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Today was rather low-key, got to enjoy sleeping in & took a nice afternoon nap. It feels nice to catch up on some much needed sleep. So bummed I don't get tomorrow off, was hoping to meet up with the fencing club & get some fencing in. But alas, that's not the case. (T⌓T)
Last weekend was pretty fun, I attended a local con & dressed up as Wicked/Black Lady from Sailor Moon. I went with family & friends. Although I did enjoy going, I do miss going to small cons, the vibes at the smaller cons are more intimate. Big cons just feel very corporate, I didn't spend that much time in dealer's hall. Mostly hung out in Artist Alley & attended a vtuber panel. It was also incredibly crammed, which I anticipated because it was a Saturday. I was also really hoping to find Love & Deepspace merch or cosplayers. I found neither.（ｉДｉ）I was rather surprised, I thought I'd find it since it's pretty popular. Or popular in a certain space, I suppose. I was also hoping to do some dancing at an AMV dance party but when I showed up people were just sitting on the dance floor? The music was pretty decent, so I was briefly let down again. I did get to do some karaoke that evening, which was fun & some folks really turned it up & got into character. Also witnessed some hysterical shenanigans with the crew, we'll never forget it. After the con, we ate out & talked. Overall, it was a good day. I do need to look for more small cons to attend, I really miss going.
Valentine's day was pretty nice, a few folks gifted me flowers & chocolate. That was pretty sweet, I wasn't expecting much lol. ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔ I also got to play some Love & Deepspace, the event was pretty fun, I feel like they could've pushed the edge more but it was fine. I'll just have to write it myself. ໒(⊙ᴗ⊙)७✎▤ Speaking of writing, I'm almost done with that SilverV chapter. I feel it this time. I may have written more than anticipated but I hope to be done soon. And then I can finally catch up. I also want to write some Love & Deepspace fics. I only have vague ideas for two, so I need to make some outlines & jot things down before I press the big red button. I also started drawing again, it felt nice to draw for a change.
Peace out! (>‿◠)✌
Last weekend was pretty fun, I attended a local con & dressed up as Wicked/Black Lady from Sailor Moon. I went with family & friends. Although I did enjoy going, I do miss going to small cons, the vibes at the smaller cons are more intimate. Big cons just feel very corporate, I didn't spend that much time in dealer's hall. Mostly hung out in Artist Alley & attended a vtuber panel. It was also incredibly crammed, which I anticipated because it was a Saturday. I was also really hoping to find Love & Deepspace merch or cosplayers. I found neither.（ｉДｉ）I was rather surprised, I thought I'd find it since it's pretty popular. Or popular in a certain space, I suppose. I was also hoping to do some dancing at an AMV dance party but when I showed up people were just sitting on the dance floor? The music was pretty decent, so I was briefly let down again. I did get to do some karaoke that evening, which was fun & some folks really turned it up & got into character. Also witnessed some hysterical shenanigans with the crew, we'll never forget it. After the con, we ate out & talked. Overall, it was a good day. I do need to look for more small cons to attend, I really miss going.
Valentine's day was pretty nice, a few folks gifted me flowers & chocolate. That was pretty sweet, I wasn't expecting much lol. ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔ I also got to play some Love & Deepspace, the event was pretty fun, I feel like they could've pushed the edge more but it was fine. I'll just have to write it myself. ໒(⊙ᴗ⊙)७✎▤ Speaking of writing, I'm almost done with that SilverV chapter. I feel it this time. I may have written more than anticipated but I hope to be done soon. And then I can finally catch up. I also want to write some Love & Deepspace fics. I only have vague ideas for two, so I need to make some outlines & jot things down before I press the big red button. I also started drawing again, it felt nice to draw for a change.
Peace out! (>‿◠)✌
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Date: 2025-02-21 05:56 am (UTC)From:I really enjoyed our big con in the area here when I was a teen/early 20s, but I feel like it's probably gotten too big for me to have as much fun anymore. It sounds like it's just kept getting bigger and bigger. (Not to the scale of something like Comicon or DragonCon or anything, but sort of a destination con for a lot of people in surrounding states now.) The small ones were always a lot of fun, even when they had a handful of issues. (Like the hotel double-booking the con and a wedding, or AV issues with some of the panel rooms, or things like that.) It makes me feel very nostalgic.
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Date: 2025-03-08 07:09 pm (UTC)From:I get what you mean when cons get too big they're not as fun. Same here, my local con no Comic Con or AX either but still draws a crowd.
Yeah small cons are really fun despite those hiccups, it's the community vibes that I really like. Oh that's hysterical, a wedding & a con got double booked, the juxtaposition must've been incredible. Just adds to flavor lmao.
It does create a strong feeling of nostalgia, like I can't have that again because it was just a thing of that era.
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Date: 2025-03-10 03:33 am (UTC)From:The community vibe of smaller cons is definitely one of the best parts!
The wedding thing was pretty funny... I think they started off being annoyed, and then they made the best of it and took a bunch of photos with cosplayers and stuff, and it seemed like they eventually found it pretty fun. They did have to rearrange some of the con stuff, because they'd double-booked one of the ballrooms. It definitely made for some entertaining vibes!
But it's true... very nostalgic for things that just can't really exist in the same way anymore. It's very bittersweet.
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Date: 2025-03-30 06:59 pm (UTC)From:Agreed! I love community vibes in smaller cons, they're the best!
That sounds hilarious, I'm glad they came around & made the most of it. It sounds like it would've been extremely entertaining! One of the cons I went to had something somewhat similar, it wasn't double-book but at night it was rented out for a BDSM event & there was a period where you saw cosplayers & folks from the other event & it was rather jarring but funny to see.
It's very bittersweet, I miss those times so much, but I'm glad I enjoyed it while I was there.
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Date: 2025-03-31 03:03 am (UTC)From:Oh, oof. I'd forgotten about panels or events that have an extra upcharge! With con prices already being what they are, having to pay extra for events within the con feels so unfair!
It was quite funny, and I was glad that no one ended up being genuinely upset in the end. Haha, I can see that mix being a funny one, too! While I can imagine there being some crossover interest between the BDSM crowd and the congoers, I'm sure there were plenty of people for whom it was a bit of a strange look into a different subculture, haha.
Same here. I'm glad I got to do it when I had the chance to, and that I have a lot of good memories from those years.
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Date: 2025-05-04 05:23 pm (UTC)From:Yeah I'm glad too, it makes for a fun time! It was hilarious, like there's definitely an overlap but there were folks that were just flabbergasted, it was hysterical lol.
Agreed, they're nice to look back on!
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Date: 2025-05-08 03:59 am (UTC)From: