These convention post-ops to tend to be rather repetitive; I get to hang out with my convention friends, listen to great music, discover new things to play and read, and generally have good time in the world of geeky hobbies and media.

This weekend’s RavenCon was not an exception to this pattern.

I came into this convention just rolling off of the first sick day I’ve taken from work in like five years…I can’t say I was in top form*. I spent a lot of time just chilling out with my truly excellent friends, old and new, in the surprisingly comfortable chairs in the hotel lobby, sharing jokes, book recommendations, stories, complaints, games, and libations.

Despite all the neat stuff going on around me that I probably missed, I don’t consider the weekend a failure. I had a great time, as I always do; the con world is a great escape from the stresses of the “real” world, which, as you’re aware, has been pretty stressful of late for yours truly.

I could list the names of the people who made this weekend particularly memorable, but I’m sure I’d skip somebody because I’m pretty crappy at things like remembering names. Most of them (actually, most of you) are listed there along the right side of this space, in the “interesting people” and “playlist” categories. Thanks for dealing me into the Cards Against Humanity games (“White Privilege” is always the answer), sharing the acoustic Bon Jovi and 12th Century french Ballads (I promise I’ll have something to contribute besides bluegrass ukulele next time), and also, thanks for the Baggins Drool and Miller’s Mead; it was delicious.

This’ll probably be it for conventions for me this year, apart from maybe hitting the local comics events. It’s always an honor and a privilege to share time with my fellow geeks, and I look forward to the times to come when we can do it all again.

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*- If you’re reading this around the same time I wrote it, you can look to the left and see that I broke out the Bring It On DVD, which, as you’re probably aware, is my go-to “I’m ill” movie for some reason. In the words of my daughter when she heard the menu music on Thursday afternoon, “This s**t just got real!”