Messages From PAX

While in Seattle, I sent a ton of text messages to my friend. These are reproduced here to give a mostly accurate account of my time at PAX. Plus, it's the only really interesting thing I've done recently, so I want to wring as much out of it as possible.

Day Zero:

9/3/09 4:22pm:
I just had the greatest idea for a soft drink: Dr. Ribs! Available in Hickory and Dry Rub.

9/3/09 7:45pm:
I just ate probably the best steak I've ever had, served to me by a woman who looked like an angry Tina Fey.

Day One:

9/4/09 11:19am:
It's like a million bespectacled salmon swimming upstream to breed.

9/4/09 11:32am:
Don't know if that was a Jedi or just a guy in a bathrobe.

9/4/09 11:41am:
Okay, THAT was a Jedi.

9/4/09 12:45pm:
I just got my copy of Sneak King signed by Toastyfrog! I called him Mr. Parish. I feel dirty now.

9/4/09 2:42pm:
There's No More Heroes 2 toilet paper in the bathroom.

9/4/09 4:43pm:
Some guy started walking next to me on the street. Not sure if he was hitting on me or trying to scam me. Either way, KA-REEPY.

9/4/09 5:10pm:
I regret not cosplaying. This seems like the perfect place to dress up as some obscure game character. Like, the shopkeeper from Might and Magic 2 or something.

Day Two: Judgment Day

9/5/09 1:48pm:
I thought I saw a drug deal going down, but they were just exchanging a copy of Odin Sphere.

9/5/09 3:19pm:
Jeez, this place is full of Korean MMOs.

9/5/09 7:37pm:
Just saw a lady dressed as the player character from Persona 4 ... with a golf club. Respect.

9/5/09 9:36pm:
I just got whupped at a Magic tournament, but I enjoyed it heartily. And I was sitting next to a cut-rate Seanbaby.

9/5/09 9:48pm:
I'm about to take a shot of this godawful NOS energy drink. Pray for me.

9/5/09 9:51pm:
Oh god, it's like someone peed in rancid cough syrup.

9/5/09 10:44pm:
Rick Astley singalong!

9/5/09 11:45pm:
OMG FREEZEPOP

9/5/09 11:51pm:
WTF KEYTAR YES

9/6/09 1:16am:
This burrito kinda tastes like soap.

9/6/09 2:05am:
God, why did Freddie Mercury have to die?

Day Three: Rise of the Machines

9/6/09 12:54pm:
I live!

9/6/09 1:53pm:
Jonathan Coulton was kinda meh. He just didn't seem that into it. I liked his opening act, Paul and Storm, better.

9/6/09 3:55pm:
Sitting on a beanbag in the handheld lounge - this is my moment of Zen.

9/6/09 4:24pm:

There are these awesome aprons at the Diner Dash booth... but to get one I'd have to stand in line for ten minutes and play Diner Dash. No deal.

9/6/09 6:38pm:
PAX is a solemn reminder for all nerds: no matter what you walk of life, race, creed, or fandom, we're all the same under our ironic video game t-shirts.