Back? Am I Back? And Rested? What’s That?
I did promise to blog again after being “well and fully rested” from the ordeal of PantheaCon. Well readers, I must submit to you today that perhaps such promises are not the wisest notion. For I was no sooner back from Pcon than I was laid flat by the flu, or the bronchitis, or whatever it is that renders people completely helpless, fevering and delirious for days on end.
Okay, well two days on end. On the third day I had to haul myself out of bed for my radio show and a couple other things. Today I felt quite a bit better, though I still haven’t done all my post-Pcon bookkeeping. Yet progress is progress. And considering that this week I have had more rest than activity (besides, do we ever fully recover from ordeals?), I must admit that it is time to blog about the Con.
Here is my main problem: I don’t know what to say. I am caught in the crossfire of my differing perceptions of the Con, needing to hold certain experiences private, and unsure what, if any, of the rest is interesting or relevant enough to post.
PantheaCon is just a lot. Even when you are there for only a little bit, it’s like 15 minutes on a tanning bed: it still cooks you. Ultimately I will process it all in some fashion, and my thoughts and impressions will find their way into future blog posts. For now though, I think the best I can do is a small (very small) photoessay. Let’s call it a photoparagraph.
Here is a picture of all the books I purchased, mostly at the infamous Field’s Books table.
Notice how few books there are in this photo. Not only did I attempt frugality in the book department this year, I believe I actually achieved it. However, this is the sort of victory that isn’t all that sweet. Not as sweet as the smell of a new book, that is.
And finally, here is my badge with its attendant ribbons. Collecting ribbons has become something of an unofficial treasure hunt, and my collection is downright paltry compared to many. I thought there were more funny ones to be had last year, but in any event some of us came up with a great one for next year: Ask Me About My Feminist Rage! It will be the hit of the whole weekend, I promise you. And judging by how much fun we had joking about it without even having the ribbons, I think wearing them is going to be ten times funnier.
So there is my rather lame wrap-up of this year’s PantheaCon. More to come, undoubtedly, but this will have to do for now. It’s high time I got some more rest.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Cat’s thoughts are interesting, I’ve been reading various of her writings and that of her partner Nagasiva’s online for years now. About time she put out a book. :)