CONVENTION!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[mijan]

Okay, so for the past two Memorial Day weekends, Fi and I have gone to Heartland Pagan Fest.  This year, however, the prices are insanely high (almost $200 for the weekend), and we've been distracted by the far-less-expensive alternative:  ConQuest, the local Sci-fi/fantasy/geekery convention. 

So, this year, there shall be no naked dancing around enormous bonfires while we drum and celebrate deep into the night.  However, there shall be Hobbits and Jedi and Trekkies - OH MY! 

The only question is... do any local or regional geeks want to join us?  You can still register for ConQuest at the door, and at $55 for the weekend, it's a fraction of the cost of Harry Potter conventions.  For those who can't afford the hotel, we have enough room for SOME people to stay at our house (at the discretion of fiona_fawkes  and me - NOT an open invite for the whole world, sorry).  Our house is just a couple of miles from the convention center.  There will be geekery and room parties and costumes and panels and more geekery.

Anyone interested?  I heard a rumor that at least ONE person (*pokes dramedy *) was interested, if she could find people to drive down with her from a nearby state.  Come on, people!  Who's feeling spontaneous and geeky?

Comments

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh, and do you like roller coasters? World of Fun has some FREAKIN' HUGE roller coasters. Seriously.

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I personally like water rides (something about having water there makes me insanely more comfortable. It's weird, but hey) but I'm slowly getting acclimated to roller coasters. I haven't been on one in years, though, so we'll see if I don't get too freaked out to do it.

[auroraceleste.livejournal.com]

Well, the entire water park opens on Saturday:

http://www.worldsoffun.com/

There's also some water log rides in the amusement park.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

The Museums are REALLY nice. If you like baseball at all, the Baseball museum is really awesome. There's so much to read and see. It walks through the entire history of the Negro Leagues up to the time when they integrated them. I'm not really into jazz, so that wasn't as big of a deal to me, but it was really nice, too. But I loved the Negro Leagues Baseball museum.