To Dragon*Con or not...
So Dragon*Con is Labor Day weekend. The idea of going sounds like so much fun. It has been 14 years since I have been to a "gaming" convention.
I say sounds like so much fun since I have never "been" to a convention. I've worked (volunteered) at quite a few run by Andcon/WotC/GAMA. Those were super fun times! I was usually running the video game area, so that meant 18 hour days broken up by staff parties. I'm not sure what one does at a convention as an attendee.
It would be an 11 hour drive ($150 for gas), $200 for tickets, and $450 lodging. Mostly for a chance to "fan-girl" all over my favorite web comic authors. Yes, I have inappropriate thoughts about Jennie Breeden, and while paying $800 for her to leaf-blow my kilt does sound like a good deal to me, I'm not sure if that will exactly fill-out the weekend.
I'm feeling like an outsider anymore, if I had other friends going or had something to do while there (other than being a creepy old man) I would go in an instant. Some of my hesitation is that I would feel guilty spending money on something just for me. And since this is my idea it would be up to me to actually get out and meet and talk to people. Without the excuse of working I'm afraid my shyness would just talk me into watching TV in the hotel room.
It would be so cool to hang around and party with the likes of R. K. Milholland, J. Jacques, R. Stevens, J. Grant, M. Hynes, J. Breeden, G. Lagace, Dave Z, Aeire, C. Daily, S. Hodge, I. McConville, M. Boyd, R. Munroe, discounttherapy, metalweb. But, there are only a couple thousand other people there with the same idea, so any of that is unlikely. So the likely outcome is getting autographs while muttering something insightful along the lines of "I really like your work!" or worse yet: "Draw on my kilt! RAWR!"
Well, either way I have to figure this out soon, all the better hotel choices are already gone.
I say sounds like so much fun since I have never "been" to a convention. I've worked (volunteered) at quite a few run by Andcon/WotC/GAMA. Those were super fun times! I was usually running the video game area, so that meant 18 hour days broken up by staff parties. I'm not sure what one does at a convention as an attendee.
It would be an 11 hour drive ($150 for gas), $200 for tickets, and $450 lodging. Mostly for a chance to "fan-girl" all over my favorite web comic authors. Yes, I have inappropriate thoughts about Jennie Breeden, and while paying $800 for her to leaf-blow my kilt does sound like a good deal to me, I'm not sure if that will exactly fill-out the weekend.
I'm feeling like an outsider anymore, if I had other friends going or had something to do while there (other than being a creepy old man) I would go in an instant. Some of my hesitation is that I would feel guilty spending money on something just for me. And since this is my idea it would be up to me to actually get out and meet and talk to people. Without the excuse of working I'm afraid my shyness would just talk me into watching TV in the hotel room.
It would be so cool to hang around and party with the likes of R. K. Milholland, J. Jacques, R. Stevens, J. Grant, M. Hynes, J. Breeden, G. Lagace, Dave Z, Aeire, C. Daily, S. Hodge, I. McConville, M. Boyd, R. Munroe, discounttherapy, metalweb. But, there are only a couple thousand other people there with the same idea, so any of that is unlikely. So the likely outcome is getting autographs while muttering something insightful along the lines of "I really like your work!" or worse yet: "Draw on my kilt! RAWR!"
Well, either way I have to figure this out soon, all the better hotel choices are already gone.