kitanzi | A thumbnail of a sketch of an outline of a gloss of DragonCon

Well, I made it back from my first Dragon*Con. That... was an experience. For people watching alone it was fascinating (you know you're in trouble when you forget to keep an eye out for the end of the escalator), but there was plenty of fun and funny stuff to keep busy with plus we left a rather large chunk of money behind, split between the dealers room and the art show. We DID come home with some nice loot to show for it,though - three prints, some comics, a set of dragoncon magnetic words, a CD, some books, and some hair pins for me. (Hair pins are a new discovery for me - very neat, and surprisingly stable in my hair, which sheds barrettes and clips with merry abandon.) We also had fun with long lists of things we'd have gotten as well if we had unlimited money, including one painting that was listed NFS, but hey - if it was UNLIMITED money... Oh, yes, and some really good music. We never did make it to the open filking, and Boogie Nights didn't come, and Tri Destiny didn't appeal, but if anyone gets the chance to see Lost Boys, absolutely don't miss them! Ummmm, rock style historical filk? Sort of? They're marvelous, and funny as hell, and the audience went nuts. I'd have to say the best of the con is a tossup between them and Welcome Back Potter. Yep, a parody musical with an adult Harry Potter back at Hogwarts as the new Defense From Dark Arts teacher, mostly using the obvious but adroitly throwing in references for (and songs from) everything from Buffy to Little Shop of Horrors to Rocky Horror to Grease to, um...damn, we had a list. The auditorium was pretty well packed, and shrieking in laughter for quite a lot of it. The crowd REALLY lost it,though, for the final number to the tune of the Time Warp. You just had to have been there - maybe you were! We did run into friends which doubled the fun (waving to all and sundry, especially Dave!)Anyhow, I had a great time and a wonderful weekend, and tomorrow will probably be spent at home reenergizing and catching up on little niggly details like laundry.