I'd say I'm running at about 80% or so, which means technically I am just well enough to think I am okay when really I need to plant my ass firmly in bed a bit longer. In a gesture symbolic of giving the middle finger to the past few days of sickness, however, I need to go to my senior capstone class. I also want to go to TAPS tonight, but we shall see how medication (and my body) are holding out. I've still got a god-awful crick in my neck from a few nights ago, and I am pretty certain it is directly tied to my headache. Armed with little gelcaps and Ricola (thanks Rachel!) I will triumph though.
I started trying to figure out my convention schedule for the year, and realized there wasn't any one or two cons I could go to where I could see all my friends. It used to be as simple as Fanime and Anime Expo were all you ever had to go to, and (especially) at AX you could meet up with everyone, even if only in passing. This year though, Fanime, BayCon, and Pacific Media Expo are all on the same weekend. While I have no doubts that every show will be successful in its own right, I know it would be just as hard to get me down to PME as it would be to talk someone from SoCal to come up to Fanime. I've heard there is even potentially a con in Sacramento that might be starting up in 2006 or so. Is there no end to the conventions? It was easier when not every city had a con; sure we had to drive somewhere, but at least we could take comfort in knowing everyone would be there. The conventions don't really seem to be working with each other anymore, which was how it seemed they used to be. It feels much more now like a business, like a competition for a fandom with a finite budget. And in the end, the people that are going to lose the most are the fans.
I wonder if the powers that be in Convention Land ever really thought much about it.
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