I went to Arisia and I got a ribbon
Jan. 17th, 2018 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexTo be clear, I get a bunch of ribbons at most Arisias. Some of them are functional, like "Program Participant" or "Division Head" (ADH get those, too). Some of them are purposeful statements, like a pronoun ribbon (I use he/him generally but am OK with they/them), or a Backup Project ribbon. Some are whimsical - this year I had ribbons proclaiming both that I was "Rebel Scum" and also part of "Team Greykell." I very much want to have ribbons made for "Team Oxford Comma" and "Team Enthusiastic Consent" but I didn't get that done this year.
And sometimes ribbons are a gift. This year, I got a "Hero" ribbon. These are things that Arisia senior staff give out generally to junior staff for ... well, doing heroic things in service of the con. Emily, who ran Hotel this year, got one for not actually melting down when the hotel-move situation got sprung on us. Me? I... headed a team that built a Web site. I ran the blog and edited/published the Progress Reports. I oversaw publications that had a whole lot of errors in them.
It's easy to see all these mistakes and the things un-done. Self-evaluations are hard and I'd rate myself a B+ this year. I know what I can do and I can do better than this. But that's OK, it gives me room to improve.
I was both stunned and honored to get this gift. I've never gotten one before, and I've worked for a lot of Arisias. It never occurred to me that people would think what I was doing was heroic in some way.
Tomorrow, probably, I'll post some details about my con. But today I just want to say, "I got a ribbon".
And sometimes ribbons are a gift. This year, I got a "Hero" ribbon. These are things that Arisia senior staff give out generally to junior staff for ... well, doing heroic things in service of the con. Emily, who ran Hotel this year, got one for not actually melting down when the hotel-move situation got sprung on us. Me? I... headed a team that built a Web site. I ran the blog and edited/published the Progress Reports. I oversaw publications that had a whole lot of errors in them.
It's easy to see all these mistakes and the things un-done. Self-evaluations are hard and I'd rate myself a B+ this year. I know what I can do and I can do better than this. But that's OK, it gives me room to improve.
I was both stunned and honored to get this gift. I've never gotten one before, and I've worked for a lot of Arisias. It never occurred to me that people would think what I was doing was heroic in some way.
Tomorrow, probably, I'll post some details about my con. But today I just want to say, "I got a ribbon".
