Wednesday, July 29, 2009

TwiCon, Here We Come!

Look out, Dallas! We're on our way.

Well, not actually on our way right now, as we are both sitting on my couch, on our laptops, being nerds. I'm emptying my camera of pics, gathering up peripherals and batteries and other technological bits and pieces, planning my knitting bag, and getting ready to sketch out a rough schedule of events. Bre is pretty well packed, but I still have clothes all over the joint. We have our costumes for the Volturi Masked Ball; a cooler chock full o' Smart Water; some grilled cheese sandwiches cooling down for the trip; and loads of good tunes for the ride. We just need an atlas and our trusty list of directions from Google maps and we are ready to roll!

I'm a bit nervous, and don't really know what to expect. We've anticipated this trip for so long that - as is my personal style - I forgot to truly get ready until the last minute! We've been joking for the last few months that we're going to be surrounded by squealing teenage girls, but that may not be entirely true. There are plenty of mature folks in the fandom - one of the breakout sessions is for Twilight Moms, after all - and it might be a great outlet for concentrated fandom. I've always wanted to go to ComicCon, but there are just so many pitfalls there ("booth babe" culture; the othering of female fans - e.g., either you're one of the guys thus erasing your female identity, or you're up for goody-oogling because OMG, LOOK YOU GUYS, A WOMAN, or you're invisible because you're not attractive enough, etc.) that I'd rather just go someplace where I'm genuinely excited about the fandom and feel invested enough to warrant the discussion and rampant nerdery that will follow. I also see it as somewhat of a social experiment. I've never been this deeply steeped in a fandom culture - I would love to take a look at it out on the playing field, as it were.

Enough dissection. I'm going to finish packing - expect photos, perhaps video if we can swing it, and some end-of-convention-day blogging!

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