang (and splat, and others) existed in the computing world prior to the birth of the internet, such is certainly the impression one would get from reading between the lines.