At Origins, by god

[prog]

Sorted out the problems with registration, checked into our hotel room, have showered and shaved and eaten (though I probably could have chosen better than greasy pad thai given my abused stomach... oops). I have said hello to a few Looney people as I happen to run into them but haven't really debuted yet; been letting Zarf do this.

After this trip it's hard not to wonder if some malevolent force isn't throwing resistance up at every step. I'd say "other than delaying us by a whole day it's not been very successful" but that delay actually is a real bummer; now we have only two full days here. OTOH, the most recent obstacle was trying to get wifi to work in the hotel room, and that was just a matter of using Firefox instead of Safari.

I will presently go back to the convention center and seek a nice hot tea to sip.

Comments

[radtea.livejournal.com]

After this trip it's hard not to wonder if some malevolent force isn't throwing resistance up at every step.

That's because there really is some malevolent force throwing resistance up at every step.

The gods hate you, although you shouldn't take it personally--the gods hate everybody who tries to do anything interesting. I've found that hating them back is reasonably satisfying, and paying close attention to detail is a good way to thwart them.

I routinely call to confirm anything that is even slightly out of the ordinary. The interesting thing is that I never catch mistakes that way, but doing it somehow propitiates the gods and things run smoothly.

I sense a gaming opportunity

[taskboy3000.livejournal.com]

Surely you can parlay this miserable travel experience into a zany game of hyjinx involving airplanes and poop?

Re: I sense a gaming opportunity

[keimel.livejournal.com]

The problem is that with all these people AT origins, no doubt many of them having somewhat similar experiences, there might already be a booth for the game based on this idea.

:)

Re: I sense a gaming opportunity

[radtea.livejournal.com]

...and if none of them have, the idea can't be any good.

This is Zeno's proof of the impossibility of progress: either a thing has already been done, or not. In the case it has already been done, it isn't worth doing because it's already been done. In the case it has not already been done, it isn't worth doing because surely if it were, someone would have done it already. Ergo, nothing is ever worth doing.

Like all of Zeno's arguments, there's a problem with a premise or two in there somewhere...