I am really bad at this journal thing. I am getting far too use to posting every little detail going on in my life on Twitter that I don't even think to make journals anymore. Normally I would of made a few mentioning I was going to EverfreeNW and all that. Oh well, but yeah, that con happened and as a result of being on staff I did not get to really experience much the actual con. I still had a great time though as I actually very much enjoy staffing conventions, I would probably be very bored at about any I went to if I was not some how involved with what was going on behind the scenes.
Why would I be bored at a con? Well I have been to my share of cons, pony and otherwise, and really the only thing I get much enjoyment is spending time with others. I've done the whole panels thing before and really only a few ever really catch my attention, mostly cause I don't go to cons for lectures on subject matter. No, the ones that are a show are the ones that interest me, cause I am there to be entertained and meet people. I love spending time with friends at cons, but when most are either in the vendor hall or on staff working, it leaves me quite alone since they are busy. Now, I also genuinely like keeping busy and making myself useful, knowing I am playing a part in keeping the show that is the con going and thus playing a part in putting smiles on all those faces of the attendees. It makes me feel good, it makes me feel like I am accomplishing something worth wild and leaves me fulfilled.
If I could in anyway make a living out of staffing conventions, I would quite my job in a heartbeat. The one I now have to get back to on Monday.