An SPN convention is HOW MUCH!??!!
Mar. 31st, 2009 01:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hells_half_acreSo, tonight I was sitting around thinking (as I am wont to do) and I thought. "if I'm going to be moving to Vancouver at the end of summer, maybe I should check out the Vancouver Supernatural Convention...I mean, my little Sis and I are big fans, it might be nice to treat her to a fun filled weekend!"
Then I looked at the prices.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! Is this really how much people pay for these things?!?!! This is ridiculous! I may be lame, but I'm not THAT lame! Seriously, I can be lame for much cheaper at home. The boys are attractive, sure, but they aren't $189 for ONE PICTURE attractive. For $189, you better SHINE LIKE THE SUN, you better leave me blind with your beauty, you better leave me with the feeling that I will never again see someone as powerfully beautiful and I am thus doomed to a life of disappointment.
Furthermore, who would spend $350 just to sit in a room and hear people answer lame questions posed awkwardly by people with a diminished capacity to use tact or observe correct social protocols? Mind you, I suppose the flip side of that is that if someone is paying $350, they should be allowed to ask whatever the hell question they want, even if it is horribly lame and the 100th question of the day concerning pranks that haven't occurred in years.
Ok ok, I know I spent more than $350 on clothes while I was traveling, but I will have those clothes for my whole life...not just ten minutes on one weekend.
I mean, I love the show and all...but there are limits.
Maybe it's just because I am not upper middle class - perhaps I just do not understand what disposable income means...
I mean, yeah, it'd be cool to see the boys and everyone involved in the show in person, but for that kind of money, I'd like a guarantee that I'm not going to make an ass of myself in front of them, that they will look me in the eye and remember me as being cool, that we will share some witty banter together in an unforced casual kind of way, that when we pass each other later in the street, we will raise a hand and give a nod and a smile as is customary when passing casual acquaintances.
Man...of course, that all being said, I do realize that the money goes to charity (at least for the Vancouver Con)...so, I suppose there's that about it. So yeah, I guess if I was going to donate $350 to fight cancer ANYWAY this year, I would go to the Con...but, umm, as much as I hate cancer, that is just not the case. As my sister says, "yeah, that's nice, but it doesn't change the fact that I am broke."
Then I looked at the prices.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! Is this really how much people pay for these things?!?!! This is ridiculous! I may be lame, but I'm not THAT lame! Seriously, I can be lame for much cheaper at home. The boys are attractive, sure, but they aren't $189 for ONE PICTURE attractive. For $189, you better SHINE LIKE THE SUN, you better leave me blind with your beauty, you better leave me with the feeling that I will never again see someone as powerfully beautiful and I am thus doomed to a life of disappointment.
Furthermore, who would spend $350 just to sit in a room and hear people answer lame questions posed awkwardly by people with a diminished capacity to use tact or observe correct social protocols? Mind you, I suppose the flip side of that is that if someone is paying $350, they should be allowed to ask whatever the hell question they want, even if it is horribly lame and the 100th question of the day concerning pranks that haven't occurred in years.
Ok ok, I know I spent more than $350 on clothes while I was traveling, but I will have those clothes for my whole life...not just ten minutes on one weekend.
I mean, I love the show and all...but there are limits.
Maybe it's just because I am not upper middle class - perhaps I just do not understand what disposable income means...
I mean, yeah, it'd be cool to see the boys and everyone involved in the show in person, but for that kind of money, I'd like a guarantee that I'm not going to make an ass of myself in front of them, that they will look me in the eye and remember me as being cool, that we will share some witty banter together in an unforced casual kind of way, that when we pass each other later in the street, we will raise a hand and give a nod and a smile as is customary when passing casual acquaintances.
Man...of course, that all being said, I do realize that the money goes to charity (at least for the Vancouver Con)...so, I suppose there's that about it. So yeah, I guess if I was going to donate $350 to fight cancer ANYWAY this year, I would go to the Con...but, umm, as much as I hate cancer, that is just not the case. As my sister says, "yeah, that's nice, but it doesn't change the fact that I am broke."
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Date: 2009-03-31 08:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-31 09:49 pm (UTC)I just couldn't believe the prices...It's nice that there are so many wealthy people to show the boys love, but I, for one, will continue to support them from the cheaper seats ;)
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Date: 2009-04-01 01:31 am (UTC)Thanks for the comment about my YAY! icon, and for an excuse to use it :-)
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Date: 2009-04-01 03:44 am (UTC)And yeah, I know there are a lot of sane people who go to the cons too, but for the small mixture of crazies - well, the boys are very good about putting up with it all.