I understand number 1 - although the Atpo board meetups made more sense to me - they'd go to Toronto or Lake Tahoe or NYC, visit, discuss the shows, see the sights.
Two and Three? I don't understand. But that has a lot to do with the fact that I just don't enjoy doing those things. Dressing up in costume, I stopped liking a few years back. I loved it in the theater but never really outside of the theater. Never understood the people who did it for the Renaissance Fairs.(Not judging it, just don't understand the desire to do it.) And like I stated above, don't enjoy lectures or Q&A's. Don't mind reading them though or listening to them on television. I think the reason is the same one for live music - I can't hear it as well when it is live. The background noise interfers or I miss things the people say. While when I read a transcript or can listen on tv - I can flip back or hear it better.
It's hard to explain to people who love going to seminars and lectures and live concerts and love dressing up. They don't understand why some of us really don't enjoy it. It's like me and my brother - he hates plays or musicals but adores live concerts. I hate live concerts and adore plays and musicals.
I think Wil Wheaton does a good job of explaining why people love conventions.
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Date: 2007-08-16 05:02 pm (UTC)see the sights.
Two and Three? I don't understand. But that has a lot to do with the fact that I just don't enjoy doing those things. Dressing up in costume, I stopped liking a few years back. I loved it in the theater but never really outside of the theater. Never understood the people who did it for the Renaissance Fairs.(Not judging it, just don't understand the desire to do it.) And like I stated above, don't enjoy lectures or Q&A's. Don't mind reading them though or listening to them on television. I think the reason is the same one for live music - I can't hear it as well when it is live. The background noise interfers or I miss things the people say. While when I read a transcript or can listen on tv - I can flip back or hear it better.
It's hard to explain to people who love going to seminars and lectures and live concerts and love dressing up. They don't understand why some of us really don't enjoy it. It's like me and my brother - he hates plays or musicals but adores live concerts. I hate live concerts and adore plays and musicals.
I think Wil Wheaton does a good job of explaining why people love conventions.