I don't live very far either, and in fact have driven home every night from a couple BayCons (which I no longer attend) rather than deal with paying for a hotel room, but I find it easier in general to stay overnights. Plus I like to drink some at room parties, and that's not very conducive to driving home afterwards, heheh.
I've requested time off that weekend. My plans for the weekend aren't real clear yet, but I've been interested in going to PCon for a while.
If I express interest, would you be interested in helping me out with logistics? I'd be driving to San Jose and that's about all I'll really know until past New Year's; I'll need to stay in the hotel but I have no room arrangements (possibly unless I help lysana out with newsletter staff; not sure whether PCon houses staffers).
Do you mean, would I be willing to split the room? In theory yes (unless you snore :P ) but I would need to change the reservation to a 2-queen room rather than 1-king. (I don't mind sharing a room but sharing a bed is a bit of another thing there, heheh.)
I should think staff would be able to crash in the gofer hole if nowhere else, but I really can't say that with any authority as I have never even asked, much less done staffing myself.
My question was actually a little more basic, and I'm just too brain-fried to ask it correctly since I'm trying to type all this on the fly in between worrying about novel snippets.
More background: This would be my first PCon. It's kind of intimidating because you can look in the dictionary under the word "eclectic pagan" and find a picture of me. I'm still a little gun-shy about attending an actual, y'know, spirituality convention. (Although my nice experience at Sac Pagan Pride helped, I think.)
The actual issue: I'm going to know about all of five people in attendance*, will be going by myself, and may be (generally speaking) skittish. When I say "logistics," I'm asking for help being able to fill up my weekend with cool things instead of sitting in the back of the room feeling uncomfortable at panels. ;)
Yes, hotel arrangements are a big part of that, since I'm not looking forward to spending $100/night when all I need is a corner to crash in. The reason my brain brought them up first is that I doubt I'll attend if I can't make *some* arrangements involving non-stranger roommates. But I'm not trying to beg. I've attended Bay Area cons for a decade (just not this one) and I'm pretty sure I can work something out before February.
If you have *active* interest in sharing a room, of course, speak up. :) And if you are actively looking for a roomie or know anyone in our friends circle who is, I'd love to know.
* Plus, to some small extent, everyone who staffs or attends both PCon and either/both of BayCon and FurCon. This is going to be a rather non-trivial-sized crowd, but I can't name names and I won't be able to count them as "people I know" until we actually meet in the hall and I say "Hey, I've met you!" You know how that goes. ;)
The actual issue: I'm going to know about all of five people in attendance*, will be going by myself, and may be (generally speaking) skittish. When I say "logistics," I'm asking for help being able to fill up my weekend with cool things instead of sitting in the back of the room feeling uncomfortable at panels. ;)
Ah, well! This will only be my second PCon, so I'm hardly some kind of groovy insider. Like you I know few people in attendance, and I really don't know if the items I would be likely to attend are even up your alley. *shrugs*
If my friends devafall and tiggrrl have another semi-private room party, you might like to come along to that. It was fun last year. Heck, it's faintly possible you might even have met them already, since they live in Sacramento and the Pagan Pride thing sounds like a likely event for them (I went with them and some other friends to the one in the fall of 2000, just after I had moved back here to the Bay area).
winterredwood is also nice from what I've seen, but that's not much (we've only met in person once so far) so I can't say whether I'll be able to run into her either, or whether her interests are also like yours or mine.
If you have *active* interest in sharing a room, of course, speak up. :) And if you are actively looking for a roomie or know anyone in our friends circle who is, I'd love to know.
Hehe, I'm not, actually. I'm willing to help out if it's really needed, but all in all I prefer my privacy (and the cost isn't an issue for me).
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Date: Nov. 10th, 2004 09:46 pm (UTC)From:I don't live very far either, and in fact have driven home every night from a couple BayCons (which I no longer attend) rather than deal with paying for a hotel room, but I find it easier in general to stay overnights. Plus I like to drink some at room parties, and that's not very conducive to driving home afterwards, heheh.
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Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 01:16 am (UTC)From:If I express interest, would you be interested in helping me out with logistics? I'd be driving to San Jose and that's about all I'll really know until past New Year's; I'll need to stay in the hotel but I have no room arrangements (possibly unless I help
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Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 01:28 am (UTC)From:I should think staff would be able to crash in the gofer hole if nowhere else, but I really can't say that with any authority as I have never even asked, much less done staffing myself.
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Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 02:15 am (UTC)From:More background: This would be my first PCon. It's kind of intimidating because you can look in the dictionary under the word "eclectic pagan" and find a picture of me. I'm still a little gun-shy about attending an actual, y'know, spirituality convention. (Although my nice experience at Sac Pagan Pride helped, I think.)
The actual issue: I'm going to know about all of five people in attendance*, will be going by myself, and may be (generally speaking) skittish. When I say "logistics," I'm asking for help being able to fill up my weekend with cool things instead of sitting in the back of the room feeling uncomfortable at panels. ;)
Yes, hotel arrangements are a big part of that, since I'm not looking forward to spending $100/night when all I need is a corner to crash in. The reason my brain brought them up first is that I doubt I'll attend if I can't make *some* arrangements involving non-stranger roommates. But I'm not trying to beg. I've attended Bay Area cons for a decade (just not this one) and I'm pretty sure I can work something out before February.
If you have *active* interest in sharing a room, of course, speak up. :) And if you are actively looking for a roomie or know anyone in our friends circle who is, I'd love to know.
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Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 02:17 am (UTC)From:Re: clarification
Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 02:32 am (UTC)From:Ah, well! This will only be my second PCon, so I'm hardly some kind of groovy insider. Like you I know few people in attendance, and I really don't know if the items I would be likely to attend are even up your alley. *shrugs*
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Date: Nov. 13th, 2004 02:33 am (UTC)From:If you have *active* interest in sharing a room, of course, speak up. :) And if you are actively looking for a roomie or know anyone in our friends circle who is, I'd love to know.
Hehe, I'm not, actually. I'm willing to help out if it's really needed, but all in all I prefer my privacy (and the cost isn't an issue for me).