On Saturday, we attended the Wrap-Up meeting for Otakon, held at the Radisson Lord Baltimore. Afterward, The Gryphon, Kung Fu Panda and I went to a barbecue at The Godfather's place, held as a thank-you for the Relations staff (including Guest Relations, Industrial Relations and Press Relations).

( Kung Fu Panda is a great conversation piece. )

It was another busy weekend for The Gryphon and I, although this one involved work as well as fun. Saturday was mostly work, as we attended the election meeting for Otakon.

We got up bright and early, dropped the dog at the sitter, and arrived in Baltimore in time for the board of directors' meeting (The Gryphon being a member at large).

( Drama-free zone? At an Otakon meeting? Nah. )

On Saturday, The Gryphon and I attended the wrap-up meeting for Otakon 2009. This is where we handled business related to this year's convention, and section heads and officers gave their final reports.

( Otakon wrap-up meeting and Relations cookout. )

I meant to post this earlier today but got distracted by STUFF! *jazz hands* Anyway, here are Otakon pics from 2008. This weekend, you'll be able to follow me through camera-phone photos, posted to my TwitPics account.

( The incredibly distant past: 2008. )

First of all, I want to mention that my poetry reading went extremely well last night. Several people came up to me afterwards and told me how much they liked it. My only regret is that I forgot to nudge them to sign up for my mailing list. But this is the first time I've done this in a long time, so I guess that's excusable.

I will share more ( Read more... )

I'm too busy today preparing for tonight's poetry reading to do a full write-up of Saturday at Otakon. Instead, I'll share some previously unseen pics from Thursday and Friday.

Hopefully, my efforts to save my voice my talking only sparingly over the last day and a half will enable me to actually give the reading tonight. As usual, I came back from ( Read more... )

This past weekend was the 15th annual Otakon, the Japanese animation and culture convention in Baltimore, and as we've done for many years before, The Gryphon and I both served as staff.

He was second in command for the industry section, which serves as a liaison between major industry guests and the rest of the convention. I served on the press ( Read more... )