I had an excellent time working the Green Room with erin_trying, rosefox, sinboy, glib_dichotomy, malaul, and Randee [edit: kitteridge, and anyone else I missed [edit: deyo, and mactavish, for example]. I didn't get to spend much time out and about in the con, but it all worked out. Got some tasties from Dealer's Row, and got significant driving experience—at night and in (light) snow on the way home, even!

Big loud drinking/dancing parties hold no interest for me, and I must remind myself that this is not a character flaw, and it does not mean that I will never meet anyone interesting, and it does not mean that I should force myself to go. It does mean that the "inflationary" portion of my friend-gathering life is likely over, however, as I don't have the forced social environment like High School anymore. [By "inflationary", I am referring to the cosmological concept of inflation, which is when the young universe expanded extraordinarily fast before slowing down to where we are now.] I'm OK with that. It also means that I will likely have a bad time at any party like that. And I already know that I will have a bad time at any party I'm too sleepy at.

Reading the above, I wonder if I'm becoming an introvert lately. I've always loved casual contact with people (i.e., living in the city, making small talk), but I just cannot deal with loud, crowded, hot, dark parties. They do not move me in the slightest, and I find them uncomfortable. Much the same thing with bars, although, in addition, they seem pointless.

Bah, after writing such things, I feel like such a stick-in-the-mud and/or old man. Also, boring.

Last night I was still so destroyed from the con and travel that I forgot to mention all sorts of other stuff with Arisia!

Like running into pisicutsa several times, and getting her to sign my Naughty Nurses calendar (also featuring the lovely quem98, who I hope to also convince to mark up my calendar). ladyravn and jcholwa were both there, and although we did not get much chance to chill, it was all good.

In an utter surprise benjasattva showed up with some of his frat brothers in tow. Picked up one of his lovely new fancy State of New York business cards. He criticized me for not telling him I was heading out of state, but I think I had the upper hand, as he clearly fails to read.

All in all, a good time. Now it's back to teh werk. And possibly some tea.

Arisia was a total success, in my opinion! I had a ton of fun helping rosefox and sinboy in the Green Room with shoujo_mallet, glib_dichotomy, deyo (who I finally got to meet, and is clearly my West Coast Doppelganger as Rose suggested), and our various door pixies and random helpers. Greeting and running are my specialties. Strangely enough I did not go to any panels, but I really enjoyed both the Ziggaurat Labs and League of Extraordinary Skanks party. And I got to meet new people paper_crystals, rumpleteasah, that lady from one of the panels at last year's Lunacon, sunspiral (again), and many more.

So very, very bedtime. Erin's coming home tomorrow. I'll be missing her tonight.