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August 31, 2006
what I learned on my summer vacation
1. Flavored Vodka does not work as a sno-cone flavor.
2. You do not get to call science fiction fans weird when you have flipper like hands (my sister encountered someone who said this when she explained to them what kind of convention it was. He said "You guys are weird". Then she noticed their hands were misshapen and didn't really have fingers and she thought, "You're calling US weird?!")
3. I got to pet penguins!!!!!
4. They changed the Pirates ride at Disneyland and have included three animatronic Jack Sparrows. Hehe.
5. I need to keep track of my friends better. It was great seeing many of them again.
6. "Don't make me peck you!"
Did not get to see as many people at Worldcon as I thought I would (some I never saw at all or saw briefly in the hallway but had no chance to follow up). I'm not sure there's much to report. We were only there for wednesday night, all day friday and saturday. And we did not go to any parties (except for the wednesday night star trek anniversary thing). I got to spend a lot of time with Ulrika (yay!). I got to spend brunch with Terry and finally meet Maia (yay!). I then saw other friends off and on, talked, caught up, etc. And dinner with Mark, Brian and Kathy was fun!
Saw many people who have known me pretty much all my life and got the obligatory "I remember when you were a kid..." stuff. Even though I know I saw many of them at ConJose a few years ago. So it's not like they haven't seen me since I was "a kid". I'm sure that this can't be pleasant cause it probably just reminds them that they're getting older. Of course, I'm getting older too. I just find it kind of annoying in a "Can we get over this now, please? I'm not a kid anymore." I try very hard not to say such stuff to the people I've known since they were born and saw at the con (and there were many).
Anyway, it was fun but I'm glad we're home. I missed the kitties and some sort of normalcy. Or whatever passes for that around here.
Posted by jennj at August 31, 2006 10:09 PM
Clue-ments:
is being congenitally deformed the same as choosing to be a scifi con attendee?
i think that's a very different kind of weird.
Posted by: jhimm at August 31, 2006 11:06 PM
jhimm - I hope that nobody took my remarks that I would call someone like that a name or something.
Definitely choosing to be weird (as much as fans complain about being "outsiders" and "misunderstood" and "can't fit in", I believe that most can, but that's another topic) is different from having a physical abnormality. My point is mostly just that I would find it hard to believe that person was never judged because of their condition and then turn around and judge someone else seems well, weird.
Posted by: cf at September 1, 2006 02:59 PM
We went over to "Hall A" in the convention center early one morning, and the door guards were only admitting certain people (staff, dealers, committee members, etc.). When we got to the door, we flashed our badges (yeah, I know-- "we don't need no stinkin' badges..."). One of the guards started to deny us entrance, then said, "You're okay." I flashed him a big grin and said, "Thanks, man-- I think you're okay too." The other door guard cracked up, then the first one started laughing too.
Posted by: rv at September 2, 2006 07:01 PM