The Control Enthusiast

Are you going to Shibaricon 2009? If so, and you use an iPhone or iCal, you might be interested in this. I’ve put the schedule for Shibaricon, as it currently stands, into a .ics file – that’s every session time, place and description that I could grab from their website. It’s set for the Chicago time zone, so keep that in mind when you’re importing it.
Click HERE to download the .ics file.
Any problems, please let me know. Also, as I notice changes to the Shibaricon schedule, I’ll update the file and make note of the changes in a new post & in my Twitter stream.

I should say, I’m not working for Shibaricon in any way – this is just something I did for myself and figured I’d make it available for others to use. The schedule looks pretty amazing – I’m looking forward to being there and am having a very hard time deciding what session to attend.

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Guess what I just bought?

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Oh, it’s been too too long since I’ve updated. So much has been happening, not the least of which was Shibaricon.

I am, right now, still in the midst of a bit of con drop. To step back out into this life, this particular way of interaction that had been put aside for four days of exploration and enjoyment and delicious sadism – to suddenly step back into this is unsettling. I found it very strange to be on the subway this morning, on my way to work – looking around at the people standing quietly around me and I thought, “No, this is wrong. This is not correct. Why is nobody in kimono? In kilt? In nothing? Where is the lovely girl at my feet? How can I not just reach out and caress someone?” This morning, I could smell hairspray, cheap newsprint, thick cologne and unwashed human underneath of it. I couldn’t smell hemp, or the leather, or pain-touched sweat. There were no cries two rooms over. No hiss of lines over skin. Certainly no laughter, no tears, no exclamations of surprise and delight.

I miss that.

Yet I find I am walking taller. Firmer. Centered and still. I feel at home in myself, and happy. And all of you, who were there, who shared with me, who might at this moment be reading this – I have you to thank in no small part for it.

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Roughly two and a half months to go until Shibaricon. 74 days and some hours, according to the website.

So I found – quite suddenly, while at work – a pretty great seat sale on from Air Canada, and very quickly purchased my flights to and from Chicago in May. So – that part of Shibaricon is dealt with. Now, I just need to figure out the hotel room.

I am really thinking about booking at the host hotel, the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, if for no other reason than to support the event. Now that I’m working for an events company myself, I know how important that sort of thing can be, how good it makes the event look to the hotel itself. And really, the cost per night, after the Shibaricon discount, it’s pretty comparable to what’s available elsewhere, and in the area. I’ll probably mull over the choices for another week or two, and then book myself a room. I thought (briefly, very briefly) about the idea of splitting the room, but I figured for my first time out I was going to need a private refuge. I know myself and my introverted ways that well, by now.

So, I’ll be landing in Chicago on the 23rd at 10:45ish. And flying back to Toronto on the 26th at 18:30. That’s going to be three and a half days chock full of rope. Now that the schedule for the event is up, I’m going to start to plan my days. I know for sure I’ll be attending Graydancer’s “Defining Moment” at 14:30 on the Friday – I actually sort of planned my flight time around it. 16:30 will either be with Tatu or Lqqkout, not sure yet. And… that’s about as far as I’ve planned, right now.

Exciting. Very exciting.

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