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Still have a lot of catching up to do, but found something I'm deadset on doing. Remember a couple of posts back there's a proposed boycott against the Manchester Hyatt in downtown San Diego?

Here's a great way to show solidarity (thanks to

kadymae for the headsup):

If you are boycotting the Hyatt:

1. Drink anywhere other than the Hyatt
2. Save your bar tab(s)
3. Scan or photo your tab with the total amount spent. (Include tips and food.)
4. email it to me lrjonte at gmail dot com

Heck yeah, sounds like a plan!

I'm back from a pretty wild night at Dodger stadium which had nothing at all to do with baseball, and wanted to post this up for the simple reason I was scooped on this by none other than my co-worker! It turns out she's heading to SDCC for only one day, Thursday, because of the Torchwood panel.

That's right, Comic-Con's schedule for Thursday and Sunday are already up. I've already circled the Ed Brubaker spotlight and the Will Eisner documentary on Thursday night. Looking good so far!

My costume, she is completed! Ahahaha! Okay, so I didn't really do much for it like the talented and brave people who truly cosplay. It's a big step for me, yanno. Check out what I have for San Diego Comic Con so far:

( FLASH! )

It's only missing the red blouse. Only the one I found is far too short, and thus I shall be flashing my pasty white belly to fellow convention-goers.

Last night's chat with Sal was a blast. We spent nearly five hours going over the San Diego itinerary (including a foodie tour of LA!), and will be getting customised t-shirts to commemorate the occasion. Yes, we are such dorks XD

Speaking of San Diego, this may be of interest. The owner of Manchester Hyatt in downtown San Diego recently donated a large sum towards the campaign of Prop 8, which seeks to define marriage only between a man and a woman. Gay rights leaders are organising a boycott against this hotel.

“Manchester's contribution to this anti-marriage initiative is discrimination plain and simple,” said Brigette Browning, president of Unite Here Local 30, which represents 4,500 hotel and restaurant workers. (Union Tribune)

Sweet, the local union's in on the boycott. The cynical part of me says, well that's because the hotel isn't unionised. That may be true, but it's still great a union is supporting gay rights :D

The Comic-con's programming isn't up yet, but found out the cast of MST3K will be reuniting for a Friday panel. Am adding this to my list of must-sees for the event which includes Steve Rude signing (is it not the 23rd yet?!)

Current Music: The Whip - Blackout (Shinichi Osawa Remix)

Posted this on

scans_daily, and am a bit conflicted about the new role. Ahhh, it'll work out in the end, won't it? *hyperventilates into a paper bag*

In other news, Chelsea lost the European Championship. My supervisor at new job rubbed it in, made me laugh with his impression of Rooney, and then we both commiserated on the state of the English Premiership (he's a Liverpool fan, haha!). Stupid penalties. Stupid Man U. Grr.

I haven't had dinner yet, having returned at 8pm before diving into preparing the SD post (yeah, my priorities are messed up). I still have a bagful of comics to catch up on, as well as newslinks. The one I'm most interested in at the moment is this International Herald Tribune article on Finding The Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables. No, it's not a cooking column. It reports next month's findings in The British Journal of Nutrition of raw and plain vegetables not being 'the best'. Hey, maybe that means I won't have to succumb to the raw food diet to allay my allergies after all.

And finally, I'm posting this pic so's Sal can finally figure out my costume for this year's San Diego Comic-Con. A farthing for those who can guess correctly the character!

( Excuse the handwriting... )

Now if you'll excuse me, Law & Order Season Finale awaits!

This post I wasn't planning on making. I had in mind a post based on the offerings of this week's excellent and fun comic moments from DC. Especially since I've just arrived home ten minutes ago from work and found the SDCC International Update letter with Darwyn Cooke's *sighs* The New Frontier on the cover! OMG I'm soooo psyched, I have this humongous smile on my face. (also reminded me Sal still has my Darwyn Cooke *sighs* autograph with a little sketch of Hal Jordan).

The long comics post will have to wait until Sunday. What I did want to post about was word wars. Since this is my first year with Nano, I had no idea what these were. To sum up, word wars are when writers decide to write the most amount of words within a specified amount of time. Whoever writes the most, wins. Word wars are also known as sprints, because a lot of the time the point isn't to win the word war but to up the word count (the finish line of the sprints).

( nano AIM chat rooms, drinking & writing, and more under the cut )

I hope any of what I've said so far helps the nano writers out there, and good luck everyone!

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: The Maccabees - Precious Time

08Things for SDCC:

( Hurry up and get this done already! )

Current Music: Snowden - Black Eyes (LeCastle Vania Remix)

Oh dear god. The Comicon was... does a word that could accurately describe the damnable and giddy level of fandickery that is the SDCC exist? After an hour at Wednesday's Preview Night, I felt like my sanity had snapped. But in a good way, you know? As in, picking at a scab that hasn't healed yet.

Unbelievably on Saturday, Saloppe (as in the nick the friend I went with uses) gushed about 'next year'. I had not wanted a cigarette more than at that moment. It's just a crazy mix of things to see and things to fangirl at (Darwyn Cooke!) that all attempts trying to be sensible, damnit, ultimately failed.

Personally, I think it degenerated by the end of day 1 when making meaningless Goddamned Batman and Frank Miller jokes actually became hysterically funny. Sal, on the other hand, would argue it would be the morning of day 2 when we began our long-running Reverse Jesus skit (take the Reverse Flash, turn him into a wrestler, and add a pinch of blasphemy).

Will I go next year? *sigh* This Comicon actually forced me to look at my own reality (funny, innit?). Just as the SDCC allowed Sal to reconnect with her future career in animation (amazing how many people she knew there), the experience made me confront the choices in my life. Didn't I want to be a writer? Didn't I want to break into comics? Goddamnit, didn't I regret turning down that Tokyopop job?

There's nothing like illness, medication, regret, and alcohol to fuel a night's worth of melancholy. Not even the screening of 300 could cheer me up. But sometime that night when Frank Miller poignantly told us to 'Own Your Work', I realised, hell yeah I do want to write. And if the Comicon can be the catalyst to get my stupid arse in gear, I shall be there next year. And also to take my revenge at Ed Brubaker, who nearly made me cry at Wondercon years ago.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: @ work, shhhh

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