This Saturday is the "SoCal Cosplay Gathering" at Mason Regional Park, in Irvine. I've been trying to put my thoughts and plans in order. Leaving aside the hubris of any group that only meets in Orange County (and not the counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, Imperial, or maybe San Bernardino) calling themselves "SoCal Cosplay," or for that matter any one group taking on such...

Photos now online: Dinner with Melissa (13-Apr-2009) LASFS/Aftermeetings part 343: Coral Cafe (23-Apr-2009) Oceanside Cosplay Picnic at Buddy Todd Park (25-Apr-2009) Caitlin's Gallery Opening (01-May-2009) Bakersfield Cosplay Picnic at Riverwalk Park (02-May-2009) Zombie Prom at Bakersfield High School (02-May-2009) The photo of magi_sammy (Julia) , ...

Photos now online: Cosplay Picnic at Pearson Park (04-Apr-2009) Saturday morning, after I dropped off Sarah, I headed over to the park. squiptryx0 (Martin) was organizing a cosplay picnic to tell fans about loscon . (right) I had received the replacement frame for our 10'x10' canopy. (You'll recall the original was bent in our last adventure.) Last...

Photos now online: Dinner with Melissa (22-Mar-2009) Damaged Tent Frame (24-Mar-2009) SPJA offices on a Wednesday Night (25-Mar-2009) Tiffany's Day Out (28-Mar-2009) Storing Melissa's Boxes part 2 (01-Apr-2009) Sarah goes to Knott's Berry Farm (04-Apr-2009) Dinner with Sarah (04-Apr-2009) Photo of summoner_lenne9 (Sarah) is from Knott's. ...

When I said to leave lasfs (and by extension, me) out of your feud, I meant it. One person tried to rickroll his/her readers onto a page which appeared to discuss the whininess. I clicked back from the offensive page, and defriended him/her immediately. One person, who has been one of my earliest friends here on LJ, simply did not get it. He/she decided to feature the whininess on his/her...

I stand firm, determined gaze ahead, both palms facing forward, channeling my strength. That feud thingie which has apparently wracked portions of fandom will not touch lasfs . I forbid it to do so. Do not try to rickroll me into reading about it. One person just tried. SNIP! Such attempts are futile. I shall not permit it. I has spoken!

Photos now online: A day with Sarah (15/16-Feb-2009) Old Homestead, New Bookcases (22-Feb-2009) Barney's Beanery with Tadao (22-Feb-2009) LASFS/Aftermeetings part 337: Coral Cafe (26-Feb-2009) et seq. The picture of Christian with the books is from our late night at Coral Cafe. Interlude: Two weeks between Gallifrey and ConDor. Picking up where we...

Steve McG. has let me borrow his AT&T Aircard for a little while, so I am using it to connect from the lasfs Clubhouse. That is all.

Interlude: Mid-January to mid-February. The other highlight of January was when the Baden clan got together to celebrate Christmas and nephew Nicolas's birthday. (Let's define terms here. My Family = myself, library_lynn and missmea , and we observe Christmas on Boxing Day because that's when Maria wants to do it. Baden Clan = us, my folks, my brother's family...

My Animé Los Angeles report, part 6: Sunday. (See also part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7, etc.) Good grief, I forgot to illuminate my last report with appropriate photos. I mentioned Fred Ladd, he wore his Gigantor t-shirt to the convention. (right) And we surprised Catherine the Great with a birthdy cake. It was all ...