Owning up to it

[gerisullivan]

Years ago, I happily wore one of the FOMS ribbons tammylc was handing out. When in convention mode, my fear of missing something clearly contributes to my tendency to skip sleeping in favor of, well, just about anything. Yes, I know about the 5-2-1 rule. My own application of it is supplemented by carnyjack's, drwhuh's, kaffyr's, and my long-held truth: Food is Sleep. (Sleep is not food, but food is sleep.)

Today I acknowledge that it's not just conventions. FOMS is one of my core traits; it's who I am.

And that's why I'm up and ready to head to the Metro at such an unlikely hour. The hotel I'm meeting debgeisler, benveniste, and smofbabe across the street from the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. I can easily spend another 60-90 minutes reading letters sent to Ephraim George Squier 150 years ago before I join them for the day's main event, the Rally to Restore Sanity (and/or Fear).

I'm so there. Luckily, it's in person rather than watching it live on the intertubes starting at noon.

The schedule.

Comments

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

The more Fannish "Fear Of Missing Something", actually, and -- at Conventions -- a feeling I know only too well. (For me, it seems to combine with "Hey! I'm a Grown-Up now, and can stay up all night if I want to", and "This exhaustion/sleep-deprivation psychotropism is fascinating". Or it did until about a decade ago, when my body decided that it was going to get at least six hours of sleep out of every 24 hours, no matter what. Nowadays, most Cons seem to have at least a 6-hour block in which nothing much is Happening, either Officially or Unofficially, which is fortunate for me, though (IMHO) less-so for younger-generation fans. )