Origins Report:
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sorcyressWell, I mean, yeah. Origins, woo!
Because it's not like I've ever managed to be consistent about my con reports in any way shape or form anyways, and because I think I made about three tweets total over the five days of con, I'm just gonna go ahead and swipe![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sparr0's good/bad/ugly method of doing things.
Soyeah. Origins 2009!
The Good:
*Won the Aquarius Hair Down again. More than a little bit bummed that Conor wasn't around to beat. Probably not going to enter for a couple of years now, just to give other folk a chance.
*Got to make much better friends with people who've been on my periphery for years --Sparr and Peter chief among them, though I also got some worthwhile conversation in with Tony. From the rabbit side of things, got to spend some amount of time chatting with Lee, and JP, and Shin, and Beth, all of whom I just adore, plus loads of other lovely friendly rabbits.
*Got to play mama for a while on Thursday night, which may have been exactly what I needed at that point in time. Made friends with a rabbit called John, who was busy migraining, and sat with him until the rain died down enough so he could walk home without being soaked to the skin.
*Managed to grab Tho by himself for long enough to get across the idea that I wanted to just hang out one on one with him sometime. Led to the two of us having just us time for pretty much every day until he left, which was fantastic, and very needed.
*Made somewhere in the range of fifty dollars for the MS society --haven't bothered to add it all up yet.
*Taught Icehouse to Rose, and Tho, and Stewart. Also got roped into teaching it to random Looney Labs newbies.
*Got to do four hours of driving out to Ohio, which resulted in me driving (yay!) and listening to good music (yay!)
*Got to have a boffersword fight as part of a Morton's List quest. I...lost, but it was pretty fun regardless. I like boff.
*Played way way WAY too much Win Lose or Banana, which is good, as it's kinda the greatest game there ever was, or something. Also played a fair amount of Are You the Banana. Cannot WAIT to bring both games back to the LUCC.
*Bought bright orange dice, and another stash of xeno treehouse. One more stash, and I can finally own my orange stash of pyramids!!
*Was given roofies by Tony, in an awesome example of "I never trust you in game, but I totally trust you outside of game" ((No, they were not really roofies, hush))
*Got to moderate a truly ridiculous pair of games of Werewolf at early in the morning on Sunday. Where early is after six or so. Oh, that is *such* the best times for such games. <3
The Bad:
*No Midnight Massacre, which I'm still kinda bummed about.
*Did pretty shite in the International Icehouse Tournament. Got Icehoused, which is just embarrassing, and spent the first two games being slapped around by Jacob. Did much better the second two games, though I don't think I had a score higher than 24.
*Significantly less werewolf, and what werewolf there was, did not involve some of my favourite people. ROSS! We play at least one game together next year, gottit?
*Did decent at running Andy vs Everybody, but fucked up a couple of key concepts. Will be better next year, I think.
*Only got ice cream from the fantastic North Market ice cream store once. This is deeply saddening.
The Ugly:
*Continue to have no idea how I feel about Morton's List. I think I enjoy it, but I also think it's a game intended for people who are much less lawful than I am.
*Spent most of a twenty four hour period crying in the bathroom whenever I was alone. Eventually got over it. Was not happytimes though. Definitely more crying than any other Origins, possibly more crying than any other con. Most of it was social exhaustion, I think. Was fun experimentation with masks and how shite I am at not looking like I've been crying when I'm tired.
*I don't actually like the newest Looney Labs game -Are You the Traitor?- all that much, which made it difficult to be enthusiastic about it. I like all the components, but for whatever reason, they just don't mesh right in my brain. Sigh, and stuff.
As for the real world, I am sick, and skipping work. This is unbelievable amounts of lamesauce. Also, I had a pretty decent week of girl scout camp, which will get a report once I have taken pictures of a few key things, like the metal pie-maker I melted. >.>
~Sor
MOOP!
Because it's not like I've ever managed to be consistent about my con reports in any way shape or form anyways, and because I think I made about three tweets total over the five days of con, I'm just gonna go ahead and swipe
sparr0's good/bad/ugly method of doing things. Soyeah. Origins 2009!
The Good:
*Won the Aquarius Hair Down again. More than a little bit bummed that Conor wasn't around to beat. Probably not going to enter for a couple of years now, just to give other folk a chance.
*Got to make much better friends with people who've been on my periphery for years --Sparr and Peter chief among them, though I also got some worthwhile conversation in with Tony. From the rabbit side of things, got to spend some amount of time chatting with Lee, and JP, and Shin, and Beth, all of whom I just adore, plus loads of other lovely friendly rabbits.
*Got to play mama for a while on Thursday night, which may have been exactly what I needed at that point in time. Made friends with a rabbit called John, who was busy migraining, and sat with him until the rain died down enough so he could walk home without being soaked to the skin.
*Managed to grab Tho by himself for long enough to get across the idea that I wanted to just hang out one on one with him sometime. Led to the two of us having just us time for pretty much every day until he left, which was fantastic, and very needed.
*Made somewhere in the range of fifty dollars for the MS society --haven't bothered to add it all up yet.
*Taught Icehouse to Rose, and Tho, and Stewart. Also got roped into teaching it to random Looney Labs newbies.
*Got to do four hours of driving out to Ohio, which resulted in me driving (yay!) and listening to good music (yay!)
*Got to have a boffersword fight as part of a Morton's List quest. I...lost, but it was pretty fun regardless. I like boff.
*Played way way WAY too much Win Lose or Banana, which is good, as it's kinda the greatest game there ever was, or something. Also played a fair amount of Are You the Banana. Cannot WAIT to bring both games back to the LUCC.
*Bought bright orange dice, and another stash of xeno treehouse. One more stash, and I can finally own my orange stash of pyramids!!
*Was given roofies by Tony, in an awesome example of "I never trust you in game, but I totally trust you outside of game" ((No, they were not really roofies, hush))
*Got to moderate a truly ridiculous pair of games of Werewolf at early in the morning on Sunday. Where early is after six or so. Oh, that is *such* the best times for such games. <3
The Bad:
*No Midnight Massacre, which I'm still kinda bummed about.
*Did pretty shite in the International Icehouse Tournament. Got Icehoused, which is just embarrassing, and spent the first two games being slapped around by Jacob. Did much better the second two games, though I don't think I had a score higher than 24.
*Significantly less werewolf, and what werewolf there was, did not involve some of my favourite people. ROSS! We play at least one game together next year, gottit?
*Did decent at running Andy vs Everybody, but fucked up a couple of key concepts. Will be better next year, I think.
*Only got ice cream from the fantastic North Market ice cream store once. This is deeply saddening.
The Ugly:
*Continue to have no idea how I feel about Morton's List. I think I enjoy it, but I also think it's a game intended for people who are much less lawful than I am.
*Spent most of a twenty four hour period crying in the bathroom whenever I was alone. Eventually got over it. Was not happytimes though. Definitely more crying than any other Origins, possibly more crying than any other con. Most of it was social exhaustion, I think. Was fun experimentation with masks and how shite I am at not looking like I've been crying when I'm tired.
*I don't actually like the newest Looney Labs game -Are You the Traitor?- all that much, which made it difficult to be enthusiastic about it. I like all the components, but for whatever reason, they just don't mesh right in my brain. Sigh, and stuff.
As for the real world, I am sick, and skipping work. This is unbelievable amounts of lamesauce. Also, I had a pretty decent week of girl scout camp, which will get a report once I have taken pictures of a few key things, like the metal pie-maker I melted. >.>
~Sor
MOOP!