Quarter-Century of Fandom
Aug. 27th, 2009 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeToday is my 44th birthday, and also approximately the 25th anniversary of my entrance to convention-attending fandom, as I attended my first SF genre convention, L.A.con II, the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention, around this time 25 years ago.
I don't have anything profound to say. Most years I get a Worldcon for my birthday, or else I'm traveling to or from one. Before that, birthdays were merely the Day of Doom as it meant school started the following Tuesday. So I've rarely done special things on my birthday. Indeed, today is an ordinary work day for me, so I'd better get back to it.
I don't have anything profound to say. Most years I get a Worldcon for my birthday, or else I'm traveling to or from one. Before that, birthdays were merely the Day of Doom as it meant school started the following Tuesday. So I've rarely done special things on my birthday. Indeed, today is an ordinary work day for me, so I'd better get back to it.
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Date: 2009-08-27 03:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 03:42 pm (UTC)Since, as we determined at Con Josè (or some similar time), you are 1 year older than I am -- to the day -- you have the only non-family birthday I can remember (and I don't remember all of my family birthdays either).
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Date: 2009-08-27 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 04:07 pm (UTC)When I was a kid the lack of any kind of party bothered me, but my family didn't celebrate *anyone's* birthday, not just the kid unfortunate enough to be born when school started. With six kids, and 12 close-by cousins of similar age, it would have been an unsupportable strain - and not much fun!
Have a great day of it!
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Date: 2009-08-27 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 04:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 04:31 pm (UTC)You have 4 years on me fannishly, (Nola being my first Worldcon) but some of us got a late start :>
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Date: 2009-08-27 04:54 pm (UTC)(And that's a good memory to have - that was my first con, too!)
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Date: 2009-08-27 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 05:44 pm (UTC)-kat
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Date: 2009-08-27 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 06:28 pm (UTC)Happy Birthday!
Date: 2009-08-27 06:34 pm (UTC)Re: Happy Birthday!
Date: 2009-08-27 06:38 pm (UTC)Re: Happy Birthday!
Date: 2009-08-29 12:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 07:08 pm (UTC)My first con was Balticon back in 1981, first WorldCon was Constellation back in 1983. While I may have years on you in fandom I haven't been involved in running conventions. Kudos to you and best wishes for many more.
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Date: 2009-08-27 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 07:21 pm (UTC)Ah yes, the Anaheim Hilton Towers... a con I will never forget.
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Date: 2009-08-27 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 11:41 pm (UTC)Happy Birthday, young man!
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Date: 2009-08-28 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-28 05:42 am (UTC)I can commiserate on Birthdays begin outranked by cons. My BD of June 27 gets clobbered Every Year by Westercon. And they are less likely to move Westercon away from it's traditional dates.
And then Loscon MOVED to my wedding anniversary (the Saturday after Thanksgiving). We've been married for 31 years, we were there first.
But just remember, we are chump change in comparison with my hubby who was born December 28th. Talk about "What Birthday? You had a birthday?"
So as you wonder what do to with yourself in the next two weeks, relax and have a Fun Time. The Worldcon is over for the year, and you can take a breather, and maybe even enjoy your birthday. :)
Happy Birthday!
Date: 2009-08-28 02:59 pm (UTC)(For the record, my first con was a Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Con in the late 70's or about 40 years ago. My first Worldcon wasn't until MUCH later - LAcon II in '84)