general stuff
I'm sure by now that you've all seen the trailer for The Watchmen movie due out next year, but just in case... (as found on the LJ of quu)
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Voices for Tolerance is available on iTunes and CDBaby.com so get your album if you haven't already! :)
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Not having a computer handy all the time makes it hard for me to remember what I talked about in the last entries and what I had in the draft files on my client.
Even though I try to minimize my interaction with the folks there, driving through the panhandle can be a great drive. With gas becoming ever more expensive, my road trips will become fewer and fewer so I try to enjoy each as much as I can. 12 1/2 hours is the fastest I've done it in. Driving east always seems longer because the speed limits go down the further east one gets so it seems like that shining destination never really gets closer. TomTom was a good guide for turns but the ETA was completely off. It got me to Bruce & Mundee's through a route very different from the way I had driven there before and I ended up on roads going north and other things but after reassurance by Mundee that I was on the right path I got there before midnight. They gave me delicious curry and a comfortable bed and it was good.
A-Kon was great for me. I got to see a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time and I had great placement in the comik market. Saturday was the first time I sat from the time I went in (11) until the time I closed (7), with only one 10 minute break to eat. I had to eat and work on people, which was weird. At the end of the day I made enough to pay for all the work on the car and a little to keep my bank account from falling into the negative. At night, I flitted around between places and parties and saw a lot of folks.
I started making my room a Negativity Free Zone at ACen and the negativity was cut some but I was aware of it constantly. Since I drove to A-kon, I was able to assimilate my hotel room almost completely. All surfaces must be covered with something soft, little waterfall fountain, lava lamp, candles, incense, my own bedding, plants (artificial), guitars and music junk, etc. It's good that I can bring my whole table setup and have space for all of the Voices For stuff as well. When most of the negativity is eliminated and the atmosphere is very calm then frustration and drama and anger are very easy to see and to find the root(s) of the problems. I'm going to try to keep it up and I think I should make signs to tack up on the walls and bathroom mirror to help me keep it in mind.
I've known for a long time that it is one's mindset that determines the outcome of a convention or a concert or a school semester (or class). If I think a class is really hard, as I did with my behavior class, it will be hard. If I convince myself a class is easy, like my math class, then it will be easy. If I go to a con thinking that it will be an amazing con and I will have a great time and I continue to think that, it will be a great con for me and I will have a great time. If I go expecting it to be filled with drama, trouble, frustration and anxiety, that it exactly what I will get. If I have a negative mindset then my experience will all go through a lens of negativity and it will be cast in a negative light in my memory.
We shall see how this works at cons for the rest of the year.
More later
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Voices for Tolerance is available on iTunes and CDBaby.com so get your album if you haven't already! :)
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Not having a computer handy all the time makes it hard for me to remember what I talked about in the last entries and what I had in the draft files on my client.
Even though I try to minimize my interaction with the folks there, driving through the panhandle can be a great drive. With gas becoming ever more expensive, my road trips will become fewer and fewer so I try to enjoy each as much as I can. 12 1/2 hours is the fastest I've done it in. Driving east always seems longer because the speed limits go down the further east one gets so it seems like that shining destination never really gets closer. TomTom was a good guide for turns but the ETA was completely off. It got me to Bruce & Mundee's through a route very different from the way I had driven there before and I ended up on roads going north and other things but after reassurance by Mundee that I was on the right path I got there before midnight. They gave me delicious curry and a comfortable bed and it was good.
A-Kon was great for me. I got to see a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time and I had great placement in the comik market. Saturday was the first time I sat from the time I went in (11) until the time I closed (7), with only one 10 minute break to eat. I had to eat and work on people, which was weird. At the end of the day I made enough to pay for all the work on the car and a little to keep my bank account from falling into the negative. At night, I flitted around between places and parties and saw a lot of folks.
I started making my room a Negativity Free Zone at ACen and the negativity was cut some but I was aware of it constantly. Since I drove to A-kon, I was able to assimilate my hotel room almost completely. All surfaces must be covered with something soft, little waterfall fountain, lava lamp, candles, incense, my own bedding, plants (artificial), guitars and music junk, etc. It's good that I can bring my whole table setup and have space for all of the Voices For stuff as well. When most of the negativity is eliminated and the atmosphere is very calm then frustration and drama and anger are very easy to see and to find the root(s) of the problems. I'm going to try to keep it up and I think I should make signs to tack up on the walls and bathroom mirror to help me keep it in mind.
I've known for a long time that it is one's mindset that determines the outcome of a convention or a concert or a school semester (or class). If I think a class is really hard, as I did with my behavior class, it will be hard. If I convince myself a class is easy, like my math class, then it will be easy. If I go to a con thinking that it will be an amazing con and I will have a great time and I continue to think that, it will be a great con for me and I will have a great time. If I go expecting it to be filled with drama, trouble, frustration and anxiety, that it exactly what I will get. If I have a negative mindset then my experience will all go through a lens of negativity and it will be cast in a negative light in my memory.
We shall see how this works at cons for the rest of the year.
More later