Flitted Sheets

[enteirah]

I do plan to do a bit more of a full con report from Confuzzled in the next few days (or possibly end up never getting round to it as is usual with cons), but thought I'd address one thing in brief first.

A few folks noted that I never seemed to stop around or talk to them for long at the con (and this was mentioned last EF too). To clarify, this is certainly nothing personal against anyone, but it's an unfortunate rooted thing that I get very uncomfortable if I don't spend a lot of time flitting, which is why you'll always find me doing it at cons and meets. I used to invest a lot of time in a small number of people instead, and ended up very badly burned by that when that used as a hammer against me later. As such, these days if I'm sat around a single group for long, I get a little paranoid of outstaying my welcome and prefer to keep moving. It's the same reason you'll tend to find I've never been part of any real cliques etc within furry circles, and tend to be very hesitant about pestering people on IM.

So yes, don't assume I'm trying to avoid you if I disappear quickly. =:P I probably love chatting away more than it may come accross, but it's more me just trying to shield myself in general.

Comments

[baloki.livejournal.com]

You didn't come up to me at CF and say hi :p

[eliki.livejournal.com]

If you do have chance to do a full Confuzzled report, it'll be something I'll very much look forward to reading. I've seen a few reports and a few small Youtube videos, and those have been fun to look through. :)

As for the main points here though, I can fully understand that. Obviously I've never been to a convention of any sort. The nearest I've done was a comics/collectors thing in a large hall, in 1996, and that was difficult. I find it very hard to stay in one place for long, which is why I hate queuing. I tend to get fairly dizzy if I'm stood in the same place for all that long, so I think I'd end up shuffling around quite a bit, looking at different things and not staying in one place for long. So I can understand what you mean, and hopefully anyone that reads your post here will understand too once it's been explained like that. :)

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I can understand that. Maybe some of the reasons are different for me, but I can identify with the feeling of liking to chat but finding some aspects of it uncomfortable.