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So right now I'm sitting in my living room, kind of exhausted, looking at a green chair that used to sit in my Grandmother's living room. This weekend was eventful, and I'm tired.
Crysta and I went down to Milwaukee so we could spend father's day with my parents (along with some other family members). We went to the Brewer's game on Sunday, and like any game of baseball, it was a good time. I've never been a huge sports person, but I love watching a good live baseball game.
Honestly it was an amazing day.
Before I left town on Saturday though, I swung by the local No Kings protest here in Eau Claire, and then spent a chunk of time at the local Pride celebration. I tend to be a bit of a shut in these days, so with all the awful stuff in the news it was nice to remind myself that there are good people in the world willing to stand up for what's right and for each other.
My grandmother passed away not that long ago, and one thing I had my parent set aside for me was a chair. I realize that it looks a bit more gold in the photo, but trust me when I say it's green in real life. This morning I loaded it into my pickup and drove it across the state and got it into my living room. I loved this chair as a kid, and importantly... it swivels. And when I was growing up adults would always yell at me not to spin the chair. Well guess what, it's my chair now.
And no one can stop me from spinning.
I dunno -- it was just a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. We also went out to dinner after the baseball game yesterday, but I think I'll give my full opinion on that later this week in a different blog post. Because we went to a restaurant none of us had been to before, and uh... I have thoughts.
That was vague. I'm being vague. You're just going to have to be okay with that.
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Well it’ll all be fine.
is it just me or is kurtz style person running Yakisobacon’s table?
It’s a homestuck cosplayer.
Oooh. nice banner, BorkCon!
I forgot to add something, I know we do it all the time but has the hotel staffs of all these hotels ever complain about their being like 12 people in a single room? Because I know on a normal occasion growing up in a 7 person family that hotels cap out usually 4 or 5 people in a room so in my family’s case we always had 2 rooms because of this.
But has there ever been any complaints from the hotels about this?
…not if they don’t find out about it! 🙂
Offically, hotels don’t allow ‘extra’ people in a room, in part because it’s a safety violation. If the Fire Marshal were to catch that many people staying in a room, the hotel could get into legal trouble. Plus, having all those people stay in several rooms is more money for the hotel.
On the other hand, the hotel is generally aware that all those people wouldn’t be there if they couldn’t share, which would mean no money for the hotel. And the Convention, which gives money to the hotel, wouldn’t be happening without all those people. So hotels tend to not look too hard at how many people are actually staying in a room. But if you’re blatant about it, they can, and and sometimes will, take action.
Exactly. My con very strongly pounds a “Four people in a room!” now, but in the early days, we had 15+ people in a staff hotel room for several years running. A big ol’ suite, which meant room for everyone (I brought an inflatable bed and claimed the spot behind the minibar), but still cramped.
Most people I know keep to the 4-person limit. Pushing beyond that point gets so cramped folks don’t try it again unless there’s desperation points.
For a conference in Belgium we once rented a suite with I think six beds, for a dozen or so people to sleep there. (Plus a few more that met there in the evening, but didn’t stay for the night.) The staff was looking funny when more and more people kept arriving, but they didn’t say anything…