Tuesday and Wednesday will be messy, hectic days at work. I have a lot to do before I go on vacation … of course I’m taking time off to work Dragon*Con. It doesn’t make much sense to take time from a paying job to work a volunteer gig at a sci-fi show. It makes even less sense to spend weeks preparing for the “pre-show project”, which will only be seen once by a fraction of the con audience.
But sometimes the best fun can’t be logically explained … and Dragon*Con, while being a lot of work, is a lot of fun.
Load-in is Thursday. That’s when several dozen technical operations (TechOps) volunteers bring in all of the equipment … lighting rigs, video screens, televisions, microphones, DVD players. The weekend is full of panels, concerts, wrestling, robot battles, and two huge costume contests (one of which will take over the Atlanta Civic Center, which is primary job this year).
Yes, it’s a lot of work. But it’s fun … just don’t ask me why.
Bring on the con.
In this week’s random post, we’ll talk about Mooby the Golden Calf and a trailer on US Highway 441.
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So the weekend was an adventure in home improvement. As with all home improvements, Suzan and I learned valuable lessons.
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Work sucked today, but I don’t feel like ranting about my day at work … so let’s change the subject and look at some pictures!
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Interesting thing to see when in an airport … the “cosmic space tunnel” between United concourses at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Chicago Airport (picture 1)
Chicago Airport (picture 2)
Chicago Airport (picture 3)
Chicago Airport (picture 4)
August 4, 2003, 5:10pm. Denver Airport
I’ve settled into seat 11D, watching the rest of the passengers board the plane. Due to our early arrival into Denver, I had over 90 minutes to roam the airport. I managed to eat a descent meal at Wolfgang Puck’s, which made up for the lack of meal service on the United flight. After trying out a number of moving sidewalks, I planted myself at a pay phone near Gate 42 and checked my e-mail while waiting to board.
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August 4, 2003, 3:50PM
Have you ever seen A Clockwork Orange? Remember the scene where the protagonist is forced to watch acts of ultra-violence with his eyelids forced open … movies on airlines are a lot like that.
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