Further Confusion 2011 Info Post

[rax]

I will be at Further Confusion, from Friday afternoon to early enough Monday morning that you probably won't see me. [0] Some fun facts:

• Cell phone: +1 617 820 4954. This is the approved method of contacting me. Email is likely to be ignored unless you are my boss. If you are my boss, hi, and oh god you are reading my blog. ^^;;
• Hotel: Marriott. Staying with Nick, Rik, and Peggy [1]; our room is effectively full. We probably won't be socializing there anyway, since it's not the con hotel. On the plus side, it's not the con hotel.
• Sleep schedule: Warped, charred metal. I really couldn't tell you. For all I know I will be going to bed at 3 PM while I am there. Text instead of calling if it's between 1AM and 7AM. Otherwise whatever.
• Schedule: Pokemon event from 4:30 to 6 PM on Saturday. Other than that, no plans yet! Feel free to suggest things.
• Activites I am interested in: Board games! Pokémon! Extended conversations about gender/sexuality/species/philosophy! Ranting about Deleuze and Guattari! Did I mention Race for the Galaxy?
• People I want to see: Everybody! But particularly anyone I didn't see in my extended Bay Area stay that just ended, although I am sure I will run into those folks too and it will be great.
• Will I be dressed as a fox or a cat: I haven't decided yet! Opinions welcome.
• Should you try to eat with me, ever: Not unless you are very patient. I cannot eat at most restaurants; I cannot even eat at all vegan restaurants. I will not be offended if you leave me out of your dinner plans because my restrictions (vegan, allergic to nightshades [2]) make me impossible. Hopefully there is a yuppie grocery store somewhere nearby or it will be another Weekend Of Rachel Eats Trail Mix. However, if there is a sushi place with good natto, please take me. <3
• If you don't know me well, should you walk up and say hi: YES! Extroverted Rachel is extroverted.

[0] If you really want to see me Monday morning for some reason, we can work something out.

[1] I'm pretty sure I have lost any ability to not call myself a postfurry at this point. I don't have to change my username to postvulpix, though, right? Because I really like "rax."

[2] Tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, hot pepper, paprika, potato, goji berry, tomatillo, huckleberry, ground cherry, ... tobacco... I think that's anything anyone might care about.

Comments

[inaki.livejournal.com]

Go create a profile on my.furcon.org! =D Crypto demands it I'm sure.

[rax.livejournal.com]

Already did that (http://my.furtherconfusion.org/profile/rax/), though I have no idea what to do with the thing.

[laura47.livejournal.com]

POSTRAX. IT IS THE TEENS AND THERE IS TIME FOR POSTRAX.

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

This.

It is the teens and there is sufficient computation, bandwidth and theoretical sophistication for PostRax!

(Okay that does not roll off the tongue.)

icon selected because it is an animal cosplaying

[laura47.livejournal.com]

"Will I be dressed as a fox or a cat: I haven't decided yet! Opinions welcome."

FOX WITH CATGIRLS EARS.

why is "not the con hotel" good in your mind?

Re: icon selected because it is an animal cosplaying

[rax.livejournal.com]

Because at least at Anthrocon, the con hotel always has a fifteen-minute line for the elevators, while the nearby hotel has instant elevator access.

[lhexa.livejournal.com]

Fox!

[kelkyag]

Huckleberry and ground cherry? I had no idea -- and I'd never even heard of goji berry. Off to get lost in the wilds of wikipedia ...

[rax.livejournal.com]

Huckleberry I learned from the staff at a vegan restaurant in SF. Goji and ground I learned the hard way. Although ground cherries only caused a really mild reaction the last time I had them, so who knows.

[kelkyag]

If the wikipedia article is correct, real huckleberries are not, but there is an unrelated plant called a "garden huckleberry" which is in the nightshade family.

I need to get me a "horrified" icon

[greyooze.livejournal.com]

Also, do people put tobacco in food?! Is this a thing? Please tell me you were only listing it for reasons of breathing and not eating, oh please.

Worst. Condiment. Ever.

Re: I need to get me a "horrified" icon

[rax.livejournal.com]

I am not familiar with people putting tobacco in food. I have heard rumors of Japanese sodas that contain nicotine, though all I have found are drinks (including American ones) that contain nicotinamide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinamide) which is apparently a not-nice way of saying vitamin B3.

Re: I need to get me a "horrified" icon

[doma.livejournal.com]

I actually had a dessert once at a fancy restaurant called "scotch & cigarettes", which was lightly-tobacco-flavored creme brulee in a scotch sauce.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

[1] I'm pretty sure I have lost any ability to not call myself a postfurry at this point. I don't have to change my username to postvulpix, though, right? Because I really like "rax."

Only if you like 'postvulpix' better. I never changed mine to 'postdragon', after all.

[rax.livejournal.com]

Was it not clear that I was kidding? ...Or am I failing to detect your sarcasm? oh god I have started a game I can only lose

You were going to be my example if someone seriously claimed that I should. :)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I wasn't exactly being serious here either!

[hariyos.livejournal.com]

Are you deathly allergic to tobacco smoke now, too?

[rax.livejournal.com]

I get awful headaches. I thought I was just getting hung over from Poker Night, but actually it was the tobacco. (I checked.) I will still put up with it for social occasions I like enough (mostly Poker Night) but I chug a bunch of ibuprofen if I do, and no more social hookah smoking. Oh well.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

I will make certain to bring my RTFG deck, but I have none of the expansions and this makes me Sad Dragon.

It will be good seeing you, in general!

[rax.livejournal.com]

I don't think I am bringing mine due to limited packing space (I am not checking bags), but I think the Posts are kindly bringing one that we could use.

[krinndnz.livejournal.com]

I am dragging a programmer in on Friday evening, promising him interesting people to talk to, and I am making him bring his RFTG setup. He has a clever custom divider! It both houses RFTG + two expansions, making cards and chits and so on available, and hides The Shame (the attack/takeover/bullshit mechanics).

[missgreytea.livejournal.com]

Have fun! This sounds like a great time.