Showing posts with label lost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lost. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2013

DragonCon 2013

So as you may or may not know, I wasn't particularly looking forward to DragonCon this year, just because it felt like work. I did end up having a good time, of course, but I think it was partly because I revised my expectations. And it wasn't all great. But it was wonderful seeing so many friends and there were a lot of good things that happened.

We (Michelle, Doug, and I) were staying at the Sheraton, right across the hall from Jen & Raj, which is always awesome, because I adore them both and they're really fun people! Also, it was great seeing Michelle again since I didn't go 2 years ago and she didn't go last year, so we hadn't had a DragonCon together in 2 years.

Registration was at our hotel and it took a bit to finally find the on-site registration line and it was a much much much shorter if a little slow line. If you were paying with cash, there was no line.
Someone ducked under the empty queues and they all went over, like dominoes. It was pretty amusing:
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Then Bank of America, in its infinite wisdom, triggered fraud protection for our DragonCon membership purpose. Because that is what people who steal credit cards do - go to DragonCon. Apparently lots of people were having this problem, so it took a while for Doug on the phone to sort it out and then we finally had our badges.

By the time we were badged, we didn't have much time to change for the Gatsby party, which was over in the Marriott and hosted by Janine and Betsy Loki. Everyone looked awesome and it was so nice to see everyone - I caught up with lots of different people. And the view was pretty great!

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Note that Betsy's 20s costume is Loki themed - I loved it! IMG_2443

Friday, March 25, 2011

Lost Dharma jumpsuits

For DragonCon 2009, my friend Michelle and I made Dharma jumpsuits.


We figured they'd be an easy costume. The jumpsuits and patches were purchased, and my awesome friend, Scott, embroidered the pockets for us.  We wore them in 2010 too!

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/lost.html