ATTEMPT AT OTAKON PLANNING GET

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

So... who's going to Otakon?

We should attempt a meet up.





Yep, that's all I got. DISCUSS.

ETA: Oh, yeah, I'm going.

ETA 2: Now with slightly less fail since Otakon finally posted the schedule of events. Also for those who actually have time for cosplay, there's also the list of cosplay photoshoots.

I guess depending on how many of us there are, we could either do lunch or if it's a really big crowd just take over a corner of one of the open spaces.

Suggest good times to meet and we can eventually pick one? I'm leaning towards a lunch food run although we may wind up someplace like the buffet in the Bank of America building.

ETA 3: It's looking more like sometime on Saturday, because now I may not be around on Friday [INSERT GRIPING ABOUT ROOMMATE NOT TELLING ME IMPORTANT STUFF TIL IT'S TOO LATE HERE] and everyone's preference seems to be Saturday.

Also, I propose we use Carmine as the meetup mascot. He's more fun than a sign.

I'll actually be on AIM today so look for shinytomato if you want to chat.

Comments

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

...Hi

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Was that an "I'm going" hi or just a generic hi?

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

Boooooth?

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you for the list of cosplay photoshoots. That is v. helpful :D

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, I found the cosplay.com forums a few years ago and their incredibly detailed scheduling and have bookmarked it ever since. It's handy to have if you're cosplaying or if you're just trying to get photos of certain cosplayers...

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

Definitely. I didn't even know that what I was cosplaying had a meet-up :D

[hollowish.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be there!

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

No clue about actual times or whether there should be food involved yet (see above updates) but I'm local so I'll probably be relying on the Light Rail all weekend. (Which means no rave. Boo.)

Which is better for you, Friday or Saturday? Trying to edge towards a ballpark idea of a time.

[thanatoast.livejournal.com]

Jason and I are going!!

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Nice! Which is better for you, Friday or Saturday? Trying to get a ballpark idea of when...

[thanatoast.livejournal.com]

Well let's see... these are the bleach photoshoot times...
11:30AM - Bleach - Vizards only - Indoor Fountains(meet)
02:00PM - Bleach - 4th floor
02:00PM - Bleach - 4th floor

which Jason and I will be going to. So any time other than that! Probably saturday!

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's looking more and more like Saturday will be the meetup day. I just need to find out when the Microcosm and CFUD meetups are and where so we don't collide with them. (There may be other RP meetups, but those are the two I hear about the most...)

[thanatoast.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... how about Saturday at about 4 or so?

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

That could actually work. Close enough to dinner that a bite to eat isn't out of the question, but early enough that it shouldn't (knock on wood) interfere with Masquerade prep for anyone who's entering.

I'll toss that out in the next post. Stupid thunderstorm warnings.

[taughttolisten.livejournal.com]

Much as I wish I could come and derp around with my fellow CnCers, I'm leaving for California on the 1st. D: HAVE A LOT OF FUN FOR ME THOUGH OKAY?

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Aww. You will be missed. D:

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

Totally going and hoping I've shaken this cold by then. I'll be cosplaying this chick here (http://moe.imouto.org/post/show/28468/), yes, in that outfit. Or lack of outfit.

I'll try to go with whatever's good for everyone else, as far as time for meet-ups goes.

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Looks like whatever we do will be on Saturday, since there seems to be unanimous votes for that day. I'm probably going to put up a new, more organized Otakon post in a little while to get it up top.

Hope you feel better! Summer colds are awful. D:

[iamjaimesommers.livejournal.com]

I am not going (for about the first time in 10 years) BUT I live in Baltimore City, I will be around for the weekend, and will be happy to meet folks for lunch downtown (or wherever). I was planning to head downtown Friday night to go to the Little Italy film festival but can always go another time as well. I have in fact a vague feeling that while I'm not going to Otakon, I might be spending half the weekend meeting people who are going to Otakon.

I feel obligated to note this: I have had people from the Internetz before say WE SHOULD TTTLY MEETZ OMG and I'm like "I don't know..." and they're all "DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT," and then when I say, "You're looking for a woman in her 30s" they're all... "Ew, but I'm in college and you're old, and that's creepy ,and old people smell funny." I don't know how old anyone is, but I'm probably older than most of you, and I just want to be clear I am not stalking anyone of any age. (I may in fact smell funny, I can lay on no guarantees about that.)

I also want to be very clear that if I am going downtown, I am far more interested in stalking chocolate-hazelnut gelato at Vaccarro's in Little Italy.

WHICH I highly recommend, several blocks though it may be from the Convention Center. Although if it's a lot of people, that's less of a good idea as it can get crowded. Everytime I try to think of a cheap place in the Inner Harbor, my brain laughs at me and tells me to go elsewhere, so I have no idea.

Sorry for the late reply, RL was busy as anything

[20-lbs-of-crazy.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm down here near the UMBC campus, in a spot near the city nobody can decide on! (The old owner of the house said Arbutus, the utility company says Carroll, the postman thinks it's Halethorpe, and contractors get confused because I have a city zip code but am still in the county.)

First off: Whoever wanted to meet up and then flaked on you? Wow, talk about immature. They would have probably had an aneurysm if they went to a Gargoyles convention (technically my first fandom meetup), since the age range of that fandom went from like 8 to 58. I must have gotten lucky on meetups in the past, I've never had that problem or met anyone who cared about that. Also, since I'm organizing the meetup I'm most likely to be accused of stalking anyway, but that's neither here nor there.

And technically I am now in my thirties even though I have the emotional maturity of a 12-year-old. I don't care how old you are unless your age hampers your ability to get around. (e.g. if someone's a minor and needs adult supervision, or somebody's in their 80s I'd be saying OMG STAY HOME BALTIMORE'S LIKE AN OVEN.) Also, it's a crowded anime fan convention in late July, everyone's liable to smell funny,

If we do anything, it will probably be on Saturday from what I'm hearing. I didn't know about the Little Italy film festival - that sounds like a lot of fun!

Hoofing it to Little Italy might not work in part because of the heat and the amount of time it will take to get there and back; I remember the hike to the Courtyard Marriott last year vividly. Gelato is always great motivation, though. It just might be problematic if it takes over an hour just to get there and get back to the convention center. I thought Vaccaro's had a little store in one of the Harborplace pavilions, though; is it still there?

For reasonable food near the convention center, I discovered last year that the nearby Bank of America building had a buffet place on the second floor filled with "real food" (e.g. vegetables, fruit, as well as some really good teriyaki chicken) that had pretty reasonable prices. So that's a possibility.

I may spam the comm with a new post with less fail just to be organized. Sorry for the novel, I'm finally home and have no major interruptions to deal with so I can finish a sentence in one shot.

No problem! RL does that :)

[iamjaimesommers.livejournal.com]

Saturday for lunch works, and BoA blg sounds like a good idea. You're right I think there is a Vaccarros stand in the Light Street Pavilion (amongst other little cool places)--the main issue is crowds at that time of year (and half of Otakon itself seems to end up in the building when they're not in the Convention Center). It is still worth bearing in mind.

And I agree if it's hot it's not worth the walk to Little Italy. I have done it in the past to get away from the crowds but if the weather next week is going to be like it is right now, then nooo. I'm balking at walking a couple blocks to the grocery store right now, even though I'm out of major staples.