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Stumpton 2012 report!
Stumptown 2012 was as fun and amazing as 2011 was not. Last year I was so stressed and drowning with work that I only had time to join Shoujo Editor 2 for dinner both nights, and a little hanging out with my Portland friends. But this year, I scheduled the 3 days off months in advance, and it was worth it. :D
I did drive out both days, and only got lost once. ^^V Come to find out I didn't need to take my car for SE2 after all, as she had the rental keys on Saturday night. (Of course, if I hadn't taken my own car, she would not have had the rental, and we'd have been stuck. Never fails.)
I hung out with the aforementioned![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
neekaneeks and mcruthless, swung by bigbigtruck's table several times, and we took over at least 3 tables in a pub on Saturday night. It was terribly fun!
On Sunday I was able to meet up withsnottygirl for half an hour or so, and after the con gave neekaneeks, mcruthless, and their out of town friend J a ride back to their place. We then met up with bigbigtruck, her husband, and CA for food cart yummies.
I have never eaten at a food cart before. I had poutine--another first--a cinnamon and sugar crepe, and a graham cracker milk shake. They were all delicious, and I would most definitely like to go back for more. :9 If I could find the empty lot again. It was kind of lost in the warren of streets that is SW Portland.
All but two of the panels I attended were satisfying, and of the two that weren't, one was just boring, and the other was quite disappointing. It had such potential, too! :/ Ah well...
I was on a strict comic-buying budget this year, and managed to come in under the wire spending less tan $10. ^^ I'm sure my not browsing through 95% of the tables is a large reason why I managed it! I only bought from friends. Ahhh, if only I were independently wealthy...! *wistful sigh*
One of my favorite aspects of this weekend was on Sunday afternoon while waiting to head out for food-cart dinner. I was able to chat with J and watch her do a little work in digital painting. She has some amazing Photoshop brushes I'd never seen before! I had no idea Photoshop brushes could do all that stuff! *has been edumacated* She kindly sent me the whole batch, and now I have 100+ megs of new brushes and NO CLUE how to use them. Whee!! XD I need to turn my hand to more color work, and thus begin learning how best to apply these fancy thingamabobs to maybe turn out some shiny pics.
To that end, I've signed up once again for the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
het_bigbang, for fanart brings in page views! The hot fandom this year seem to be Game of Thrones. Hmmmm.
To finish this post with random fun, I updated my beloved ficrecs site today, and added Google Analytics to it. For I have always been obsessive about my hits. More information on them will be so fascinating!!!
...
(F5 F5 F5 F5 F5...)
I did drive out both days, and only got lost once. ^^V Come to find out I didn't need to take my car for SE2 after all, as she had the rental keys on Saturday night. (Of course, if I hadn't taken my own car, she would not have had the rental, and we'd have been stuck. Never fails.)
I hung out with the aforementioned
neekaneeks and mcruthless, swung by bigbigtruck's table several times, and we took over at least 3 tables in a pub on Saturday night. It was terribly fun!On Sunday I was able to meet up with
snottygirl for half an hour or so, and after the con gave neekaneeks, mcruthless, and their out of town friend J a ride back to their place. We then met up with bigbigtruck, her husband, and CA for food cart yummies.I have never eaten at a food cart before. I had poutine--another first--a cinnamon and sugar crepe, and a graham cracker milk shake. They were all delicious, and I would most definitely like to go back for more. :9 If I could find the empty lot again. It was kind of lost in the warren of streets that is SW Portland.
All but two of the panels I attended were satisfying, and of the two that weren't, one was just boring, and the other was quite disappointing. It had such potential, too! :/ Ah well...
I was on a strict comic-buying budget this year, and managed to come in under the wire spending less tan $10. ^^ I'm sure my not browsing through 95% of the tables is a large reason why I managed it! I only bought from friends. Ahhh, if only I were independently wealthy...! *wistful sigh*
One of my favorite aspects of this weekend was on Sunday afternoon while waiting to head out for food-cart dinner. I was able to chat with J and watch her do a little work in digital painting. She has some amazing Photoshop brushes I'd never seen before! I had no idea Photoshop brushes could do all that stuff! *has been edumacated* She kindly sent me the whole batch, and now I have 100+ megs of new brushes and NO CLUE how to use them. Whee!! XD I need to turn my hand to more color work, and thus begin learning how best to apply these fancy thingamabobs to maybe turn out some shiny pics.
To that end, I've signed up once again for the
het_bigbang, for fanart brings in page views! The hot fandom this year seem to be Game of Thrones. Hmmmm.To finish this post with random fun, I updated my beloved ficrecs site today, and added Google Analytics to it. For I have always been obsessive about my hits. More information on them will be so fascinating!!!
...
(F5 F5 F5 F5 F5...)