I entered a random twitter drawing for a plane flight and hotel room at DEFCON next week. It would be amusing to win, and I am not sure how work would take that since I have no paid time off.

What would I bring? I would probably have to go snag a laptop for sure. Fist fulls of cash (don't trust ATM machines at DEFCON), some black tshirts, and sun screen?

I skimmed through the lectures at DEFON (I would still have to pay the $150 for the four day registration) and I wonder 'why' I would go. I mean I am not a hard line furry toothed geek, I am not a crypto head, a security specialist, or Federal anything. I just know that going would be insane and something to check off the ol' list.

That left me wondering about other cons I need to visit. GenCon for the gamer in my past (out in Indy). That would just be me squealing like a girl and buying up tons of d&d-esque merch. ComicCon out in San Diego would be a blast for the all around geekness. I would also like to hit up a TechEd by Microsoft before I tank my career on an orgry of code, coke, and callgirls.

DEFCON, ComicCon, GenCon, and MS TechEd. Yeah I think I can eventually get my act together to hit those. Heh. Monday might be interesting if I win. How to convience boss that it's a good idea.