I am back from Dragon*Con and I enjoyed it immensely. I had more fun this year than in any previous years, and I think it’s because I juggled my work/play balance — now rather heavy on the “play” side. Many good times were had hanging around with cosplayers who, quite obviously, do have more fun than everyone else.(This is to say that, yes, I am almost certainly diving off that deep end.) I’m hitting up an all fun, no work Doctor Who convention in November (Chicago TARDIS) and if it is half as fun as Dragon*Con was, it will be good times indeed. Considering that the best times at D*C were not guests or panels but simply hanging out with people of similar interests, I have high hopes. (Also, there will be Paul McGann — and if you do not know that name, we can simply say he is the best Doctor ever. No arguing accepted.) And I’ve at least half-way talked myself into going to Gallifrey One next year… Really, I am not quite certain what has become of me, going to silly scifi conventions for fun.
Post-Dragon*Con, I’m hanging out with friends in Nashville for general fun — but also for my birthday. I don’t have many (any?) particularly close friends back home these days, so it’ll be nice to have something vaguely resembling a real birthday party. Well, right up until my best friend informed me that we needed to reschedule my birthday because it conflicted with a WoW raid. I’ve not yet entirely decided what I think about that.
Really, I could not make things like this up. I’m not that creative.
