What I learned at Otakon this year

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1. "Saving up for the con" is an event to be partcipated in year-round, not the month beforehand.
   
2. Hotels are love. (Next year, I'm hiring a sitter to stay with the house (and Alex, if he's here) from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon, and getting a hotel room for the weekend.)
   
3. For every hour when there are two things you want to do, there will be an hour when there's nothing you want to do.
   
4. Conventions are 100% more fun with friends.
   
5. Workshops are more fun if you can participate. (See #4.)
   
6. Although I usually consider cell phones a bother, there were at least three separate incidents this year where I wanted to have one.
   
7. Always, always buy something from CPM (Central Park Media). Even if it's only a DVD, they'll be more than happy to give you a bag for it that's not only amazingly sturdy but gigantic.
   
8. Take the time - maybe an hour when you don't have anything to do (see #3) - to learn the layout of the convention center and the surrounding area, so that you don't get disoriented when you fail to realize that the skywalk connects to Harborplace at a weird corner. (Also, remember that Harborplace's buildings aren't in line with one another.)

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[jhghendriks.livejournal.com]

Conventions are 100% more fun with friends.

Amen.
The first half day at GenCon UK 2001 was dreadfull as I knew no one, and hadn't met up with the British PyraMOOvians yet.