A thing happened.
10 years ago
I just didn't want to give it away in the title.
Through some miraculous twist of happenstance, I had the opportunity to attend Megacon today in wonderful Orlando, Florida. I must say, having never attended a con before, that I have never experienced a more delightfully wonderful cross-section of humanity before in my life. It was incredibly short-notice, but I still had a hell of a time. Some of my family went, and it was my father's first con as well. I got a kick out of spending the first chunk of the day trying to explain the concept of "cosplay" to him.
Attended a few panels. Bought some stuff I thought was cool. Ran across a few friends from college I hadn't expected to see, and drank entirely too little water. I am, indeed, hella tired, so Imma maybe sleep a little, then get back to writing and what not. Sorry I've been a little sparse recently. I've been a little busy. However, to avoid ending on a pathetic apology, have one of these.
Through some miraculous twist of happenstance, I had the opportunity to attend Megacon today in wonderful Orlando, Florida. I must say, having never attended a con before, that I have never experienced a more delightfully wonderful cross-section of humanity before in my life. It was incredibly short-notice, but I still had a hell of a time. Some of my family went, and it was my father's first con as well. I got a kick out of spending the first chunk of the day trying to explain the concept of "cosplay" to him.
Attended a few panels. Bought some stuff I thought was cool. Ran across a few friends from college I hadn't expected to see, and drank entirely too little water. I am, indeed, hella tired, so Imma maybe sleep a little, then get back to writing and what not. Sorry I've been a little sparse recently. I've been a little busy. However, to avoid ending on a pathetic apology, have one of these.
Congrats! Good to hear you not only enjoyed your first con, but as a bonus, brought family to it too so they could....experience the uniqueness of the event.
Probably one of the fun parts of just getting to a convention like that: You know you're getting at least 'close' to the con location when you start seeing all the crazy outfits on the street, and all the regular people nearby looking around like 'WTF is going on?'