Ultimate Nerdery
May. 21st, 2009 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magicalmarthaHooray, I FINALLY pre-registered for GenCon. I'm excited to go, I've never been and I hear it's kind of a big deal - the largest gaming convention in the United States. I also registered for a couple of events: a seminar on getting published, a panel on the pros and cons of happy endings, and a world-building workshop called Magic, Technology, and Evolution. I'm going to a gaming convention...and I'm spending the whole day in writing seminars. I'm more than ok with this; there aren't any tournaments I particularly feel the urge to play in, as it's been too long since I've played D&D (they're all full, anyway) and I don't want to show up to a WarMachine tourny with a half-painted army.
I'm apparently physically unable to paint my minis by myself. I get discouraged about my technique really easily, which is silly since I haven't been doing it long enough to get discouraged. And it's not discouragement, exactly...more like I need the comfort of painting in the company of more experienced hobbyists. That way there's someone there to give me advice, a quick lesson, whatev. It's more fun, too.
I'm particularly excited to walk around the dealer room - Privateer Press is (hopefully) debuting their newest fation book, which I am absolutely going to buy, and it'll be neat to be able to pick things up directly without having to wait for internet shipping. They won't be at the nice discount I can get at the War Store, but I figure it evens out once I don't pay for shipping. This is what I'm telling myself anyway, as I will undoubtedly be spending way too much money at this thing.
Packing...is going slowly. Well, not as slowly as yesterday, but there's still a lot to be done. My bookcase and my dresser are both empty, but my desk is still a mess and I haven't even touched the kitchen yet. But I still have most of today and also most of tomorrow....after I get my tattoo. Yay!
I'm apparently physically unable to paint my minis by myself. I get discouraged about my technique really easily, which is silly since I haven't been doing it long enough to get discouraged. And it's not discouragement, exactly...more like I need the comfort of painting in the company of more experienced hobbyists. That way there's someone there to give me advice, a quick lesson, whatev. It's more fun, too.
I'm particularly excited to walk around the dealer room - Privateer Press is (hopefully) debuting their newest fation book, which I am absolutely going to buy, and it'll be neat to be able to pick things up directly without having to wait for internet shipping. They won't be at the nice discount I can get at the War Store, but I figure it evens out once I don't pay for shipping. This is what I'm telling myself anyway, as I will undoubtedly be spending way too much money at this thing.
Packing...is going slowly. Well, not as slowly as yesterday, but there's still a lot to be done. My bookcase and my dresser are both empty, but my desk is still a mess and I haven't even touched the kitchen yet. But I still have most of today and also most of tomorrow....after I get my tattoo. Yay!
