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Feb. 11th, 2013 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogIt's the first day of my second week back at school this semester and I'm starting to feel the anxiety of 'OMG Lots Of Reading and Work!' hanging over my head. I want to make some significant progress toward a few things this week so I start feeling better. But first, I want to write about Capricon.
It was a good couple of days. I was only there on Friday and Saturday because I'd made a time-management bargain with myself. I could do fun stuff on Friday and Saturday if I spent Sunday on school stuff. (That worked out reasonably well; I got some reading and writing done on Sunday at Danae's place before driving back to Kenosha.)
Since I was commuting from Danae's place in Evanston, there was a certain feeling like I wasn't as *there* as I was used to being or would like to be. I also felt like I wasn't seeing nearly as many people I knew as I expected to, which is odd because I can only think of a couple of people that I might have expected to be there and were not.
One of the highlights was probably my chance to paint two of my friends' toenails! I forgot to bring my toenail painting stuff, so our selection was limited to one person's red polish, but that's ok. I rarely get to do fun 'girl' things and it was nice feeling included.
Danae introduced me to a game called King of Tokyo, which was fun and cute. (Much like Danae, though she is not nearly as simplistic. *smiles*!) And she and I played a game of St. Petersberg with another friend. I felt a bit bad though; near the end I realized two people sitting just over at the next table were talking about steam locomotives and I was horribly, horribly distracted. I've never had the chance to talk to someone who's actually operated a steam locomotive before! They, it turned out, were going to a panel on trains, so I followed along. It was being presented in part by a guy from the UK who operates a high-speed commuter train, and it was neat to hear his European perspective and experience.
I did wander through the parties a bit, but I felt oddly shy about going in by myself and striking up conversations. Some of the parties had loud music that was not conducive to talking, but even at others I was feeling slightly out of place amid the groups of people talking together. So the con was mostly, for me, hanging out at the consuite and chatting with folks that I did happen to see, including a few other people I haven't specifically mentioned but who I enjoyed seeing. I got to meet one of my friends from Facebook for the first time in person, and that was neat. She and I talked a bit about Pagan Spirit Gathering, which friends of mine in the UK have talked about with me too. One of these days I ought to go to it.
Danae and I talked about trying to get to a convention in the Summer when we won't be dealing with school at the same time. It would be nice to be able to get a room and stay on site and feel a bit more a part of things.
It was a good couple of days. I was only there on Friday and Saturday because I'd made a time-management bargain with myself. I could do fun stuff on Friday and Saturday if I spent Sunday on school stuff. (That worked out reasonably well; I got some reading and writing done on Sunday at Danae's place before driving back to Kenosha.)
Since I was commuting from Danae's place in Evanston, there was a certain feeling like I wasn't as *there* as I was used to being or would like to be. I also felt like I wasn't seeing nearly as many people I knew as I expected to, which is odd because I can only think of a couple of people that I might have expected to be there and were not.
One of the highlights was probably my chance to paint two of my friends' toenails! I forgot to bring my toenail painting stuff, so our selection was limited to one person's red polish, but that's ok. I rarely get to do fun 'girl' things and it was nice feeling included.
Danae introduced me to a game called King of Tokyo, which was fun and cute. (Much like Danae, though she is not nearly as simplistic. *smiles*!) And she and I played a game of St. Petersberg with another friend. I felt a bit bad though; near the end I realized two people sitting just over at the next table were talking about steam locomotives and I was horribly, horribly distracted. I've never had the chance to talk to someone who's actually operated a steam locomotive before! They, it turned out, were going to a panel on trains, so I followed along. It was being presented in part by a guy from the UK who operates a high-speed commuter train, and it was neat to hear his European perspective and experience.
I did wander through the parties a bit, but I felt oddly shy about going in by myself and striking up conversations. Some of the parties had loud music that was not conducive to talking, but even at others I was feeling slightly out of place amid the groups of people talking together. So the con was mostly, for me, hanging out at the consuite and chatting with folks that I did happen to see, including a few other people I haven't specifically mentioned but who I enjoyed seeing. I got to meet one of my friends from Facebook for the first time in person, and that was neat. She and I talked a bit about Pagan Spirit Gathering, which friends of mine in the UK have talked about with me too. One of these days I ought to go to it.
Danae and I talked about trying to get to a convention in the Summer when we won't be dealing with school at the same time. It would be nice to be able to get a room and stay on site and feel a bit more a part of things.
