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mattp ([personal profile] mattp) wrote2006-07-18 09:05 pm
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BiCon 2006

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 [livejournal.com profile] 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, [livejournal.com profile] softfruit, [livejournal.com profile] glamcarnation, [livejournal.com profile] angeoverhere, [livejournal.com profile] johnnydefective, [livejournal.com profile] heiroglyphe, [livejournal.com profile] rainbowqueen, [livejournal.com profile] loopy_lorna and [livejournal.com profile] 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, [livejournal.com profile] 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.

[identity profile] xanna.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Workshops attended
*ahem* Deaf awareness/Sign...?
Good to see you, although we didn't interact much this time. See you at something soon.

[identity profile] xanna.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
oops, trib failure.

[identity profile] mattp.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
BiFest and PolyDay are both approaching - I'll be going to both assuming plans work as intended.