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puppetmakerConvention is over. We are in the airport with a delay to get home which is going to just push things later. Not totally sanguine with that but I will deal.
This will probably be posted tomorrow (Monday) or after I get home tonight which very well might be Monday at this rate.
Overall I had a great time. The people both at the convention and just in Chicago were helpful and nice. They have a funny sense of geography and the time it takes to get from point A to point B but no different than many other cities that have odd time warps through out the city.
Reed put on a great show. The fans had lots of fun meeting the pros and the pros did OK for themselves as well. To everyone who took the time to talk to me about this blog and the little snippets that Peter talks about, thank you for all your kind words and actions.
Caroline did very well as an artist. Finally tally was 34 dollars earned over the weekend and she wasn’t there that much on Saturday because we were at the ball park.
Speaking of Wrigley field, that is a true gem and I hope that it never changes. Unlike all these new parks with new whistles and bells and obstructions to see the outfield, Wrigley has a sense of history and warmth that can only come with time. The bleachers on top of the brownstones were a little disconcerting at first but had a charm of their own. It really is a lovely baseball park. And everyone working there was helpful and very patient considering some of the things that they have to deal with that no other ballpark personal has to.
Monday
I am posting this Monday. We got in about 10:55 which was only 5 minutes later than the original time. The FAA let us fly over New York City to get to our airport which saved us about 20 minutes so we were almost on time rather than really late.
Caroline went to bed. Peter and I did a few things that needed to be done before we went to bed. We went to bed and collapsed.
Snippets of the convention
We met Carrie Fisher who is a class act and has a wicked sense of humor. She is going to be doing her one woman show “Wishful Drinking” in Chicago soon so be on the look out. She is also going to be doing it for a short time in New York as part of a project she is working on. I highly recommend her works. She is a great writer and just s spiffy person.
I got to meet Ambush Bug from Ain’t it Cool. Might not mean much to many but I though it was pretty cool to be able to put a face with a body of work.
Caroline is reading Magical Trixie by Jill Thompson. Caroline got to meet Jill which was cool to her because of Scary Godmother but now Caroline is in love with Magic Trixie. Caroline even drew a picture of the main characters for Jill.
It is amazing to me that she can read on her own and the books that she is reading are getting more and more complicated. Right now she is working on “A Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. She read, with only a little help, all three Magic Trixie books and loved them all.
I was happy to see so many younger kids on Sunday (which is Kid’s Day at the convention). I was even happier to see the variety of costumes and t-shirts being displayed by these kids. It was a true mix of Super-Heros, Star Wars, and even some Star Trek to boot. And I asked the older kids if they picked out their costumes or did their parents and to a kid, they told me that they wanted to wear them. And the kids were interested in what was going on. They were happy to get new comic books to read. They loved taking drawing lessons from artists. Reed does a good job with Kid’s Day with programming aimed at them.
Strangely there were not many anima co-players wandering through. I saw a couple but fewer than I thought. Lots of steampunk costumes however. And Super-Heros all over the place. A lot of great costumes.
I am grateful to everyone who made our stay in Chicago so wonderful.
This will probably be posted tomorrow (Monday) or after I get home tonight which very well might be Monday at this rate.
Overall I had a great time. The people both at the convention and just in Chicago were helpful and nice. They have a funny sense of geography and the time it takes to get from point A to point B but no different than many other cities that have odd time warps through out the city.
Reed put on a great show. The fans had lots of fun meeting the pros and the pros did OK for themselves as well. To everyone who took the time to talk to me about this blog and the little snippets that Peter talks about, thank you for all your kind words and actions.
Caroline did very well as an artist. Finally tally was 34 dollars earned over the weekend and she wasn’t there that much on Saturday because we were at the ball park.
Speaking of Wrigley field, that is a true gem and I hope that it never changes. Unlike all these new parks with new whistles and bells and obstructions to see the outfield, Wrigley has a sense of history and warmth that can only come with time. The bleachers on top of the brownstones were a little disconcerting at first but had a charm of their own. It really is a lovely baseball park. And everyone working there was helpful and very patient considering some of the things that they have to deal with that no other ballpark personal has to.
Monday
I am posting this Monday. We got in about 10:55 which was only 5 minutes later than the original time. The FAA let us fly over New York City to get to our airport which saved us about 20 minutes so we were almost on time rather than really late.
Caroline went to bed. Peter and I did a few things that needed to be done before we went to bed. We went to bed and collapsed.
Snippets of the convention
We met Carrie Fisher who is a class act and has a wicked sense of humor. She is going to be doing her one woman show “Wishful Drinking” in Chicago soon so be on the look out. She is also going to be doing it for a short time in New York as part of a project she is working on. I highly recommend her works. She is a great writer and just s spiffy person.
I got to meet Ambush Bug from Ain’t it Cool. Might not mean much to many but I though it was pretty cool to be able to put a face with a body of work.
Caroline is reading Magical Trixie by Jill Thompson. Caroline got to meet Jill which was cool to her because of Scary Godmother but now Caroline is in love with Magic Trixie. Caroline even drew a picture of the main characters for Jill.
It is amazing to me that she can read on her own and the books that she is reading are getting more and more complicated. Right now she is working on “A Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. She read, with only a little help, all three Magic Trixie books and loved them all.
I was happy to see so many younger kids on Sunday (which is Kid’s Day at the convention). I was even happier to see the variety of costumes and t-shirts being displayed by these kids. It was a true mix of Super-Heros, Star Wars, and even some Star Trek to boot. And I asked the older kids if they picked out their costumes or did their parents and to a kid, they told me that they wanted to wear them. And the kids were interested in what was going on. They were happy to get new comic books to read. They loved taking drawing lessons from artists. Reed does a good job with Kid’s Day with programming aimed at them.
Strangely there were not many anima co-players wandering through. I saw a couple but fewer than I thought. Lots of steampunk costumes however. And Super-Heros all over the place. A lot of great costumes.
I am grateful to everyone who made our stay in Chicago so wonderful.
