SF/F/H Conventions: Why?

[mmerriam]

I am currently examining why I attended Conventions. Considering this year there were (are) eight cons I can name off the top of my head right here in the Twin Cities, I need to figure out what it is I want out of them, how I plan to get the things I want, and what my plan to do so should be.

So my question to you, Oh Mighty Flist, is: If you attended SF/F/H conventions, why do you go and what do you get out of them?

And yes, I am still working on a novel, thank you for asking.

Dark Water Blues

Comments

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

:nods:

I can totally understand the, "you see things at conventions you don't see anywhere else" draw. I mean really, Anime Kat-Girls fighting Klingons with boffer weapons, how can that go wrong.

And people are starting to recognize me as well, though I think the shiny has worn-off the whole meeting celebrities thing.

[(Anonymous)]

I watch next to no television so it's rare that there's a celebrity at the convention I want to see. I did see Morena Baccarin, which was very cool. I also have to refrain from squealing at Johnen Vasquez too much, was at the Slave Labour Graphics kiosk just a few tables down from me. And two years ago Alice Cooper had a table almost directly across from us, so that was cool. Jue cut him off on her way to the bathroom (when she needs to pee she stops for no one)

[tiny-wings.livejournal.com]

Err, that was me.