Conventions, Real Life

Disney’s Club 33: Exclusive Geekery

Christy
Wednesday
1:15 pm

I quite often defend my geek passion as the equivalent of sports fanatics.  I like conventions, comics, movies and such for the same reasons people are fanatical about sports.  Not only am I interested in the subject matter but I love the camaraderie of being surrounded by others that share my similar interests.  This comparison was most clearly illustrated at DragonCon a few years back.  There was a pivotal college football game scheduled in Atlanta the same weekend as DragonCon.  While there was some hostility from the geeks when the football fans got a hold of the DragonCon hotel rates and booked out the rooms in record time, ..read more