Conventional Wisdom

…and before some well-meaning Samaritan feels compelled to fill the comments with feel-good inspirational stuff about how I shouldn’t feel embarrassed to not have personally hand-crafted every single aspect of a costume and should just focus on having fun… yeah, I know.  I wasn’t feeling inferior due to cosplaying in poverty, I was just feeling awkward sitting in a room with a bunch of people I barely knew and realizing we basically had NOTHING in common.  I mean, that’s how I feel when interacting with people in general, but MOST of the time I have the option to just wander off when things get too awkward.  It’s kind of a different situation when I’m already back in the hotel room and ready to settle down for the night, which just results in me weirdly sitting in the corner for way too long, randomly taking notes or whatever.

Maybe I really SHOULD go back to sleeping in the parking lot.  It’d be more uncomfortable for me, but it’s probably be less uncomfortable for everybody else.