So on the second day of the actual event, we finally got our stock in from the shipping company. WTF. Seriously. So many damn holes in their stories. Oh well. I believe we'll be not returning to this event or perhaps Italy, at least on business with this company. I may come back for vacation purposes someday. Maybe. It kind of reminds me of ( Read more... )

So Italians really have this lax mentality. If something's not done and you're asking about it being done, they'll tell you it'll be taken care of. But if you ask for details, like when or how, you have gotten onto the bad side of said Italians ( Read more... )

When you're traveling somewhere for pleasure and to appreciate the culture of a foreign or even just different place, you love it. The place is beautiful. The buildings are old. The air is different. The food is new and interesting ( Read more... )

If you are a fan of movies, films and cinema in general, you missed out on Seattle's first genre-based film festival, the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival. We had an incredibly strong lineup for a first year film festival and very positive numbers in attendance for several film blocks as well as overall.

If you are a fan of horror, ( Read more... )

Life's been a roller coaster of excitement, highs and lows for the last several months. But when it's all done... when the cons are over... when the parties are cleaned up after... sometimes it's like this ( Read more... )

On Tuesday night, June 30, I left for California with a friend for Anime Expo in Los Angeles. I arrived 18+ hours later at the Los Angeles Convention Center. That evening, my mother called to tell me that Grandpa Martin had passed on ( Read more... )

Sakura-Con 2009: It seemed that regardless of history, when I got closer and closer to the convention center, I got more excited to be there, even though I wasn't working it or anything. I hit up the charity auction and rekindled my love of attending anime conventions overall by doing just that -- attending ( Read more... )

In a recent set of conversations about having an anime film premiere at the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, or MIFFF, something was noted in my head. What have been the major anime movies of recent? I can think of a number of great anime movies in the last few years... most of them have been based on either an anime tv series or ( Read more... )

So this last weekend was an intensely personal one for me. Up until Monday evening, nearly everything I did was geared towards my personal interests and development, nothing to do with any of the organizations that I run or work with. That being said, there's a certain amount of guilt for having done no work for several days in a row ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I attended the Snoqualmie Tribe General Membership meeting... to vote, to participate, to make change. Actions were created, votes occurred, several decisions towards a platform I support were moved forward including: appointing my father as one of the chiefs of the Snoqualmie Tribe, placing a candidate I support into the council ( Read more... )