The clock ticks on for ACME & Pengiucon

[vakkotaur]

I may have been a bit late posting the ACME Delivery poll for Penguicon, but it was still over a month ago (27 January) and so far there have zero Penguicon responses. I clicked on the submit button so I could see any results and one fellow who isn't going submitted joke responses (that I do not mind) and that has been it. Right now, no suggestions of anything. And worse, I don't have ideas of my own. Correction, I have one. One. I could blame it on the Penguicon folks not having their Guests of Honor lined up and ready and listed on the web site - they claim they tend to have five or six but so far I see only two. But that isn't a solid reason. Even aside from Guests of Honor and Nifties I usually have at least a few ideas of my own.

And time is running out. While Penguicon is at the end of April, what that really means is that I need to be ready by the end of March if at all possible. I might be able to swing one or two things in April, but I'll be busy getting everything ready. And things that take time (paints, glues, shipping) can mean a project simply won't have the time to get finished - and then hauled on a 12 or so hour drive.

So right now, I have one idea. And I did just order a bunch of Cow Tales. Oh, and I recall being asked to make & bring some butterscotch fudge, so there's another little project to take up time near the last minute.

I know I haven't done as well last year. I was (and still am, dangit) way overweight and that kept my in-suit time way down and made dressing Orvan (or as Orvan) more problematic. Working on that. And then I used to post photos of Orvan's deliveries. A few years ago I wanted to included Jer's wedding photos and the tools I used didn't work well to add things, so I kept waiting and delaying and by the time I got things (and not just Jer's, someone else had something as well) I had forgotten so much I just let it go. And I didn't really get to things after that. I'm not sure I even sure I even have any of the photos from 2011.

I am starting to wonder if maybe I should let Orvan rest a while - though he really only shows up at Penguicon now. I haven't been able to afford, in time or money, RCFM or MFF or much of anything else for some time. I really only have two events a year now: Penguicon and the Siouxland Renaissance Festival, so I don't want to idle back any more.

Comments

[mightyix.livejournal.com]

part of the problem is likely that nobody reads Livejournal much anymore. Part of it is that this is the first year Penguicon has dropped the ball on advertising who and what. Programming still isn't up last time I checked.

Barfleet will be there. You could arrange something fun by hitting their party as Orvan.

I believe the Romans will be there (Joe Saul as Caesar). That has opportunity.

I will be there, again. But you've already gotten me.

Don't have a whole lot more info.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though I did supposedly get ACME Delivery brought up at a concom meeting by someone. Nothing. After previous years, I think I would be best avoiding BarFleet - the entry policy makes sense (can't really enter as Orvan) and the noise level is too high and the light level too low. The Roman bit might have some angle to work with. I need to think on it. And while you have gotten an item or two in the past, perhaps you know a deserving person?

Also, will you be doing the Baen(-ish) party thing again?

[thecanuckguy.livejournal.com]

I was just going on to say that Livejournal is the 2010s MySpace, deadsville, man. Perhaps you should see where the other Penguinconites hang out now (my bet is Facebook) and have Orvan set up shop there.

But it looks like mightyix beat me to it.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Googleplus, maybe. I absolutely, utterly refuse to have anything do to with the privacy invading swine that is FaceBook. And to be truthful, I'm not all that thrilled about Googleplus but at least it isna;t as active privacy-hostile as that Zuckerberg crook.