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fangrrl_squees) wrote2008-10-09 03:11 pm
fangrrl_squees) wrote2008-10-09 03:11 pm
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Fans That Give Fandom a Bad Name, Part the Nth: I've said it before and I'll say it again: when did it become so popular for SF/F fans to be smugly anti-Christian - or even-faith-of-any-kind? It's the smugness that gets to me - well, that and the thinly-veiled hostility.
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Hm, con-rate at Gallifrey One isn't (currently) being offered for the Sunday night. I suspect that will change but, for the moment, I'm looking at an $80 increase for that evening. I've been advised to just call back in a couple of days and mention the issue - it was probably just the booking clerk being a bit daft.
Meanwhile, if you're feeling brave, dear reader, the hotel is doing an internet special of $99/night for the same weekend - $20 less than the con-rate - but it's a no refunds, no cancellations, be damn sure about this special, so that might be a bit more harrowing than what you're looking for.
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I know it's far too early, yet, but I'm thinking about how I might help out with programming at CT, if they want me - space is limited and methinks they'll be up to their eyeballs with ideas, but you know how my mind wanders... I think it might be a good idea to offer a Doctor Who Costuming 210 type panel - something that's goes beyond the basics. Then again, at the other end of the spectrum, maybe something like No-sew Cosplay might go over well, too - discussing sources for already-made items, how to fake your way through some of the more popular costumes and look at what you can do with a glue-gun and some fabric paint. Hm. Hmmm....
If nothing else, I should keep these ideas in mind for Gallifrey.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kproche? iamradar? Would you want to join in such tomfoolery?
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Hm, con-rate at Gallifrey One isn't (currently) being offered for the Sunday night. I suspect that will change but, for the moment, I'm looking at an $80 increase for that evening. I've been advised to just call back in a couple of days and mention the issue - it was probably just the booking clerk being a bit daft.
Meanwhile, if you're feeling brave, dear reader, the hotel is doing an internet special of $99/night for the same weekend - $20 less than the con-rate - but it's a no refunds, no cancellations, be damn sure about this special, so that might be a bit more harrowing than what you're looking for.
***
I know it's far too early, yet, but I'm thinking about how I might help out with programming at CT, if they want me - space is limited and methinks they'll be up to their eyeballs with ideas, but you know how my mind wanders... I think it might be a good idea to offer a Doctor Who Costuming 210 type panel - something that's goes beyond the basics. Then again, at the other end of the spectrum, maybe something like No-sew Cosplay might go over well, too - discussing sources for already-made items, how to fake your way through some of the more popular costumes and look at what you can do with a glue-gun and some fabric paint. Hm. Hmmm....
If nothing else, I should keep these ideas in mind for Gallifrey.
kproche? iamradar? Would you want to join in such tomfoolery?
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I think going-beyond-the-basics would get into alterations to patterns for common costumes, dyeing fabrics (including hard-to-dye ones), creating embellishments, that sort of thing.
My idea of cosplay-101 assumes the cosplayer can't/won't sew.