post-con blues

So I'm going through some major post-con blues. It always hits me the day or two after I come home from a convention I've enjoyed, sometimes worse than others.

I know some of you who read my Blatherings have never been to a filk convention, so probably don't understand what I'm talking about...or perhaps you have your own equivalent. I used to go to conventions purely for the musical aspect: to listen to music, to participate in jam sessions. I love making music with people, especially the improvisational aspect, noodling along on my flute to noodleable songs.

Now I go partly for the music, but also for the friendship aspect. Over the years, I've made some good friends at these filk conventions. The only problem is that almost all of them live outside of Toronto. Some in the U.S., some overseas.

As far as I'm concerned, they all live too far away.





It would be nice to go visit each of them outside of conventions to get more one-on-one time, but this is impractical from both a financial and time aspect. So I end up picking conventions where I will see as many of these out-of-town friends as possible. We share a lot of music, laughter, sometimes tears, and then we say good-bye.

I always find it tough after each of these conventions, though, knowing that I may not be seeing some of my friends for months or even years. That knowledge can hurt a great deal, but it also makes the time we do have together than much more significant. Then in addition to missing these friends, I also keep running into people at filk conventions I'd like to get know better, people that make me think, Hey, you're pretty cool. It would be fun visiting a chocolate factory with you...

Anyway, I've wracked my brains for a solution and I think I've come up with one: you all have to move to Toronto!

Okay, so that may not be the most practical. I'm not really expecting any of you to have an answer to this dilemma, of course, but please feel free to share how you cope with this (post-con blues as well as missing friends in other places) in Blatherchat.





Links/News:

NaNoWriMo update: Written 5667 words, 44,333 to go!
(See my NaNoWriMo journal for details and silly cartoons)

Allison's journal: Why did you start your first online journal?

One year ago, I was excited about going grocery shopping with Andrea.

Four years ago, I babysat Annie and Sara.

Five years ago, I posted an e-mail from Joel Polowin about Starship Troopers.

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Today's Blatherpics:

From OVFF...

	Bill Sutton in a chicken hat.
	Tom, Andrea and Nicholas.
	Nye and Melissa.