Writings and Travels of Lina Em
Technically, Sunday is our last day at DragonCon as flying back to NYC on Monday can be hellish if you need to return to work the next day as I’ve learnt the year before. So to finish the last day, I woke up early to a quiet morning as most of the attendees are still fast asleep from a night of geeky and nerdy debauchery.
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Day 2, the Saturday before Labor Day is the annual Dragoncon parade! The locals, children, and freaks and geeks come out to masquerade on the street and bask in the glory of costumes and nerdy celebrities! This is definitely a big thing that Atlantians love and loathe but mostly love. Locals are excited to serve us in restaurants, stop us for costume photos, and can’t stop talking about what they’ve seen.
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DragonCon officially starts on Friday. I thought would be a good idea to arrive a day early so that I could take a drive through Atlanta. But alas, this year, everyone arrived Thursday, which made for bad travels and movements throughout Atlanta. Last year, even when I woke up to go to the gym, nary a person in sight but this year, it was half full. I thought maybe its a fluke.
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This is my second year attending Dragon*Con in Atlanta, the biggest sci-fi fantasy convention on the east coast. It is also my last for several years to come as I need to divide my summer for my family. I had been hoping to spend time to make my costume but time was limited so instead of three costumes, I narrowed it down to 2 costumes.
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