Bronycon: Lessons learned · 6:42am Jul 15th, 2016
— Don't run on 5 to 4 hours sleep for the whole week prior.
— Don't dump a whole cup of coffee on your jeans during your flight.
— Don't pack an exact number of pants, in case the above happens.
— Don't choose a flight which will get delayed for 3 hours.
— Don't forget to check at which time your roommate with the room reservation will arrive.
— Don't miss breakfast by leaving your alarm on mute.
— Don't feel too self-conscious about meeting some authors. I missed talking to a few for no good reason.
— Do remember to get a MLP Tarot reading. It can do wonders for your self-esteem.
— Don't feel that you should only buy 1 thing from a booth full of cool stuff. I wish I had some more of those wood prints.
— Do buy a Fluffle Puff plushie, unless you don't like strangers coming to you asking to boop her nose.
— Don't forget to contact people you know when thinking about going to a writer's dinner.
— Don't bother going to the Pony Analysts panel. Never before have I felt so much like an alien, as everyone around me laughed at tons of unfunny inside jokes, while I couldn't do anything to actually stand-up and leave.
— Don't miss getting into the Hoof of Argon line just because it is kinda long.
— Don't be so sleep deprived to the point you have a hard time forming English sentences.
— Don't go get coffee while people are taking a group photo.
— Don't let Bad Horse mislead an elevator full of random people into singing the song.
— Don't have a large fast-food lunch before going to a nice Italian place.
— Don't let llamas near capitalist wolf ghost queens.
— Don't try checking in into your flight with the wrong company.
— Don't board your flight with just 1 minute to spare.
— Don't forget to bring your visa papers when traveling outside the country.
— Do remember to do it all over again next year.
My first con experience was simply magical. Thanks to all the cool people I met there for all the conversations I successfully infiltrated, for the fun games I got to play, for the interesting panels I got to attend, but above all else for reinforcing just how special this corner of the Internet can be.
With regards to the pants you can wear them back to front and inside out to get more useage.
With you on point seven. More happily, on the last one as well!
But yeah, the random events of travel and numerous points of failure can really wear a person down.
Did you not get a 'I do bad things for Bad Horse' tee? Clearly this is what you should be doing.
Was awesome saying hello and I can't wait to see you again next year.
This is why I always overpack for stuff like this. I think I still had like two days of clothing left at the end.
Yeah... yeah.
Ah yes, the joys of sleep deprivation.
I'm not sure how I survived on as little sleep during that con as I did. I think I slept like, 3-4 hours a night.
Why wouldn't you do this?
Well, that's always fun.
Yeesh! Glad you made it, though.
I actually ended up getting diverted to a different (and much shorter) security line and thus ended up in the flight area with like, 45 minutes to spare.
Anyway, it was fun meeting you! Good times were had and you were a great roommate.
Along with "Don't get involved in a land war in Asia", one of the classic blunders.
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And in more extreme cases, you can wear your undershirts as if they were pants.
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It was great to meet you, and I'm glad you had an awesome first con (it was a great con for me too), and I'm especially glad that the Tarot reading was a highlight.