Arisia

[badseed1980]

First, the bad news: Binky was violated last night. Sometime after 11:30 when I got home (probably after midnight when I went to sleep, too), someone smashed his driver's side front window and took the stereo. Fucker(s)! Right in my damn parking lot, too. I don't think I've seen an issue like this in that lot since I moved in almost three years ago.

But, the weekend was a very good one, at least. This was just a shitty way to start the new week. Arisia was a blast, for the most part. It was a bit of a pain staying in the overflow hotel, but the room was TOTALLY SWEET and geektastic (it was the hotel formerly known as the Hotel@MIT). Some highlights:

1. I had most excellent party on Friday night with guests including friends, partners, and even some family. We had good beer and good food, and just had a great time hanging out and chatting in the geektastic hotel room. Seriously, there was a blanket on the bed covered in equations and everything. Thank you to all who attended!

2. My spur-of-the-moment pirate costume went over well. I wore my renfaire chemise and bodice with a pair of black flared pants tucked into my high black boots. I got a cheap black tricorn hat trimmed in white marabou and a water gun shaped like an old-fashioned pistol at Boston Costume, and got many compliments on the whole outfit. It made me realize even more that pirates = MAD COOL.

3. I saw (most of) the BBC production of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, which was truly awesome, even if I WAS exhausted enough to be nodding off part of the way through it.

4. dee_cee (aka Run-DMC) and erik_j_meyer threw an awesome party on Saturday night. An outfit calling themselves Ziggurat Labs did as well. In short, there were awesome parties with very nifty folks.

There were also some pretty cool panels, some great vendors, and of course it's always fun to just be able to wander around and run into people I don't see that often and do a little catching up. I think there are a few people who I should have added to my friends list long ago, so I will go do that now.

Comments

[wench33.livejournal.com]

:) Glad you had a good time!

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I hope you did too! And thank you again for feeding us lunch on Saturday!

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't worry about it! You've got enough to worry about if your health has been that crappy. I hope you're starting to feel better by now.

I was thinking recently that a double date with pierceheart, you and cutieyum would be really nice. We should start thinking about a time when that would work!

[perseph12.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I didn't get to see your bedspread with the equations on it! It sounds geekalicious and quite worthy of your birthday celebration ;).

I can't believe your week got off on the wrong foot. I'm going to appeal to the Fates for a better start for both of us next week.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think my horoscope should have said, "Watch out for glass!" First, Binky's window got smashed. Then, I broke a martini glass when the heavy, wet-with-condensation gin bottle slipped out of my hand (and I wanted to make the boy a nice cocktail after the damn break-in)! Then last night, I opened a cabinet and a champagne flute fell out of it and smashed everywhere, including into my roommate's soup, which she had to chuck.

Oy vey.

I hope your week is improving, at least! Your problems were worse than mine.