http://www.dragoncon.org/

After skipping a year, hubs and I are going again!! I snagged a performer slot on the filk track.

I'll bring the special gin for the tdub party!
Who's in?

6/9/2015 3:34:36 PM

Bump?

8/27/2015 9:55:20 AM

DRAGON CON!!!!

8/27/2015 9:56:26 AM

i'm down for conning some dragons.

8/27/2015 9:57:18 AM

Minka and I are going again, staying at the Hilton as usual.

8/27/2015 9:59:03 AM

I'm out this year , but expect to be back next year.

8/31/2015 1:01:42 PM

You kids need to pick a Con that's not during my annual vacation.

8/31/2015 1:22:57 PM

LETS GO TO THE CONCON

8/31/2015 3:54:04 PM

We're staying in the Marriott.

And I have two solo sets in the Hyatt!

Midnight Friday: "Metricula's Filthy, Adults-Only Midnight Campfire Sing-a-long" (NC-17)
7pm Saturday: "Nerd-a-longs with Metricula" (PG-13)

Also, I'm publicly searchable on the DragonCon app as "Madison Metricula"

8/31/2015 4:28:17 PM

wait, are you famous or something?

8/31/2015 4:32:10 PM

What separates out DragonCon from most cons is that it's 100% fan driven, want to host and organize a panel? Go right ahead.

8/31/2015 4:53:38 PM

Cool, my panel will be "HEY NERDS, STOP DRESSING UP LIKE GI JOES AND SHIT. FUCKING NERDS."

I'm assuming it will be wildly popular.

[Edited on August 31, 2015 at 5:06 PM. Reason : NERDS]

[Edited on August 31, 2015 at 5:06 PM. Reason : NERDS]

8/31/2015 5:03:36 PM

^ So tuff

8/31/2015 5:13:46 PM

http://www.theonion.com/article/comic-con-once-again-marred-by-increasingly-popula-28736

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"SAN DIEGO—Sources confirmed Tuesday the comic book and sci-fi expo Comic-Con was once again tarnished by the presence of the increasingly popular Bully-Con, a brutal event held simultaneously in the same convention space and attended by some of the nation's most die-hard fans of pummeling nerds. Now in its fifth year, Bully-Con reportedly drew more than 125,000 tormentors of all stripes to the San Diego Convention Center, many of whom said that for people really into making life miserable for those weaker than themselves, there was nothing quite like the massive four-day gathering. "I don't necessarily have to travel to San Diego to slap a copy of Spider-Man out of some pussy's hands, but there's something special about coming together with thousands of people who really dig the same sort of cruelty you do," said Houston-area goon Marty Badolato, adding that he quickly made half a dozen new friends while shoving people exiting a Q&A with Tick creator Ben Edlund. "It just blew my mind to be in a single building completely surrounded by so many people making nerds flinch." A Bully-Con panel discussion featuring three bullying legends. "And check out the cool swag," added Badolato, holding up two halves of an autographed photo of Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols that he had torn up moments after a fan had gotten the signature. "I've got a tote bag filled with stuff like this." In just a few short years, Bully-Con has grown from a small group of thugs roaming the Comic-Con exhibition halls in search of geeks to harass as they peruse fantasy miniatures into a phenomenon in its own right. This year's installment featured more than 200 breakout sessions, including a workshop on headlock technique, a retrospective look at the history of menacingly whispering "faggot," and a seminar on Japanese ijime bullying, which in the past decade has become tremendously popular in the United States. The centerpiece of this year's event was an all-star panel discussion in which celebrated bullies past and present offered advice on how to go to the Comic-Con panel on The Walking Dead and absolutely ruin it. "When we started this, it was just me and a couple of friends who wanted to taunt some Joss Whedon fans," said Bully-Con co-founder Chet Olsen, who told reporters he never imagined he and 300 fellow bullies would one day heckle the host of a Firefly trivia contest to the point of tears, or push writer Matt Fraction down a hill behind the convention center. "It's so much bigger than that now, and while I'm proud of my contribution, a lot of the credit goes to ordinary bullies who travel out here from around the country." "Well, them and all the dorks," Olsen added. "It wouldn't be any fun without those little shits." Indeed, over time, Comic-Con has become almost as well-known for the colorful costumes of its attendees as for the scheduled convention events themselves, an element Bully-Con attendees said had become a huge part of the experience for them as well. "It's fun to sneak up behind people dressed as Boba Fett, rip the helmet off, and leave them standing there with their dumb heads sticking out of body armor," said bully Rod Fitzgerald, adding that his girlfriend was also a bully and loved telling girls dressed like Kate Beckinsale's Underworld character that anyone as fat and disgusting as they were had a lot of nerve wearing skin-tight leather. "I've been coming to Bully-Con since the beginning, and going up to some dweeb in robes and glasses, and twisting his arm until he screams, 'My name is Homo Potter!' just never gets old." Fitzgerald smiled and added, "Man, I can't wait until October for New York Bully-Con.""

8/31/2015 6:32:30 PM

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"wait, are you famous or something?"

In a very, very niche circle of upper-southeast-regional genre convention and cabaret music circles, yes.

So, no.

9/1/2015 9:11:01 AM

Minka and I are probably going to head to one of your shows, would you recommend the Friday or Saturday one?

9/1/2015 9:12:55 AM

bbehe one is tagged as Adults-Only, so do you really need to ask?

9/1/2015 9:14:45 AM

Friday night it is.

9/1/2015 9:25:00 AM

Yay!!

They'll both have different songs, but there will be a smidge of overlap. I'm most excited about the Friday one too! It's actually marked adults-only by DragonCon.



I have an actual inflatable campfire, and depending on how many people there are we can straight up make a circle. I'm also bringing a bottle of whisky to share, but I can't officially advertise that.

You can have one of my wristbands, too! I thought they'd be less likely to get lost than business cards.





[Edited on September 1, 2015 at 10:15 AM. Reason : Pictures]

9/1/2015 10:10:26 AM

IT'S WHISKEY YOU NERD.

THIS AIN'T CANADA.

9/1/2015 10:12:00 AM

YOU ARE RIGHT.

I do a "Nancy Whisky" and usually use that spelling, so now I misspell it without meaning to in other contexts.

9/1/2015 10:17:07 AM

-__-

9/1/2015 10:24:12 AM

Why are people so flaky when it ocmes to making plans for rooms

Buddy just had 2 people in his room back out at the last second
My group had 1 person back out with a month to go

9/1/2015 10:27:36 AM

NERDS

9/1/2015 10:28:27 AM

Wow, two? Was he at a con hotel? That's $texas with two few people

9/1/2015 10:30:04 AM

Yeah, he's at the Marriott.

9/1/2015 10:31:33 AM

I'll be there, and like last year, will be dressed like Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds and spend most of my time drinking and giving noogies to dorks.

What the fuck is Filk?

[Edited on September 2, 2015 at 12:15 AM. Reason : d]

9/2/2015 12:13:55 AM

Love it! If y'all use the app, I'm publicly searchable. I can also just PM you friend codes if you send me a PM.

I have two handles of gin for this.

9/2/2015 12:16:11 AM

Hey! People at Con:

PM me or send me a hangouts message to join our "Galadriel You Made it" Google hangout to share cool stuff we see and GET PUMPED.

9/3/2015 12:37:41 PM

Finally checked in and have my room for next year

9/3/2015 3:09:03 PM

Metricula singing about dicks and pussy was awesome. Never been to a filk show before but it was entertaining.

9/5/2015 1:44:50 AM

Thanks for coming!!! I had an absolute blast up there. After the spankings, I herded drunks back down to the filk room and there was a cuddle orgy in the middle of the floor while we were doing and open filk circle.

Also one of the other performer's mom was lifting up my friend's kilt and showing off his balls.

I bill myself as filk and filth, and--while I am not trying to brag--I DELIVERED.

9/5/2015 8:58:35 AM

Cuddle orgy?

9/5/2015 9:49:07 AM

Oh yes. I had to clear the hall after my Friday night show, and too many people were sex-charged up. I herded them down to the filk room as if I were an S&M pied piper.

We had a "normal" folk circle except for the cluster of people making out in the middle.

One girl bit my husband's nipple!

And another performer's mom kept lifting up my friend's kilt!

I am the rowdy clown.

9/9/2015 4:12:16 PM

^I was there!

9/9/2015 5:10:08 PM

so is Metricula a nerd-prostitute or something?

9/9/2015 5:22:26 PM

I believe the preferred term is clown of ill-repute.

9/9/2015 6:05:27 PM

I bill myself as a singing clown domanatrix, so it's somewhat related.

I don't sell sex so much as selling my skills as a hostess and a facilitator of fun.

HONK HONK



[Edited on September 9, 2015 at 6:32 PM. Reason : LICK MY GIANT SHOE, FUNNY MAN. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?]

9/9/2015 6:27:36 PM

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"I bill myself as a singing clown domanatrix"

definitely the first one of those i've heard of.

9/10/2015 1:16:47 AM