Further Confusion was a thing

[deskitty]

I've been pretty sour on conventions on in general lately, because I'm just not a big-crowd kind of person, and the whole furry thing has been less and less interesting to me of late. At this point, cons are mainly a way for me to see people who live far away, and whom I otherwise wouldn't get a chance to see

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[ensuing]

Sorry to hear about the logistics annoyance and that childish behavior, but glad it was a good con!

Nur and I happened to have a meeting in the area on Saturday and had no clue it was FC weekend! Everyone we passed seemed to be in such good spirits! It was sort of contagious, even just in passing. =D

[deskitty]

Haha, sorry we missed you then! It was definitely upbeat this year, so I'm glad it was contagious. ;)

I suspect the logistics will only get worse as the con gets bigger, it's one of the occupational hazards I suppose. On the one hand, it's nice to see that it's so popular we had to expand to the convention center, but on the other, I did like it when it was much smaller 5 years ago.

Oh well, that's progress for you... ;P

[netolu]

I'm very glad I managed to spend at least a few minutes talking with you. One of these days I'll actually have something interesting happen in my life, and I'll tell you all about it!

[deskitty]

Same here. It's always nice to catch up.

[deskitty]

Yes, it was nice to catch up, even if we didn't have that much space to do it in.

I think it's somewhat inevitable -- priorities change, life moves on and such. Furries are a fun diversion, but they don't have much to do with what I want to do in this life. The most important thing I get out of it is my social group, but then it becomes more about those specific people and less about the fandom. I spent way more time at con talking about life, work, and how we relate to each other as humans than I did about anything remotely furry.

The fandom provides a common social context. It's valuable because it makes that communication easier, especially with new people. But at some point you have to grow beyond it as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still a cat. ;3 I got into furry in the first place because I like cats and I can relate to/identify with them. But the idea of spending an entire weekend doing little else than being a cat isn't that appealing anymore.

[deskitty]

It's mostly about seeing people. I'm okay with spending the money, though, because in reality I probably wouldn't see them otherwise, or at least I wouldn't see them as much. Everyone will be in the same place at the same time, and it means less planning/travel overall.

So I still feel like it's a pretty good use of time/money, even though the format isn't very conducive to small groups and dedicated catch-up time.