Sep. 3rd, 2008

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-- Am coming down with con crud. Naturally. Seems to be a cold or something of that ilk, although my mother would claim it's allergies, because she claims everything is allergies, even when it's obviously a cold, with cold-like duration and symptoms.

-- Was fun. But not profitable. Made back my expenses, nothin' more.

-- I was on the upper floor of the artist alley and at first wasn't happy about that, going off reports from last year that it was extremely slow. But that turned out not to be the case, as last year, only gaming was nearby, and this year most of the panels were on the same floor, so most of the congoers came through. Yay. Although nobody was buying much this year. :/

-- Making all the keychains, even the big rectangular ones, $3 was a good idea.

-- I need to get a setup to get my table to go vertical. The big setup behind me kept distracting people walking by, so they weren't looking down and seeing my table. I'd prefer something behind me, so that when people pointed at a picture I could actually see it. Weight is also a consideration: theoretically this would need to be carried and shipped elsewhere for other artist alleys - the wire baskety things that others were using are cheap and effective but, I also know, heavy (plus not too good at creating a setup *behind*). Must think on this.

-- Signed up (and paid for) three other cons in the state in the coming year, plus heard good things about the Tulsa con's attendance - plus, the art show directors of that came by and told me about their plan for a competition next year to name a Con Artist (yeah, yeah, I see the pun) who would get 3 tables in the artist alley plus free hotel room. MUST ENTER.

-- I need to buy sooper-speshul-nice paper for the Art Show pieces, so I no longer feel guilty about pieces in the art show going for higher than I'm selling them at the table.

-- Gin and Rukia keychains outsold the others. Chibi L would probably have outsold all of them, but I ran out of him. Need to order more keychain blanks. Was asked for Matt and Misa from Death Note several times.

-- Will post cosplay pics soon.
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An entry and comments over on Just Bento contains tips and ideas for cooking in dorm rooms, or other places where you have a limited set of tools. My comment concerned making dinner for ten with one hotpot:
My sophomore year roommate and I once cooked and served dinner for ten in our dorm room using one hotpot. We sauteed mushrooms* for starters in the hotpot, then boiled water for spaghetti. After the spaghetti was cooked (in several batches - it was a small hotpot), we heated the sauce in the hotpot, then mixed it with the spaghetti in a bowl, and served it to our friends along with a few loaves of bread we’d picked up in the store.

I think we got someone else to bring dessert, and it was probably a couple of bags of cookies.

* Get some button mushrooms, wash them and pop off the stem so you’re left with the caps. Sautee the caps upside down in a bit of butter and lemon juice, so the juice collects in the bowl. Carefully lift out of hotpot [or pan, if you're cooking in a real kitchen - ed] so as not to spill the juice, eat while hot. Yum! Not exactly recommended use for a hotpot, though. :)
Anyone here have any ideas or stories about cooking in limited circumstances? Other than generic pot/cup noodles and ramen? :D (I don't currently have limited circumstances tool-wise, but I enjoy hearing stories of ingenuity. XD Also, I'm hungry.)

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