WorldCon

So WorldCon is in Toronto this year, the last weekend in August.

I'm tempted to go see if I can get affordable tickets to Toronto because I could do WorldCon AND visit my parents. But making it a long enough visit to fully enjoy both would be hard. (ok, so enjoy visiting my parents isn't necessarily a valid statement...)

Has anyone on here been to WorldCon? Is it worth the expensive con fee ($205 USD, $275 CAD for the whole weekend, although there are discounted rates for purchasing single days)? What kind of con is it? Is it mostly business-y, or a good party con, or both? If I just went for the duration of the Con, would there be plenty of times when I didn't want to be there that I could schedule time with my parents?

Oh, and dear Boston friends, WorldCon 2004 will be Labor Day weekend in Boston. Be sure that I will fight tooth and nail to be there and see all you fabulous folks while I'm at it (if I haven't convinced you to move here by then). ;p

So far so good!

Just got an e-mail from Wired:
From: Editor
Date: Tue Jun 17, 2003 04:57:15 US/Pacific
To: Questioner
Subject: followup

Hi Questioner, thanks for coming back in.

We are very very close to making final decisions, and were hoping you could send us a few references.

Thanks!
-- Editor


w00t! Anyone have any guesses at what that means?

( My possible interpretations, and yes, I know I'm over analyzing )

WAHOO!

I GOT IT!

I got the Products internship at wired! Not the one I wanted the most, but I'll still get to pitch story ideas, so I'll still learn from it, and make connections, and... and...

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