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What I need in a Con.
Jan. 18th, 2005 09:35 pmThere are apparently 2 local cons in March.
I won't be attending either, as March is a call month for me.
I didn't really even think hard about attending either one, either.
You see, what I need in a con is someone to tag along behind, quietly skimming from the wake of.
I'm not an extrovert naturally. It's hard for me to reach out to other people and make friends.
Especially these days when I'm so tired I'm incoherent in writing (just imagine how bad it is in 'rough draft' form, spewing out of my mouth!).
I don't know that I'd claim I'm too shy. I'm just too reluctant.
Plus, cons are no fun when you have a 2 year old in tow, or so I hear. And Mike is already resentful enough about how much of Roo's care he is forced to assume by dint of my schedule. Any time I want to 'get away' outside the house, even on groceries, the first question I get asked is "Will you please take Roo with you?"
I can only imagine how bad it would be if I said, "Honey, I'm going to Minicon, and I'm going to hang out in a corner of the bar and stare out at all the people I don't know with big owl-eyes and try not to feel like there's a big pimple on my nose that everyone's looking at, or that I'm shoving my way into a conversation in an unwelcome fashion."
Thoughts?
I won't be attending either, as March is a call month for me.
I didn't really even think hard about attending either one, either.
You see, what I need in a con is someone to tag along behind, quietly skimming from the wake of.
I'm not an extrovert naturally. It's hard for me to reach out to other people and make friends.
Especially these days when I'm so tired I'm incoherent in writing (just imagine how bad it is in 'rough draft' form, spewing out of my mouth!).
I don't know that I'd claim I'm too shy. I'm just too reluctant.
Plus, cons are no fun when you have a 2 year old in tow, or so I hear. And Mike is already resentful enough about how much of Roo's care he is forced to assume by dint of my schedule. Any time I want to 'get away' outside the house, even on groceries, the first question I get asked is "Will you please take Roo with you?"
I can only imagine how bad it would be if I said, "Honey, I'm going to Minicon, and I'm going to hang out in a corner of the bar and stare out at all the people I don't know with big owl-eyes and try not to feel like there's a big pimple on my nose that everyone's looking at, or that I'm shoving my way into a conversation in an unwelcome fashion."
Thoughts?
