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-Actually, let me do the "eh" stuff before the good stuff.

-I didn't get to see the art show. I usually try to make at least one pass through there, but this year I never seemed to have the time. This is a sadness, as I understand there were sheep.

-I made only the most cursory visits to the dealer's room and row. On the first two hands, I am on a budget, and I rarely buy anything anyway ("Oh, look, more fantasy garb. Next!"), but there might have been a pleasant and inexpensive surprise lurking in there somewhere. So, meh.

-I really enjoy group meals at Arisia. They give me a wonderful sense of community and family. This year, Bey/[livejournal.com profile] buxom_bey and I had trouble drumming up people for our meals, and so it was usually just the two of us. The one exception was Sunday brunch with Liz/[livejournal.com profile] doeeyedbunny, [livejournal.com profile] jadasc, and Cate. So we had wonderful company, but the meal suffered from terrible service.

-I feel like I didn't get quite as much time as I would have liked to sit someplace comfy and watch the con go by. Which is odd, since I actually spent probably a couple hours doing just that.

-Possibly the reason I feel that way comes from the fact that the personal connections I made at the con were mostly with a small group of people, and intense, while the rest of the people I saw, I only got to spend fleeting moments with them. There's a middle ground there which I missed out on, and is often filled by A) extended couch-conversations, or B) group meals. Not to mention, two very good friends of mine, who in past years I have had serious Quality Time with at Arisia, this year seemed a bit . . . distant.

-Maybe people were just tired. Maybe I was just tired; I went straight from Atlanta to the Plaza, and may have burned up my people-energy on my panels.

-But, all that "eh" stuff aside, the good stuff was very good. And will be posted soon.

Date: 2006-01-18 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tisana.livejournal.com
You did miss the sheep. Somewhere, there are pictures.
However, one of our friends has the Jayne sheep, so maybe you'll get to see one...

Hopefully, it will not be the only time I put work in the show.

Date: 2006-01-18 08:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ckd
Had I known you were trying to put together group meals, that might have given me more incentive to actually, y'know, try to eat some. Alas. Perhaps next time.

Date: 2006-01-19 02:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] archangelbeth
You missed the GIANT GRIFFIN in the art show! But.

If we counted as distant, it was fatigue. We alternated panels with kid-wrangling, so never really had downtime.

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