{"id":4101,"date":"2010-09-03T06:45:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2010-08-30T00:59:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T04:59:37","slug":"out-of-office-autoreply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Office AutoReply: I&#8217;m at DragonCon 2010!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assuming all went well with air travel, I&#8217;ve been in Atlanta since yesterday evening!!! Me and 40,000 of my closest friends all weekend long! DragonCon is the largest multi-media and popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, pop art, designer toys, literature, art, music, and film in the US.  It\u2019s the 6th largest convention in the city of Atlanta, has over 500 guests (actors, authors, artists, bands, etc),  and offers over 3,500 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops. Check out the <a title=\"DragonCon website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DragonCon website<\/a> for details on the event!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DragonCon via TARDIS!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3445\/3905892357_0a5efbc603.jpg\" alt=\"DragonCon via TARDIS!\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I typically take somewhere between 400 and 600 pictures each year of celebrities, friends, costumes, and generally interesting stuff.\u00a0 <a title=\"Once Upon a Geek DragonCon photos on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view all my DragonCon photos on Flickr<\/a>.  Also, for some of my favorite DragonCon costumes <a title=\"Best DragonCon Costumes 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/11\/best-of-dragoncon-2008-costumes\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and <a title=\"Best DragonCon costumes 2009\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/09\/17\/best-of-dragoncon-2009-costumes\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.  Finally, you can read about my 2009 DragonCon exploits by clicking <a title=\"DragonCon 2009 - Day One\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/09\/14\/dragoncon-2009-recap-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a title=\"DragonCon 2009 - Day Two\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/09\/15\/dragoncon-2009-recap-day-two\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and <a title=\"DragonCon 2009 - Day 3 &amp; 4\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/09\/16\/dragoncon-2009-days-3-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talk with you sometime next week.\u00a0 Assuming I make it back home alive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4101\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4101\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4101\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/03\/out-of-office-autoreply\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming all went well with air travel, I&#8217;ve been in Atlanta since yesterday evening!!! Me and 40,000 of my closest friends all weekend long! 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Me and 30,000 of my closest friends all weekend long! Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.\u00a0 It's the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;apparel&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3091\/2826363157_aa8d8e0d77.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":129,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/08\/dragoncon-countdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":4101,"position":1},"title":"Dragon*Con Countdown","date":"August 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As usual, I will be attending the upcoming Dragon*Con convention.\u00a0 If you're not familiar with it, Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.\u00a0 Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dragoncon.org\/images\/dc08_frontpage.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":143,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":4101,"position":2},"title":"DragonCon Preview Podcast","date":"August 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't freakin' wait until Friday!\u00a0 DragonCon 2008 is shaping up to be a fantastic convention!\u00a0 Loads of panels I'm interested in, great times to look forward to with friends, celebrities to see, and funds to be dropped in the dealer room.\u00a0 Can't wait!\u00a0 Be warned, I may miss a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;podcasts&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":145,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/03\/i-survived-dragoncon\/","url_meta":{"origin":4101,"position":3},"title":"I Survived DragonCon","date":"September 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The good news is that I survived DragonCon.\u00a0 The bad news is that I'm having trouble re-acclimatizing to regular life.\u00a0 After being completely immersed in geekdom for four straight days, it's a little hard to suddenly be transported from the wild to \"civilized\" society. I had a fantastic time!\u00a0 This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;adventure&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Shag & Iron Man - Check out the Shirt!","src":"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3007&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=f1195a41d834145f0e8c9876862b70a0","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4405,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/21\/halloween-costume-ideas-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4101,"position":4},"title":"Need Halloween Costume Ideas? Look at these from DragonCon!","date":"October 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some Halloween costume ideas! All of these costumes appeared at DragonCon 2010.\u00a0 Some of these are incredibly elaborate, while others are fairly simple and could be made by you at home with a little time and effort.\u00a0 There were hundreds (if not thousands) of different costumes at DragonCon.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Wonder Girl at DragonCon 2010","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/4975355725_f31c775a97_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/11\/dragoncon\/","url_meta":{"origin":4101,"position":5},"title":"Dragon*Con &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait!","date":"April 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone else getting anxious about Dragon*Con this year?\u00a0 I can't wait to be immersed in all the geeky goodness.\u00a0 The celebrities, the pseudo-celebrities, the panels, the costumes, the dealer rooms, staying up late playing games, the crowds (yes, even the crowds can be fun), and just generally being a complete\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;personal&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4101"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4113,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions\/4113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}