So I suppose I should report on my participation in ASSCON-3, such as it was. My wife and I had both planned to attend, but after spending the afternoon walking around Chinatown -- on top of a week putting up with a strained shoulder -- she decided to give it a miss and went home. Being sort of headachy, I was tempted to do likewise, but decided to put in a brief appearance, just so I could say I did. I got to the MSC a little after 7, figuring it was far too early to find any ASSCers. I saw a few people I suspected, but no definite hits. It occurs to me that some prominent-but-innocuous symbol might help. Walking up to a stranger and saying "Ass-c?", especially at a strip club probably isn't a good way to keep in contact with your front teeth... So I resolved to keep an eye out for people acting like Fools (note the capital "F". I refer here to Fools in the Court Jester sense, though some people would, no doubt, refer to us as being more akin to the other kind...) and just enjoy myself as I would on any other visit. Got a nice, albeit short, lap from Maha (who commented approvingly later on my Omaha the Cat Dancer T-shirt). She's got the three Cs down (Cheerful, Cute, and Cuddly), so it was a pleasant interlude. Kind of startling to realize I've spent enough time there that she recognized me. Not by name, but as somebody who (a) hangs out there and (b) hasn't been in recently. Enjoyed having her tell me to come by even if I don't have money. "You can still sit out here and enjoy the show," she told me. My headache was making me restless, so I spent more time than I usually do migrating between the main stage and the Bangkok room (I usually spend most of my time in the main theatre, but I was finding yet again that it's not nearly as much fun when you don't have anyone to make snarky comments about the dancers you don't like.) Eventually wound up spending some private time with my CF (who shall remain nameless here -- I don't see any reason to share _everything_ with y'all [especially the lurkers] -- I'll just note that she's not only mastered the three Cs, but knows push a limit _and_ how to work a crowd). My mistake on timing, though. I thought the lineup was over, instead of coming up, and things kinda got cut short. Watched a little more of the show, and decided to call it a night when the feature came on -- Silicone does nothing much for me -- and spotted an obvious pack of Fools as I headed up the aisle. Handing out rubber gloves was a pretty obvious clue. I introduced myself -- only caught a couple of names, and promptly forgot one, as I tend to do. My apologies to you, whoever the heck you were. Tallguy's name I remember, but only because he quite emphatically is. Watched the tail end of the feature's set -- the large dollop of lotion in the [un?]lucky audience member's lap made it worthwhile -- and then left as the pack headed for seats on the other side of the theatre. All-in-all, I'd call it a pleasant evening, even if it didn't really go as planned. Let me know if any of you plan to hit MSC again, especially when there's a non-enhanced headliner, and p'raps we can make an evening of it. "What do you think, Sirs?" S. ... This is what makes being a mutated monster lizard all worthwhile! --- BBS information and free sample files <file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/Te/Team_H> Senders of unsolicited commercial email may be billed US$500 per message at the recipient's discretion.