More Wedding Thoughts
Jun. 8th, 2015 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aI really enjoyed the wedding yesterday. Or maybe, I really enjoyed the reception.
Generally, it was great to see Woo so happy. He was just beaming throughout the day.
But I also enjoyed hanging out with the gamers alongside Kimberly, in a social venue that wasn't just about gaming. At this point, I've known these folks for most of my life. They've been an important part of it for two-and-a-half decades. It was great seeing them with their kids and families, within the context of a larger social web.
I loved seeing Eric with Justin, who is such a great kid.
I loved seeing Sweet bustling around helping to take care of things, while also being a great dad for his own kids.
I really appreciated getting a great compliment from Rowe, who told me that he's had signed copies of Designers & Dragons sitting on his table for months, waiting to be read but looking daunting. It made me happy to think that some of those books I signed at Endgame made their way to New Zealand and also to know that they're a constant presence there in his life on the other side of the world (even if they're not read!). And it was great seeing Barb again.
I enjoyed seeing Woo and Chris and Corina who have been mostly absent from my roleplaying in recent years, and meeting Sophia for the second time. I was really stunningly happy to hear that Woo and Sophia are thinking about joining us for the roleplaying Saturdays up here in the East Bay (in a couple of months, when things quiet down for them).
And it was good seeing Pick and his delightfully cute daughter Katie and the shy Vincent and Kevin and everyone else. I gave everyone I could find a hug on my way out. Kevin said it was an obvious sign that I'd been drinking. And, I'd had one mysterious fruity drink at the start of the reception some hours before, but mostly I was drunk on the camaraderie.
Generally, it was great to see Woo so happy. He was just beaming throughout the day.
But I also enjoyed hanging out with the gamers alongside Kimberly, in a social venue that wasn't just about gaming. At this point, I've known these folks for most of my life. They've been an important part of it for two-and-a-half decades. It was great seeing them with their kids and families, within the context of a larger social web.
I loved seeing Eric with Justin, who is such a great kid.
I loved seeing Sweet bustling around helping to take care of things, while also being a great dad for his own kids.
I really appreciated getting a great compliment from Rowe, who told me that he's had signed copies of Designers & Dragons sitting on his table for months, waiting to be read but looking daunting. It made me happy to think that some of those books I signed at Endgame made their way to New Zealand and also to know that they're a constant presence there in his life on the other side of the world (even if they're not read!). And it was great seeing Barb again.
I enjoyed seeing Woo and Chris and Corina who have been mostly absent from my roleplaying in recent years, and meeting Sophia for the second time. I was really stunningly happy to hear that Woo and Sophia are thinking about joining us for the roleplaying Saturdays up here in the East Bay (in a couple of months, when things quiet down for them).
And it was good seeing Pick and his delightfully cute daughter Katie and the shy Vincent and Kevin and everyone else. I gave everyone I could find a hug on my way out. Kevin said it was an obvious sign that I'd been drinking. And, I'd had one mysterious fruity drink at the start of the reception some hours before, but mostly I was drunk on the camaraderie.