Whee, convention time....

[jaelie]

Well, I just called the hotels and booked rooms for Origins and GenCon. And thus the convention season with all its cat herding and reluctant extroversion begins.

Comments

[daranthalis.livejournal.com]

Reluctant extroversion?

[learsfool.livejournal.com]

I remember AEG and book-signings at such conventions.

Wshew. Cat-herding, indeed.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

It may surprise you, but I'm not an extrovert. ^_~ Quite the opposite, in fact. And at conventions, I have to be "on" 24/7.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

I don't have to wrangle the artists or authors, luckily; although the artists/authors are really a treat to hang out with. However, I get to take care of all the booth arrangements, booth staff, flight/hotel plans, booth money, um... yeah. I'm the floor boss, heh.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Oh and you'll love GenCon, too, hehe.

Thanks for the offer. I'll keep it in mind if there's anything I can actually delegate. ^_~

[daranthalis.livejournal.com]

Actually, I never really saw you as an extrovert. Keep in mind who I so often saw you in conjunction with while watching in the background. ;)

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah. Carol and Ivy. ^_~

I'm definitely an introvert; however, I can also force myself out of my comfort zone and behave like an extrovert. That's what is necessary at cons, and it's something I learned to do while I was a missionary. I do it reluctantly, because I prefer my comfort zone!

[kalar.livejournal.com]

"The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all."

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

That's from Casino right? Yeah, conventions are very public. Though eye-in-the-sky made me think of some sci-fi book that I read a long time ago...

Casino

[kalar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's from Casino.

It has little to nothing to do with your post, but hey, I saw the opening for a movie quote, and I exploited it.

Are you going to A-Kon? Quake-Con? I'll be at those. :)

Re: Casino

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

I'm going to A-Kon but not sure it will be a working attendance or a playing attendance. ^_~