So I guess technically I have been at a con before, but it was a kind of smaller and less exciting convention and I had a table so I wasn't really taking part in the convention.

But I went to a convention! The con was Arisia, a sci-fi/fantasy convention. I wandered the halls wearing chainmail and gave out a lot of business cards. I went to a couple little panels. I ate nice food at nearby restaurants. I got hit on by a guy at the dance and it was cute. I talked to a bunch of dealers in the dealers room. I made my shoulders very unhappy for carrying 20 pounds of metal around for 2 days. I had fun.

I liked the fact that there were a lot of people in costume, and the costumes were really varied. Heavily steampunk-leaning in general, but also a good amount of anime, super-heroes, fantasy characters, etc. I found myself a little bit surprised that I didn't see any fursuits, but then again I didn't actually go see the masquerade so I didn't see most of the super-amazing costumes.

Now I'm really seriously thinking about working out the right way to sell crafts at dealer tables at conventions. Might try for Dragoncon. I just checked, and their vendor application opened a week ago. So it's entirely likely that they're already full. I'll look into that for real tomorrow.

Anyway, yay fun!