I don’t have a lot of convention trip traditions that I actually keep in any meaningful way. I didn’t even gawk at the gas station house this year because we drove in by a different route (patrons know what I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First off, Merry Christmas to anybody reading this the day it goes up! Due to family dispersal, we’re not actually doing most of our Christmas stuff until later on, so I figured I didn’t have much of an excuse not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
THIS PAGE CONTAINS NO JOKES. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE THING DEPICTED HERE ACTUALLY HAPPENED EXACTLY AS SHOWN. But seriously, if don’t already know this about me, I deliberately avoid buying food at a con by bringing a cooler full of food[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, it cost entirely too much and I easily could have gotten the exact same thing for several dollars less somewhere else. THAT’S NOT WHAT’S IMPORTANT HERE. It was the PRINCIPLE of the thing. …also, while I may have used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To anybody showing up late, I’ve slept out in the parking for a con more than once. The people I know have never let me live it down, and rightly so, but it does tend to make me a bit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just in case anybody though I was exaggerating about this. Also, lest anybody fear this is going to turn into a repeat of the Cosplay America fiasco, I really DID enter the actual convention and do stuff. Eventually. It’s like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The nice thing about going to a con that’s both right here in town and only one day is that there’s a lot less preparation required before going in. The downside of that, though, is sometimes there’s a certain level[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’ve gone on at length about how I just don’t find cons as fun as I used to, but this weird sushi epiphany put a whole new spin on it (also, “Sushi Epiphany” is the name of my new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Look, I appreciate having lofty ambitions and all, but at SOME point they need to actually yield some tangible results. And most of the time, I don’t even mind if the results really aren’t all that impressive, I just mind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe it’s different in other parts of the world, but at the vast majority of conventions I’VE attended, it’s felt like the surroundings fit into one of these two categories. Either the convention center is surrounded by super expensive places[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…