Magisight Chapter 18 + Bronycon · 11:57pm Aug 10th, 2019
SO, I survived Bronycon!
SO, I survived Bronycon!
After Bronycon, I decided to hike a bit at some parks in Maryland. The first was an old favorite, Big Gunpowder Falls. I found a spring in the side of a feed stream and built a little enclave of rocks around it after cleaning it out. If my construction is still there next year, I'll have to take a picture of it.
One more nice acquisition: a sketch from Andy Price, illustrator of the comic series, of Gadget! I described her as a "cute mad scientist girl" and he ran with it beautifully! And threw in a Young Frankenstein reference to boot!
Okay so I have some news (I need a better word, I'm starting to sound redundant). So remember that job interview I told you guys about the other day, well, I got a call from them! I start training tomorrow! After seven months of unemployment, I finally can get back to work! I'll be having a front desk job at a hotel! So when I go to BronyCon, I get to have a discounted room since I'm an employee! YEAH!
So Bronycon is over and it's back to the usual work days... but there are some words to be said.
I'll be delisting all remaining MLP items Sept 1st to focus entirely on selling my huge stash of collectible magazines, which take up vastly more space than the MLP items. Everything here fits into a single flat box I can pick up with one hand. The magazines... weigh over 700 lbs total. Sooooo, kinda makes sense to deal with those ASAP!
Previous Highlight An Army of Bronies
In which a delay at one restaurant leads to a chance encounter at another.
Saturday, July 28, 2018, Day 2 of BronyCon
After my talk with Lightning Bliss, I spent some time at StableTop Games (the game room). There, I finally played some Magic: the Gathering with Pink Flash.
Hello, all! Did you miss me, because I sure missed me! Where have I been? I was inside of me the whole time! The real me was the friends I made along the way! Am I friends with myself? Who knows? Find out in tonight's episode of I Don't Know How To Write A Blog Post, costarring my anxiety meds and half a bottle of Gatorade on my desk.
... this is why we don't write blog posts at 1am after a long day of work. If you're still reading this, thanks for your patience.
Overheard at Coffee HQ...
Hello, customer service? Yes, I'd like to ask about my options for repairing or replacing the 2019 I recently purchased. ...No, it's working fine for the most part, but it seems to be running consistently fast. Like right now I'm looking at it, and it says this is April, which clearly can't be right...
Against my better judgement and despite popular demand, I will be attending BC 19. If you wish to demand an explanation concerning any of my stories, or ask me to autograph a confession, this will probably be your best chance.
Death by cute. Egophiliac's latest “puppet” set? Death by cute! I can't handle it. I can't handle it! Halp! HALP!!!
Previous Highlight (Chronological Order): "That Game that Nobody Ever Wins"
Previous Highlight (Publication Order): Where Art Thou, Firebrand?
In which autographs are collected, gifts are given, and references fly over people’s heads.
"Horizon!" you might ask as the clock ticks down toward August. "Are you going to be at Bronycon?"
Full details below, but first, I will let the convention's website answer that question:
A few things have come to my attention that I felt a need to talk about, if only so I can talk about something on this blog for once. For starters, the Season 10 Bingo Writing Contest has just concluded and the results have come in. My story, Marewell, My Lovely, didn't get any honors, but the reaction to it seems to have been
Eh, maybe. But anyway guys I just thought I'd let you know that my stories aren't going to be updated.
Or: Alicorns, wolves, and hippogriffs, oh my!
Previous Highlight: That's Not Firebrand!
In which son_of_heaven176 gets more autographs, but still fails to find Firebrand.
Friday, July 27, 2018: Day 1 of BronyCon
And now I'm in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. airport, with more than two hours to wait for my first flight. You know what that means: time for more BronyCon writeup! Unfortunately, this probably won't get posted until tomorrow because I was a moron and put my wi-fi hotspot in my checked baggage.
Bradel Bound Presents
ブローニコン日記
(Record of Brony Convention)
Day 2 – Trixie Strikes Back
Self-explanatory title is... you get the picture.
...not that kind of horse love. Hush. We're ponies here, not horses.
I expected no less than a wonderful time this year, and I was certainly not disappointed. Many games of TSSSF (shipfic) were played, including one where this terrifying combination came up:
Seriously, blow that up and read it. I might have to have a talk with the guy who created that Luna expansion I picked up in the vendor hall!