Think positively?

[bobquasit]

Okay. Apparently I should try to think positively about Arisia this year. This is a challenge for me, because A) it has been THREE YEARS since I was able to have a really good Arisia, for various and sundry reasons, and B) I already know that what I will have this year will be far, far less than my ideal Arisia.

Why?

This year, there will be:

• No hotel room


• No dining out


• No shopping


• No money


• No dancing


• No white tie and tails


• No costumes


• No Sebastian

That list covers 80% of what makes Arisia the high point of my year. It's awfully hard to swallow the remainder and try to make the best of it. Goddamn it, things should NOT be like this.

But I have to face facts, and the facts are: I can go in with a sour attitude, just hit the panels, and accept that I'm fucked once again,

OR

I can somehow try to have the most fun with what's left.

That's seeing my friends, doing the panels (assuming that the panel situation is fixed up), looking at some cool things (even if I can't buy any of them)...I don't know. Maybe I'll try to run a game or something on Saturday.

I HATE trying to think positively. It fucking pisses me off.

I don't deserve this.

Comments

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

I'm approaching it as a wake myself. It's the last gasp before I bury it from my life. They have screwed us over once too often while lying that they were trying to help.

It's back to the anti-gamer bias, it can take years for them to clear the decks when these idiots take over programming. I don't have years. I'm getting too old for a bunch of small minded petty politics and power trips to piss me off year after year.

The gaming companies have been slowly tossing in the towel on Arisia for years, the handwritting is on the wall. I don't read what passes for mainstream SF anymore, and barely any mainstream American fantasy authors. I don't run out for the latest tv-movie-D&D-tie in novel. It's time to pack it in, go elsewhere and try not to look back.

Kiralee thinks I'm over reacting. I don't.

Think positively!

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

At least you have friends you can see on a regular basis, and can do some creative gaming - you can even GM. Believe me, things could be worse.

Arisia is the ONE time in the year I can hang out with the people of our curious tribe. Do you know how much I miss talking with science-fiction people face to face? I feel like an exile in my own land, culturally, sub-culturally, and politically!

Re: Think positively!

[rantmaster.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you don't likely remember me...but Joe has talked lots about you, and I've seen you at Arisia before on panels. I'm currently a player and GM in Joe's Western Avenue Irregulars

It seems to be a gloomy time for lots of folks in general, not just you and Joe and me...and what is happening with Arisia is hitting you and Joe harder than me. But I just wanted to offer my sympathy, and hope you're able to glean some fun out of Arisia in the short time you're here.