Brief FOGcon notes
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sereneI don't generally write long con reports, but I do like reading them, so please, those of you who went, let this serve as encouragement for you to post a better roundup than I'm about to post.
1) Seeing people I rarely see was lovely, even though I was too fragmented to do much about it. Also, for other people who don't consider yourselves fans and/or con-goers, I recommend FOGcon. I am neither a fan nor a con-goer, besides which I'm an introvert: still, I felt welcomed, interested, and part of the group the whole time I was there.
2) Outside of the con, the weekend began badly* (with a tsunami evacuation -- we live in a basement by the bay), and never really improved after that, so I think it's pretty awesome that I enjoyed the con as much as I did
3) Every panel I attended was filled with smart, articulate people who can disagree without being disagreeable. I loved the panels a lot.
4) in which I whine for a minute, but passive-aggressively put it behind a cut tag instead of politely keeping it to myself: No fewer than ten people, including a couple of family members, took it upon themselves to spend a considerable amount of time telling me what the kid did wrong with her dealer's-room booth. That shit is annoying. Love you all still, but really? Even after I tell you it's not something I was in charge of? Let it drop, please! By the time the last one started, it was all I could do not to be rude.
5) Next con, I don't just pay for my own room: I GET my own room.
6) Best consuite food ever, but still, I should really not try to live for two days on mostly consuite food.
7) However, because I did live for two days on mostly consuite food, in addition to two meals out with generous people, I spent $20 at the con, besides my room. That's pretty amazing, if you ask me. (That doesn't count my outlay for the kid's booth and prints and stuff; that's a loan, not an actual expense.)
8) My mom and I would have had a lot of fun doing this con together, if we hadn't been babysitting a couple other family members. Lesson learned.
9) BATHTUB!! I took hot baths two mornings in a row. Being submerged in water is my happy place. My next apartment MUST have a bathtub.
* For James: And inside of a con, it's too dark to read
1) Seeing people I rarely see was lovely, even though I was too fragmented to do much about it. Also, for other people who don't consider yourselves fans and/or con-goers, I recommend FOGcon. I am neither a fan nor a con-goer, besides which I'm an introvert: still, I felt welcomed, interested, and part of the group the whole time I was there.
2) Outside of the con, the weekend began badly* (with a tsunami evacuation -- we live in a basement by the bay), and never really improved after that, so I think it's pretty awesome that I enjoyed the con as much as I did
3) Every panel I attended was filled with smart, articulate people who can disagree without being disagreeable. I loved the panels a lot.
4) in which I whine for a minute, but passive-aggressively put it behind a cut tag instead of politely keeping it to myself: No fewer than ten people, including a couple of family members, took it upon themselves to spend a considerable amount of time telling me what the kid did wrong with her dealer's-room booth. That shit is annoying. Love you all still, but really? Even after I tell you it's not something I was in charge of? Let it drop, please! By the time the last one started, it was all I could do not to be rude.
5) Next con, I don't just pay for my own room: I GET my own room.
6) Best consuite food ever, but still, I should really not try to live for two days on mostly consuite food.
7) However, because I did live for two days on mostly consuite food, in addition to two meals out with generous people, I spent $20 at the con, besides my room. That's pretty amazing, if you ask me. (That doesn't count my outlay for the kid's booth and prints and stuff; that's a loan, not an actual expense.)
8) My mom and I would have had a lot of fun doing this con together, if we hadn't been babysitting a couple other family members. Lesson learned.
9) BATHTUB!! I took hot baths two mornings in a row. Being submerged in water is my happy place. My next apartment MUST have a bathtub.
* For James: And inside of a con, it's too dark to read
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Date: 2011-03-15 09:33 pm (UTC)Yes, yes, yes.
3) Every panel I attended was filled with smart, articulate people who can disagree without being disagreeable.
Yes, yes, yes
took it upon themselves to spend a considerable amount of time telling me what the kid did wrong with her dealer's-room booth.
[sigh]
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Date: 2011-03-16 02:39 am (UTC)I felt kind of naughty for my repeated post-panel raids of the consuite for a can of soda and handful of cookies and candy to take right back down to the next panel. :-)
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Date: 2011-03-16 03:25 pm (UTC)and it was great to see both you and serene.
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Date: 2011-03-17 03:29 am (UTC)Yeah, I wasn't too clear on whether blatant raiding was perfectly fine, or whether it was supposed to be more reserved for people who were actually spending time hanging out in there (with or without drinks that happened to be on fire).
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Date: 2011-03-16 03:28 pm (UTC)Sounds really good overall, and YAY bathtub! I hope you can get one in your life sometime in the near future.
I'm excited to hear that the Young Adult had a vendor thing at Con - good on her!