All of you not voting for the Fire Ceremony are thinking way too much that "Peru, that might be cool" and not enough clicking on the link.
The rodeo might be actual fun, and GEAR Con will be tedious but considering there's a guy on my bus that wears a top hat every god damn day, it can't be that much worse than just living in Portland.
Speaking as a Reedie (1-2-3... SHUT UP REEDIE!). Anyway, speaking as a Reedie the first two would be fairly enjoyable to almost every strain of us. We are notoriously allergic to Rodeos and everything that could occur at one.
One time I went to a rodeo and the fucking bull jumped over the goddamn fence and tore through the parking lot for like 10 minutes and the cowboys had cowboy him back in with lassos and stuff. It was the opposite of a worst night ever.
Rodeo is the antithesis of fashion, and thus the obvious choice. Suggest that Marjorie be compelled to write a column on "Rodeo Style" and karaoke the song "Indian Outlaw" afterwards.
The rodeo might be actual fun, and GEAR Con will be tedious but considering there's a guy on my bus that wears a top hat every god damn day, it can't be that much worse than just living in Portland.
But the steampunk thing sounds like it would be far more interesting to read about, so that's winning for me over schadenfreude.
The Peruvian fire ceremony sounds like it might well have been one of Marjorie's mandatory classes at Reed...
Article me, or it didn't happen.
A variety of Live Action Role Playing events will
be taking place around the con this weekend.
BUT, the Fire Ceremony has Fire Energy, with song, drums, rattles, and ritual. Tough call...
(And you're right, it's not Worse. Night. Ever.)