Monkeys and keyboards aside, one Random + CSS still doesn't make poop.

Tekko was awesome. I nabbed allherglory, we met up with wingedrivers and her friend, and we hit the Artists' Alley--and pretty much camped out. Tekko's people outdid themselves this year. The new convention center was great, the artists' alley was chilly at times but well-lit and huge, and I made the equivalent of two weeks' pay even after paying for parking, noms, a cutie dragon for zen_of_nihilism, a silly hat with fuzzy ears, and so on. You know--the necessities.

Seriously, this con rocked. The people? Awesome. The boys playing yaoi chicken? Lollarious. The co-worker's other half putting on a giant Ed head and strutting about Artists' Alley? Traumatizing, but still lollarious. The multiple live bands? Pretty darn cool. The multiple dances? Pretty sweet. Greg Ayres's mixing at Saturday's I-won't-call-it-a-rave dance? Surprisingly awesome. I got smashed on Midori and danced the alcohol out of my system my silly heart out. What can I say? Ayres spun Propane Nightmares, and I've been futzing about with a choreography for that since I first heard the song.

Consequently, I collected a few admiring types, one of which had to be ten years younger than me. There's no way to politely go "OMG! Dirty! Dirty! I need an . . . Oh shit, I am the adult!", so I might've shoved my ring finger almost into his eyeball before retreating. :P


Speaking of dancing: Dancing guy. This guy was quite possibly the utmost highlight of the con. And he just did not stop.

(You can hear me at the end of that first vid for a few seconds. My zaghareet has improved immensely.)

But yeah, I really hope they keep with this convention center for next year. I'm seeing some people grouch about the center's food policy--prices, people bitching at congoers bringing in outside food--but for this place and this atmosphere, I'd be more than willing to walk for food.




Now to start stocking up for the psychic fair on Thursday, the handcrafted eco-friendly fair in two weeks, and ACEN. D:

We're still under hurricane warning. This means it rained for a few hours this afternoon and the ocean is positively murderous. The coast guard guys rolled up and down the beach, keeping people out of the water.

Meh, seen worse. :D Except for the man o' war jellyfish--I've never seen one of those before. (For reference until I get the pics up, they're the blue uberjellyfish with thirty-foot tentacles and stings that send people to the hospital. This one was somewhat worse for wear, with only a little ball of tentacles left, but I tossed him up on the dunes & away from wandering feet anyway.)

I've got a ton of pics to sort through and edit, but we're trying to pack up--okay, Zen's packing and I'm trying to help, sort of--so I'll just break out some videos.

( Dogs, more dogs, and the funny venomous Bahamut slug )


Mmkay, now to collect all my stuff. We've gotta be out of here by 10am, hurricane or no. For what it's worth, though, we're totally gonna come do this again. Maybe next time we'll go hunting Blackbeard's ghost. :D

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Ducky's hung over, so the pics are less adventurous and more artsy. Sorta. :D

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