ECCC TIP #2: THE BAG
Mar. 30th, 2009 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyOne of the most overlooked and taken-for-granted items that every conventioneer should be equipped with is a good Convention Bag. For most of you a simple Back Pack will suffice; for me, I've graduated to a giant Superman duffel Bag that easily holds 3 cubic feet of product in the main compartment and has several outer compartments for holding smaller items.
Your bag NEEDS three things:
In your Water Proof Compartment (or in the water proofed compartment) you should plan on carrying Two sandwiches. Also in your bag should be a small bag of chips, a Granola/Candy Bar and a large bottle of non-carbonated sugar free beverage.
(I have had terrible, awful things happen to my purchases when I trusted a bottle of Coke in my back pack. No sugar, no color, no pressurization from now on. Water is the only way for me)
I suggest that you keep you bottle of water, chips and candy/granola bar in your main compartment of your bag so that every time you try to stow a purchase you are reminded that you need to eat or drink something.
My bag on Saturday will have two Baloney Sandwiches, a bag of home-made Chex Mix, some cookies and a 1-liter bottle of home brewed iced tea.
Also in my bag will be Wil Wheaton's "Just A Geek", my newly revised and updated Justice League Want-List, my Dice and a deck of Magic: The Gathering cards.
Your bag NEEDS three things:
- A Water Proof Compartment/Division
- Comfortable shoulder straps
- Durability
In your Water Proof Compartment (or in the water proofed compartment) you should plan on carrying Two sandwiches. Also in your bag should be a small bag of chips, a Granola/Candy Bar and a large bottle of non-carbonated sugar free beverage.
(I have had terrible, awful things happen to my purchases when I trusted a bottle of Coke in my back pack. No sugar, no color, no pressurization from now on. Water is the only way for me)
I suggest that you keep you bottle of water, chips and candy/granola bar in your main compartment of your bag so that every time you try to stow a purchase you are reminded that you need to eat or drink something.
My bag on Saturday will have two Baloney Sandwiches, a bag of home-made Chex Mix, some cookies and a 1-liter bottle of home brewed iced tea.
Also in my bag will be Wil Wheaton's "Just A Geek", my newly revised and updated Justice League Want-List, my Dice and a deck of Magic: The Gathering cards.
