and roll final credits
In no particular order:
Thanks to Eve and Dave3 from the Geeks of Doom for watching Iron Man with us in New York, and for showing us where to find the best dessert in the Village. If you guys ever make it out here to Portland, drop me a line. I know where to find some great vegetarian food.
Thanks to Dave2 for letting me crash with him in the Blogography Bunker for the entire trip, and for showing me more cool stuff while we were in New York than I could have ever hoped to see on my own, and all while nursing a swollen foot. Getting to see the behind-the-scenes magic of what goes into making a DaveToon was a real treat, and seeing the Murakami exhibit and learning how he influences your work was eye-opening. I feel like I crammed more living in during the time you helped me play tourist than I had in the previous two months. Thanks also to Dustin for stepping up to the plate when it came time for us to recognize the people who made TequilaCon possible, and for being my wingman in the hotel bar, even if this consisted entirely of us performing a hastily executed retreat. You guys are the best traveling companions a guy could ask for, and I’m glad to count you among my friends. As far as I’m concerned the whole weekend was a non-stop ride in the FunVee, and never the HumDrumVee, even if our conversations have made it impossible for me to communicate with regular people lately: I keep classifying everything as either a FAIL or a WIN, and nobody seems to know what to make of me right now.
A big thank you to Jenny for pulling the whole thing together (again!). You’re one of the most fantastic people I know, and my life is richer for knowing you, even if you are pretty quick to offer your opinion on who ought to be my GIIIIIIIRRLFRIIEEEND. (She’s totally not, by the way.)
Thank you to everyone who showed up at TequilaCon and made it such a blast. Next year I will drink less* and get around to talking to more of you. I think I’ve just about finished piecing together all my memories of the evening, and fortunately I don’t remember doing anything that will get me sued or even anything assholish, which is a nice plus.
Thank you to our awesome server Victoria. If you’re reading this (which you might be, I know I gave you my last pin), we took a vote back at headquarters and decided that blog or no blog, you need to be at next year’s event. Call us!
A few quick discredits, unfortunately: first of all, Newark Airport — EPIC FAIL, especially the men’s restroom in terminal A. And Philadelphia, what’s the story with your trains never going faster than five miles an hour? For the lose**, SEPTA, for the lose.
It turns out that the Internets don’t take a few days off just because I do, so if I haven’t been around to comment on your blogs lately it’s because I came home to find 1600+ posts backed up in Bloglines. I have a lot of news feeds in there, which I think counts for the bulk of those, but at least three hundred of that number are from the blogs that I follow. So…I’ll get around to you. Honest!
I think this concludes Tequila Week; we return to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. In the meantime, completed sets of both New York and Philadelphia are up on Flickr.
(*this is probably not true.
**Dustin gets credit for coming up with this turn of phrase in New York, not long after declaring his desire to cock-punch the local weather.)
It was pleasure meeting you! I had a great time with you and Dave2 at Iron Man, and Village feastage, and Apple Store browsings. Thank you for waiting for me to cross the street when all others abandoned me, LOL. You are a true gentleman. If we’re ever in Portland (the Vegan mecca, must face it four times a day), we will definitely make some plans. And, of course, when you’re back in NYC, I’d love to see you again. In the interim, there’s the beauty of the Internets to keep us in touch
Dude! ComicCon… we’ll all be there!
If you don’t have a girlfriend, I know some single girls who might want to know about it.
I’m glad to have found you through TC. Your writing, even when I don’t think you are trying to be, is poetic.
I LOVED Victoria. She was the awesomest. I hope she does come next year. I hope she brings the bouncer, Que.
And hell yeah, I’m with BBM. I can’t believe you don’t have a girlfriend! I know some single girls…
Aw, Vahid. You trying to get me all emotional on a Friday? I continually wonder why, oh why you have to live so far away from Chicago. If I had superpowers, I would shrink you down so I could carry you with me at all times. Except to the bathroom, because that would be weird.
You = epic win!
Jenny, if I had superpowers, I’d make Chicago move to Portland, and make Portland be conveniently located right next to Wenatchee.
And then my OTHER superpower would be to have omnipotent control over time. It would ALWAYS be TequilaCon Prom night then, and no one would have to work. Except you, since you seem to end up being the one to put these things together. But: I would totally help!
See? Everyone wins if I get superpowers.
Eve, that all sounds great to me!
Dave2, dude! I’m all about ComicCon!!
Black Belt Mama, I don’t, but please make sure to point out to these single girls that I’m not actually as cool as my blog might suggest.
Shelli, only if the bouncer buys a round.
jenny, you’ll be happy to know I’m going to be selling my own action figure soon, so not only can you always have me around, you can also have my Karate Chop Action at your disposal.
shari, even though I think you’re superwoman already, I totally vote for you having more superpowers.
I can’t believe I missed it. Sounds like a fantastic time had by all. Next year.
Great shots, as always.
Tell you what: I’ll get out to the coast sometime in the next few weeks and I’ll tell you all the stories that didn’t make it onto the blog.
Great to meet you!
You too!