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Aug. 15th, 2007 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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liz_marcs links to a really wonderful essay by Wil Wheaton of Star Trek the Next Generation fame about fan conventions. Here: http://suicidegirls.com/news/geek/22107/
I have to admit - I don't understand why people go to fan conventions. It sounds like pure hell to me. Crowds. Noise. Lectures. Long Lines. But, I don't understand going to regular conventions either. I avoid going like the plague - and I have an organization I joined a while back in which I probably should try and go to a few conventions with, because you know, NETWORKING! But, ack, convention. Would rather go to the dentist personally - for me the dentist isn't that bad, just basic cleaning no cavitis, but still.. Why pay money and vacation time to do something I hate? No thank you. But I know people who love the things, adore them. Boggles my mind. Just have to jot it down as one of those things I don't understand and leave it at that.