Did that happen? No! It did not. And I'm so ridiculously glad, because I had the BEST TIME EVERRRRRRR.
Holy crap. I used to think that people who came to cons just to hang out with their friends and skip out on the programming were missing out, but now i know that i was very naive and foolish, for lo, Sitting By The Pool Drinking Fruity Drinks is the mecca of every fan con, if I only had known!!!!!
I didn't intend to skip out on so much of the actual programming, and the few panels I did get to see were fantastic. But basically, all we did this whole long weekend was hang out and drink too much and talk about fandom, and lo, it was epic. So epic.
And now for the requisite 'what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation' recap, replete with shameless namedropping, as expected:
Thursday I got into Florida and met up with my amazing roommmates,
Friday morning Clio and I went to Ali's reading, which she was doing with
Saturday I actually got to go to programming! Including Sarah/Karen/RJ's group reading, which fellow author
And. Omg. So many H/D fans I met this week! I am totally not going to remember them all, but here's a shout-out to:

So the ball was totally awesome, and
So now I'm waiting for Zorb and NQ to get back to the room, whereupon I shall throw everything into a suitcase and be on my merry way back to Virginia.
I think, all in all, the last 3 days have been the best 3 days of my entire fannish life. It felt absolutely transcendent to me to be able to continually connect with so many old friends. I love you all, and I can't wait for 2012.
♥
Eta: ahh, and then on the shuttle
God, i love fandom!
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