Awesomecon was something that only barely registered on my con schedule. A few friends of mine had expressed interest in going and then the momentum built from there.
This will be the convention of The Selfie. I’ll explain why in a bit.
—what a comic book convention was like before EVERYONE RUINED IT.
I didn’t plan on Awesomecon. I was fatigued for several reasons. These reasons are listed here in no particular order of importance:
- Drinking almost every night
- Walking upwards of 12 miles a day on the ambitious days that I went into Boston to
play Ingress“check it out” - A late night eight hour train trip back to the District
- Making poor life choices in terms of bedtimes
So I really wasn’t thinking about attending a convention right away. Then a couple of people were asking if I’d attend and then I made a snap decision to attend on Saturday.
I woke up tired, so I coffee’d up at Chinatown coffee and then got my ticket from the advance presale ticket booth. It was relatively painless. I wandered aimlessly through the exhibition hall, getting flashbacks to San Diego and what a comic book convention was like before EVERYONE RUINED IT.
I mean, before it got too large. Continue reading
