ClioCon!

[jlh]

So discussing LunaCon with both blackholly and bhanesidhe got me thinking: what would the Con of Clio be? Come along, won't you?


Location: Some random old shambles of an old fashioned hotel in the wilds of southern Maine.

Friday
Arrival

Dinner and singing in main room: pizza, beer, Italian sandwiches, strawberry shortcake, and Karaoke featuring 70s am hits.

In the screening room, all con long: A loop of alternating John Hughes and Preston Sturges films


Saturday
Breakfast: Several varieties of silver dollar pancakes with appropriate accoutrement.

First Morning Panel: It's all about the B Story: Love and the Secondary Character
Special attention paid to Nick Carroway, Mervyn Bunter, Liz Imbrie and Seamus Finnigan

Second Morning Panel: Neil Finn, God
heidi8 (M), RL friend S, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow

Lunch: Drive classic convertibles to a picnic on the grounds, with fried chicken, potato salad, veggie sticks, and raspberry rhubarb pie

Afternoon: Napping in the sun, swimming in the pool

Teatime Panel: Clio, why she so hot?
calloocallay (M), Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, Michael J. Fox, Margaret Cho, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, and that guy from chem lab in high school.

Evening: Formal dinner party, with assigned seating, vast amounts of weirdly specific flatware, and seven or ten courses

Night: Costume ball with dancing on the veranda. Fox trots and waltzes. Theme: Romantic comedies, films noir and romances of the 1930s-1950s.


Sunday
Brunch: Eggs benedict. Very large bloody marys and mimosas available.

Morning panel: Ultimate mix cds and how to make them
John Cusack (M), calloocallay, RL Friends C and D

Afternoon: Live reading of Busman's Honeymoon (play) on the lawn

Teatime Panel: Stop the insanity! Or at least the bad sex writing!
Anais Nin (M), blackholly, Julia Quinn, Henry Miller
Special to Anne Rice: If you make a fuss you will be ejected.

Dinner: Foraging for leftovers in the fridge.

Departure.


Well? So what would your con be?

Comments

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Oh yes please. But what's up with the lack of fondue & cheese?

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Cheese is CC's bag, not mine. I reckon at CassieCon there will be nothing but cheese, and sushi, and bubble tea.

[titanic-days.livejournal.com]

I'll let the bubble tea slide and come anyway if she makes it All You Can Eat Sushi.

[aome.livejournal.com]

What do the (M)'s mean next to certain names? Master for that panel?

Ultimate mix cds and how to make them

I still have the treasure trove (and notes) you sent me. :D

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, moderator—that was how Holly's post about Lunacon designated it.

(yay!)

[tarie.livejournal.com]

That is BRILLIANT.

What a lovely idea!

(Now, if only we could get to organizing this. ;) )

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I say we outsource it. I'd like to be the client for a change. "Oh, yeah, I changed my mind. Can you get me something entirely new by first thing tomorrow morning? Thanks!"

[longtimegone]

I saw thsi from Holly's LJ first, but dude, ClioCon sounds like the best thing ever. :)) *collapses in old fashioned Maine hotel*

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

God, now I'm all stressed that there is, like, some secret way to make mix CDs and I will fail and be substandard when I am called upon to do so. Do you have a primer up somewhere?

Because you know what I need this week? I need some random stuff to stress about that ISN'T meeting yet another deadline for work.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

But also - count me in for ClioCon. I will even not bitch about separate registration fees for each cool panel.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Is that how I'll make money on this thing? Because I could use a summer revenue stream.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

I vote yes. So far, I am spending more on the optional events for TWH than I am for the basic registration.

Actually, that'd be perfect. You set up ClioCon, we'll all come and pad your pockets and you can cook for us. Works for me.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I'm really yearning to have a house party on a holiday weekend this summer. I just love them, so much cooking and laying around playing board games and going for car rides. I want to have a house like that someday where people come and stay for a week and we just mostly sit around. I want to be that sort of hostess. There's a Donald Fagen song where he says, "We'll move up to Manhattan and fill the place with friends" and that was always how I envisioned my adult life.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

You cannot help but succeed. There is a reason you were called to duty. Besides, you have all spring and summer to build up a head of steam about this since everything's taken til September.

You could also stress about the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds, or will the wolf survive, or how soon is now.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Yeah, speaking of, will you go ahead and put me down for October? :)) I don't think I'll be able to pull off September b/c the beginning of the school year next year promises to be especially chaotic. And that way I can also just hand-deliver some of them to TWH. :D

I choose 'how soon is now'. *panics* Actually, that's a bit too relevant for my tastes because...gah. Did you see where a certain flist-member who was having work woes yesterday thought that it was too late for him to go to grad school? :)) This would be me, feeling about 3 cms tall.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Rene and Ebony better decide soon, as they are left with no choices thanks to all of you! And hey, Heidi wanted September anyway.

I did not see that! *checks your flist* And what do you mean, 3cms tall?

[ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com]

I warn you that I would almost definately crash the "Clio! SO HOT" panel to distribute informative leaflets (complete with diagrams: "Here we see the fabulous hair. Here, the lucious bootay.") and serve martinis to the panel and guest of honor.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Crash? Why would you have to crash? Note that Em says she will be emphasizing my brain and asking people not to get hung up on eyes and hair.

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

*registers for ClioCon*

[dejaspirit.livejournal.com]

I kind of like your con. Mmmm shortcake and sex talk....

[titanic-days.livejournal.com]

You realise I will roll up drunk on Bloody Mary's at the mix-CD panel.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I would expect nothing less. I want you to be a generally corrupting influence. It will contrast with your angelic appearance.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

There's a speed limit in this state...

[misscora.livejournal.com]

-registers- Sounds like a blast.