Comments | growyourwings: The Con-Going Experience :: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

growyourwings

The Con-Going Experience :: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Sep 02, 2009 09:19

I'm very leery of making posts that touch on subjects that might be emotionally charged. And if I do so, I usually flock them (but I rarely make these kinds of posts anyway.)

However, I've been thinking a LOT about my recent and past SPN con experiences and those I've heard from others. I feel the need to express my thoughts. I'm leaving this ( Read more... )

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fickleone September 2 2009, 17:56:23 UTC

Well said.

growyourwings September 2 2009, 18:24:21 UTC

Thanks, I feel better having said it.

ant3ka September 2 2009, 18:17:17 UTC

Very well said, I think. :) Overall this Con seemed to go really well for people and I'm glad that they got the Cloud Nine experience.

growyourwings September 2 2009, 18:25:37 UTC

I was feeling so bad for those who have not had good experiences.

Most of the folks I hung out with had photo-ops. I haven't seen much yet from those who didn't and missed out on more Jared. I'm hoping they enjoyed the con despite that.

Part 1 debarouchi September 2 2009, 21:04:21 UTC

Ahh so much of your post here really hit home for me. You basically just summed up my experience at AHBL Con ( ... )

Re: Part 2 debarouchi September 2 2009, 21:05:09 UTC

Overall the best part for me was meeting the fangirls which I probably wouldn't have done if it wasn't for the Con event. I'm shy with new people in RL and at that time I was very emotional and wasn't coping with anything out of my comfort zone very well at all. I just feel that these Cons seem to be giving such hugely different experiences and now after seeing the way the boys were at LA and Van Cons as opposed to AHBL and even the last Asylum it just makes me fell very blah and like they were maybe less interested in interacting with us as fans ( ... )

Re: Part 2 growyourwings September 2 2009, 21:18:13 UTC

I appreciate everything you've said here. I've lost pregnancies myself--one on a family road trip vacation that was particularly emotional ( ... )

alena2b September 2 2009, 21:43:15 UTC

thanks for this! i'm going to my first con next year in italy.. i hope it will be fun. but i'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, you know... just in case. that way i wouldn't be disapointed.

growyourwings September 2 2009, 22:39:41 UTC

Okay...first? I LOVE your icon. Perfect.

Second--I think you have the right attitude. It's the same one my friend and I adopted before our first con. Once we decided and committed to doing it, we figured whatever happened we wouldn't regret it. So I went in with no expectations--just hopes--but even those I kept firmly in control. I was just going to be thrilled to stand next to one or both of the boys--even if they didn't look at me. For me that was a big accomplishment.

So everything else was gravy.

And for those of us who have gone and post about it--a lot of us, myself included, stress the good and fun parts. I don't talk much about disappointments because I'd rather not dwell on them. However I'm sure if I'd been at Asylum I probably could not have helped feeling let down.

So cool that you are going to the Italian con. The boys had trouble understanding some of the Aussie and Brit accents--should be fun to hear them get questions in Italy!

alena2b September 2 2009, 23:40:51 UTC

hehe... oooooh.. italians speaking english questions. LOL. should be fun. although. i don't know how many people will understand the boys. since italians are not famous for really speaking/understanding a foreign language.
i know i'll have fun at the con. so far i'm quite impressed with organization and i hope jared can make it. i will be sad if he can't, but i'll still have fun meeting all the people. i don't have any friends in RL that would even watch the show, so meeting people who share my enthusiasm live. even that's awesome.
and having the ticket in the first row is kinda seriously awesome too. *grins*

growyourwings September 2 2009, 23:54:01 UTC

Front row! Whoa! Should be fantastic!

bflyw September 2 2009, 21:47:27 UTC

I am glad you wrote this, because it gives me an opirturnity to maybe say something about whay I am thinking (and why I try not to read too many con posts ( ... )

growyourwings September 2 2009, 22:48:58 UTC

I understand your feelings. I remember WANTING to go so badly. My obstacles to going did not include overseas flights and travel expenses ( ... )

zelda_zee September 4 2009, 18:46:38 UTC

Hey, butting in here to say that you might consider the Rome convention in 2010 (2-4 of April), which might be less expensive for you than flying to the States. I understand that so far Jared, Jim & Misha have confirmed for that one.

bflyw September 4 2009, 19:37:17 UTC

hey. Thank you for the comment. I have been thinking about it, but as far as I'm concerned, I need both the J's there to be happy. To be honest, I don't care about the other guests, just the two J's, so unless I know both of them are coming, it's not worth the money. Especially since I am mostly a Jensen girl, and not that much a Jared girl. Add that to the fact that my ex hubby have informed me that HE will be on a boys weekend to Madrid that weekend so that I'll have to have our daughter that weekend. But it was a very good suggestion. :-)
Flight tickets to Rome will be 560 (same as for Birmingham) so it still should really be worth it to go there. I think I have decided to skip it.*cries a little*

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