The 20-sided Blog: PAX 2011

For the second year in a row, we attended the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. The lengthy entry that follows is my account of what went down.

Our Trip to Seattle (except for PAX) and Other Stories

This entry is going to be rather long because we were without internet for most of the month and I was sick before our Seattle trip for PAX.

Things have been done since I last wrote. My wife takes a good account of our calendar and keeps it in a note on her Facebook, so I can remember what to write about.

Outside Lands 2011 Day 3

Our day started mid-afternoon, mostly due to my leg injury but the also because there to wasn’t that much we really wanted to see on Sunday.

Outside Lands 2011 Day 2

Our second day of Outside Lands goodness started with another great shuttle experience. We got into the venue quickly and started our day with lots of food since it was lunchtime and we had empty stomachs.

Outside Lands 2011 Day 1

Day One of Outside Lands 2011 is behind us. Here is a mini-review of our day in the park.

Not@Comic-Con Adventures (Day 4 – Sunday)

What’d we miss on Sunday at Comic-Con?

Tony Head and the cast of Merlin
Nathan Fillion and the cast of Castle
DOCTOR WHO and his companions

…and not much else.

I’ve met Tony Head and Nathan Fillion. We had two concerts in the Bay Area to attend. Which would have turned out better?

Not@Comic-Con Adventures (Day 3 – Saturday)

I’ve written a lot about fandom in the many years I’ve been writing stuff on the Internet. Fandom takes on many forms and Comic-Con is a great way to see how fandom works.

On Saturday, we weren’t at Comic-Con. We did however have a very cool genre fandom related event, and we didn’t even have to leave home for it!

Not@Comic-Con Adventures (Day 2 – Friday)

Day Two of Comic-Con included a panel with Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson. We weren’t there.

Instead we saw Ben Folds in concert. Read on to see if we made the right choice.

Not@Comic-Con Adventures (Day 1 – Thursday)

Comic-Con is currently going on around nine hours away in San Diego. We aren’t there. I was very passionate in our justification for not going to Comic-Con but I still feel a small hole in my soul by not being there.

Instead on Thursday we saw The Mars Volta and SOUNDGARDEN at Bill Graham Civic. Read below to see if we made the right choice.

Two Stormy Nights

Wednesday night, Storm Large and her band (Not The Balls, Storm Inc, Dirty Mouth or Flower, the one that supported her for Crazy Enough) returned to the Bay Area for a 2 sets per night, 2 night residency at Red Devil Lounge.