I didn't get
much sleep tonight. It's too warm in the bedroom and I couldn't get the
window open. Went to bed at 04:00, tossed and turned, and woke up at
08:00. Walked around taking pictures. Christopher also woke up early.
Julie and Riley were also up.
Having nothing better to do we went out with Dave to get more con
supplies. Went to Blockbusters and rented eight movies to fill in the
gaps for the movie room. Then to Mike (Dave's older half-brother) to
get some tools, get some hay for the archery range, and to Staples for
convention badges.
Most of this stuff was in Victorville which is next to Apple Valley.
Apple Valley doesn't have much even for a town of 50k. I'm not even
sure they have a proper downtown. We did pass through Victorville's old
town and they have some sort of mall and most of the usual chain stores
California urbanites expect.
For lunch we went to a Middle Eastern place. I had a chicken and rice
entreé which was good. We got a couple of appetizers, tabula and
something else. Not too good -- too sour for my tastes.
Back at Dave's they set up the basketball half-court and the archery
range. Rowe arrived about this time. Sweet, Chris and I shot some
arrows. Woo, Fulton and Rowe played tip. Chris joined them later and
Woo won eventually. The basketball half-court is not good because it
slopes left to right. You could easily get hurt playing there.
Fulton started playing Alpha Centauri: Alien Crossfire on my computer.
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Later that
night they played Munchkin. Woo cooked a spaghetti dinner which was
quite good. We watched Army of
Darkness and Star Wars,
though really not much of either film. Dave is just running the movies
on the television while we do other things.
Donald called at 18:00 after I had just left him a message. We were
wondering where he was on the road. Apparently I woke him up and he
hadn't even left yet. Eventually he decided to to leave at 01:00 so he
can arrive here in the morning.
Right now they're playing Myth Fortune. They had to delay the game a
bit while Dave put Riley to sleep. The kid was crying and crying. I
remember when Steph and I just left Chris in his room and let him cry
himself to sleep while we watched television. You don't want to spoil
the kid but you don't want to be too cruel. It's a delicate balancing
act.
Anyway, Myth Fortune, the game that never ends. Apparently they're not
playing with the football and dragon poker rules, which are mini-games
within the game. Rowe said they're pointless and really drag the game.
It might stll be a long game.
Meanwhile, I'm starting to crash. Not enough sleep plus a big dinner
plus nothing interesting going on means that I'm pretty tired. I'm kind
of warm though and I don't like going to sleep all hot and sticky. I'll
probaby have to strip to a t-shirt and shorts, whch is generally
against my usual dresscode.
And that's the first official day of DaveCon.
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