Ama-Con incoming

So, Amarillo is taking a(nother?) stab at the geeky convention world.  Ama-Con is this weekend and I was all set to go and show some support...Zul knows we need more geeky oases in this part of the world.

But then I saw the schedule...

And all enthusiasm I had for the event fizzled away like water on a panhandle sidewalk in July.  That is to say, really fast and without any sort of grace.

I appreciate that they've got a general "comics and steampunk" theme going on, that's a good mix and a cool approach.  The belly dancers are a bit weird, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them before at work (don't ask), something I wasn't particularly excited about at the time or after the fact.

I googled "sad geek," and this came up.  I had to post it, on principle.

So, does it make me a bad nerd for wanting to scratch Ama-Con off my to-do list for the weekend now?  No commitments were made, only "yeah, I'm looking forward to going"s.  A low turnout might be bad for the local geek world in the long-run, but right now it feels like going to a sad party just to make a recluse friend feel less shitty.