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I'm having to update from a Starbucks because apparently my parents' internet is a tissue of lies. Bah. So if I leave anyone off this list I truly apologize. I'll have a full con report on Thursday when I can call their provider and get them to reset their connection.
Just a few shout outs real quick.
Mookie - You rock my world. Thanks for making this A-kon super memorable and being the best roomie ever!
Xero - Because amazingly enough, we really didn't need to say Revolution Now this time. Thursday doesn't count. I now hum Mario Bros for shits.
Mari - My swingin sister! You really are the best. Thank you for all your help this weekend.
Randy - You've always been my favorite person to panel with and I have now concluded you truly are a panelling genius!
Matt and Dave - Adult Iron Artist for you Matt, next time! It's a must. And it was great panelling with you Dave! Hopefully we'll see each other again soon.
Josh - Don't ever cut your hair! Thank you for coming and saying hi. It meant a lot. ^_^ (collective awwww)
Jin - Your hat is STILL the best ever.
Scott - Four words: Best non-spoken panel EVER. But you will say hi to me next time or so help me! I'll make a gentlemen out of you yet! ^_-
Trunks - We rocked that programming despite no toes dammit. And we WILL do it again.
I know I forgot people to link but people who I don't need to link:
Steven - You are the most incredibly strong person I've ever met. You can hold up the world if you want and that just continues to amazes me. You push yourself above and beyond for nothing more than your friends' smiles. You ran around like a chicken with your head cut off but no matter what, if anyone needed you, you were there. Thank you so much for all you did for me and for all of us this weekend. I am eternally thankful for your being there on Sunday when no one else was. A-kon would not have happened without you and I think I would have lost my mind Sunday afternoon. So bless you m'dear. You deserve the world. Lots of love!
That one was the most important. Like I said, full con report on Thursday. I really hate these weird transitiony pages but hey, they seemed like a good idea at the time. O_o Back into the action next week.
I have found that going to Cons makes for really interesting people watching. I'm not just talking about seeing all of the interesting Cosplay outfits, but just people in general. Since no-one goes around with a label saying what they do during the week, you are left kind of wondering.
Take for instance, those that decided to go to Con, sans knickers (tighty whiteys). I mean, what were they thinking (I personally didn't see this, but Juno did come back to the table and try to claw her eyes out once).
Another behavior I like to watch is people as they either pass your table and look at your stuff. Some will look through it, and then move on. Others will say its not their thing. You have the Super Fans who come and want to know everything that is going on, and what comes next. And then you have the negative people. It's these people that I have a hard time understanding. Juno and I didn't really have any of these this year, for which I am thankful. However, I did hear about a few that visited the tables of other people that we know.
Its one thing to say that someone's work isn't your thing, after all, you can't please everyone all the time. However, it is quite another to walk up to someone you don't even know and say they don't belong, or compare their success to someone else's, or that their style sucks. Just because you appear to be nameless in a sea of many faces, doesn't give you the right to denigrate an artist whose work you do not care for (BTW – at ACEN, your full name is printed on the front of your badge and easily readable… Just a thought).
Anyway, I think that the best part of any Con is the Artist Alley. Here you get to meet some of your favorite artists, and discover new ones. And even if you find something that you do not care for, at least respect the person enough for the effort that they made to be there.