[Arisia] some highlights

In no particular order.

• Shabbat davening and dinner
  
• Shaun the Sheep, and the strangeness of an animated Dr. Who (#10, with Martha) adventure
  
• interesting panels
  
• yoga plus getting over to the gym once
  
• catching up with people I don't see much
  
• Ziggurat Labs parties, with kosher snacks even (Camembert and Brie, brownies and bobka: I win :-)
  
• fabulous costumes
  
• many compliments on my peace shirt (including a request to have copies made. Anyone want to help me get the images I'd need to use Cafepress? (Do they just do front/back images, or can I do stuff around the bottom edge?))
  
• summiting Mt. Arisia, plus a redheaded niece at the top
  
• buying an obi (and assorted other strings and things) to wear with the kimono I'd gotten at Zzbottom's auction
  
• talking with long-lost college friends!!!
  
• feeding people, also being hosted for brunch
  
• dancing with friends
  
• lots of hugs
  
• bike chain sculpture

Details to come.

[Arisia] programming

I went to a bunch of panels and other events. While the schedule was reasonably full most of the time, there did seem to be imbalances in what went on, both in distribution (three LJ panels and a meetup is just ridiculous) and timing (the inevitable issue of multiple things going on at once, though this year there were fewer times that I was deciding among scheduled events).( Read more... )

P.S. I wonder how much more focused the panels would have been had the panelists been able to plan things out in the weeks before the con.