Penguicon 2006 photos

[nemorathwald]

Penguicon 4.0 was one of the most fun conventions I've ever been to. That's saying a lot.

Andrea Dale concert Andrea Dale performs a concert of Filk music.

Concert Audience Bill Kolasa listens to Frank Hayes, Tom Smith and Luke Ski perform "The Unholy Trinity Concert".

Black Sweater Party Sal Sanfratello of Aegis Consulting stages a roleplaying game of a SWAT team rescue operation.

Buffy The Musical The finale of a live re-enactment of Buffy The Vampire Slayer the Musical Episode, starring the lovely and talented Rennie, Laura and Anne. Davroz as Sweet the Demon is talented but more "dapper" than "lovely."

Chaos Toy Howard Tayler supervises the early construction of the Chaos Machine marble rollercoaster.

Chaos Machine progress Later in the weekend the Chaos Machine marble rollercoaster has become even more elaborate.

Char This is my new friend Char, a programmer and a Linux enthusiast. She helped me cover a whole hallway's wall with the schedule of the entire weekend of Penguicon.

Coffee Ritual sermon I am giving the coffee "sermon" at the coffee ritual while Narf and Andrea look on.

Coffee Ritual The barista of the coffee ritual (me) and the coffee acolytes Andrea and Rachel.

Diana and Spot Here is a python named Spot, with my friend Diana.

Frank Hayes concert Penguicon's musician Guest of Honor, Frank Hayes, performs a concert.

Icehouse Homeworlds Here is a Looney Labs game called Zendo, which is played with their playing pyramids.

Grease Wars Luke Ski and Carrie perform Grease Wars, a parody which combined words from Star Wars with the music of Grease.

liquid nitrogen ice cream Convention co-founder Rob Landley and Molly make ice cream with liquid nitrogen.

Espresso liquid nitrogen ice cream This is a batch of liquid nitrogen ice cream made with a double shot of espresso as the flavoring ingredient!

Serving liquid nitrogen ice cream Rob and Molly serve the first batch of the very popular espresso-flavored LN4 ice cream to attendees including Bruce Webber, my brother Andy Arnold, me, Manya Newton, and Chris.

liquid nitrogen Making ice cream with liquid nitrogen covers the floor with cold fog!

Peeps protest Pieces of candy staged a protest at Penguicon this year.

Shay's ribbons Shay VanZwoll shows off all the badge ribbons she has collected from other Penguicon attendees and stuck to her badge.

Spot with owner Here is the python, Spot, with its owner.

Stuffed Animal Tea Party Alison Looney, on the left, threw a tea party for stuffed animals and their friends. Her guests include Mike, whose head can be seen above the bear, Andy Looney at the end of the table with the mouse he carries in his pocket, Shaun Klein and Clark Rodeffer next to him, and on the far right Megan and Moonbeam.

Swan costume Here is a photo from Penguicon's masquerade presentation. I wasn't there to hear the presentation, but the costume can speak for itself. It says "swan" to me! *Edited to add: sisucore says this is her, and the dress is a replica of Bjork's dress from the 2001 Oscars.*

Sword duel: Linda vs. Sal Linda and Sal duel with practice swords made of PVC pipe, fiberglass tape and foam rubber.

Sword duel: Sal vs. Sean Sal takes on Sean on the hotel's putt-putt green.

Sword duel: Sean vs. Linda According to the rules, Sean must stop using a leg if Linda touches it with the practice sword. However, it's possible that this is his fighting stance.

Tom Smith, Frank Hayes in concert Tom Smith and Frank Hayes perform in the "Unholy Trinity Concert" with Luke Ski.

Willy Wonka A masquerade entry of Willy Wonka from his fabulous chocolate factory.

Comments

[sisucore.livejournal.com]

Hey *swan* here. It was more or less Bjork's swan dress from the 2001 Oscars. It was my first con and thought it was going to be a good idea. I was positively freezing for 2 hours. I had no idea the masqarade would be that loooooong.

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Great costume!

[zencuppa.livejournal.com]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for posting the photos! I had a great time and have every intention of returning next year.

And yes, that workshop info, need to write up and send you. Probably later this week . .. What is your email address? (mine is adale@merlynproductions.com).

Andrea

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

Andrea, it was delightful to meet you. Thank you for your participation and your great talent. "Zen Cappucinno" was the soundtrack in my head most of the weekend! My email is matt.mattarn@gmail.com. Send me the writeup any time, and remember, any more ideas that you have are very welcome.

Swordfighting captions

[thefile.livejournal.com]

BTW, it's not "Wood and foam rubber", it's "PVC pipe, fiberglass tape and foam rubber".

That and "boffer swords" are SCA equipment (Aegis!= SCA). It's more appropriate to call Aegis equipment "practice swords".

Re: Swordfighting captions

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

I knew Aegis used swords that were highly elaborate, but I didn't realize they were different enough to merit their own terminology. I've edited the caption to reflect this.

Re: Swordfighting captions

[thefile.livejournal.com]

Sal has a couple SCA "boffer" swords in the rack at the Haven facility. The difference is night and day. I'll show you my <shiny>full basket hilted</shiny> practice sword sometime.

(p.s. there's a second caption that references "wood and foam rubber")

Re: Swordfighting captions

[blue-duck.livejournal.com]

Actually, some of the advanced students *do* use a wood core, but that's with permission only because it's much easier to break bones that way.

The main difference between "boffers" and Aegis swords is the existence of a flat, unpadded part. It takes more control to use these properly as opposed to the completely round and padded boffer swords that won't hurt if you turn them the wrong way.

Thanks for putting the pictures up; they are all great. :)

[wolfger.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe it's just me, then. I was thinking that the con, while still very enjoyable, has been coasting downhill since 2.0. Of course, I may be giving 3.0 a bad rap, because I did have a physical ailment during con last year that kept me from enjoying it to its fullest. This year was a lot of fun, and a much needed break from the drudgery of "real life", but all weekend long I was feeling like something was lacking. I didn't see the crazy t-shirts I've grown to expect. I didn't attend masquerade, but that never stopped me from seeing lots and lots of costuems before. This year I saw very few costumes.