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davemerrillI got my booster Saturday evening! Sunday I felt pretty lousy but it passed by Monday. Feeling back to normal, I guess. It snowed a bunch on Monday the 17th and everybody took a snow day. Snowed some again last night, enough to make things a little slippery here and there. I find the crucial element in snow driving is to keep that momentum going - you can make it up that hill *if* you are allowed to sail into it at a reasonable speed. If you have to stop because, say, some Uber driver has to stop dead in front of you to let somebody off, well, that makes things tougher. Almost happened to me.
Before my booster we went out into the hinterlands to some antique malls we hadn't visited in a while, out to Tillsonburg Antique Warehouse and Courtland Treasures. Found an inflatable Huckleberry Hound for a bargain price. The vinyl is back out at prices ranging from ridiculous to 3-for-$1 but I never have enough time to really dig through the records. These places all close at 5, so by the time we get out there our browsing time is limited. Spent the rest of the weekend watching cheesy old TV movies and staying out of the cold, and recovering from the booster.
Anime North has moved its date back to July and I'm all in favor of it - the COVID situation might have cooled down enough by then to allow us to do a 50% capacity show. I don't think the venues are going to let Anime North NOT hold a show this year - 2020 and 2021's shows were legally prohibited from happening, which gives everybody a force majure out, but unless things get awful again 2022 is a different story. I was expecting a lot of complaining on the various Facebook groups but people seem to be feeling positive about it. I like the July date anyway. Their previous May date was the US Memorial Day weekend which put AN up against four or five other good-sized anime conventions, which has cost AN guests, vendors, industry, and attendees in the past. Also, later in the year gives me more prep time.
Before my booster we went out into the hinterlands to some antique malls we hadn't visited in a while, out to Tillsonburg Antique Warehouse and Courtland Treasures. Found an inflatable Huckleberry Hound for a bargain price. The vinyl is back out at prices ranging from ridiculous to 3-for-$1 but I never have enough time to really dig through the records. These places all close at 5, so by the time we get out there our browsing time is limited. Spent the rest of the weekend watching cheesy old TV movies and staying out of the cold, and recovering from the booster.
Anime North has moved its date back to July and I'm all in favor of it - the COVID situation might have cooled down enough by then to allow us to do a 50% capacity show. I don't think the venues are going to let Anime North NOT hold a show this year - 2020 and 2021's shows were legally prohibited from happening, which gives everybody a force majure out, but unless things get awful again 2022 is a different story. I was expecting a lot of complaining on the various Facebook groups but people seem to be feeling positive about it. I like the July date anyway. Their previous May date was the US Memorial Day weekend which put AN up against four or five other good-sized anime conventions, which has cost AN guests, vendors, industry, and attendees in the past. Also, later in the year gives me more prep time.
