back from San Francisco
Oct. 30th, 2007 07:17 pmSooo... yeah. I'm back. Got here last night around midnight, spent today catching up on my sleep, email, flist and grocery shopping.:) Now there's just enough time left to post a quick update before the regular RL grind swallows me up again, starting tomorrow.:|
The trip was fantabulous. The journey itself - at least from here to San Francisco - is a different story, but that's a topic for another sordid post which would take far too long to start on right now. What matters is that I DID get there, and enjoyed my stay at least as much as I expected to - if not more. It was a very liberating experience. Of course, hanging out with LJ friends & fellow slashers is always a liberating experience; but this time it was intensified by being surrounded by hundreds of other people who were at least as pervy - and proud of it - as we were.:P I still don't know much about Japanese yaoi manga, but I know I would gladly attend another event like this - if only to soak up the joy, enthusiasm and freedom of expression that were so palpable throughout. It was, quite simply, a celebration of happiness and beauty. So many people were wearing gorgeous costumes it must have taken weeks to make; it didn't really matter to me that I wasn't familiar with the characters they were portraying. Just the spirit, the creativity of it was enough to make me walk around with a huge smile on my face - all the bigger for knowing that these were GAY characters who inspired such dedication and worship. Predictably, most of the con attendees were women; but there was a whole lot of gender-bending going around in all directions.;D And gender-bending ALWAYS makes me happy. *deep satisfied sigh*
Apart from the con itself, we had plenty of fun exploring the city, browsing some of its most glamorous shopping areas, sampling its culinary delights and just hanging out together. On Friday night we visited some absolutely stunning gift shops in Chinatown; on Saturday, we were taken for a ride by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
annie00732 - who lives close to San Francisco - to see the famous Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman's Wharf; on Sunday, we had lunch with salixbabylon, then went out to see Eastern Promises again (fifth time for me... lol). We walked a LOT, and ate much less than we might have; and what we did eat was mostly light and healthy (sushi, Indian & Thai food, plenty of greens & veggies etc.). I suspect I might have lost a noticeable amount of weight. *bounces happily* Not that I was really thinking about it much at the time; but it's a nice bonus.;)
Anyway... gotta go now. Will post more about the trip as time allows. I did some shopping at the con, and there's other things I'm very excited about... but the day is almost over, and staying up past my bedtime is something I've had rather too much of over the past few days. It was all perfectly fine when I was younger; but now my body seems to need a very regular sleep/wakefulness schedule, and whenever I screw that up, it lets me know in no uncertain terms how it feels about that. And it's not a nice feeling. Not at all.:/
The trip was fantabulous. The journey itself - at least from here to San Francisco - is a different story, but that's a topic for another sordid post which would take far too long to start on right now. What matters is that I DID get there, and enjoyed my stay at least as much as I expected to - if not more. It was a very liberating experience. Of course, hanging out with LJ friends & fellow slashers is always a liberating experience; but this time it was intensified by being surrounded by hundreds of other people who were at least as pervy - and proud of it - as we were.:P I still don't know much about Japanese yaoi manga, but I know I would gladly attend another event like this - if only to soak up the joy, enthusiasm and freedom of expression that were so palpable throughout. It was, quite simply, a celebration of happiness and beauty. So many people were wearing gorgeous costumes it must have taken weeks to make; it didn't really matter to me that I wasn't familiar with the characters they were portraying. Just the spirit, the creativity of it was enough to make me walk around with a huge smile on my face - all the bigger for knowing that these were GAY characters who inspired such dedication and worship. Predictably, most of the con attendees were women; but there was a whole lot of gender-bending going around in all directions.;D And gender-bending ALWAYS makes me happy. *deep satisfied sigh*
Apart from the con itself, we had plenty of fun exploring the city, browsing some of its most glamorous shopping areas, sampling its culinary delights and just hanging out together. On Friday night we visited some absolutely stunning gift shops in Chinatown; on Saturday, we were taken for a ride by
annie00732 - who lives close to San Francisco - to see the famous Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman's Wharf; on Sunday, we had lunch with salixbabylon, then went out to see Eastern Promises again (fifth time for me... lol). We walked a LOT, and ate much less than we might have; and what we did eat was mostly light and healthy (sushi, Indian & Thai food, plenty of greens & veggies etc.). I suspect I might have lost a noticeable amount of weight. *bounces happily* Not that I was really thinking about it much at the time; but it's a nice bonus.;) Anyway... gotta go now. Will post more about the trip as time allows. I did some shopping at the con, and there's other things I'm very excited about... but the day is almost over, and staying up past my bedtime is something I've had rather too much of over the past few days. It was all perfectly fine when I was younger; but now my body seems to need a very regular sleep/wakefulness schedule, and whenever I screw that up, it lets me know in no uncertain terms how it feels about that. And it's not a nice feeling. Not at all.:/
