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The 9 Steps To Surviving SDCC
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Take a sweatshirt, a light sweater, or maybe a fleece vest. I find a lot of hotel and convention centers to be really over air conditioned.
Mrs. Overclock taught me to bring at least two different pairs of good walking shoes, and switch them off each day. (If you're spending three weeks in Japan, take three pair. She did, I didn't, to my regret.)
Pack a water bottle or a power bar or two (mentioned in "Be Prepared (2)").
As hard as it is to believe, people are more important than things. It's okay to just sit back and have a beer or a latte or two with your friends and talk about what you did (or are going to do) that day. Those times with your friends are going to be what you remember later.
07/19/09
What's the point of a furlough if I can't go to SDCC? HMM??
07/19/09
A basic map of the Gaslight District helps if you want the trolley or decent eats. Also, familiarity with the northern suburbs (Carlsbad, LA Jolla, Oceanside, etc) helps to get out of town where it's more economical.
07/19/09
@gods-n-clods: dont forget WetNaps
07/19/09
The above, and a $10/per diem Pretzel Dog allowance (someone should write a sonnet to the healing power of those warm, magically delicious, holy things), will allow you to survive all day, every day, at the Con.
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You reminded me when I would bring my clove cigarettes to meet girls. Yeah.
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i would prefer if you aimed rage at Fox Broadcasting
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Question is, where did you learn how to deconstruct my high-school heroes? What's next, ripping into Bob Mould and Bill Sienkiewicz?
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yeah, now apply that to SDCC... there is a much greater chance that the SDCC will gain a sentience personification first
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