Sakuracon, a list

[cupcake_goth]

•  So many great costumes, most of which I had no idea who they were supposed to be!
• So many pretty gothic lolita outfits, which gave me the chance to see some specific brand prints in real life!
• One of the vendors in Artist Alley was selling a wall hanging of the standard fedora-wearing "M'lady" dudes, done in the hyper-waifu style. I cracked up.
• The expected non-stop internal monologue of "CHILD WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS?!"
• Even I, the designated Stunt Extrovert for my friends, gets overwhelmed by convention crowds these days.
• The Infamous BlueJay getting a hotel room with a kitchen was a genius move.
• Every convention venue ever needs to have better A/C.
• Why, in the year of our lord 2019, are there still convention attendees who don't understand basic hygiene? Bathing! Deodorant! Brushing your teeth! All very important things.

Comments

[sistawendy]

Even I, the designated Stunt Extrovert for my friends, gets overwhelmed by convention crowds these days.

Cons can be crowded, but nothing in my experience has beaten the Folsom Street Fair yet. I feel sorry for anyone smaller than I am there, because after noon getting anywhere involves pushing your way through a dense crowd of buff, sweaty gay men in harnesses.

Every convention venue ever needs to have better A/C.

I've been to pretty good-sized business events - 1500 attendees or so? - at the WSCC where the A/C nearly froze me to death. Keeping up with a con crowd hard.

Why, in the year of our lord 2019, are there still convention attendees who don't understand basic hygiene?

Con goers are disproportionately on the autistic spectrum. Between sensory sensitivities and disdain for social niceties, they get stinky. There's nothing like having a teenage son on the spectrum in a one-bedroom apartment. OK, there is: a con.

[oldhalloween]

"Child, where are your pants" made me snort. I have seen hotels crank up the AC for con goers if there is an advance request. The heat and the body odor is what does me in at cons in small meeting rooms.

[solstice_lilac]

"The expected non-stop internal monologue of 'CHILD WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS?!'"

HAHA! I heard this in your voice, which made me chortle with even MORE delight.

I haven't been to a fun, eye-candy-filled convention in ages. The Society of American Archivists does not qualify, although I did see a lone goth in the crowd--not just a Person In Black but a woman wearing pointy buckle boots and a big, unapologetic silver bat pendant. I was wearing Bloodmilk and a velvet broomstick skirt so we gave each other the once-over and the slight smile of knowing. There are always at least a few people at library or archives conventions that go full hippie, with sandals and Stevie Nicks-style draped scarves and statement jewelry. But almost no goths. At least everyone is in pants, though.