Adam Savage at Costume-Con 39
Apr. 22nd, 2023 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeThis morning was a special event: Adam Savage made a special appearance at Costume-Con, with a one-hour Q&A session at 9 AM followed by photos with members. Adam rarely makes appearances like this, and did so as a special favor for us. I volunteered to help hand out masks to people who had arrived at the big event without one. I was pleased to only need to hand out three. Everyone else on my side of the audience had their masks and were wearing them.
I was able to get one good picture of Adam on stage. I also asked a question of him about whether he has any trouble when he is recognized when he is just living his life or taking an actual vacation, and essentially would he rather that people leave him be if they see him "in the wild." (He said he doesn't have such problems with being recognized like that. And that what we see of him on YouTube is mostly just "Him plus maybe 5-10%."
SFSFC and Costume-Con are very grateful to Adam for making the time to come to the convention for a few hours this morning.
Today, like yesterday, I spent much of my time between the Pemmi-Con/2023 NASFiC info table. But unlike yesterday, when I wore either my Pemmi-Con or Winnipeg in '23 t-shirt, today, I wore my WSFS uniform, partially because Pemmi-Con will have more WSFS business than any past NASFiC.
As I've mentioned before (and will again, because I can't assume that everyone reads all of my posts), Pemmi-Con/NASFiC 2023 will have two WSFS functions, both of which report to me as Winnipeg's WSFS division head: 1: We will conduct the election to select the 2024 NASFiC, because the 2024 Worldcon will be in Glasgow, Scotland, which is of course outside of North America. 2: We will hold the first-ever NASFiC Business Meeting, for the limited purpose of dealing with NASFiC site selection business, which primarily will consist of formally receiving the results of the site selection election and dealing with any issues that might arise from that. There has never been a NASFiC business meeting, but a change to the WSFS constitution ratified last year added it to the responsibilities of a NASFiC in those rare cases where a NASFiC selects a NASFiC.
If you are wondering why I have this uniform, read my previous post, which includes a link to the full story of how I came to have what is my most-worn costume. Indeed, I've worn it so many times that I probably need to buy a new shirt and tie, and maybe even the hat, which is the most expensive part of the outfit.
I set up the NASFiC table and sat at it for the first half of the day, while Tom Becker and Spike Parsons did the second half. As with yesterday, people in costume came by the table, and I took pictures (with permission).
This last one I took while on my way up to my hotel room with a burrito from the grab-and-go counter next to the restaurant, and was more of a "target of opportunity" taken while someone with fancier equipment than me was taking photos.
As I mentioned, with Tom and Spike at the table, I could retreat to my room (which is cooler and more comfortable) for lunch. There I was able to use some extra supplies that Lisa sent with me.
Lisa sent a six-pack of miniature Tabasco sauce vials with me. She originally got these for us to use on one of train trips, but they got forgotten at the time. They are coming in handy on this trip.
The Doubletree Hotel texted me to ask if I was having any problems. This reminded me of an issue I first noticed yesterday, forgot about, happened again this morning, and about which I forgot again. When showering, I had almost no hot water, and what I did have fluctuated badly. I let them know, and they sent an engineer, who identified a blockage somwhere along the way and fixed it, so I should have a good hot shower tomorrow morning.
I spent the final hour of our day behind the table down at the time before we shut down around 6 PM. I changed out of my WSFS uniform, then went on the same hike as yesterday, first to a convenience store to get milk, then to BurgerIM to get dinner. I'd originally planned to get a lamb burger, but they were out, and they were also out of the Wagyu beef burger, so I returned to the Spanish Beef burger, which was just as good as yesterday.
After dinner, I went down to the ballroom and considered watching part of the SF&F Masquerade, but realized just how really very tired I was, and retreated to the room, where I am currently considering going to bed early by "convention time," but on my normal work day schedule by my body clock. The pandemic has mostly put an end to my party-hopping days, I'm afraid. Sitting behind a table gives me at least 1 m spacing from people, but crowded parties make me somewhat nervous, even with my multiple vaccinations.
I was able to get one good picture of Adam on stage. I also asked a question of him about whether he has any trouble when he is recognized when he is just living his life or taking an actual vacation, and essentially would he rather that people leave him be if they see him "in the wild." (He said he doesn't have such problems with being recognized like that. And that what we see of him on YouTube is mostly just "Him plus maybe 5-10%."
SFSFC and Costume-Con are very grateful to Adam for making the time to come to the convention for a few hours this morning.
Today, like yesterday, I spent much of my time between the Pemmi-Con/2023 NASFiC info table. But unlike yesterday, when I wore either my Pemmi-Con or Winnipeg in '23 t-shirt, today, I wore my WSFS uniform, partially because Pemmi-Con will have more WSFS business than any past NASFiC.
As I've mentioned before (and will again, because I can't assume that everyone reads all of my posts), Pemmi-Con/NASFiC 2023 will have two WSFS functions, both of which report to me as Winnipeg's WSFS division head: 1: We will conduct the election to select the 2024 NASFiC, because the 2024 Worldcon will be in Glasgow, Scotland, which is of course outside of North America. 2: We will hold the first-ever NASFiC Business Meeting, for the limited purpose of dealing with NASFiC site selection business, which primarily will consist of formally receiving the results of the site selection election and dealing with any issues that might arise from that. There has never been a NASFiC business meeting, but a change to the WSFS constitution ratified last year added it to the responsibilities of a NASFiC in those rare cases where a NASFiC selects a NASFiC.
If you are wondering why I have this uniform, read my previous post, which includes a link to the full story of how I came to have what is my most-worn costume. Indeed, I've worn it so many times that I probably need to buy a new shirt and tie, and maybe even the hat, which is the most expensive part of the outfit.
I set up the NASFiC table and sat at it for the first half of the day, while Tom Becker and Spike Parsons did the second half. As with yesterday, people in costume came by the table, and I took pictures (with permission).
This last one I took while on my way up to my hotel room with a burrito from the grab-and-go counter next to the restaurant, and was more of a "target of opportunity" taken while someone with fancier equipment than me was taking photos.
As I mentioned, with Tom and Spike at the table, I could retreat to my room (which is cooler and more comfortable) for lunch. There I was able to use some extra supplies that Lisa sent with me.
Lisa sent a six-pack of miniature Tabasco sauce vials with me. She originally got these for us to use on one of train trips, but they got forgotten at the time. They are coming in handy on this trip.
The Doubletree Hotel texted me to ask if I was having any problems. This reminded me of an issue I first noticed yesterday, forgot about, happened again this morning, and about which I forgot again. When showering, I had almost no hot water, and what I did have fluctuated badly. I let them know, and they sent an engineer, who identified a blockage somwhere along the way and fixed it, so I should have a good hot shower tomorrow morning.
I spent the final hour of our day behind the table down at the time before we shut down around 6 PM. I changed out of my WSFS uniform, then went on the same hike as yesterday, first to a convenience store to get milk, then to BurgerIM to get dinner. I'd originally planned to get a lamb burger, but they were out, and they were also out of the Wagyu beef burger, so I returned to the Spanish Beef burger, which was just as good as yesterday.
After dinner, I went down to the ballroom and considered watching part of the SF&F Masquerade, but realized just how really very tired I was, and retreated to the room, where I am currently considering going to bed early by "convention time," but on my normal work day schedule by my body clock. The pandemic has mostly put an end to my party-hopping days, I'm afraid. Sitting behind a table gives me at least 1 m spacing from people, but crowded parties make me somewhat nervous, even with my multiple vaccinations.
