jeriendhal | Good deed for the day

Read a DA journal entry by skifi, a Spanish artist who is excited about getting his hotel room for Otakon, the first con he's ever attended. I congratulate him, and inquire whether he'd registered yet, since Otakon had to make a "No Walk-ins" rule after the con reached the BCC's Fire Safety limits. He hadn't, and then said he was getting on the ball to pre-register right now. :)

I couldn't imagine travelling all the way from Europe just to find out you can't get into the con you wanted to attend!

Edit: Actually, the more I think about it, the more that sounds like the plot of a comedy film. Two guys travel across the country/ocean to attend the enourmous Not-Otakon-No-Really, only to find out their pre-registration got lost, or wasn't sent in the first place. The film follows their increasingly farcical attempts to sneak in, only to be thwarted at every turn by their jack-booted nemesis in NONR Security, who spends the film chucking them out and anyone else who looks at him crossways or dares to violate NONR's ~~fascist~~ regrettably strict rules. Events converge as the more responsible of the pair hooks up with his proto-girlfriend, and they kiss on the stage during the Special Musical Appearance by whatever AsiaPop band is currently hot.

Hollywood, here I come!