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Second thoughts about Aussiecon
Dec. 16th, 2009 08:27 amSo yeah, the not-so-surprising big news is that Sharee has a new boyfriend, and that's all good. I wish them all the best: carpe diem, per aspera ad astra, caveat emptor, de gustibus, et cetera, und so weiter. It's true it has me contemplating (again) my own stubborn inability to form new romantic relationships, and I may write about those thoughts when I have more time. (Maybe I should also mention, for those of you who are Sharee's friends on Facebook, that I'm taking a break from reading her posts there, both because I'm not that much of a masochist and because I think she has been inhibited from posting by the fear of hurting my feelings with expressions of joy at her new love. I'll refriend her in six months or so once things have settled down into a dull routine, ahem.)
Anyway, in the meantime this turn of events is making me reconsider the idea of a trip to Australia next September. The plan had been to: 1) go to the World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, and 2) otherwise take as much time as granted by my employer to travel around the country with Sharee, with a particular focus on getting to Perth this time. Now that I've lost my native guide, I find I'm also quickly losing my enthusiasm for the second part of the plan. This in turn makes me wonder whether it's worth the cost and travel time to head Down Under just for the convention.
It's quite possible that I'm just suffering from an initial feeling of deflation. What an adventure I had imagined! Countering it is the sense that an Australian Worldcon would be something very special (based on stories people tell about past Australian Worldcons, although some of that is from the perspective of people who had never been to Oz before, which obviously doesn't apply to me), and that I'd see friends that I wouldn't see otherwise, at least not for a long time. It's also frustrating that I won't be able to go to Corflu next year because of a conflict with a family trip, so if I miss Worldcon as well it would mean I would miss both of my favorite conventions next year.
I dunno. I'm sure I'll be able to dither and vacillate about this for months to come. I just felt the need to let people know that the vacillation has begun. Maybe I'm asking you to convince me that I really should go. G'wan, give it your best shot.
Anyway, in the meantime this turn of events is making me reconsider the idea of a trip to Australia next September. The plan had been to: 1) go to the World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, and 2) otherwise take as much time as granted by my employer to travel around the country with Sharee, with a particular focus on getting to Perth this time. Now that I've lost my native guide, I find I'm also quickly losing my enthusiasm for the second part of the plan. This in turn makes me wonder whether it's worth the cost and travel time to head Down Under just for the convention.
It's quite possible that I'm just suffering from an initial feeling of deflation. What an adventure I had imagined! Countering it is the sense that an Australian Worldcon would be something very special (based on stories people tell about past Australian Worldcons, although some of that is from the perspective of people who had never been to Oz before, which obviously doesn't apply to me), and that I'd see friends that I wouldn't see otherwise, at least not for a long time. It's also frustrating that I won't be able to go to Corflu next year because of a conflict with a family trip, so if I miss Worldcon as well it would mean I would miss both of my favorite conventions next year.
I dunno. I'm sure I'll be able to dither and vacillate about this for months to come. I just felt the need to let people know that the vacillation has begun. Maybe I'm asking you to convince me that I really should go. G'wan, give it your best shot.
