Current Post On Trae’s Blog:
My grandmother died last night. This wasn't a shock or a surprise. Her health has been on the decline, and she's been in hospice for the last month. She lived a long life, and in her final days she was surrounded by her three adult children.
My grandma was a kind woman. She wasn't perfect, but I always felt loved in her presence. She was a retired kindergarten teacher, and was still working when I was a kid. I have so many happy memories sitting at her kitchen table, and I'm going to carry those with me for the rest of my life. She was also proof that anyone who claims that you get more conservative as you get older is full of shit, because she certainly didn't.
I think it's interesting how the body processes grief sometimes. I don't know that I'll cry, but over the past month, knowing this was coming, I've felt a tension in my gut. Now that she's passed, instead of relief that tension is replaced by a sense of emptiness. That something is missing that should still be there. Something has been taken away, and I feel it.
Of course, as I wrote that, I immediately started crying... so I guess my body processes grief in pretty ordinary ways too.
I wanted to come up with something profound linking this to Beltane, which we sit in the middle of right now, but it just seemed hackneyed. Like I was trying to dig out some greater significance when the truth is death comes whenever it wants. The only predictable thing about it is that it's the end of all of our journeys. I hope that when I pass I'm so lucky to have lived such a long life with people that I love around me in my final days.
For the record, I will be fine. I just needed to get these words out while they were still in my head. I don't have some rousing conclusion or deep insight to tack on here at the end, just that gut feeling that something is missing.
Because it is.
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Take a year off? Then fund raiser the hell out of the Con?
This never would have happened under Max ;p
this happened cause the money guy who worked under Max rand off with the funds to vegas
Lesee…loans are very unlikely. Nobody is independently wealthy or knows someone with enough income to support the con.
Crowdfunding seems a possible answer. A kickstarter is a definite possibility. The group is quirky and interesting enough that they could provide continuing content to make a Pateron conceivably work (and get feedback from a limited selection of Bork Con fans as a guide for the next con). I don’t know how many people would actually support the con in either venue, but there wouldn’t be much harm in hanging out the shingle. There’s a lot of publicity they’d have to do to have any real chance of success however.
Terrence could present a huge issue to crowdfunding. He could surface with a lot of negative stories about his treatment.
On the other hand, people who have met Terrance might help out just to spite him.
Do we know Terrence is not rich, I could see him buying the con out of spite being the next big story.