I have to admit I'm having some trouble mustering the same level of enthusiasm for JCCC2 as I did post JCCC1. I know a lot of people feel like this:
[Video from Blue of Hello the Future, who never forgets to be awesome.]
But to be honest, I was ready to go home after this cruise. I was TIRED.
I realized the day after I landed back in PDX that this wasn't really the second Joco cruise. For me, this was the end of the first Joco cruise.
Because I felt so empowered by the first cruise--like it had changed everything. I could make new friends and do creative projects and rub elbows with my heroes.
But this cruise was exhausting. I met so many people. I saw so much creativity. I finally got to babble to Paul F. Tompkins. And then I came home.
And you know what I miss most? The friends I made that first trip. And I missed my friends from home too.
There are a lot of people compiling pictures, video, and memories of their own, so I want to point out the places I'll be lurking for more detailed posts:
But now, for a little while at least, I'm going to have some little days.
[Video from Scott Barkan (aka guitarist for Marian Call). He played a set on the cruise, and this song really stuck with me. Buy his album if you'd like.]
