HOWEVER, I'm going to have to promote Chronin eventually, and in the meantime my schedule is way more flexible than it once was. So I've been thinking I may as well take another stab at the whole anime con table gig and get re-acclimated to the whole ordeal.
Possible localish cons to do in the near future:
New York Anime Fest (Sep 26-28) -- I'd need to buy into someone else's table for this, I think?
Providence Anime Con (Oct 3-5)
Manga Next (Oct 31-Nov 2)
And probably other things I'm forgetting....
I don't know...what cons are y'all thinking of going to? Would I be better off just swearing off AA tables forever more? And if I DID decide to try tabling again, do you have any words of wisdom for what I should do to make the whole thing more worthwhile?
I'm sorry, I feel like I've been using LJ as some kind of help desk recently, but I don't see people as often as I used to -- this is my primary method of soliciting advice ;3
How many pieces? I was thinking something like fifteen to twenty, half all my own and half pieces I've colored for other people. What about fanart? I feel like it's fine as long as there's variety, but who knows?
So I've pared the selections down a little, but I'm stuck on the final cut! Any advice y'all might be able to offer -- particularly those of you who have to look at portfolios as part of your work -- would be very much appreciated. I feel a bit of an idiot, but far be it for me not to ask for help when I need it!
( Twenty-seven BIG images behind the cut! )
Good: Incentive to make new website!
I have backups....sort of? But not of the architecture of how I had the Chronin stuff uploaded. Which I'll have to reverse engineer. You know...once everything starts working again two days from now.
Meh.
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kindoflikeyou. So I'm posting on LJ. See the logic? Clear as crystal.First: a meme! I did this ages ago, but I've written a cubic assload more fic since then, so it'll probably be more entertaining for everyone this time around.
Stump the Writer!
[1] Go to the list of my fics and pick out a line or three from one of my stories. (Must be a full line, please -- no sentence fragments or speech tags or other such nonsense.)
[2] I will respond with which story of mine I think it's from. I SWEAR I WON'T CHEAT.
[3] A ficlet about pretty much anything (and in any fandom) to whoever can stump me.
Second: Apparently every Disney movie ever made can be viewed on YouTube, and recently I decided to track down and rewatch an old favorite that I hadn't seen in a long time: Sleeping Beauty. I remembered that it was gorgeous, but I was curious how well it would hold up. Verdict: PRETTY DAMN WELL!
( Sleeping Beauty fangirling and youtube video behind the cut! )
ETA: I have belatedly realized my error in judgment. No one is going to play meme with me because YOU ARE ALL WATCHING DISNEY MOVIES ON YOUTUBE.
Curses.
Even before Obama started speaking, I looked at that stadium and thought fucking hell, there are 80,000 people in that thing, and they're there because they wanted a chance to see this man in person, to breath the same air and cheer him on to his face. And...I don't know. Earlier today, I spoke with someone who was critical of the change in venue -- it seemed too flashy and show business to her. I disagreed then, and I disagree even more strongly now.
Obama is a candidate of the people. The people wanted to be there with him, and so the DNC chose a venue where such a thing would be possible. It isn't about celebrity. It's about people believing so strongly in someone that they just...crave that personal connection, however small. And that's pretty fucking amazing.
I'm a sap. I'll admit it. I have cried an awful lot of tears while listening to the speeches made during this campaign. I hope that three months from now I'm still crying for all the best reasons.
ETA: I just got an email from the Human Rights Campaign in my inbox, which pointed out something I hadn't really thought of in these terms: "Tonight, Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination for President of the United States. Never before have we had a chance to elect a President who proudly, openly stands up for GLBT equality. This is a life-changing moment in American politics." Fuck yes, HRC. Yes it totally fucking is. <3
Seriously, this guy is crazy. Crazy AWESOME? Hopefully. Apparently Barack thinks so, and I trust him, you know? We're pals. That's why he texts me at 3AM.
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piratecore made something AWESOME and CUTE and now I am pimping it! You can download the PDF at her lj!Now back to getting my ass whupped by Chronin! WOO!
- I'm in the middle of the first big flashback-to-the-future sequence in Chronin, and it's actually going really well! I spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening drawing the inside of a diner and people drinking coffee, and it ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A REAL COMIC THAT SOMEONE MIGHT PAY MONEY FOR! Shocking, I know, but there you are.
- I made an Avatar AMV last week that was so sad I almost made myself cry. Oh, me. *sighs*
- This, combined with a few other recent projects of mine, has led to the decision that I am calling a MORATORIUM on the creation of sad shit for the time being. Enough is enough! Only puppydogs and butterflies from here on in. Uh, and diners? I guess.
- Speaking of which, I had lunch today in a diner that's in the lobby of a hospital (I had to get a hearing test) and it was pretty great! I love diners to begin with, and for some reason the idea of a diner INSIDE OF ANOTHER BUILDING amuses me to no end. I was like, I'm in the hospital! AND YET, CREAMER CUPS AND COLE SLAW! Then I put the cole slaw on my burger and life was pretty fucking great.
- I figured out some plot stuff that had been bugging me for months in the space of about fifteen minutes. I feel I have the burger to thank.
- My hearing is fine, FTR, despite wandering around with my iPod shuffle turned all the way up while I listen to "I2I" and plan my Avatar Vid of Destiny (which, btw, is also making me cry EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT YET ACTUALLY MADE IT.)
- Tonight I am going to see a band called I EAT PANDAS. What else needs to be said?
- I'm leaving for Seattle at 5AM on Thursday. My paranoia regarding sleeping through my flight again is mitigated only by the fact that Scott will also be there, and he has a hard time falling asleep in public places. WIN. (Bonus: the return flight on Sunday is also at 5AM!)
- Does this count as a bulleted list even though I was too lazy to type actual bullets? Hmm.
Seriously, this was posted TODAY and I feel it is my duty as a citizen of the internet to spread the world.
So...off the top of my head, ( it breaks down a little like this )
But enough of that -- what do YOU GUYS THINK?
Some of these are VERY VERY OLD, but I found them entertaining! Uh, and only a few of them are Avatar-related, I swear!
( A whole load of embedded crazyness behind the cut! )
It looks like I'm gonna be here for a while, and I'm sure I'll be completely exhausted when I do finally get home at like....11PM. Right now I'm struggling to make some progress on a fic I'm writing (I'm too tired to do anything more useful than that) but I'm not quite feeling it yet. Hopefully that just means it's tricky, not that it isn't working at all. We'll see, I guess!
So, to entertain us all: a meme-like thing.
I'll post bits of some unfinished fic of mine below the cut -- in the comments, paste me part of what you're working on! (Images are also good, of course <3)
( Two slashy ficbits behind the cut! )
 | VoicePost  441K 2:15 | “Hey LiveJournal so Comicon's officially over. I am walking to the Hyatt to meet up with the Comic's Bakery Folks and yeah I guess I just wanted to just sort of check in with the internet and tell you all the con was really fun and you know, I know that I was really worried about people being jerks and people not liking me and all kinds of other stuff, and I don't know if people liked me but nobody was a jerk and I went to a bunch of the Avatar group things and everybody behaved and Maiko fans and Zutarians, shippers and Slashers all sat down together in harmony and sang songs or at least participated in trivia contests which I lost horribly because my low blood sugar meant that I could not even remember that Track Team does the music for Avatar...yeah that was really embarrassing. Anyway that wasn't actually what I was gonna talk about! What I was gonna talk about is how I just finished helping Slave Labor Graphics, my publisher, break down their booth because they got me an exhibitor badge -- after after all that nonsense they apparently had an exhibitor badge for me -- and yeah I just felt like you know like I really like them and I know they're not a very big company, so I wanted to help them break down the booth and it was just really cool like I got to meet the people at the company and got to help everybody out and we all did a whiskey shot together, which is why my voice is kinda slurred because I did a whiskey shot on almost no food, and it was just really nice and I just really felt very much like this is really cool group of people and I'm really excited about working with them and had a nice meeting with my editors today and yeah so you know it was a really good day, it was a really good day. Oh and I got to see Red Fraggle which was totally awesome! I swear to God I was crying like a little bit, you know like Fraggle sing-alongs and first public appearance of Red Fraggle ever and yeah so I got a little teary eyed I felt like I was 6 again and it was very cool. So anyway this is getting really rambly 'cause I'm a little drunk but oh yeah you know I just wanted to check in with you guys and say the Comic Con was totally awesome and for those of you that I got to hang out you guys were great and for those of you that I did not get to hang out with I hope I get to hang out with you some other time, because you know hanging out with people is awesome. So I'm gonna stop this now before I say anything even more retarded. Have a good night LiveJournal I love you all. Bye” Transcribed by: multiple users |
| VoicePost 691K 3:33 | “Hey livejournal, this is Alison. I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm out of the Avatar panel. I have recovered sufficiently to actually talk about it in a vaguely coherent matter, and you know I've got a say that I had my aprehensions like you know I think I mentioned a couple things on my livejourna, and to those of you I talked to I was worried people were going to boo, I was worried people were gonna be jerks, and y'know, like, it went super-well. Like seriously, it was like really great to watch the episodes in a whole huge room with like 2,000 crazy fans - who by the way, a lot of them got there like - I sat through three panels before the actual, you know, avatar panel, although hilariously the first one that I sat through the author like randomly referenced...” Transcribed by: erinfinnegan |
| VoicePost 192K 0:59 | “Hey Livejournal, it's Alison. I'm standing in line for Scott McCloud's panel about his book Zot, which I have not read yet because I'm a bad person. However I aminterested to hear about it and I genuinely like Scott McCloud. He's a cool guy. So I'm looking forward to his channel. Anyway I'm actually having gigantic line anxiety about the Avatar panel. It isn't until 7:30 tonight and yet there's a part of me that feels like I should just sit in front of that room right now at uh ... let's see 1:30 or perhaps when panel get's out at 2:30? and just get there for 5 hours. Mostly because I'm worried that all the cool kids will be upfront and if you know I will be way in the back with the lesser nerds that would be really sad. I'm also completely convinced that no one will recognized me and I'll have to sit all by myself and cry and cry and cry. Yes. Anyway. we'll see how that goes and I'm sure I will have many stupid and retarded and squeeful(?) and ridiculous things to say about the panel later. So hope you guys are all having a good day and I'll talk to ya'll later or something else. So, yeah!” Transcribed by: emsariel |
| VoicePost 224K 1:09 | (no transcription available) |
After a lot of hemming and hawing, I've decided I'll probably go to the panel on Friday after all and just hope that no one boos (if they do, I swear to god I'll kill them with laserbeams from my eyeballs from across the room) and that only a few will be wearing shirts bearing some variant of "Fuck Canon!"
Personally, I'll be wearing my homemade "Flameo and The Hotmen" shirt (red on black) that's become my customary attire for Avatar panels. Because....I'm a giant nerd? And because tradition must be respected.
I will also be doing plenty of non-Avatar-related things and hopefully sneaking into various industry parties. If you've got a booth or a panel you're on, let me know in the comments? I've been trying to keep track of what people have been talking about on my flist, but I'm sure I missed plenty!
jlh today, I decided my personal summary for the Avatar finale, at this moment, is as such:"IN WHICH THERE IS HUGGING, AND EVERYONE SAVES EVERYONE ELSE."
I mean...some other stuff happened I GUESS but who cares?
HUGGING.
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