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12 years ago
Happy New Year for 2014, everyone. In the true spirit of ADD, here are my snapshot memories and impressions of 2013...
Another Further Confusion, and another year of wandering around a great big furry convention feeling... lonely. Yup. All these people all around me having such a great time, and so much to check out, but no one is really hanging with me and I'm not really pal-ing around with anyone. No one there knows me from Adam, it feels like.
At the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim I got to introduce Jean Larrivee to one of our Songsalive! Showcase performers, who was there playing a Larrivee guitar. Took a picture of them together. One of those "only at NAMM" moments.
Speaking of Larrivee guitars... Commander Chris Hadfield of the ISS is one of the greatest science cheerleaders of recent memory. Sorry, Bill Nye.
Valentines Day. I came closer than I have ever come to literally losing my mind in a fury of self-righteous rage. I'm still trying to work THAT one out. I've grown very, very tired of drama queens... and the one I am MOST tired of is me.
Later in February the Songsalive! OC Songwriter Showcase celebrated 4 years running. That was a lot better.
I maintain that WonderCon Anaheim is 90% of the things that are cool about San Diego Comic Con, minus 90% of the things that make SDCC a pain.
CaliFur. I think we did about the best job of any furry con last year in terms of decorating for our theme. Yes, I'm biased. ^^
Sy and I added a new title to our resumes: Curator. When we put together a display of various furry artists at the Avant Garden gallery in Santa Ana for a month. It has long been one of our goals to convince people that furry art is a bigger part of furry fandom than fur-suits. We'll be doing that again.
San Diego Comic Con was another blur of activity, even with Sy and I having been quietly kicked off the CaliFur table organizing team for reasons we're still not sure about. We made things work about as well as could be hoped.
My 30th high school reunion was a major disappointment. I only knew a very small handful of people there. Most of the Performing Arts department, who were "my peeps" even back then, didn't show up.
The D23 Expo keeps getting bigger and bigger, and more complicated to navigate. Already making plans for 2015! Sy got involved with this ridiculously complicated sort of "scavenger hunt" and "mystery game" that was all built around the Expo, Disneyland, and Walt Disney Studios. It was the most amazing piece of work that I've seen in a long long time. Huzzah to the architects of it.
The Long Beach Comic Con continues to grow toward being an honest-to-goodness "contender".
And there you are. That's what comes to mind most about 2013. Well, those things, and all the folks I met at Sam Ash Music -- especially through our weekly Open Mic Night, which has grown to legendary status. And more people coming to our Songsalive! events as well. Always gratifying.
2014 is already looking... Very Interesting, to say the least. Stay Tuned!
Another Further Confusion, and another year of wandering around a great big furry convention feeling... lonely. Yup. All these people all around me having such a great time, and so much to check out, but no one is really hanging with me and I'm not really pal-ing around with anyone. No one there knows me from Adam, it feels like.
At the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim I got to introduce Jean Larrivee to one of our Songsalive! Showcase performers, who was there playing a Larrivee guitar. Took a picture of them together. One of those "only at NAMM" moments.
Speaking of Larrivee guitars... Commander Chris Hadfield of the ISS is one of the greatest science cheerleaders of recent memory. Sorry, Bill Nye.
Valentines Day. I came closer than I have ever come to literally losing my mind in a fury of self-righteous rage. I'm still trying to work THAT one out. I've grown very, very tired of drama queens... and the one I am MOST tired of is me.
Later in February the Songsalive! OC Songwriter Showcase celebrated 4 years running. That was a lot better.
I maintain that WonderCon Anaheim is 90% of the things that are cool about San Diego Comic Con, minus 90% of the things that make SDCC a pain.
CaliFur. I think we did about the best job of any furry con last year in terms of decorating for our theme. Yes, I'm biased. ^^
Sy and I added a new title to our resumes: Curator. When we put together a display of various furry artists at the Avant Garden gallery in Santa Ana for a month. It has long been one of our goals to convince people that furry art is a bigger part of furry fandom than fur-suits. We'll be doing that again.
San Diego Comic Con was another blur of activity, even with Sy and I having been quietly kicked off the CaliFur table organizing team for reasons we're still not sure about. We made things work about as well as could be hoped.
My 30th high school reunion was a major disappointment. I only knew a very small handful of people there. Most of the Performing Arts department, who were "my peeps" even back then, didn't show up.
The D23 Expo keeps getting bigger and bigger, and more complicated to navigate. Already making plans for 2015! Sy got involved with this ridiculously complicated sort of "scavenger hunt" and "mystery game" that was all built around the Expo, Disneyland, and Walt Disney Studios. It was the most amazing piece of work that I've seen in a long long time. Huzzah to the architects of it.
The Long Beach Comic Con continues to grow toward being an honest-to-goodness "contender".
And there you are. That's what comes to mind most about 2013. Well, those things, and all the folks I met at Sam Ash Music -- especially through our weekly Open Mic Night, which has grown to legendary status. And more people coming to our Songsalive! events as well. Always gratifying.
2014 is already looking... Very Interesting, to say the least. Stay Tuned!
Patpahootie
~patpahootie
Hope to hang out with you at a con someday soon.
