Here's my schedule for this weekend's Dragon*Con.
Friday
1pm -2pm - The Guild Panel with Robin and Amy in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom
2:30-5:30pm - Autographs in the Walk of Fame
6:00-6:30pm - The Guild Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
6:30-7:00pm - Star Trek Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
Saturday
10am-1pm, then again from 1:30-3:30pm - Autographs in the Walk of Fame
4-5pm - Star Trek TNG Panel with Brent and Gates in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom
5:00-5:30pm - The Guild Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
5:30-6:00pm - Star Trek Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
Sunday
11:30am-12:30pm Eureka Panel with Colin, Jordan, Chris, and Kevin in the Hyatt Centennial Ballroom
1:00-2:00pm - Autographs in the Walk of Fame
2:30-3:00pm - The Guild Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
3:00-3:30pm - Star Trek Photos in International Hall North at the Marriott.
4:00-7:00pm - Autographs in the Walk of Fame
Monday
10:00-11:00am - A panel that illustrates I was not consulted about what panels I wanted to be on, titled Wesley Crusher, Boy Genius. I tell you what: instead of rehashing something I did when I was 14 that we're all tired of talking about, I've asked Paul and Storm to join me for a dramatic retelling of a turgid tale some of you may know as the WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER story, and then we'll do soem Q&A for the rest of the hour. This will be in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom.
11:30am-12:30pm - Final signing of the con, in the Walk of Fame
Boy, I'm exhausted just looking at this, but everyone keeps telling me that this is a great con, attended by great people, and that I'm going to have a great time, so that's become my "Krusty will come" mantra.
I sold out of all my books at PAX, but I did bring some 3-Wheaton Moon posters and a crapton of 8x10s. I also have a few Compleat Workes of Me Wil Wheaton(e) DVDs left that were not purchased at PAX, if you're interested.
I may extend or reduce the signing hours, depending on how I'm feeling.
Finally, this is important, so I'm reprinting it from my post about GenCon last year:
I got the Swine Flu at PAX Prime in 2009, and it was the worst two weeks of my life. When we went to PAX East, all of us (Jerry, Mike, Kurtz, Straub, Paul and Storm, The Professor and Mary Ann) all agreed that we wouldn't shake hands, give hugs, or engage in human contact with people, to limit the introduction of infection vectors. Most people understood, and we gave each other the old Iron Guard Salute (not the fascist thing, the gaming thing that looks like like "love" in ASL). The result: a few people were cheesed off, but none of us were too upset about that, because none of us got sick. It was the first con I've gone to in my whole life where I didn't get some form of Con Crud, and I'd like to repeat that until we turn out the lights on Planet Earth.
So, tl;dr: I'm not going to touch people at the con. I know it seems weird, but I hope you understand why. I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm trying not to get sick. (Edited to add: in comments, a non-zero number of readers seem to have a real problem with this, and people on the rest of the Internets are already giving me a hard time about it in very unkind terms. This makes me really sad; I hoped for a little more empathy and understanding. Not that it should matter, but I have Epstein-Barr, so my immune system isn't as robust as a normal person's; it is very easy for me to catch viruses and other nasty things. I'm not going to apologize for not wanting to get sick, especially after two weeks of Swine Flu. If you can't understand that, it's your problem, not mine.)
Thanks for understanding. I'll see you at the con!
