Posted by elektros (other posts) on January 21, 2014 at 21:32:07 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: I did it posted by Long Hair In Albany on January 21, 2014 at 20:03:13:
: : Ok, I hope you had fun, I am planning to go to the Star Trek con in Cherry Hill NJ in April..
: : Take Care, Keep Growin' and Flowin'!
: : The Spaf Man
: I did have fun. I've been attending and working on these conventions for more than 30 years.
: This con is not just Star Trek, covers all aspects of science
: fiction (books, media, etc.) Includes Trek, Star Wars, B5, etc.
: Also includes costumes, Anime, Cosplay, etc.
: The best cons to attend are fan run conventions. Too many cons are run by folks who are only in the business for the money.
: A good fan run convention will be run as a 501(c)3 non profit.
: Having a good dealers room, a good art room,filing, programming
: are fine but too many people run cons only to get people into
: a dealers room (and make money).
: (BTW, i'm not a fan of the folks running the Cherry Hill Con.
: http://www.creationent.com/cal/st_philly.html
: They are only in it to make money, it is not a fan run convention. They have some great guests but they treat their
: guests like crap. These actors are human beings, a con should treat them like human beings and Creation is famous for treating their guests like crap.)
I don't go to Sci Fi conventions, but I do wear a kilt at celtic festivals and once wore one at a ren fest, even though modern kilts are totally the wrong period for the latter. I guess there are guys in kilts anywhere that there are people dressed weird, LOL!
I wear a sporran and long socks with a kilt at public events, but tend not to at home. A modern hip pack is way more practical than a sporran.
I don't wear my hair any different as a function of what I am wearing, and nor do I wear different underwear! Why would I?