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So right now I'm sitting in my living room, kind of exhausted, looking at a green chair that used to sit in my Grandmother's living room. This weekend was eventful, and I'm tired.
Crysta and I went down to Milwaukee so we could spend father's day with my parents (along with some other family members). We went to the Brewer's game on Sunday, and like any game of baseball, it was a good time. I've never been a huge sports person, but I love watching a good live baseball game.
Honestly it was an amazing day.
Before I left town on Saturday though, I swung by the local No Kings protest here in Eau Claire, and then spent a chunk of time at the local Pride celebration. I tend to be a bit of a shut in these days, so with all the awful stuff in the news it was nice to remind myself that there are good people in the world willing to stand up for what's right and for each other.
My grandmother passed away not that long ago, and one thing I had my parent set aside for me was a chair. I realize that it looks a bit more gold in the photo, but trust me when I say it's green in real life. This morning I loaded it into my pickup and drove it across the state and got it into my living room. I loved this chair as a kid, and importantly... it swivels. And when I was growing up adults would always yell at me not to spin the chair. Well guess what, it's my chair now.
And no one can stop me from spinning.
I dunno -- it was just a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. We also went out to dinner after the baseball game yesterday, but I think I'll give my full opinion on that later this week in a different blog post. Because we went to a restaurant none of us had been to before, and uh... I have thoughts.
That was vague. I'm being vague. You're just going to have to be okay with that.
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Bwahahaha…
this brought tears to my eyes.. so funny
Stop laughing for a minute? No. No, they cannot.
That’s hilarious… why I am laughing so much
I feel there is a Sailor Stars joke there I should be getting, but I don’t.
It’s not so much a reference as me trying to come up with something ridiculous and weird that someone’s probably actually done.
There was an entrant in the ConFrancisco masquerade in ’93 who dressed as a Transformer (which one is lost to me now); it was made of cardboard and very little else. As the MC intoned the words “completely indestructible,” half the back fell off. (I ran into one of the other entrants at a party later that evening, who said the guy literally stuffed it all into a garbage bag when he came offstage.)
At No Brand Con a few years there were 3 Transformers who made their costumes from cardboard too but they painted their boxes with special paint that hardened the cardboard too. Anyways their cosplay was so fragile and it was very heavy they didn’t even get on the stage for the contest. They actually were somewhat forced into the contest because it was that good that they were almost certain they would win and I think they got a good prize too.
At Worldcon 2006, there was an Optimus Prime that failed to get on stage. And it was already in the wings. I think the problem, though, was getting the “pants” (legs) on.
Phil Foglio was MC, and he ran out of “stretch” so bad he resorted to a “Roll out the Barrel” sign-along with the audience while the crew figured out how to get the failed costume out of the way of the next entry.
Ask any long time fan about why Westercon etc. masquerades have a “no peanut butter” rule… it’s hard to find ANYTHING weird enough that it hasn’t happened. (That and if you’ve got a fluttery costume do NOT stand in front of an entry with wires on the front of their shirt – in my case it was a Westworld android after his chest exploded, and I had a sash cape. We came thaaat close to having to be a joint entry…)