Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Naka Kon 2012 Recap  My annual trip
to Naka Kon was this past weekend. This year was definitely a
change for me.  The past three years I've run a small sub sector
of the convention: the Gaming sector. However, this year, I took
a big step up. I essentially oversaw everything that happened at
the convention that attendees could do.  Of course, the majority
of this means figuring out the schedule, which is done well in
advance, but there's always fires to put out: Panelists not
having the right kinds of computer cables, Guests not being at
the right place on time, schedule changes, etc...  Most of
Friday was taken up working on a single event: Our Formal Ball.
In past years, the host has taken an approach of "make people
dress up, play music and magic happens". Instead of dancing, we
instead get something more awkward than a junior high dance. So
this year, with assistance from one of my best friends, we
decided to 100% rework the ball. We chose only waltzes, had a 2
hour waltz lesso