{"id":126,"date":"2023-05-27T05:07:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T04:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2023-05-27T05:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T04:14:26","slug":"back-to-balticon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Back to Balticon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, it&#8217;s not exactly a picture of me at Balticon &#8211; but in those days, pictures were costly and precious and selfies were unheard of. So this is the closest I can get to my first Balticon &#8211; a picture of me a few days before, going to my friend&#8217;s senior prom. Yes, that&#8217;s me at age 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-129\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jen-and-Jeff-pic-1280x1707.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, I&#8217;m headed back again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a few years, it&#8217;s fair to say &#8211; and you won&#8217;t find me at the con wearing some of the NSFW outfits I used to wear to such events. This year I&#8217;ll probably be wearing my new t-shirt that says &#8220;I&#8217;m an audiobook narrator &#8211; what&#8217;s your superpower?&#8221; &#8211; and I just might wear this too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-908x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" width=\"181\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-908x1024.jpg 908w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-768x866.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-500x564.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632-800x902.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yourstorysvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eagle-pendant-1-scaled-e1685160111632.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought it in the dealer&#8217;s room back at that first Balticon. It had a special meaning for me when I bought it that I might write about someday &#8211; but this weekend, it will stand for adventure, and new wind under my wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll meet some old friends, and some new friends too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, it&#8217;s not exactly a picture of me at Balticon &#8211; but in those days, pictures were costly and precious and selfies were unheard of. So this is the closest I can get to my first Balticon &#8211; a picture of me a few days before, going to my friend&#8217;s senior prom. 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