San Francisco, 2009!!

I have just gotten home from Portus, and will make a con report post in the next day or so, but first I have to make a little announcement. (If you have nqdonne friended you may already have seen her post.)

HPEF's 2009 con is AZKATRAZ in SAN FRANCISCO July 18-21, 2009. And the chairs of formal programming are me, nqdonne, and flourish (her post is here), w00t! That's right, programming will be in the hands of three fanfic writers, two of whom are H/D shippers, mwahaha! And did I mention it's going to be in SAN FRANCISCO?

This just may be the gayest HP con EVAR. Dudes, you KNOW you want to come! XD

And to submit awesome panels, roundtables, and workshops. I will be mentioning this quite often in the next six months, and will be contacting many of you to twist arms beg and plead for submissions!

Edit: Go friend azkatraz to get updates! Want to volunteer? Go here.

Portus!

I just got back from Portus today. This was my fourth HP con (fifth if you count Wrockstock, which... I don't), and it was a very different experience from the other three.

This was mostly because I took my baby with me: In the past, going to cons has been an experience of completely immersing myself in fandom for several days, but I couldn't do that this time. Having BG with me meant that I was a mom first and a fandomer second, and that changed the experience for me in an interesting way. I was always watching the clock or waiting for Mr. Grant to call me to say BG was hungry again. I had to be ready to leave a panel or an event at a moment's notice, and many things I could only attend half of. (And wouldn't you know this would be the weekend that BG would decide he didn't want a bottle? If it wasn't The Boobie, he was Not Interested. And alas, Mr. Grant does not possess said Boobie.)

( So I experienced the con in bits and pieces. )