This looks disgustingly familiar

[wombat_socho]

Well, it took the lads from Two Guys and a Truck (not to be confused with Two Men and a Truck, which isn't around here) three and a half hours -including travel time- to empty out my storage locker and move it all into the apartment. Holy crap, I have a lot of stuff...and some of it is going to the dumpster, since it's broken. So far I've resigned myself to the necessity of buying at least one floor lamp since its base is broken and the threading on the top has gotten stripped; the less said about the old microwave the better. Most of my coffee mugs seem to have survived, and I see that I packed a bunch of bowls & storage containers along with some very necessary utensils and flatware. Anyway, first priority for tonight after dinner will be getting enough boxes unpacked and flattened so that I can take the computer desk off the table, which will then move over by the thermostat by the kitchen. Hopefully I'll find the bedroom lamp in decent shape, otherwise I'll be making a little trip to Home Depot (or Walmart) tonight for some new floor lamps and appropriate bulbs. Can't unpack in the dark, after all.

Unpacking will be suspended tomorrow while I serve as chauffeur to Mr. B, who has asked me to do him the favor of driving him to Katsucon. It's a measure of how little I've had to do with local fandom that I was completely ignorant of when Katsucon was, and at that I doubt I would have agreed to drive except that Greg Ayres is one of the GoH, and it would be good to see him before Detour. Whether that's actually going to happen is questionable; while Katsucon isn't exactly Otakon or the SDCC, it's a damn sight bigger than Detour, and with all the otaku clogging the halls I figure my chances of actually spending any time with Greg are slim and none, but if I didn't make the effort they would be zero, period. Besides, if things get boring at Katsucon, I can always go across the street to the Marriott Wardman Towers and see what they've done with the place since it stopped being the Sheraton Park of fond memory.

So, yeah...booked my flight for Minneapolis this morning after making sure I could come early and stay late. Whether I'll be staff or not is up to tatsmaru, redmartel and of course stuckintraffik; I wouldn't mind helping as best I can (holding down desks & chairs, mostly) but won't be offended if they say no. I'm doing a couple of panels for marainsanity, and if that's all I do that's fine with me. We'll see.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I have a bet riding on whether you end up chipping in or not.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

I promise you this: if I'm not staff, I'm sure as hell not volunteering.
Piss on that noise.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

It'll be good to see you around the con. :)

I'll be looking forward to your opinion of Katsu; I haven't been to that one.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

Thanks. With a couple of notable exceptions, I seem to have fallen off the edge of the world when it comes to the AD folks staying in touch. :(

I'm pretty curious about it myself, especially after divalea slammed their guest relations staff good and hard.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Interpersonal relations don't seem to be Detour's strong point. :\

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

That's actually not unique to Detour; I've seen/experienced much the same thing at other conventions in the Midwest. Without getting involved in conventions out here -which isn't going to happen this year and probably not next year either- I can't say for sure whether it's a fandom-wide problem or not, but given the kind of people who get into fandom it wouldn't surprise me. Not one bit.

[jamestrainor.livejournal.com]

Whoops. That anon comment was me, I forgot to log in and didn't notice. >_>

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

LURK MOAR.