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CCEE 2015 Impressions, Part 1
Apr. 16th, 2015 11:32 pmI'm a little buzzed from beer, so this might be choppy.
I've never been to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo before. This year I decided to dive in head first with a VIP pass.
Got in early and wandered around the floor of the Roundup Centre before grabbing my giant swag bag. There was a serious amount of stuff in it.
Being a VIP gives me a quite a few perks in addition to swag. One of those perks is the VIP lounge. They warn you that they're not liable for stuff left in the lounge, but having been in the lounge, I think it's relatively safe for leaving stuff that isn't jewelry or personal electronics. I was happy to leave the giant bag in the lounge.
Went to a writers' workshop that was mostly no-shit-there-I-was stories from the theatre crowd. Then rushed to the other side of the Expo to see Jewel Staite answer questions. She's funny and articulate and well grounded and had a few thousand people hanging on her every word for an hour. Well worth the time and running to get there.
After closing, I met SA at the Hop in Brew for a drink and had a wonderful conversation. I might actually be relaxing around her.
All in all a good day. Still haven't sold my extra VIP pass (and I'm starting to think I won't), and I haven't checked out a lot of the Expo exhibits yet, but I intend to do so tomorrow. Still, i'd rather do all that and not be lonely. Alas.
I've never been to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo before. This year I decided to dive in head first with a VIP pass.
Got in early and wandered around the floor of the Roundup Centre before grabbing my giant swag bag. There was a serious amount of stuff in it.
Being a VIP gives me a quite a few perks in addition to swag. One of those perks is the VIP lounge. They warn you that they're not liable for stuff left in the lounge, but having been in the lounge, I think it's relatively safe for leaving stuff that isn't jewelry or personal electronics. I was happy to leave the giant bag in the lounge.
Went to a writers' workshop that was mostly no-shit-there-I-was stories from the theatre crowd. Then rushed to the other side of the Expo to see Jewel Staite answer questions. She's funny and articulate and well grounded and had a few thousand people hanging on her every word for an hour. Well worth the time and running to get there.
After closing, I met SA at the Hop in Brew for a drink and had a wonderful conversation. I might actually be relaxing around her.
All in all a good day. Still haven't sold my extra VIP pass (and I'm starting to think I won't), and I haven't checked out a lot of the Expo exhibits yet, but I intend to do so tomorrow. Still, i'd rather do all that and not be lonely. Alas.
