I am going to be there and don't really know many people...

[chelona.livejournal.com]

I am headed to Arisia this year, and am going without my husband. This will be pretty strange, as I haven't been to a con without him in many years. He is staying home to watch our kiddo.

Anyway, since I don't have anyone I know really well there, I will be looking to meet people / find people to hang out with while I am there. Is there an LJ meetup happening at some point? Anyone in a similar boat? Anyone want to show this "newbie" around? :)

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[chelona.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would like to arrange meeting sometime. So far my schedule is open. :) And no, I haven't officially arranged for a room. I am going to be reserving one for myself, since I have noone interested in sharing.

[dda.livejournal.com]

I think I've got my room situation set now (they are doing Staff room stuff now); I have a Queen room since I was only planning on myself when I registered. If you're interested in crash space, I might be able to help, although I will need to know ASAP to get a cot. You can send me mail at the accounts on my LJ user info page if you're interested.

Given that you don't know me as anything other than some bits on a web page, I won't be offended if you decline. On the other hand, given the amount of staff work I'll be doing, I'm also not sure how much I will even get to use the room!

Anyway, let me know and definitely check in with the message boards so we can set up a time to meet!

[chelona.livejournal.com]

I don't have my own room yet, so I might be interested in crash space. Problem is, with some medical problems I have, I am not too comfortable in a cot. So I will probably just be getting my own room. I appreciate the offer though! I will certainly be checking/posting the message boards when I get there.

[dda.livejournal.com]

Problem is, with some medical problems I have, I am not too comfortable in a cot.

Ah, understood. While I try to be a gentleman, I can't really offer to give you the bed and take the cot. :-( They might have some rooms with two single beds available but I'm not sure. I think the "Doubles" are the most in-demand rooms; they were moving staff onto another floor due to running out of doubles on the regular staff floor.

If you are going to get your own room, I would urge you do so immediately; I know they were doing room blocking. I reserved my room late last year and, oddly enough, ended up in the staff block because that was all that was left.

[chelona.livejournal.com]

I will be making my reservation tonight when I get home. I checked the availability on Friday, and there still seemed to be rooms availble. I just kinda forgot to make the reservation this weekend, which is when I was going to do it.