Well this is a short one. No T-Shirt, no volunteer credentials and no photos. Well two. But they are not really of the Con.
I like volunteering at these indy-cons. I have also never been to Steamcon so it would be a nice way to see what it is all about. So I sign up for a shift on Sat & Sun.
So I arrive and it seems that my volunteer application got sent into the ether and lost. But I am able to volunteer anyways, but it means no credentials. None at all. This makes getting around interesting as I have to keep explaining that I am a volunteer and not a gate crasher! Wow, did that get old after awhile...
For the first day I am assigned to take the AV gear of a screen, projector and laptop to the conference rooms where an AV setup has been requested by the panelists doing the panels.
Lots and lots of running around lugging heavy equipment. Not even much time to chat or meet people.
This particular con is 90% panel discussions and the rest is the dealer room, art room and various costume contests. Some other stuff too I suppose. I like the look of Steampunk, but just don't have the time or funds to really get into it.
There were lots of cool costumes, but I was too busy to take photos. Well that day sorta went by and my shift seemed to end even before it began.
The next day I was assigned to the art room. I was at coat and bag check. Lots of sitting around doing nothing. The best job there is! :-)
I took a break to go to the dealer room and see if there was any swag to buy. I bought this nifty ring.
It's an old Omega watch. It is pretty sweet! When I said I would take it, the artist who created it went "Yay!". People should say yay more often. It just sounds so happy :-)
Well after that I helped tear down the art room. After that I went back to the volunteer room and helped clean up.
That's about it really. Yeah, I said this was a short one. Nothing terribly earth shattering occurred. I didn't meet anyone famous, didn't run into any old nemesis's, witnessed no drama. Yeah, it was ok :-)
I also bought these...
Not the glasses, but rather the steamy looking loupes. They are not just costume props, they are real magnifiers. I actually needed these as I do fine work sometimes that they are needed for.
And they have a steampunkish look.
1 comment:
"Nemesises?" No, that's not right, either. "Nemesii?" Cooler looking, but still not right. Maybe "Nemesix." I see why you went with "nemesis's," out of exasperation probably.
Excellent loupes. If you mount them on a headband, as a functional rig, you have the kernel of a steampunk look, I'd say. The watch-ring looks wicked; I'd be terrified of snagging everything/body (but I guess that's par for steampunk, no?).
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