It amuses me that you are not the only person that I know with a cat named Scsi.
LOL. That's funny. I though that I was the only one who had a cat named SCSI.
My buddy got a 3 day pass off ebay last night so now I have my mule to carry all my swag and take pics lol. This will be his first time going to any kind of convention, I figured halo fest would be one hell of a way to start though.
PACK MULE! LOL
On to the important stuff!
The 405th Hotel: I have contacted the hotel and to ask a few things.
1)
Check in times. Normal check in time is 4PM. However I did ask for an early checkin. How early? Well that depends on 2 things. the 1st is how soon do the previous occupants leave and 2nd is how soon does house keeping finish up. Basically we don't know.
For those who are insainly excited and are showing up super early, I have found out that the hotel/bell hop can 'check in' your luggage and put it into storage until the room(s) become ready.
I wont' be showing up until after dinner.
2)
Room keys/cards. The Hotel will be able to provide room keys/passes to all 8 of us.
3) I have confirmed the 2 room bookings, just to make sure that they did not give them away to someone else.
That's one experience that I really want to avoid. Our rooms are secured.
Communications: Not much has been discussed about this. So, I'll start off by offering a few ways to contact me throughout the event.
Internet - I'm not sure how well the WIFI and/or the 3G network will be, but I'll have access to the following via my smartphone while trooping around. Email:
longshot@longshot-x.com Twitter:
www.twitter.com/drlongshotx Facebook:
www.facebook.com/drlongshotx
Directly - Cell phone. I have no problem giving out my Cell#. If you want it, please PM me and I'll give it to you. Please use this method only if you cant contact me via the internet methods or if you need a faster response time. eg. "I lost you! Where are you?" Also be aware that if you call me, you might find yourself LIVE on my PA system. You'll know this by the way that I answer the call. "Hello caller. Your live with Spartan LongShot!"
Text messaging also works fine with me.
Smartphone guide: Here is a nice app.
http://www.guidebookapp.com/getit/ works with Iphone, Android, Blackberry and Win7 phones.
PAX PRIME 2011 download is avaiable now.
Now on to keeping the excitement going:
11 Days till HALOFEST
<Pulls Trigger> Very loud BLAM!
"This white plushy thingy does'nt work! Maby its for something else?"
Chief still trying to figure out what TP is really for.
"What's with this streamer hanging off the end?"
After carefully explaining the detailed process of how to use TP
"Your telling me that I'm suppose to wipe my <BLEEP> with this?!?"
"... FOUR or FIVE squares is all that I get to use. Your kidding me!
I'm a SPARTAN! I'll need more than that!"
Oh dear. I have a bad feeling about this.