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Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
wplalonde@lgbtqia.space ("Willa :v_trans: :v_bi:") wrote:
Today @Thomas_Llama and I went to our first con. It seemed like a lovely shindig: there were tons of people and everyone seemed nice. There were abundant pride flags of every stripe visible, lots of vendors, live D&D play, a Super Mario Kart tournament, cosplayers galore, etc...
I'm just not sure it was the place for me. I had the same feeling I've had at my scarce attempts to experience parties in the past, a feeling of being lost and not fitting in and not being sure how to have the fun that everyone else seemed to be having. As Thomas pointed out, it seemed to be mostly about socializing and buying stuff, neither of which am I very good at or interested in.
Pros: I got to wear one of my new Princess Awesome dresses, which I got compliments on, and my trusty Unicorn Snot (face glitter), which sadly does not show very well in the accompanying picture. I wore my Loop Engage earplugs, which worked well, even if I had to ask everyone who attempted to talk to me to repeat themselves a second time. The people who attempted to talk to me were universally sweet.
Cons: Nicole Parish, the artist who was the main reason I wanted to go to the con, was nowhere to be found. The crowd. The noise. The expense. The stress of rearranging my weekend schedule to accommodate the event. The fact that I still just really cannot get a handle on how to do my eyebrows.
I guess I'm glad I went, just to say I've had the experience, but now I just need to recover.
