CascadiaCon Report 2: Friday night PARTY~!

And so...

Since I was in the hotel room sleeping off my SPAWNS shift, I had Craig, Stevie, and the infamous Jack to help with the table.

Here's Jack pimping the issues:


And here's who Jack was pimping it to:


Eventually I woke up around 4:30pm, and got up to the Artist Alley around 5:30pm to try and do some of my own pimping, though by then everyone else was ready to party. So we shut down the table (everyone else was partying anyways, so what the hey XD), hauled everything back to the room and then got dressed up to party. Did I mention anything about parties yet? XD

And so here's Stevie, Craig, and my still sleepy self:


The first party we stopped at was the Artists Reception, thrown by the Convention, which included a ton of nibbles and free drinks (yay~ XD!). Here's Stevie talking to Talon (can we say 'crush'? heeheh XD):


And here's Craig chatting with Kev Brockschmidt (who's illustration became our SPAWNS shirt and poster logo):


Kev was actually taking a break in the middle of his own SPAWNS shift to stop by for a beer. I can't imagine doing that and going back to work -- but then he finished his 24-pages... so maybe there's something to that.

The Reception got really crowded and loud so we eventually left, and split up. Craig took Jack (and my camera damnit) to the BioHazard party XD, while Stevie and I decided to make some quick red paper masks and head up to the Gothic Lolita Ball... heheh.

The Ball was a complete bust due to really poor music choices. But that didn't stop Stevie and I from dancing like idiots in front of an audience of 5. The music finally got good (even some RCR and Rammstein *gasp*) right before they shut it down. Poot.

Then Stevie and I headed back to the hotel room to make arrangements for her ride home. We discovered the I.S.S. all ages party right across the hall from us with a whole room set up as a dance floor, with some really awesome music (good 80's & 90's stuff that can actually be danced to). Perfect for Stevie to burn off some energy before her ride arrived, and for me to hang out outside and have interesting conversations with people I don't know and will probably never see again XD. Time flies by until Stevie realizes she's missed 6 phone calls from her waiting ride (her increasingly P.O.ed mother and grandmother -- eep!). I rushed Stevie out to her family, apologized profusely (blaming myself), and sent them on their way. Woo~

I hooked back up with Craig and Jack (who were both completely wasted XD). Jack decided to hang out at the room and watch a cheesy amazon sci-fi movie, while Craig dragged me over to my first BioHazard party. Oh to be a real party virgin... I ended up sipping on a kegger glass of ice and rum while sitting outside and being flirted with by the biggest scariest woman in existence and feeling pity for her pet bishi-boi on a leash. Finally I discovered a pair of brains, a guy wearing a Noxious Emotions shirt and his wacky scientist friend. We talked music, mad science, and bitched about NASA. Very refreshing.

Round about 1:30am, I admited defeat, dumped my unfinished rum and headed off to bed since I had a panel the next morning and wanted to work my table all day.

~Liriel