Happy Things: A busy day of panels

[jducoeur]

Just got my preliminary schedule for Arisia. It's entertainingly unbalanced, but likely to be fun. I have one panel on Friday, one on Saturday, and *seven* on Sunday. So basically I get to relax and see the convention on Saturday, and then go into full-scale Panel Marathon on Sunday, starting at 10am and running until 11pm, with a few two-hour breaks in the middle to eat and get my head together.

Should be amusing: I've never done quite so *much* blathering in one day before, but I suspect it won't be too hard. And the most important of the bunch -- The Future of Online Community, which I'm moderating and expect to be jam-packed with both people and ideas -- is smack in the middle of Sunday, so that looks to be the high point of the weekend...

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[jducoeur]

I think it's likely that you'd encounter people you know there -- I'd guess that something like half of Carolingia attends Arisia. (No idea how many will be at the Ball: I may make it to some of it, but my last panel is in the middle of the Ball, and I'm no sort of costumer.) Patri used to run many of the balls; I'm not sure who does it nowadays, but Barbara and family still tend to show up.

I'll warn you that the con is noisy and crowded and occasionally a bit insane, but it's quite a bit of fun. Buy your membership in advance, because they've been known to sell out at the door.

And Steampunk is *very* in. I was on the "Steampunk in Comics" panel last year, and it was jammed silly...