"...You'll know her the minute you see her. She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock..."

Friday afternoon at Costume College: At dinnertime I went to a late lunch at Beep's, with Maria, colleency, amybee28, Alyxx, and Joanne (who probably have LJs but I don't have them memorized). As I mentioned I was on-shift at the Costume Exhibit from 4:00 to 5:00 so it was easy for them to find me, and I was very glad they did. library_lynn was having dinner in O.C. before hitting the road, so I wasn't going to have dinner with her.

Friday evening nightlife: The Barea costumers in the bar and later upstairs, the marketplace open for evening shopping, and hospitality. That's all that was going on -- that and the faint hum of dozens of sewing machines as you walk the hallways. Lynn sat up for a little while reading in the room before going to bed.

The Costume Exhibit was open 9:00 to 5:00 each day. The Costume College FAQs shows a basic schedule for the weekend but doesn't mention the Exhibit, so you'll have to take my word for it. The convention is set up so that most people check in Thursday night and classes start rolling with a bang first thing each morning. Each of the three days is a full, full day of 8 hours of programs (classes) -- the first and last days aren't partial days the way they are at most other conventions. And because most people are here to take those classes, everyone needs to get a good night's sleep. With the possible exception of kprocheandbovil, who were non-staff non-volunteer costumer members but they weren't students -- they didn't go to any of the classes, making them notable exceptions at this con. Well, actually I guess they do qualify as volunteers of a sort because they hosted Hospitality Sunday night to promote costume_con.

Since Christian and I were volunteers, we didn't have the full packets with the schedules (pocket program grids). We had no idea when to expect people on their class breaks, apart from every hour and 30 minutes after the hour. I'd suggest that perhaps C.C. should post a few copies on the walls. Maybe even print an enlarged copy or two? There's a berthaprinter in fandom, not far away...

EDIT: Apparently there were dance lessons from 8:00 to 10:00 pm Friday, according to that schedule. Guess I missed that...