Having survived a rough 4 days of con, I am back home and awake tonight. It was a rough and wonderful weekend that had its high points higher than any highs, and the low points were lower than I've ever been before. Lessons were learned and things probably could have gone better, but they could have been worse as well.
Highlights first...got to meet someone I have been chatting with online for many many years now. It was great to finally get to see them face to face. Just hope they'll still want to talk to me now.
I got most of the autographs that I wanted. Most of whom were authors. Diana Gabaldon was an amazing person. Wonderful speaker, gracious, friendly, and happy to sign and talk and pose for pictures. Really enjoyed the reading that she gave from her new book. Also had artwork for the upcoming Outlander graphic novel. There were some amazingly beautiful works in there. Some of the style I didn't like, but it was a definate femine appeal to it, as opposed to most comic art. And no, I wasn't the only guy in the panel, there were a couple of more. Not many though. Charline Harris was nice, if a little frazzeled by the end of the line, which is where I was. She was supposed to cut off at 100 people, but ended up stopping somewhere above 200. Long wait in line, but worth it. Also got Malcolm McDowell's autograph, and he just seemed really cool. Was happy to talk and take pictures. Very cool guy. Probably still going to have the nightmares about him though.
Hanging out and the costumes were great this year. Still get amazed sometimes at the work, detail, and effort that people put into things. It just makes me wish that I had the talent for it. My own meager attempt at making a costume this year turned out not working well. But there were some amazing ones to look at. Took a ton of pics that I will get uploaded as soon as possible.
Made it into Adam Savage's panel on Sunday. That was great. Very interesting topic to begin with, highlighted by his appearance. He was just as funny and crazy as he seems on Mythbusters. Wish that he had been there for more than just a couple of hours. He would have been interesting to see more of.
Even I worked on my people skills some. Talking to people, generally being nice, forcing myself out of my shell some...yeah it was interesting. Most of the times the attempts at being quick and witty came off as lamer than a one legged goose. But occasionally got some wonderful conversations in with some amazingly interesting people. Large range of backgrounds and identies at the Con. Would love to see an actual study done on it scientifically.
Now lowlights...mostly focusing on bits of stupidity preformed by me. Before I even left on Friday, I kicked a box and broke my little toe. It ended up swelling in the boots that I was wearing, which weren't that comfortable to begin with. So definatly going to walk with a limp with that on top of the standard Con feet abuse. Learned a lesson about trying to rehydrate with burbon....I wouldn't recomend it. Missed Arc Attack again this year. I want to see the damn singing Tesla Coils!!! Maybe next year I won't try rehydrating on burbon before their show. lol
That pretty much covers everything. Was a stressed, painful, most relaxing fun weekend of the year. My only regret is that I didn't start going earlier in my life. Wish I had learned the value of fun when I was suposed to be having fun. Hope it's not too late to start some things. Looking forward to next year already.
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