“best view ever”

so another fanexpo has come and gone, and after years of thinking about getting a table at artist alley, i finally snag some space with the awesome rosemary, rey, craig, alexei, and jesse. the show itself was much like how it’s been over the years that i’ve attended as a fan, but there were new stuff too. namely the inclusion of a food court and the hosting of a gaming tournament… a tournament that included guitar hero. guitar hero! we really wanted to pay… ahem… all in all though, the con was as loud, busy, fascinating, and… um… distinctive as cons can be. but being an “exhibitor” in artist alley made this year’s con an adventure in learning. the only thing that sucked was that i didnt take many pictures. as in the two in this post are all i took. crud. oh well, i still got us at the table (although, sadly sans alexei and jesse) and the usual “stormtroopers at a con shot” – a shot that is not the source of this post’s title. that comes from a comment i made to rey about his audience. i’d say more but i think i’ll let him talk about it in his blog.

johnware update: version 1.01?

edit: i really, really should read over what i type a hundred times before clicking the little post button… these mistakes make me sound so cynical…

i’ve been experimenting lately (which is technically a can sometimes be a bad thing since me and experiments have a bad history when i do it outside of art. ie: brother’s finger + electrical socket = don’t ask). but then again maybe this time it’s a good thing?

mike wieringo tribute

’nuff said

back

well, i’m back in toronto… since yesterday actually, but i was too tired from the trip and the whole unpacking thing to post. seriously. there’s photographic proof of me zonked out on my bed to prove it. a photo that was taken by either my brother or sister – i’m not sure who did it yet because no one’s talking.

but enough about that, let me give you a couple of highlights.

first: i got to play with the iphone! need i say more? it really sucks that it’s not available in canada yet…

second: the fecal face show was awesome. it just sucks that i couldn’t stay until tessar showed up. i mean, we (the family) had to catch the 8:20 caltrain back to santa clara, which was the 2nd to last train (the last being at 10something)…

third: for the first time since i was a kid in the philippines, i got to meet the oldest of the first-gen giongco cousins (does that make sense?) i guess “the oldest of the giongco grandkids” is easier to understand. why is it such a big deal? well, he’s a couple of months older than my mom, who is the youngest of the giongco kids!

fourth: the loot. well, the important loot anyway since there was a bit of mandatory clothes shopping and some more dragonlance novels that i bought…

looking for more pics? i uploaded some sketches over to flickr here and lots more vacation pics over to photobucket here.

down at the bay

so… we didn’t end up going straight to sacramento after hanging around LA. my parents changed their minds (again) and now thats the last stop of our great family tour. but thats all good. i got to hang around the bay area earlier.

my thoughts on the City? love at first sight. if san francisco was a woman, she’d be oh-so-cute and so very charming. i wish i could stay longer to really soak in the city.