Went to Arisia last weekend.  Sat on a few panels, in exchange for which I got free admission to the con & a ticket to the free food in the Green Room (which is a suite on the third floor where all the exalted panelists & guests get to hang out. It's generally pretty messy and filled with people I don't know who all know each other.) The con was pretty interesting and fun. By some definition of "pretty" and "interesting" and "fun." Otherwise it was "meh", but not in a bad way. I did spend time with a writer whose work I like, so that was a plus.

Micro report inside.