Current mood:

sad

Not one person, at an entire convention supposedly filled with the geekiest of the geeky, seemed to know that I was dressed as a Pastamancer yesterday! Do so few people play Kingdom of Loathing?? (I know that skipperdee was busy with and distracted by all of her various duties in making the Con run smoothly, so I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt... ;0) )

Maybe it's not that people don't play the game, but that my costume simply wasn't very good. TONS of people commented on my Grateful Undead shirt, on its lonesome. The proprietor of King Zombie assumed I was a fellow zombie-lover (which, y'know, I am, but still...) Lots of people said "Cool shirt!" but I don't think a one of them meant it in reference to the game.

Perhaps the shirt was too distracting. I should've worn the Star Shirt that I made for James, instead. Hell, I just should've been the Disco Bandit instead, full out! Apparently, in life, as in game, my class choice is sub-optimal ;0)

Overall, though, ICON was an awesome experience, and it was incredibly fun to take Thalia to her first Con ever. I'm only disappointed that I didn't get to meet Tanya Huff. If I had the money for another day pass, I'd totally skip out of church today and drive down for her discussions today (the Aliens: Writing About What You Don't Know one sounds particularly interesting!) She is so awesome, and it's cool that she came to Iowa. I REALLY wanted to go to her Are Vampires the Only Erotic Fantasy Creatures? panel last night, but I didn't think it was really something I should take Thalia too. That, and not getting to jump in on a game of Arkham Horror, were the only downsides to going alone with a six-year-old to a sci-fi con.


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On a completely different note: I found out yesterday that a fella I knew in college committed suicide last week. I've been crying off and on since I heard about it. We were never as close as I wished we could've been... but he was just such an amazing, wonderful individual. Please keep his loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.