ChicagoCon 2008 - Sunday, July 13
Sunday, July 13
Familiarization Day
As it was our first full day of Chicagocon, no specific events were scheduled. Instead, we were given a day to familiarize ourselves with the area.
Breakfast
Breakfast consisted of eggs, cinnamon rolls, and potatoes...
...although some people preferred Barbie Cereal.
Eating breakfast
Internet Access Shenanigans
Apparently "normal" people don't want to be connected to the internet while on vacation. Our 2007 convention house had no broadband internet, and this year's Michigan City vacation house didn't either. For a convention based on a website based on a video game, this was a problem. A variety of solutions were proposed.
Dave began building a cantenna in an attempt to find us an open wireless access point.
Dave shows off the cantenna.
The completed cantenna. Unfortunately, we discovered that its connector was the wrong size for any of the laptops at the convention.
So, without broadband, we were forced to take drastic measures: dial-up AOL. Finally, a decade later, a use for those ubiquitous trial CDs!
Karaoke in the Fishtank
A number of us made a run into town to get some more groceries. On the way, we had a bit of fun singing.
[Video courtesy of Mallory]
Dinner
Bill, wearing the required kevlar apron, grills up dinner.
Dinner consisted of hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and tator tots.
Reid... with fries.
Radio PSI
Dial-up was still fast enough to run a Radio PSI broadcast (albeit at lower quality), so we hosted a Live-From-Chicagocon Radio PSI Special Edition that night.
Chaz (DJ β) and Ben (DJ Not-A-DJ) begin their broadcast.
Rob (DJ Ozztastic) plays kazoo.
Ben, Stephen, Martin, and Stephanie perform a Fobbies are Borange question and answer sesssion.
Reid performs a dramatic reading.
Luke performs a live rendition of This is my House.
Liz, acting as "Denise," feeds misinformation to the internet.
Chicagocon sings a rousing rendition of EricBound.
Fireworks on the Beach
The town of Michigan City had a festival that day, culminating in a fireworks show at dusk.
Sunset at the beach
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
Casey T at the beach
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
More Evening Activities
Liz and Camille work with some stones found on the beach.
Sabrina, Camille, Reid, Liz, Jon, Ryan, and Bill
Playing Nintendo Edition Monopoly
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
Casey R shows off the shades he found on the beach.
Tomato joined us in spirit.
Campfire at the Beach
A number of people went down to our beach that evening for a small fire.
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
[Photo courtesy of Matt]
[Photo courtesy of Matt]