Otakon 2025 – page 10
I know it’s a real geek cliché to do the whole “I can’t believe my friends have gone and gotten married and had kids while I’m still watching cartoon” bit and all that… but man, it really does my head in to look and somebody I remember goofing around watching MST3k with when I wasn’t even out of college yet, and now that person is raising actual children. The linear passage of time continues to be my greatest enemy.
But anyway, this little jaunt out on Saturday morning was also noteworthy for being literally the ONLY time I went outside all weekend that WASN’T a part of either arriving or leaving. We were lucky enough to get set up with a room in the one hotel that has a direct connecting passage with the convention center itself, and MAN it was nice to not have to leave the air conditioning every time I wanted to got back up to the hotel room for something. So many of the cons I’ve been to in recent years were either commute-from-home affairs or a block or two away from my hotel, I’d forgotten what that even FELT like.
If you think that makes you feel old, just wait until they start introducing their grandkids! From experience, that’s at least 10x as bad! And it’s right around the corner!!
Oh, I do know people whose kids are ALMOST old enough for that to be a possibility…