On Arisia

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I had an excellent time working the Green Room with erin_trying, rosefox, sinboy, glib_dichotomy, malaul, and Randee [edit: kitteridge, and anyone else I missed [edit: deyo, and mactavish, for example]. I didn't get to spend much time out and about in the con, but it all worked out. Got some tasties from Dealer's Row, and got significant driving experience—at night and in (light) snow on the way home, even!

Big loud drinking/dancing parties hold no interest for me, and I must remind myself that this is not a character flaw, and it does not mean that I will never meet anyone interesting, and it does not mean that I should force myself to go. It does mean that the "inflationary" portion of my friend-gathering life is likely over, however, as I don't have the forced social environment like High School anymore. [By "inflationary", I am referring to the cosmological concept of inflation, which is when the young universe expanded extraordinarily fast before slowing down to where we are now.] I'm OK with that. It also means that I will likely have a bad time at any party like that. And I already know that I will have a bad time at any party I'm too sleepy at.

Reading the above, I wonder if I'm becoming an introvert lately. I've always loved casual contact with people (i.e., living in the city, making small talk), but I just cannot deal with loud, crowded, hot, dark parties. They do not move me in the slightest, and I find them uncomfortable. Much the same thing with bars, although, in addition, they seem pointless.

Bah, after writing such things, I feel like such a stick-in-the-mud and/or old man. Also, boring.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Was excellent to meet you! (*points to icon for ID, noting also that she is 4'11"*)

I'm not one for that sort of party, either. Mine was well-lit and more low-key.

Um, except when we were engaged in a vigorous game of keep-the-balloon-off-the-floor. Because we are all still kids, really.

[malaul.livejournal.com]

I do believe that randee = lj user kitridge

I tried to go to that one party, the one with the lil invite, and I think I made it into the back wall and I had to leave.
That many people, with the heat, was almost enough to knock me into panic attack!
Im not used to this side of me yet
its bizzare...

I dont think it means your becoming introverted.
I think it just means what you like and dont like have changed.
The fact you can see and accept those changes is good
very good

I hear you on the casual contact thing.
I needed to find a way to enjoy the parties I went to, and that kiss thing with Erin worked well. Without that, I think I would have just cowered in a corner and looked patheric and unapproachable.

you arent a stick in the mud or an old man or boring
youre an evolving human that knows what you like and dont like...

[rosefox]

Randee = kitteridge.

It was lovely to have you on board. As for parties, eh, your lack of that kink is okay. *) I personally prefer daylit, activity-based gatherings. I think I lasted about fifteen minutes at the Halloween party, mostly because I was on the balcony, and parties where it's too loud to talk to anyone are right out. What's the point?

[paper-crystals.livejournal.com]

You might have liked the tea party. I liked it a lot better than the drinking parties.

[jcholewa.livejournal.com]

It is seriously awesome to see you under any circumstances. I've come to associate your presence with good conventions. I suspect that other people agree.

Were those tasties the fudges, or did I miss something even yummier?

[erin-trying.livejournal.com]

deyo! [and mactavish!]

[pisicutsa.livejournal.com]

Thank you so so much for always having hugs for me when I wandered into the green room. It was one of the highlights of my Arisia! You give great hugs! :)

[kgola.livejournal.com]

plus the hug-attacking of me... including the apparently "romantic" hugs in the elevator...