I Am a Big Geek

I have started to blog. Finally, at least three other sad acquaintances will get updates from my life; updates that I probably gave them over dinner a couple of days ago.

This has been a week of recovery for Lynne, Caitlin, and me. Last weekend, we were at CONvergence in the Twin Cities. It was an amazing convention. Lynne was able to make some strides for the library, and we had a great time in the process. It was nice to see some old friends and to make a bunch of new ones. All of our panels went very well with an amazing cross-section of fandom showing up. We can’t wait until next year.

One of the neatest things for me was that it was held at the same hotel as my first convention. It was kind of neat to see how far I’ve come in Geek Culture. I really didn’t know a soul at my first convention. At this one I had my beautiful wife with me, I knew loads of friends, I was on five panels, and we had opportunities to spend time with some significant people in science fiction.

After we got back, I started to compile a list of all of the SF-related conventions and events that I’ve ever attended.

I am a big geek.

There’s no hiding it.

Conventions:
Minicon 28- 1993

Chicago Comicon- 1995
Chicago Comicon- 1996
Wizard World Chicago- 1997
Wizard World Chicago- 1998
Wizard World Chicago- 2004
Wizard World Chicago- 2005

Visions 1996
Visions 1997
Visions 1998

United Fan Con- 1999
United Fan Con- 2000
United Fan Con- 2001
United Fan Con- 2003

Creation Xena/Hercules New York City- 2000
Creation Xena/Hercules New York City- 2001
Creation Philadelphia- 2001

Chicago TARDIS 2000
Chicago TARDIS 2001
Chicago TARDIS 2004
Chicago TARDIS 2005
Chicago TARDIS 2006

WindyCon 31- 2004
WindyCon 33- 2006

Odyssey Con 7- 2007

CONvergence 2007

Gen Con Indy 2004
Gen Con Indy 2005

Signings and Readings:
Peter Gross
Jill Thompson and Brian Azzarello
Douglas Adams
Ray Bradbury
Peter Davison
Terry Brooks
Bruce Campbell
E. E. Knight

It has been a strange and wonderful life...