My Arisia con report, such as it is.

Friday night, went to company party with Lis. Got to meet her co-workers. Liked them -- Lis has nice co-workers. Actually had fun at company party. Wasn't Arisia, but was fun anyway.

Saturday, went to Arisia, showed up at 11. Spent from 11 to 1 in Massage Den giving massages. Met Lis after 1 at a panel, which went until 2. Was an okay panel -- it was the Shakespeare panel. The people who run the Shakespeare panel keep suggesting that Lis should be on it, too, but she always demurs. Dunno why. Got food at 2, and breifly wandered around the dealer's room and the art show. Got back to Massage Den at 3. Found out that I had been supposed to be there at 2, which was when I'd gotten food, but hadn't been told that. Spent from 3 to 5 giving massages. At 5, left massage den, and wandered around to see people. Wandered around Dealer's Row. Hung out with vonbeck a bit. Wandered into gopher hole, gave chair massage to person there. Got food. Went back to Massage Den from 7 to 9 to give massages. At 9, wandered back downstairs to see if I could catch any of Masquerade. Masquerade was over by then, and they were showing trailers while judges were out judging. Got to see a couple trailers, and saw the judging for Masquerade. At 11, headed out to party-hop. Nothing really grabbed me as far as parties went, saw a couple people in halls, went home at 1.

Blizzard going on. Considered taking train back in for Sunday. Would have been reasonably safe, but fairly unpleasant. Called Crystal and asked if they could do without me.

Total time at Arisia this year: 14 hours.

Of those 14 hours:
7 hours giving massages
1 hour at a panel that didn't particularly interest me, but I said I'd meet Lis there.
2 hours finding food
1 hour looking at dealer room, art show, &ct.
2 hours wandering around looking at parties.
1 hour kind of randomly wandering the halls

How is it that I can spend 7 hours giving massages, and end up feeling drained and touch-deprived?

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There are a lot of good things about working Massage Den, of course. One of them is that, well, I like giving massages. Otherwise I wouldn't work Massage Den. And, well, it's really nice having a universally appreciated job. I mean, people see the staff ribbon on my badge, and ask where I'm working, and I say "Massage Den", and they really seem pleased that such a thing exists. That's cool. And Crystal does do her damnedest to make sure that we all don't burn out. I'm just grumpy because I'm usually grumpy after cons.

There's something about the particular way in which I'm introverted which doesn't work well with cons. I mean, I'm people-needy, in general -- I need social contact. With, specifically, the kinds of people who go to cons. And so I've got this feeling like there are all these people around me who I SHOULD be interacting with, and I don't. Mostly, at cons, I spend a lot of time wandering around aimlessly. That's one of the reasons I'm really glad to work Massage Den, because it structures a lot of my time, leaving me with less aimless wandering time.

But it also means that I've got less time to do whatever it is that I go to cons to do, even though I've never quite figured out whatever that is, which is why I spend that time wandering aimlessly, looking for whatever it is.

The most disturbing bit of trivia I've learned all day.

Question: What fanatical Jewish extremist was Arlo Gutherie's Hebrew school teacher?