Con-con Day 1

After we finished at Powell's last night (and I seriously think my brain melted at the amount of books there), kimberlyfdr, foreverseenstar, and I met up with biancathecookie and went to dinner at Pastini Pastaria. I had the Cavatappi San Marzano - which was really yummy and biancathecookie and I split tiramisu for dessert.

The Westin was really nice. And the bathroom was *huge* (it had a bathtub *and* a spacious shower stall). And we all laughed at the fact that it echoed when we talked. I was amused that we all went to bed at midnight, even though for kimberlyfdr, foreverseenstar, and I it was really 3am and for biancathecookie, it was 1am.

This morning, we went to Jake's (which is the Governor's restaurant) for breakfast because it was close. And while we were waiting for our food, Marc, the con organizer walked by outside, stopped, and backed up, and stared at foreverseenstar until she noticed him, even though the rest of us were giggling.

The line for registration took a while, but we were like, "Well, what else are we going to be doing aside from hanging out and talking anyway, so...." But there were some "Negative Nancies" behind us who kept complaining about how long they were taking and how CreationCon does it better, etc. But, thankfully, the people in charge had given us numbers if we wanted to get out of line and they did.

We went to lunch at Big Town Hero for lunch - which has good sandwiches.

This afternoon, I went to Joe LoDuca's panel (he's the music composer) and as I was about to get on the elevator to go up, a guy stuck his head out and asked if it was the fourth floor. I told him it was the third as I got in, but that I was going up to the fourth floor. He introduced himself as Joe LoDuca and asked if I knew someone. I confessed I didn't and he asked if I was working the con and I told him that no, I was just attending, but that I was going to his panel. It was neat hearing him talking about the music and how he does things.

We've been hanging out for the past few hours, waiting for the cocktail party to start - which we're getting ready for now. (And I'm a bit jealous of their wardrobes!)

Con-con Cocktail Party

We just got back from the cocktail party - which was actually pretty cool. TNT "hosted" it and turned it into a really nice shindig - a deejay, hor d'eourves, and a free drink for everyone. (Oddly enough, in the three hours we were there, we had one alcoholic drink between the four of us and kimberlyfdr had it.)

Andy Lange and his band also played two sets and they were good.

Twice, the four of us got up to dance and were told by random people to use the dance floor. And we were like, "We're not in anyone's way. Whatever." But we did go up front for a little bit after the second time.

Dean Devlin, John Rodgers, Joe LoDuca, Apollo Robbins, Rick Overton (FBI Agent Taggert), and Gerald Downey (FBI Agent McSweeten) were there milling around and talking. I was thinking of going up to Dean and thanking him for Stargate, but I didn't do it.

Then, when we were playing Wii, (yes, there were two Wii stations in the back of the room by the door), Mark Sheppard walked in.

The cast and crew did a little presentation. Rick Overton did some stand-up and was really funny. Then Rodgers and Sheppard talked for a bit - which was really funny listening to them going back and forth. Then they brought the whole cast out and introduced them. (And for most of the evening, we thought Tim Hutton was walking around the room and hanging out [and thinking how thin he was looking], but then realized that the guy we *thought* was him wasn't. It was suprising how much alike they looked.)