You… OFF MY PLANET!

so i took and extended weekend in the catskills…well, rather than typing the whole damn thing over again…i took the post i did from a board i belonged to and copied/pasted here…
disclaimer: i’m a huge buffy fan…hence that’s where i was, with katy and lex, at a buffy convention where i met amber benson, Anthony Stewart Head (ASH), James Marsters, and James Leary. all of which are charcters from buffy…so without further delay…here’s the post…
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god i waited all weekend to vent about this…let’s take this one aspect at a time…

Lodgings… - well, we had lodgings. i suppose that’s the upside of things. let’s talk about the rooms and the luxurious friar tuck resort…the room was…*ahem* well, barren was the word that came to mind. bed, dresser, table, tv. i think they have more furniture in a 2×2 jail cell. the bathroom was either built for the geriatric ward or gymnast wanna-be’s. alexis stubbed her toes repeatedly on the damn bars that were wobbly and would kill someone if they ever leaned their weight on it…i must have slammed my hands onto the damn bar a million times trying to get to the tp. okay…our view was of the lovely concrete courts that once was a racquet ball court…to get the the ill-maintained tennis courts, you must traverse a mud puddle the size of manhattan (i suppose this is where the paddle boats would come in handy - they were in the geese shit infested pond) - you think they would be getting ready for the summer season…

the food - riiigh…let’s talk about the food. remember when you were in college, and you walked into the dining hall…looked at the food…and cringed inwardly? that was the same reaction i had. i went to rutgers university in nj…and i thought the food there was horrible…christ, the food at the friar tuck made my dining hall experience look like the four season! i had carbs, carbs, more carbs, with a side of carbs, and a carb sauce…wait…oooh, a variety…fried carbs!! so, here we were, sitting next to the buffet tables, when i realized that there were more flies around the food than people…*ponders this internally* that would explain the tummy ache i got…*shakes head*

the event - hmm…let’s see if i can describe the scene that prevailed for most of the weekend… think of the word bedlam and all tha entails. think of every horror movie where there’s a monster attacking a large crowd of people and the mayhem that ensued. got that picture? good…now multiply that by 100, and maybe you’ll get an idea of the complete chaos that was at MR. the premise was great…intimate setting…well, it would’ve been if lovely julie caitlin brown wasn’t down everyone throat about breathing in JM’s persence, the security staff screaming after every guest…i actually saw 3 guys chase after ASH while he tried to talke to JM screaming “HEY…YOU CAN’T DO THAT…GET BACK HERE!!” - i failed to see that these guys are 3 year olds who can’t take care of themselves. okay…and let’s not forget the lines…”ALL OF YOU!!! GET INTO LINES BY YOUR BADGE NUMBER!!!…NO WAIT…YOU CAN SIT WITH YOUR FRIENDS…NO WAIT…BY YOUR BADGE NUMBERS!!…NO…FINE, YOU CAN SIT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!” how about…MAKE UP YOUR FREAKIN’ MINDS!!! - between the confused MR staff, random security staff running around, and julie catlin brown pushing herself into everyone’s personal space and screaming…there was fun to be had by all!

overall - well, if i was a horse, i think i would’ve weathered the flies better (note the swooshing tail to keep pests away) - since i’m from the city, i have an iron stomach…the food didn’t bother me too much *hides the embarassing gurgle of bowels attempting to move* - and the geriatric bathroom with wobbly bars? hey, who really need a functioning toe or an unbruised hand? or for that matter, who really needs tp when you decide to use the facilities?

the few saving graces of this little escapade into the mountains were the company i kept…and joe the bartender at the hotel bar…so thank you joe (even though he won’t read this) and thanks to the mods and everyone else i hung around with…definitely cool to have met you all…

~steph
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needless to say, it was an experience that i rather not repeat. seriously, the place looked like the set of some cheezy b-rated horror movie and i was expecting the swamp thing to emerge from the lovely…ummm…pond thing they had in the middle of the compound. the con cost way too much, and we got way too little for our money…since it was my first one (and a first for katy and alexis as well), the sentiment i think is to never return to another fan-run convention. interestingly enough though, i think i’ve been converted to being an amber benson fan. never liked her much before, always thought she had one expression - but after listening to her at the q&a session and just randomly running into her in the halls and on the compound, she’s proven herself to be a very nice, sweet, candid, and overall friendly person…so i suppose that was a good thing?

steph