My profoundest apologies.

I have to apologize for my lack of posting over the past few days. I was on a temporary hiatus that I should have warned you about ahead of time.

Why was I gone? For the first time ever, I attended GenCon, one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, which takes place right in my home state of Indiana and has for quite some time. In case you're wondering, no, I'm not a hard-core D&D, WoW, or Magic player. (However, I am slightly in awe of the people that can understand those games and spend so much time playing them. It's pretty impressive.) I really enjoyed going to the convention and trying out demo board games and card games and wandering around and seeing all of the people in costumes. I played an amped-up version of Uno with some pretty awesome home-made rules, and even earned myself a cool nickname (The Silent Assassin). I got interviewed for a podcast, which you can find at here. (I don't think they've posted it yet, so who knows if anyone will actually get to hear the 'silent assassin' speak. Haha.)

The great thing about GenCon is that everyone is equal. Nobody really has any problems with anyone. Everyone is just there to have a good time gaming. You don't really know many people, but there are 20,000 people there for you to meet and connect with and have an enormously fun weekend with. I personally enjoyed playing Are You A Werewolf? (werewolf is better than mafia, and don't let anyone tell you differently) until the wee hours of the morning. I had a four-day ribbon, so my best friend and I played every night from ten to around midnight, and last night we ended up playing a two-hour game that lasted until 2:15 am. It was intense, and probably the most fun thing I've done in a while. The people I played with were so great, and I hope I get to see them all again next year.

So the moral to this post is that gamer geeks are some of the coolest people in the world and GenCon is not just for the stereotypical gamers. There's really something there for everyone. (For example, I took a swing dancing class and a Celtic dance class, and they were really fun. They even had a crochet circle that I accidentally got signed up for. My friend went instead so I could attend aforementioned Celtic dance class.)

In conclusion, I'm sorry I haven't posted any new infomercials. I am too tired to post anything right now, but if I don't post today I promise three new posts for tomorrow. :)

Love, Sarah