MAGFest
was last weekend. As I predicted, I was bad with my shopping freeze. How bad
you ask?
-Sparkly
purple dice for upcoming Pathfinder campaign + two 6 sided dice $14
-Super
Art Fight program (autographed by several featured artists at con) $15
-Portal
Tee with Cave Johnson’s rant about lemons $20
-Plush
puppy cow (created by a Super Art Fight artist) $10
-Mystery
box (I kept the hairbow and candy) $5
-Several
charms (made by Super Art Fight artist) $24
-‘Don’t
Panic’ hand towel $14
-Fabric
bracelets $2
That
equals a grand total of $104 spent at this con. I kept getting dragged into the
dealer’s room where it’s hard not to spend money. I got a great birthday gift idea
for The Boy but I spent way too much time around temptation. On the plus side,
most of what I spent was cash instead of charging it so no interest. I was also
putting money toward local artisans instead of some massive corporation.
I have
no guilt over any of my Super Art Fight Artisan purchases. It’s one of my
favorite things about some of these cons and all the stuff I’ve seen has been
great. I’ve even turned some of my friends into big fans. Most of the folks I
saw were small entrepreneurs making some really great niche products like the
customized nerd towels. I have a birthday coming up in about a month and no
major cons again until April so I should do better in February.
It was
interesting to speak to one of the artists having just finished New Domesticity. She just quit her ‘real’
job to go full time at her crocheted coolness. It sounded like her husband
still had the standard gig but she’s in such demand that she won’t need him nearly
as much as some of the moms in Matchar’s book.
Craftigurumi is doing so well
that when I inquired about a custom order she said she probably wouldn’t get to
it until March. Her impressive work ethic combined with her unique material and
consistent con presence should keep her business booming for quite a while. She
said she crochets at about 3 feet per hour for the scarves and she’s doing it
for about 8 hours a day. I recommended 4 podcasts I absolutely love since she listens
to TV a lot.
The
con itself was great. Most of my friends were there and I got to see all of
them for at least a little bit. I played my favorite arcade game, saved the
earth from aliens with The Boy, checked out some indie games, and sat in on a
panel about Girls in Geekdom. This con is always fun but this year it was
especially great. Being with friends really just made the con for me.
I did
a Con Bingo list of all the crazy costumes I saw. I was able to check off:
-A
furry
-A
brony
-A
punny costume (Teenage Mutant Ninja Bros)
-The
Doctor (4, 6, 7, 11)
-A
member of the Disney Princess franchise (4 total)
-Guy
with a Japanese body pillow
-Person
on stilts (full Groot costume)
-At least
3 Deadpools or one with a twist (2 with twists, 2 women, and at least 2
standard)
-A
pregnant woman who worked her pregnancy into the costume (Season 1 Khalessi)
-Unnecessarily
slutty costume (Charmander)
-Waldo
& Carmen San Diego (separate counts but bonus points if they’re together)
-A
crazy expensive screen accurate costume (Master Chief)
-Gender
bent costume (Princess Peach followed by Ash from Pokemon)
I
missed:
-Man
in anime girl outfit
-Hot
guy in shirtless costume to show off abs
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