The Con Report - In Retrospect

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The Con Report – In Retrospect

In Retrospect

No two DWCons are the same, but some things are always certain. There will be insanity. There will be immense amounts of fun. There will be sleep deprivation. There will be a ConCom bearing, by the end of it, a startling resemblance to the living dead. Really happy living dead, but well zonked either way.

But perhaps best of all, the certainty above even the other certainties, there will be plenty of people who are just great fun to be around, and you find yourself looking forward to the next Con because there’s not enough time to chat to all of them as much as you’d like.

So thanks to the ConCom for making it all happen. Thanks to the hotel staff for being friendly and helpful where possible, particularly the guy who sorted out the Twixes for me and the trainee who handled my checkin with valour in the face of computers. Thanks to Pat Harkin on behalf of all us nuts for the birth of a meme. We’re sitting ducks and loving it.

(By the way, whoever had the radio-controlled Luggage: you, sir, are a raving genius.)

And thanks to all those whose ears I bent, particularly those who put up with me for more than a few minutes; Constable Haddock, Lionel Fanthorpe, Colin Smythe, the D’Arcy sisters, Sabremeister, the Murphy sisters, Cat, Essy, Heather, Dom and Hugslut (Gemma?)[1], Graham, CCA, Eric Jarvis, the Swedish crowd, the always great Cloggie Contingent[2], the guild deputies (Loriba and Ssirienna)... and of course the one and only Glingle Feegle. It’s reassuring to know that when they do finally come to take me away, at least I’ll be in good company. ;-)

There was someone else I was chatting to, too... hat, beard, you might have seen him about the place... Anyway, he signed the inside cover of my programme, which was nice of him.[3] Oh, and he’s written some books you might have heard of. So thanks to him too.

 

Quack!

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[1] Behold the hazards of having larger writing on t-shirts than on nametags. Sorry!

[2] Het volgende keer moet ik meer nederlands spreken... het is veel te lang geleden, ik wil ’t niet vergeten.

[3] You knew that double-cover programme was going to reappear somewhere, didn’t you?

Comments

[awmperry.livejournal.com]

That's the plan. Of course, we'll need to get the colour scheme and stuff from the ConCom first, so they're accurate.

[awmperry.livejournal.com]

Well, we've got just under two years to prep...