As some of you know, I work among the highest management in an anime convention as a co-chair, which is kind of like claiming your were president of the college chess club on your resume; it may impress some hard core nerds but most people don't care and may actually be annoyed if you bring it up too much. But for the small core of you who knows ( Read more... )

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I was recently reminded about old FanTek security and how we used to communicate ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't get to Twitter as much as I thought, so I forgot everything about the con.

Dammit.

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My Balticon schedule is pretty light this year. I am really getting a badge to goof off, which I know is the case every year, but I always thought of panels as a way of them keeping tabs on me. I think I may help volunteer some, just so I won't feel bad. I am only asked to verify I showed up three times ( Read more... )

I tell people I am a Z-list celebrity at cons. I am kind of comfortable with this status, because it's enough to get recognized by those I care about, but not so much that lots of people fawn all over you for no good reason. To be honest, I don't even know why I am on the Z-List ( Read more... )

Sunday I am still at home. I am thinking of walking to the local food store and binging on Easter candy until I puke. But Saturday, I hang out with ninjacooter in DC, and then I go to tth and aylinn's house to eat boiled meat ( Read more... )

I didn’t like the con, BUT it was not geared for me. The honest feeling I have was apart from the moments with MSD and suecochran, the convention was dreadfully boring and there were times I wanted to scream and run away. But I knew that going in, so there were few surprises ( Read more... )

tth had an agreement that if we made $300 more, we got to go home early. We made it by noon. Nobody attended any of our morning panels, and when two major game systems moved their table to the other side of the dining hall, only the flea market kept the gazebo side from being complete empty ( Read more... )