MediaWest Begins

[neadods]

I have never meant the words "down and safe" more literally. Getting the last part of the way was as quick and uneventful as could have been hoped for.

Now that I'm here, all the signs and billboards (and the router address) still say Holiday Inn, although a banner has been slapped on the hotel itself. The courtyard has been ripped to shreds; nothing but mounds of rock and dirt where the fountains and chairs had been, and there are people working on the roof. The only flyers posted are the weekend hours for the hotel restaurant, which is also under new management and thus not covered in movie posters. (No other flyers AT ALL. That's weirding me out.)

There's a long line at hotel registration but it's a quiet one, so no shenanigans. As I've got 3 hours before my roomies arrive and check in (and my name's not on the room), I'm going to take advantage of the pre-con lull to catch up with email & LJ.

But I thought y'all might want to know that I am here, and I am safe.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear it. Have a good time at the con (and a safe trip home again!)


(PS The Devil of Denge Marsh made me laugh so much at the beginning!)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Is that clip not the funniest thing in the universe? I pulled it as a sound sampler to play here - two and a half minutes that sum up Scarifyers *perfectly!*

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Definitely! I was so glad I wasn't eating or drinking, or I swear I'd have choked!

[gonzai55.livejournal.com]

Yes, a big 'phew' of relief on your safe arrival!

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Glad you've arrived safely!

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

Say hi to Annie and Leah for me if they're up there.

[not-hathor.livejournal.com]

What Jeff said.... also Peter and Brenda!

[not-hathor.livejournal.com]

Whew!

Your description of the condition of the hotel feels..... not good.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

So far we have active construction, a refrigerator that had to have the mold cleaned out of it and be turned on before it could be used, and three people with keys that didn't work.

Oh, and lots of posters advertising a boxing bout that's going to be held here soon. It's like all those jarring wrestling ads on Sci Fi.

This is going to be... interesting.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

Good to know- now go find that masseuse! :)

arg

[wolfdancer.livejournal.com]

hotell construction is one of the things that kills me about going to cons.
I hope that I can make it to next media.
Am so glad that you got there OK\
Who is doing massage this year?
I would like to be able to bring my chair or tableif I make it up
Sigh.
Bluesky

Re: arg

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I don't know who (or if anyone) is doing massage; people are still flooding in.

[tempestsarekind.livejournal.com]

I've only just read your previous post--WOW. So glad you're all right! (People I know keep *not* getting hurt in Toyotas, which makes me really rather fond of them.)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

People I know keep *not* getting hurt in Toyotas

Yeah, it was a reason that attracted me too. Tongue cannot tell how glad I am this didn't happen in the older, heavier Forester with the reconditioned brakes that still occasionally squealed.

[mechturtle.livejournal.com]

SO glad to hear you're okay and that you arrived safely! And kinda sad to hear about the lack of movie posters/flyers.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Apparently he's hung all the posters at whatever restaurant he works out now; I didn't catch the name.

[maypanic.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it there safe, reading about that near miss even made my heart pound a bit! Have a brilliant weekend.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Thanks! A slow start, but a promising one to the convention.

[trekkieturtle.livejournal.com]

Have fun! Sorry it sounds like this hotel might make the Hunt Valley Marriott seem like Risa. :(