Free! Free at last!
Baycon was the end of a lot of stuff on my plate and it is finally all over. Yay!!!!
It is such a relief.
The Baycon weekend started really poorly. I dragged my feet on Friday and didn’t feel well so I slept at home. On Sat, I had my normal “I don’t wanna get up” trend added to not wanting to deal with what Baycon could be like. I was nagged to a point of actually grabbing stuff and heading south arriving at the con in the late afternoon.
Mostly I was in a really really pissy mood so I wasn’t too disappointed in not talking to people because I didn’t want to inflict them with my ‘tude. Slowly I was able to let go of the bad attitude I had and make room for some enjoyment. This was a very observational time for me. I feel I watched what was going on around me and how I reacted a lot this year. I have a post about it being written in my head that may or may not make it to the computer later.
I really ran myself ragged but not my normal way. I didn’t do my hyper-hyper mode, I didn’t go chasing after the cool kids, I ate a hell of a lot of sugar just to be able to deal, I tried really hard to eat regular food and I did do my typical sleep schedule of up until practically dawn and sleep until after noon if I can get away with it. Interaction with people was very good but this year, it wasn’t the high it was last year. I am still feeling like I don’t want to attend another con the rest of the year. The exception to this is Loscon of course. I don’t know why but those LA people always make me feel good and seem happy to see me. That makes me feel very warm inside.
I am glad I went. I am glad it is over. I love the final outcome of the work I did for the con. I think the placeholder page I designed for 2009 is even better than the entire site I designed for this year. The program book has some flaws but on the whole, it turned out very well and I am proud of it. I will probably ship one to my mom. Too bad it won’t fit on the fridge.
I thought the program book was very nice and I was disappointed you didn’t put your own mini-biography in with the rest. I actually did look for your credits and finally found it.
I didn’t feel the need for a mini-bio for me. I wasn’t a participant. I do insist on credit for things like this because it will become a portfolio piece.
I really don’t do these things for credit, I do them so that people like them and they are useful. That really matters to me, to be part of a team creating things and adding to each other rather than get my stuff out there and recognized. I was very pleased that the graphics got passed around enough to show up on other things I didn’t know would be involved. And I loved the signs that were printed on paper that looked like parchment because it fit with the stuff I did.
The only recognition I want is to know that it is good. The best compliment for me would be to overhear people that don’t know me talk about how much they liked the program book or website.