Walk Softly and Carry a Big Schtick

Photos uploaded recently include -

1. LASFS/Aftermeetings
   • LASFS/Aftermeetings part 511: Coral Cafe (30-May-2013) et seq.
   • LASFS meetings part 513: Loscon meeting (02-Jun-2013)
   • LASFS/Aftermeetings part 514: Coral Cafe (06-Jun-2013) et seq.
   • LASFS/Aftermeetings part 516: Coral Cafe (13/14-Jun-2013)
   • LASFS/Aftermeetings part 517: Coral Cafe (20-Jun-2013) et seq.
   • LASFS/Aftermeetings part 519: Coral Cafe (27-Jun-2013)
2. Picnics, Outings, Family and Friends
   • Lynn in 1920s wear (02-May-2013)
   • Family Dinner at Mimi's (29-May-2013)
   • Cal's Yard Sale (01-Jun-2013)
   • Cosplay Picnic in Dana Point, Salt Creek Beach (08-Jun-2013) Part 1 et seq.
   • Selina at the Pasadena Chalk Festival (16-Jun-2013)
   • Library People Wedding (23-Jun-2013)
3. Conventions
   • Westercon 66 part 1: Thursday (04-Jul-2013) et seq.
   • Westercon 66 part 5: Friday (05-Jul-2013) et seq.
   • Westercon 66 part 9: Saturday (06-Jul-2013)
   • Westercon 66 part 13: Sunday (07-Jul-2013) et seq.
   • Westercon 66 part 17: Homeward (08-Jul-2013)
   • Comic-Con International part 1: Thursday (18-Jul-2013)
   • Comic-Con International part 2: Friday (19-Jul-2013)
   • Comic-Con International part 3: Saturday (20-Jul-2013)
   • Comic-Con International part 4: Sunday (21-Jul-2013)
4. Meetings
   • SCIFI Board Meeting (15-Jun-2013)
5. Miscellaneous
   • Random Husky (23-Jun-2013)
   • Tables, desks, etc. (09-Jul-2013) Part 1 et seq.

I'm going to Westercon this summer. (I'm their Fan Guest of Honor.)

I'd like to host a party during the convention. If I can pull this off, I'm going to need some help on the ground. At a minimum, some help rounding up the groceries would be needed. Better would be if you'll help me get things prepped to make the on-site cooking so much easier...

Does this sound like fun? I'm thinking we serve tacos, encourage people to wear aloha shirts, and take lots of pictures.

Photos online. And most of them have captions. Help me fill in the gaps!
LASFS/Aftermeetings part 354: Coral Cafe (18-Jun-2009) et seq.
LASFS/Aftermeetings part 356: Coral Cafe (25-Jun-2009) et seq.
Irvine Cosplay Picnic at Mason Park (20-Jun-2009)
Anaheim Gardenwalk and the Anaheim Marriott (21-Jun-2009)
Napmobile and a fenderbender (21-Jun-2009)
Anime Los Angeles 6 meetings part 2: Exec Dinner/Meeting (26-Jun-2009) et seq.
Anime Los Angeles 6 meetings part 6: General Meeting (27-Jun-2009) et seq.
Moving Melissa (28-Jun-2009)
Victoria's Picture Gallery: Anime Expo 2009: Saturday (04-Jul-2009)
Melissa and the Fan Gallery cases (11-Jul-2009)
Anaheim Marriott Tour (16-Jul-2009)
La Verne Cosplay Picnic at Las Flores Park (18-Jul-2009)
The picture of neo_serenity is from the exec dinner.

( Losing my camera at Anime Expo really rocked me back... )

Oh, there's more going on than just my emotional state, of course. I've taken more photos since Anime Expo, but the photos in the queue have been on hold because of other non-photo, non-blog reasons. Family health issues and household management issues, and if I can be discarding and shredding old papers any of that comes before puttering around on my website.

I've just spent a few nights (in my copious free time) captioning some of the backlog. I think I've got to stop taking so many group photos -- they slow me down so much in the captioning phase!

I've been putting a few inconsequential updates on my facebook. Nothing major, but I wanted to repeat here the bigger items that I've mentioned there.

( The Potluck Party Room at Costume College was a big success, so we'll do it again at PMX... )

Between now and PMX: I'll be at Tiki Oasis this weekend (just for fun), Anime Vegas (in a convention center), and a small anime convention at CSU Northridge. So PMX is the next opportunity to do any kind of hospitality beyond giving away granola bars and candy at our table.

For loscon, I'm hosting a Confirmation: Westercon 63 party. "Poofy dresses (especially white ones), shirt and tie, or school uniform" will be the dress code. We're toying with the idea of using a "Confirmitzvah" theme, stay tuned for that.

( Some small convention news... )

I mentioned last month that I've purchased a new camera. I haven't found the "sports" setting yet, but I've started playing with the High ISO option for available light shots. You can see I've started posting the first crop of photos from the new camera.