Con Meme

[maverick_weirdo]

Picked up from yttrai who got it from thespian

Conventions

What brought you to your first convention?
A female.

Which conventions do you regularly attend?
If “at least twice” counts as regularly
Arisia, Boskone, FilKONtario, Noreascon, North-East Floating Filk Con, Ohio Valley Filk Festival, Pi-Con

How long have you been going to them?
Noreascon 3, in 1989 was my first.

What panels do you attend/host?
Depends on who is on the panel

What topics will you stay up all night debating in the Con Suite?
After midnight I only pit stop in the Con Suite while splitting my time between the Filk room and the Game room.

Do you know and obey the 3-2-1 rule? (you must get three hours of sleep, eat two meals and have one shower every day of a con)
I was taught it was the 5-2-1 rule, but that it’s interchangeable, so you can get away with two hours of sleep, and one meal, if you take five showers a day. ;)

Do you teach the 3-2-1 rule to NeoFans?
Yes

How many prints have you bought in the Art Show?
0

And how many of those have successfully been framed and hung on your walls?
Double what I bought

Costuming

When was the first item you bought at Goodwill thinking, 'Boy, that'll make good garb.'?
A linen band collar shirt a couple of years ago.

What was your first hall costume?
Kilt, leather vest, linen shirt, sandles, and cloak

What was your first cosplay?
none

Have you cross-dressed in cosplay, because your favorite character is inconveniently of the other gender?
nope

Have you participated in a Masquerade?
Nope.

Have you won Best in Show in a Masquerade?
N/A

FILK

Have you attended a FILK sing at a convention?
Yes.

Have you attended a sing at someone’s home?
Yes.

Have you written your own FILK?
Yes.

And recorded it?
Nope.

And had people pay for the recording?
Nope.

Will you step into a FILK sing because only they’re doing Banned From Argo/Fire in the Sky/The Eagle has Landed?
The actual title to the third one is Hope Eyrie.

Authors & Writing

Have you met your three favorite authors?
I have met quite a number, but not all my favorites (the top 3 fluctuates often)

Have you gotten anything signed by them?
Yes.

Have you made fan art or fanfic and presented it to your favorite author?
No.

What was the first book you found yourself shouting at despite being alone?
I can’t remember

Have you ever argued a detail with an author?
Yes.

And won?
No.

TV & Movies

Have you met the actor(s) or writer(s) of your favorite TV show?
No.

Did you show up in a costume to meet them?
N/A.

Are you a member of one of the costuming groups based around a movie or TV series, such as the 501st or the Browncoats?
No.

Have you attended the midnight opening of a movie in costume?
I have worn my cloak to the theater.

Do you have the bloopers reel memorized?
No.

Gaming

Have you ever played a table top game?
Yes

What was your first game system?
AD&D

What was your longest campaign?
6 months

How many games do you participate in per week?
.25 (on average once a month)

How many pictures do you have of your Tabletop characters?
A couple

Have you ever gone to a con dressed as your PC?
No.

Have you GM’d?
Once.

Have you Survived the Tomb of Horrors?
No.

Have you played any rock-paper-scissors LARPs?
No.

Have you played in a boffer LARP?
Not yet.

Have you spent more money on props for a LARP than you paid for the event?
Yes, but it was a free event.