JCork
08-02-2009, 06:17 PM
This post (http://tinyurl.com/m2bqzu) will be updated day to day, as I retrieve more suggestions based on the mistakes of others. I'll also try to update as much as I can on this thread on top of my blog post. A funny, yet extremely helpful list. Enjoy, share, and keep checking back for more!
Also, please add your suggestions as you experience this city. Hopefully we can get a pretty decent list going!
What NOT to do at SIGGRAPH New Orleans:
1. Watch out for man testicles in Bourbon Street.
2. Don't take shots out of test tubes and loose your credit card.
3. Watch out for bachelorette parties.
4. Don't walk alone through dark alleys.
5. When you see beads flying from the sky, don't look up!
6. Don't drop glass bottles off of balconies on Bourbon Street.
7. Make sure your hotel is the right address. You don't want to haveto walk 8 blocks or so to the next one.
8. Take taxis. don't walk after dark. Don't stumble into cars thinking they're taxis! People look down on that.
9. "Be careful who you talk to. I wasn't here more then 20 minutes and I had a female bartender telling me about how she was going to kill her husband and get away with it."
10. If you see a tall homeless guy around Canal Street and he lifts his shirt, look the other way.
11. Strippers and computer graphics don't mix!
12. Do not cut in front of anyone in the Pixar teapot line.
13. Don't be late for the bus. The drivers show no mercy.
14. You probably shouldn't go into random SIGGRAPH people's apartments and get stoned. They encourage it on Bourbon Street though.
15. Don't give away your beads to a woman who asks for it. They need to work for them.
16. Do not look into the eyes of the club bouncers. They might steal your soul, and your cash.
17. Don't pat someone on the back, for they will ask you, "Does it look like I need a cookie?" Your answer to this intriguing question will want to be "no", however it would be fun to see how fast a CG artist is compared to a local.
18. Don't walk around town hungover, decide to help some lady with a baby stroller cross the street when the light's red, get honked at, and instinctively flip the bird to the guy who honked at you ... it might be one of the speakers from ILM.
19. Don't pass up on the Art Wars booth.
Also, please add your suggestions as you experience this city. Hopefully we can get a pretty decent list going!
What NOT to do at SIGGRAPH New Orleans:
1. Watch out for man testicles in Bourbon Street.
2. Don't take shots out of test tubes and loose your credit card.
3. Watch out for bachelorette parties.
4. Don't walk alone through dark alleys.
5. When you see beads flying from the sky, don't look up!
6. Don't drop glass bottles off of balconies on Bourbon Street.
7. Make sure your hotel is the right address. You don't want to haveto walk 8 blocks or so to the next one.
8. Take taxis. don't walk after dark. Don't stumble into cars thinking they're taxis! People look down on that.
9. "Be careful who you talk to. I wasn't here more then 20 minutes and I had a female bartender telling me about how she was going to kill her husband and get away with it."
10. If you see a tall homeless guy around Canal Street and he lifts his shirt, look the other way.
11. Strippers and computer graphics don't mix!
12. Do not cut in front of anyone in the Pixar teapot line.
13. Don't be late for the bus. The drivers show no mercy.
14. You probably shouldn't go into random SIGGRAPH people's apartments and get stoned. They encourage it on Bourbon Street though.
15. Don't give away your beads to a woman who asks for it. They need to work for them.
16. Do not look into the eyes of the club bouncers. They might steal your soul, and your cash.
17. Don't pat someone on the back, for they will ask you, "Does it look like I need a cookie?" Your answer to this intriguing question will want to be "no", however it would be fun to see how fast a CG artist is compared to a local.
18. Don't walk around town hungover, decide to help some lady with a baby stroller cross the street when the light's red, get honked at, and instinctively flip the bird to the guy who honked at you ... it might be one of the speakers from ILM.
19. Don't pass up on the Art Wars booth.