Miles To Blog Before I Sleep...
Anime North begins in, oh, 4 or 5 hours. In between now and then, there's the usual packing of food, putting on of pants and travelling through the inevitable gauntlet of Toronto drivers. Ideally we're going to be arriving in TO early enough to avoid the worst of the "March of the Smegheads."
Ideally...
The past few days have beenrather unusual for me in many ways. Not because of the last-minute scramble to get everything done before depature (and oddly enough, this year almost everything was done with a day or two to spare), but because of that "night before Christmas" excitement. I don't think I had that sensation at Christmas itself, because...let's face it...retail at Christmas really kills the mood. As many, many, many previous bits of nowhere can attest.
And yet in the last few days, I've been giddy and excited. And also half-terrified that something at work would conspire against me, force me to miss part or all of the Con, and ultimately lead to the killing & eating of my employees. Well, not the eating. Too many calories.
Fortunately, I was sent off with a smile and a "we promise we won't burn the store down in your absence." (Yay?)
So...Anime North.
Confics. Panels. Swag. Room parties.
And, in a possibly suicidal promo gig, some of the Harvey's restaurants are going to be giving away a free original burger to every customer on Sunday. (I've been hearing this ad over the radio.) It's only at specially participating stores, but if the Head Office nunckles make the one near AN a part of this...I can only fear the hordes that will decend upon the poor bastards there.
So then, I bid you all a 4-day absence. Con reports will no doubt start popping up on Monday or so. But most everyone I'll be seeing at the Con anyways so...fear me!!
Today's Lesson: black electrical tape is a dying shoe's best friend.
Labels: Cons are better than Commercialmas, Hoorays for AN07, possibly suicial Harveys employees
posted by Phillip at 6:51 AM
