CON YOU SPARE A DIME, BROTHER?
You know I forgot I was meaning to do a short write-up regarding my holiday this year so I'll try to do that now in lieu of all the art I owe people.
Dear Snipe Con: You were excellent. In retrospect there may have been some facets of Texan life that I missed. My friends have asked me if I went lassooing or shootan guns since that was the place to do it and I realised I hadn't. I'm in two minds about that.
I'm not fussed that we didn't go sight-seeing. I'm generally not a fan of it, all the photos I take are of people having fun tiems, not places. I CANNOT APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE.
It took me a while to get into the right gear for Con life but I'd like to think I offered at least a modicum of entertainment. It was tough I'll admit since you all knew each other personally already so I sometimes felt on the edge of the circle but if I ever manage to attend another I'm sure I'll make better company.
Now I'll rip Eric off with my person-by-person commentary:
Hazard: I'm generally not as easily entertained as the riff-raff so while I concur that you are a funny fellow I'm not in the constant stream of stitches that some folk apparently are. For this I wondered if you were actually as such in reality and I'm pleased to say you were a highly amusing chap and a pleasure to be around. Clearly I made the right decision being your friend for these past ten (ish?) years.
Booyah: You were the host with a lot. No, scratch that, you had THE MOST. A warmer personality I could not have hoped for, you really made me feel at home. And of course your mother was every bit accommodating and enjoyable to talk to. I still owe her twenty bucks, you tell her.
Sasha: Eric says don't change I say GROW A FEW INCHES. Well maybe not. You were a token cool gal who I liked speaking to and your craft-working abilities made the week that much sweeter that we had a finely made MAX puppet. I wait with bated breath for the videos to be edited. Also keep those drumming arms taut!
Speed: I feel you may have had an adverse opinion of me when we first met, but maybe I made a believer of you. Perhaps not. Who can ever know for sure? In any case I enjoyed the chats we had and the games we played. I watched you climb up a thing once. I have never met the Queen.
Jeff: I'm not even joking when I say you really remind me of a best friend I used to have. Not that I dislike him now, I just don't see him any more. Your bold and charismatic ways were both entertaining and intimidating. If you ever do visit your sister in these lands be sure to get in touch. I can show you the bread shop.
Eric: I didn't expect you to be such a quiet retiring fellow in real life so I actually thought I'd done something to offend you when I first arrived but when I got to know you a little more I can see that you too were a cool guy and while you weren't the most talkative, you got some damn witty retorts in.
Mets: GRRR I HATE EGGS. I truly do. But you were and nice enthusiastic dude and would strike up conversation when I was clearly struggling. Also your opinions of flan are questionable. Keep practicing that drawing my lad, your determination will see you through.
I shall probably have to do a separate write-up for Florida, since those people will never see this here but week one was a THUMBS UP.
In more immediate news I've just finished a course of antibiotics for an embarrassing medical condition that's been plaguing me for the last month or two and BY JOVE, I THINK THEY'VE WORKED. So I'm pretty relieved right now.
Also my accommodation contract has come through for University so as soon as I get that sent off and paid I'm all done and just need to wait for the date to roll around. In the interim, BIG PARTY 6th SEPTEMBER but boe hoe I have no friends. I count about ten that should show up, but maybe some other folks I haven't seen for a while will show their faces.
Dear Snipe Con: You were excellent. In retrospect there may have been some facets of Texan life that I missed. My friends have asked me if I went lassooing or shootan guns since that was the place to do it and I realised I hadn't. I'm in two minds about that.
I'm not fussed that we didn't go sight-seeing. I'm generally not a fan of it, all the photos I take are of people having fun tiems, not places. I CANNOT APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE.
It took me a while to get into the right gear for Con life but I'd like to think I offered at least a modicum of entertainment. It was tough I'll admit since you all knew each other personally already so I sometimes felt on the edge of the circle but if I ever manage to attend another I'm sure I'll make better company.
Now I'll rip Eric off with my person-by-person commentary:
Hazard: I'm generally not as easily entertained as the riff-raff so while I concur that you are a funny fellow I'm not in the constant stream of stitches that some folk apparently are. For this I wondered if you were actually as such in reality and I'm pleased to say you were a highly amusing chap and a pleasure to be around. Clearly I made the right decision being your friend for these past ten (ish?) years.
Booyah: You were the host with a lot. No, scratch that, you had THE MOST. A warmer personality I could not have hoped for, you really made me feel at home. And of course your mother was every bit accommodating and enjoyable to talk to. I still owe her twenty bucks, you tell her.
Sasha: Eric says don't change I say GROW A FEW INCHES. Well maybe not. You were a token cool gal who I liked speaking to and your craft-working abilities made the week that much sweeter that we had a finely made MAX puppet. I wait with bated breath for the videos to be edited. Also keep those drumming arms taut!
Speed: I feel you may have had an adverse opinion of me when we first met, but maybe I made a believer of you. Perhaps not. Who can ever know for sure? In any case I enjoyed the chats we had and the games we played. I watched you climb up a thing once. I have never met the Queen.
Jeff: I'm not even joking when I say you really remind me of a best friend I used to have. Not that I dislike him now, I just don't see him any more. Your bold and charismatic ways were both entertaining and intimidating. If you ever do visit your sister in these lands be sure to get in touch. I can show you the bread shop.
Eric: I didn't expect you to be such a quiet retiring fellow in real life so I actually thought I'd done something to offend you when I first arrived but when I got to know you a little more I can see that you too were a cool guy and while you weren't the most talkative, you got some damn witty retorts in.
Mets: GRRR I HATE EGGS. I truly do. But you were and nice enthusiastic dude and would strike up conversation when I was clearly struggling. Also your opinions of flan are questionable. Keep practicing that drawing my lad, your determination will see you through.
I shall probably have to do a separate write-up for Florida, since those people will never see this here but week one was a THUMBS UP.
In more immediate news I've just finished a course of antibiotics for an embarrassing medical condition that's been plaguing me for the last month or two and BY JOVE, I THINK THEY'VE WORKED. So I'm pretty relieved right now.
Also my accommodation contract has come through for University so as soon as I get that sent off and paid I'm all done and just need to wait for the date to roll around. In the interim, BIG PARTY 6th SEPTEMBER but boe hoe I have no friends. I count about ten that should show up, but maybe some other folks I haven't seen for a while will show their faces.