about 2 weeks ago - 37 comments
The beginning of August was pretty damn busy. Wasabi Anime made an amazing appearance at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana. The rest of the month, though, has been (happily) convention free. Sometimes staying at home CAN be a vacation. Next month seems to be stacking up fairly fast. My weekends in September are starting look
about 1 month ago - No comments
Is it Wednesday already? Last weekend, I went and saw Weird Al Yankovic perform in concert in Boca Raton, Florida with my friends Lyn and Ryan. Our seats were pretty good – and you can see in this video: The concert was AWESOME (to say the least.) Afterwards, we went to Boomers in South Florida.
about 1 month ago - 6 comments
For those of you just joining us, read this – and then pick up with the conversation here. For everyone else, I took the time this morning to read the flood of replies from yesterday. I will give BotCon’s supporters some credit; they are VERY passionate about their event… which usually means that there must
about 1 month ago - 92 comments
The story to far… 1. Around the end of last year, I got word that BotCon, the Hasbro sponsored official Transformers convention, would be coming to Orlando, Florida. My friend Joey Snackpants and I became as giddy as schoolgirls at a Twilight movie premiere. 2. We contacted the convention offering to bring a “local flavor”
about 1 month ago - No comments
I’m here with the Wasabi Anime team to run events for this year’s Ancient City Con. Even though we’ll be in the thick of things running convention events – I will do my best to continue the discussion regarding a Bot-tacular trade show sometime tomorrow. A lot of folks sharing a lot of opinions, but
about 2 months ago - No comments
Just a short note to update the world to my well being and the amount of things that keep me busy in life. Last weekend (the 4th of July) was my first weekend staying home in over a month – and things are picking up again. Here is, in no particular order, things of interest
about 2 months ago - No comments
Hey look… here’s this photo (taken by Joey Snackpants) Taken from the other side (note Joey in the photo!) (Photo from YouBentMyWookie.com)
about 2 months ago - No comments
Joey Snackpants and I wound up writing a review of BotCon for the pop culture website You Bent My Wookie. Here’s an excerpt to give you an idea of how much we “loved” the convention… Think about it… a geek event focused on a very specific fandom (Transformers) backed by the multimillion dollar corporation that
about 2 months ago - 1 comment
For those of you that missed it here and here – Richard Horvitz was a guest at Florida Supercon the weekend before last. He stopped by the Wasabi Anime Otaku Insomnia Rave dance party to say hi, and I brought him on stage with a cosplayer dressed as GIR. Zaniness ensued. I thought the little
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
Tom Croom met the voice of Optimus Prime today… Meanwhile, Joey Snackpants met the voice of Eeyore…
about 2 months ago
Did they take Leslie Nielsen off the guest list? I saw him up there a few days ago.
about 2 months ago
I saw an announcement a few days ago on the Supercon Facebook about a possible cancellation due to a conflict and/or medical. If he’s off the site, odds are he’s not coming now.
Boo.