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.]
Gah, I'd intended to reply earlier...
ReplyDeleteI think the cruise blues hit me harder this year than last -- I actually had to leave the Saturday night cocktail party, otherwise I was going to be The Girl Who Cried in the Corner, which is the premise for a far less compelling Larsson novel.
Many folks on other blogs have done a great job of recapping, so just a few personal highlights for me:
* Pretty much every damned thing about our tiny wedding
* Old friends
* New friends
* Online friends with new bonus voices!
* The force that is Marian Call
* Impromptu Dr Horrible sing-a-long at the Sunday night cocktail party with new friends (singalong Buffy/DrH needs to be part of the official activity lineup!)
* Guild lunch
* The sanctuary of the thermal suite