I know Day 1 was technically Friday. However, I missed Friday in it's entirety. Seriously... the whole day. After 2pm, I was home and stayed there. I was barely awake before that. Therefore, my D*C experience started at 2:00pm this afternoon. I wanted to go to a BSG panel this morning, but finished my run too late. Here are the panels I went to: Women's Intuition & Other Myths (Skeptic Track), BSG: So What Happened? (American Sci-fi Media Track), Vampires vs. Zombies (Dark Fantasy Track). Breakdown below:
Women's Intuition & Other Myths: This might not be much of a surprise, but this might have been my favorite of my (short) day. The panel was composed of the women of Skepchick and they were fantastic. Basically, they talked about things (primarily in advertising) that pissed them off. Examples: the idea of women having some sort of intuition, beauty products, diets/diet pills, Jenny McCarthy, "magic" rocks/jewelry (magnetic bracelets), and stuff of the sort. Favorite quote: "Viagra actually has the same effect for men and women." "It makes their penises erect?" Most of it was stuff I already knew (wrinkle creams don't work... for anyone!), but it was still a fascinating discussion.
BSG: So What Happened?: I loved this one as well. The ending of BSG was not that great (in my opinion) and I was definitely looking forward to talking about it. Best thing about this one? Someone brought in Blue Curacao mixed with Malibu Rum and they were giving out drinks. Or more of, they said "anyone want one?" and myself and 5 other people dashed up for free booze. This panel was more of a group discussion with the "panelists" primarily moderating and giving some opinions of their own. I wouldn't really say we arrived at any conclusions, but I loved the discussions. Except for the girl behind me who said "like" and "um" about three times in every sentence. Drove me a bit nuts. Other than that, it was great!
Vampires vs. Zombies: I thought this would be a "which one's better" or "which one would win in a fight" type of debate. It was supposedly a "which one's better" type of debate, but... it really wasn't. It was just boring. The "experts" were authors who write books on vampires and zombies. Doesn't sound so bad, right? Too bad they all seemed to just want to talk about their books. I'm sorry, but other than a short introduction which states your background, I don't want to hear about your books (unless I'm at a reading). This was dull even compared to my manufacturing lectures.
All I've got left tonight is the Browncoats' Mighty Fine Shindig (or the BSG Party). It will be written about.
Random complaint not really related to D*C: I hate downtown. Somehow I always manage to go the wrong way. And speaking of misdirection, what is with the Hyatt? That hotel was the most ridiculous. Who plans hotel layouts? Are they ever supposed to make sense? Everytime I go to a hotel with the intention of finding a particular room, it always takes me forever! Ok that's all I got for tonight.
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