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So, yanno. It’s a thing. ( Read more... )

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I gotta say, I find the idea of attempting to organize this on LJ itself to be slightly ironic. I suppose they are depending on people to spread it to their Facebooks or whatever, although I'm not sure how many of the target audience are in HP related groups on Facebook, or would normally post this kind of thing to their "regular" feeds, given how sensitive some people are about friends, family, or coworkers finding out their real identity is in fandom. Tumblr, maybe, but I'm not sure what percent of target actually went there rather than just leaving entirely at some past point. It would seem to depend on people having maintained friendships with people even though those people left fandom, or something. *shrug*

--'course, considering how I keep toying with the idea of dropping out of HP fandom myself, I'm not in much of a position to sling rocks.

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Has anyone else out there heard of Chute 212? I picked up a flyer for it the weekend before last at PantheaCon (of all places) and was just checking out their website. Apparently their schtick is to apply a "fantasy fair" (e.g. Renaissance fair, Dickens Fair...) approach to a Harry Potter event, so you have the typical convention-style panels and presentations, but then also this more theatrical, immersive setup. (See also MuggleNet article.)

July 2-6, 2014, Santa Clara, CA. That's bloody close to me - I could even drive back and forth rather than staying at the Hyatt for $109 a night plus probably 10% tax. But tickets are $150 even for early-bird registration ("early broom" they're calling it), though. Dunno what it goes up to after March 15th; probably $180-200. Yikes.

(Icon on DW used because Great America, the theme/amusement park the convention center is near, does a serious 4th of July fireworks display.)

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Contemplating renting a car for Lubricus. There are conveniently stores and restaurants in reasonable walking distance of the hotel/motel/whatever class it falls in (although I found the loop length a bit tiring for my shins whcih are not used to that much walking, and especially once I was actually carrying back said food and drink items), but I recall last year it would have been handy to have another car when there was an excursion into Seattle. Also getting the shuttle pickup at the airport was sort of a hassle. Hmm.

If you, like me, were a fan of Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry series of games, you may wish to help make him come again on Kickstarter. (No relation to the tagline of this year's Lubricus.)

I don't have any pictures of my supposed Aurora Sinistra costume. Didn't get a chance to take any before leaving home, and taking pictures of myself in a hotel room that's not so well lit is tricky. Nobody seemed to notice I was in fact wearing a costume meant to be looked at (if not easily recognized), anyway, even when I was carrying either of my props around (star globe or collapsible telescope). I did get a few compliments on my hat, though, so apparently I could have saved myself considerable money, time, and grief by just going with that and eschewing the rest of the ensemble. Given that I don't think I am going to try to find room in my budget for any costumes for Lubricus.

( Pics this way... )

Welp, that's all the news that's fit to print.

Unfortunately fiendish_thingy's OWL Potions class was cancelled - I hear that he wasn't able to actually be here? - so I'm sitting in my room and trying to cool off because it was bloody hot in the Common Room, where I went to buy a few buttons and take down my notecard of "Free Snape buttons, please take one" because they're all gone. It looks like I possibly could have brought twice as many (80) and still given them all away, so I'll have to bring proportionally more to Lubricus (but I hear there's a cap of 120 attendees there? according to Amanda there were 260 pre-regs for Aeternitas).

I'm pondering going back to the Common Room in a few minutes for the DH 2 speculations/predictions colloquy, but ugh. It's just so hot and stuffy up there, and I'm wearing my uniform jumper/robes today. It's ok outside because it's breezy and cloudy and cool, and not bad inside some places because the a/c seems to work, but apparently not in the Common Room. (I could take off the robe but not the sweater since, being an idjit, I forgot to bring a white bra to wear under my white shirt, and it's um, a little translucent.) Other than that I don't have anything particular I want to do until 9 PM, I think.

Been hanging out some with r_grayjoy, ragdoll, leela_cat, and twilightsorcery (wow, all on DW?), which has been cool, although it involves a lot of sighing and grumbling about how the internet is totally flaky (excellent signal strength in their building, but frequently nothing comes down the pipe. We figured the system is totally overloaded). Bummed an actual Indonesian clove from droxy last night, which actually didn't kill me as much as I thought it might, despite the fact that I smoked it pretty fast because we were on our way to the Dr Horrible screening/sing-along.

I'll be leaving for Aeternitas in less than 8 hours (!). Since we have two net-enabled portable devices, this means I'll be able to bring the laptop, thus, hopefully will be able to get on the net in airports and while at the con. Buuuut this means there's precious little room for actual books in my carry-on bag, which is my usual method of entertainment on flights (since I am not the type who can sleep on airplanes). I've got a couple of things on my USB stick but I would like some longish fic suggestions. (I've got over 8 hours of travel tomorrow and nearly 10.5 (!) on the return trip.)

Preferred parameters:

Severus/Regulus, /Sirius, /Lily, /Harry, /Draco (threesomes/combinations also OK), but I'll also give a stab at a number of other ships, notably Severus/Remus, Severus/James (...is there such a thing as long, not non-con of this ship?) and Severus/OC (het or slash), or rarer things. Boredom might even induce me to try a Severus/Hermione. ;) Also I might read a Sirius/Regulus.

or Gen. Ya rly, I like a good genfic.

All ratings OK. Violence of R level OK - I don't really want graphic torture and that kind of thing. Please no non-con, bestiality, necro, the usual squicks along those lines. (Dub-con OK.) I have some BDSM and specific kink aversions but don't worry about suggesting something that might hit them; it's not a trigger issue and I know how to not read something that bugs me or skim through bits if they're just incidental.

Bah, that all sounds so picky. Just, whatever! And if I don't read it I don't read it, and if I do I do, whooptee-lee-laaah.

I should really get to bed if I'm thinking I'm going to get up at 4:30 or something.

I don't have a paid account on LJ anymore, so this is just an informal poll.

I'm vaguely considering trying to sign up to do a fic reading at Aeternitas.

[ ] OMG YES
[ ] OMG NUUUUUUU
[ ] O.o You're a loony.

If you have actually met me in person, keep in mind the, uh, quality of my voice when you make your selection.