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Things learned from 10 years of JadeCon

  • Don’t light sparklers in a gazebo when it’s raining.
  • Don’t duct-tape decorations to the suite walls.
  • Don’t tell the Darksiders you’re hungry.
  • Don’t put marzipan in Jello.
  • Do not, under any circumstances, substitute tequila for vodka.
  • No matter how much alcohol you’ve had, never let Yav duct tape a padawan braid to your hair.
  • When meeting a fellow Jader for the first time, you can just tell.
  • When Jessa asks for ice, darn it, you shlep the ice. (Karrdes only.)
  • If you see a CJer doing something that you know cannot possibly turn out well… Get a camera.
  • What happens at JadeCon, stays at JadeCon. Unless Dunc blogs it.
  • Invoke the name.
  • It really sucks putting your hands down Hayden’s shirt.
  • It’s always those damn Harry Potter plagiarists’ fault.
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Okay…PCD

I really don’t want to go back to work. But I am not hung over. Well, I have con hangover. Close enough.

New quote: “I can’t wait for the teen years. I want my kids to hide in their rooms and never come out.” (Kelly, Mother of the Year)

I actually was good at GenCon. It was the auction what done me in. I am the proud owner of a Caitlin Shindler original Princess Leia gown. And it is pretty but it takes up way, way, way too much space in my suitcase.

I wish JadeCon were more often. But I think the lack of sleep would kill me. But it might be worth it.

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PCD sucks!

Saturday night and Sunday morning are always the hardest. The PCD Kickoff Breakfast if full of good-byes as people trickle back to the airport or get ready for drives home. There’s taking down all the decorations and cleaning the suite, which is a lot like post-Christmas. A line from the old Alice TV series always sticks with me: “Decking the halls is a lot more fun than un-decking the halls.” Amen.

Once we check out of the suite and those of us who hang out until late Sunday or Monday are left, it gets a little better. This is why I stay until Monday; by the time I get home, I’ve mostly gotten over PCD.

Rogue is busy recording his filk CD. I finally got a chance to sing Tish’s “Like A Diva” (to Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”) for him. I am NOT a Madonna fan and she sings a bit out of my range, so I hope it sounds okay. I also did my new filk to Anna Nalick’s “Breathe (2 AM)” with which I’m much more comfortable. Should be an awesome CD with a lot of our collective history.

Some of us will probably visit the floor one more time, we’ll find a place to have dinner together, and it’ll be a nice decompression after the Mara and Mayhem.

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PCD, the movie

Well, last night I dressed up, heels and all, and then I fell, flashing half the group in the process. Yay!

So they made me come up and gave me swag for doing the site. Cool! I didn’t have to buy anything. The bidding got a bit high for my wallet. But it was fun. And now I have Chad. Chad Cthulhu.

Just got back from the post-Con depression breakfast. It went by so fast! We need to have JadeCon month or something.

I have pictures, though – they tells the story of JadeCon better than I ever could, I’ll post them later.

So Kelly, you can do another entry now.

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Auction and Filk Night

Dunc’s making me blog even though I wrote the last entry, so if you all are tired of hearing from me, blame her.

The auction was amazing. Lots of really cool stuff, some of which went for scary large amoungs of money. We raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $4000 for Reading is Fundamental in memory of PG’s mom, The Bonnie. I got a pair of Jack/Will slash earrings. Go me!

Filk night was a blast as always. We did filk-alongs of old favorites like “The Saga Begins” (Okay, that one’s not ours, it’s Weird Al’s), “Calamari Ship” and “Worst Hangover Ever (an Ode to Jessa’s Bar).” There were some new very amusing entries, but of course I remember none of them (and I’m not even drunk, just tired!)

PCD is already starting to set in. Why do cons feel so damn short????