I've started this entry a few times, but there is just so damn much that its hard to find time enough to devote to it to do everything that has happened justice. DragonCon was awesome in some ways, and shitty in others, though the shittiness really had to do with the people we went with and the drama that I was sure was going to happen being overtaken by even worse shit among the same people.
Bad shit first: Our roommates were a couple we have been friends with for awhile (hooked up with the female half of it back before they were together), but they broke up about a month before the Con when their failed attempt at a poly relationship led to her dating some other guy exclusively. Somehow the guy (original bf) in his ball-less existence decided that she could bring along her new guy as well and he'd be ok with that. Maybe he would have been, I dunno, we weren't even asked even though we were the ones who had paid for the room. She also thought she'd only have to pay for her share of one fourth of the room even though she brought along a fifth person. All of these issues might have been worked out rather peacefully, except the original bfs grandfather died and he got the call about an hour before he reached the hotel roomThursday night. He wouldn't talk to my wife and I, basically for the first 12 hours he was there. Just cried and talked to his ex, which is understandable. But she left him in the hotel room alone to go to the Con with her new guy, we tried to talk to him before he left but he just kept rolling over and ignoring us, so we left too. When we got back that evening he finally opened up to my wife and I, but only for a bit then more or less told him to leave him alone, so we did and went back to the Con again. We got back late that night and by the next morning his ex had decided to put him on a plane back home to his family. Which is good and bad. Good in that they would be able to take care of him better. Bad in that she really didn't want to deal with it and seemed just happy to dump him off on someone else so she could enjoy herself. After he was gone she didn't even really mention him or how he was doing. As far as I know she hasn't even called him since she spoke with him that night to make sure his flight landed safe and everything. And I'm stuck in the middle now through e-mails and journals and bullshit and he's too wimpy to call her out, demand for her to admit what we all already know, that she doesn't really care anymore. She's too afraid of being the bad guy to point out all his faults and why she doesn't care (which in her defense this guy ruins himself and she got tired of it).
Now on to the good news. First and foremost I got to meet a ton of great authors and artists. I spent way too much money, some of it on dumb shit, but for the most part it was on worthwhile purchases, like my Quagmire shirt that says "In bed by 8:00, home by 11:00." Met some really awesome people who I hope to keep in touch with between now and next year, including a really hot girl I said should join SG and send in a set. Then proceeded to take pictures of her and my wife making out. And yeah, I'll got those posted soon. Really there's too much to just try and itemize it, just an overall fucking great experience.
Other than that today was my first day back at work and I hate it. Don't want to be there right now. Too much vacation. And they started to shift my schedule so I'm working on Saturdays...I'm pissed.
Hope everyone is doing well and all that.
Bad shit first: Our roommates were a couple we have been friends with for awhile (hooked up with the female half of it back before they were together), but they broke up about a month before the Con when their failed attempt at a poly relationship led to her dating some other guy exclusively. Somehow the guy (original bf) in his ball-less existence decided that she could bring along her new guy as well and he'd be ok with that. Maybe he would have been, I dunno, we weren't even asked even though we were the ones who had paid for the room. She also thought she'd only have to pay for her share of one fourth of the room even though she brought along a fifth person. All of these issues might have been worked out rather peacefully, except the original bfs grandfather died and he got the call about an hour before he reached the hotel roomThursday night. He wouldn't talk to my wife and I, basically for the first 12 hours he was there. Just cried and talked to his ex, which is understandable. But she left him in the hotel room alone to go to the Con with her new guy, we tried to talk to him before he left but he just kept rolling over and ignoring us, so we left too. When we got back that evening he finally opened up to my wife and I, but only for a bit then more or less told him to leave him alone, so we did and went back to the Con again. We got back late that night and by the next morning his ex had decided to put him on a plane back home to his family. Which is good and bad. Good in that they would be able to take care of him better. Bad in that she really didn't want to deal with it and seemed just happy to dump him off on someone else so she could enjoy herself. After he was gone she didn't even really mention him or how he was doing. As far as I know she hasn't even called him since she spoke with him that night to make sure his flight landed safe and everything. And I'm stuck in the middle now through e-mails and journals and bullshit and he's too wimpy to call her out, demand for her to admit what we all already know, that she doesn't really care anymore. She's too afraid of being the bad guy to point out all his faults and why she doesn't care (which in her defense this guy ruins himself and she got tired of it).
Now on to the good news. First and foremost I got to meet a ton of great authors and artists. I spent way too much money, some of it on dumb shit, but for the most part it was on worthwhile purchases, like my Quagmire shirt that says "In bed by 8:00, home by 11:00." Met some really awesome people who I hope to keep in touch with between now and next year, including a really hot girl I said should join SG and send in a set. Then proceeded to take pictures of her and my wife making out. And yeah, I'll got those posted soon. Really there's too much to just try and itemize it, just an overall fucking great experience.
Other than that today was my first day back at work and I hate it. Don't want to be there right now. Too much vacation. And they started to shift my schedule so I'm working on Saturdays...I'm pissed.
Hope everyone is doing well and all that.