Friday and Saturday are a bit of a blur. I spent most of the day times at the bid table. Took a few preambles around the Dealers room. Never did make it to the Art Show or any Programming.<\/p>\n
Friday night, I tried the parties at the Hilton and found them to be a bit of a bore. I hung out in the Hotel bar for part of the evening and watched the fans go by. The Real Ale bar reduced its prices from the night before but I didn\u2019t indulge in many over the course of the night. Maybe I am beginning to burn out?<\/p>\n
Saturday Night was the Masquerade and Kent and Mary were going to be in it as GNOMES. A symbol of the Denver2008 Worldcon Bid. Our other symbols are Winged Buffalo and Hershey Kisses. I figured the Masquerade would be late as normal so I popped in on a re-showing of \u201cGamerz\u201d, a Scottish movie of about D&D Gamers. I only saw a short bit of it and found the half I understood to be very funny, very well done. But I had to run to the Armadillo to catch the Masquerade and so left. I really would like to see the whole thing on DVD some time.<\/p>\n
The Masquerade was running smoothly and on time, so much for Fannish Tradition. I arrived for the half-time show, \u201cThe Iron Costumer\u201d, which pitted NA and EU teams of costumers against each other to make the best costume from a pile of scraps in 45 minutes. I have seen an episode of \u201cThe Iron Chef\u201d so I realized what they were trying to do. I still think the NA team\u2019s costume was better but the judges awarded the prize to the EU team.<\/p>\n
And the Masquerade results were announced shortly thereafter and Kent and Mary actually won the Audience Appreciation Prize so I did get to see them in the little gnome costumes cross the stage to collect their award.<\/p>\n
I caught a double-decker shuttle bus over to the Hilton afterwards and wandered through the Saturday night parties. I had some interesting conversations with people in passing but didn\u2019t really get that party buzz going.<\/p>\n
Chicago is the home of Tootsie Rolls, so they had a lot of Tootsie Rolls in their party. Maybe I will vote for them. I should at least support them to pay for my Tootsie Roll habit.<\/p>\n
I lasted longer Saturday night and then wended my way back to CairnCross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday and Saturday are a bit of a blur. I spent most of the day times at the bid table. Took a few preambles around the Dealers room. Never did make it to the Art Show or any Programming. Friday night, I tried the parties at the Hilton and found them to be a bit … Continue reading Worldcon Friday\/Saturday<\/span>