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Brief FOGcon notes
Mar. 15th, 2011 01:04 pmI 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 )
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 )
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