BiCon 2006

[mattp]

Wow. A fantastic weekend. The team did us all proud.

Workshops attended: relaunch of bi.org, third gender, transgender and sexuality, anonymous confessions, snog in, coming out and staying in at work, cover bis, future bicons, BSL/Deaf awareness.

Much debauchery was had, and quite a lot of drinking compared to my own usual levels. Bi snog-in was an achievement - huge kudos to bethanthepurple for organising it. Only got one comment from Other People, but didn't hear what they said due to getting carried away :-)

Highlights of the weekend were the Ceillidh and the picnic on the lawn on Sunday night.

Flat Cunt Monkey II was ace - consisiting of me, softfruit, glamcarnation, angeoverhere, johnnydefective, heiroglyphe, rainbowqueen, loopy_lorna and beadqueen.

It came to leaving time and I was a little dispondant that I would be the only one from BiCon on my particular train, though discovered mid-afternoon in the bar that C. would be on the same one so we had a chance to get to know one another and snuggle a little. Sorry it'd taken 3 years. Though in a way it's good that our community is so huge that we can't get to know everyone immediately.

The closing plenary is always a moving time as people say their thanks and the team are thanked and people are given awards. In particular, djm4's acceptance speech was very moving, containing the quote
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. - Jane Howard
It really hit home and made me weepy, though tears of joy :-)

BiCon comedown has been fairly minimal compared to 2002, though I do have a followup post to make at some stage.

Clicky - flash animation. Not worksafe in the least. Catchy melody though.

*luffs* to new friends.

Comments

[barakta]

When you are not fucked, I'd like to find out more about the bi.org workshop as I slept through it which was annoying as I wanted to go.

It was good to see you albeit briefly at BiCon. I shall be down in London at some point in Sept-Oct probably as there are loads of people I would like to catch up with more.

The quote used by djm4 is now in his userinfo http://djm4.livejournal.com/profile . It is funny, cos he and I were talking about belonging and family earlier on in the BiCon.

[mattp.livejournal.com]

Rar, thanks. I've updated the post to contain the quote.

[xanna.livejournal.com]

Workshops attended
*ahem* Deaf awareness/Sign...?
Good to see you, although we didn't interact much this time. See you at something soon.

[xanna.livejournal.com]

oops, trib failure.

[mattp.livejournal.com]

BiFest and PolyDay are both approaching - I'll be going to both assuming plans work as intended.

[bethanthepurple.livejournal.com]

Bi snog-in was an achievement - huge kudos to [info]bethanthepurple for organising it.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
You think?

*is dead chuffed*

[-lexx.livejournal.com]

Sounds sexy!

[tartful-dodger.livejournal.com]

*cuuuuuuddles*

You were absolutely fab and wonderful, luff! Thanks for being so awesome, really made the weekend to have utter darling as flatmates.

[loopy-lorna.livejournal.com]

Yayyyyyy!! You found the winky song!!!

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

dgm4's speech made me blub too - random_redhead had to distribute tissues to me and olethros coz we were both welling up!

[tartful-dodger.livejournal.com]

Matt would you be okay with me stopping over next week?

Got an email from some poly research people who want to speak to me. They're based in London and say they might be willing to pay for train fare, which could be handy. :)

Let me know, hon, then I can get back to them :)

[mattp.livejournal.com]

*pokes you on Y!M*

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

Hi! Nice to have met you at BiCon — I'm Jenna from the Bi Snog-In. Fun, wasn't it? :)