Van Helsing/WriterCon

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I somehow ended up seeing Van Helsing twice this weekend. Friday I saw it with drujan, Saturday I saw it in the same theater with jaydk. (Everyone else's schedules conflicted ... I got to hang out with each friend individually, though, so I didn't really mind).

I liked the movie, btw. It was very cheesy and stupid, style without substance, but fun, like a theme park ride. The worst parts were when we were supposed to take the lead actors seriously--Kate Beckinsale, in particuarly, was painfully dull. But the intentionally cheesy parts, like Dracula and his Brides, were awesome. I love the guy who played Dracula--he was so delightfully over-the-top. And all the references to old monster movies were fun to catch, especially since I just finished taking a class on vampire films.

drujan and I snuck alcohol into the theater, and I think we must've gotten pretty drunk, because we somehow ended up planning two vacations for this year, to Las Vegas and to Disney World.

Not sure about Disney, but I think we're really going to Vegas--just expanding the trip to WriterCon. It looks now like we're going to arrive Tuesday night and spend Wednesday and Thursday exploring the city prior to the con. Then I'm going to WriterCon (rooming with irfikos, irfikos' roommate, and miggy) while drujan is going to continue exploring Vegas.

I'm going to stay in a different hotel with drujan on Tuesday and Wednesday--we're going to decide tonight which one. This is so exciting--I've never been to Vegas before, but drujan has, so she has lots of ideas about what we should do.

We're probably going to stay really late on Monday and take an 11:30 PM flight home to NYC, which gets in around 7:30 AM, sleep on the plane, and then go straight to work from that. I figure it's best to get the most possible out of the trip, plus that way we can hang out with whoever's left on Monday, or catch up on any last-minute activities.

So, anyone else arriving early or staying late? I want to know who's going to be around. :)

Comments

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

Manly and I will be coming in on Wednesday afternoon, and leaving about noon on Monday. :)

Yay! I'm so glad you're coming! This is going to be so much damn fun. ::bounces::

And hey, if you come to Disney, I just live about an hour and a half away, so we could maybe have lunch together. :)

[10zlaine.livejournal.com]

I'm getting in on Wednesday, but I haven't made any accommodations plans. Still trying to talk thefangirl into it, and I'm thinking soulmate815 was maybe coming? So, if either M. or drujan wants to room with me, that'd be kewl. Then we can just work in Ingrid.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be getting there on either Tuesday or Wednesday... I'm driving down from Seattle, mostly so onetwomany (who is flying over from Australia) and I can drive back afterward through Utah, Idaho, and either Oregon or Montana (depending on time) -- give her a bit of a tour of the Western US.

[shaddyr]

I'm flying out of Seattle on Wednesday morning, so I shall be there by that afternoon. I'm going to take a Tuesday morning flight back.

And Van Helsing was fun in spite of the dreky parts. Did you 'get' the Wolverine shout-out? I'm starting to wonder of pellmelody and I were the only ones who caught that...

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

I'm coming to Writercon on Thursday, so not really early (leaving Monday) but I'm looking forward to meeting you, finally. :-) And I can confirm that Vegas is big fun - lots of things to do besides gambling.

And wasn't Dracula fabulous? If you saw Moulin Rouge, he's the same actor who played the evil Duke - hard to believe it's the same guy.