Weekly Newsletter 06_09_08: Insert Geekish Interest Here

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Updated Fri, Jan 02, 2009 by Dalmarus

Insert Geekish Interest Here

June 9th, 2008 - By Dalmarus

There are plenty of things to be excited about this week in regards to Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. Oddly enough though, especially considering the fact it’s still over two months away, the thing I'm most excited about is Fan Faire! That's right folks; everything has finally been booked and confirmed. You're friendly neighborhood Community Manager is heading to his very first Fan Faire and I can't wait! So much so, that I know it's beginning to drive my wife crazy. Having four days to totally "geek out" (her words) is going to be a miniature slice of heaven.

In preparing for this auspicious occasion, I believe I've come up with a few pieces of advice that you may find helpful. If not, I firmly believe your significant other, spouse, family, and/or friends may find them useful in the case that you do not. First off, in virtually every story you read about in regards to any type of large convention-like gathering, there's always some mention of hygiene, or a lack there of by the (insert geekish interest here) crowd. True or not, simply shower and this will be resolved. Yes, yes, I do have faith we can have a nose plug free environment at Fan Faire!

Secondly, get an agreement that your mouth can have a virtual free reign the day you get back from Fan Faire. This especially applies to those of us that have people in our lives that while they accept us for our geekiness, may not share our interest, nor passion, about such topics. Since I'm a man that thinks ahead (most of the time at least), and since I know the lengths to which my wife believes I go to purposely drive her crazy, I have gotten a sincere promise from her that she will not, in fact, stab me in the face by the second day that I am back home. In return, I have promised to try and notice the shiny glaze of disinterest coming from her zombie-like eyes, and cease my animated tale of (insert geekish interest here).

This may seem like an extreme measure, but I can assure you from personal experience, that glazed look can quickly turn violent. I've been overly excited about a number of things in life, but even the longest (insert geekish interest) event I've ever been to was for a single day. Now imagine four of them. I believe you begin to see the wisdom in this agreement now.

Last, but certainly not least, is an item of actual seriousness. Bring your cameras and plenty of batteries everyone. I'm one of those people that very rarely has a camera on me. I'm also one of those people that has not been overly fond of pictures being taken of me in my younger years. Because of this, there are times and places, I really wish I could look back on clearly in the form of a photo instead of the fog ridden haze my memory has reverted them to.

During my time in the Marine Corps, I was stationed twice in Japan. I also went to Bali, Korea, and Australia. While I was stationed in Arizona, I worked in a local tattoo shop for an extended period of time as well. Through it all, I met an amazing number of people and saw spectacular places of beauty. I was blessed with the chance to see people and places many of us never get to. After all those years though, I have probably less than 30 pictures or so capturing them.

Don't make the same mistake this August when as many of us that can make it are going to be there for Fan Faire. It's looking to be a lot of fun and I can't wait to meet all of you and talk about (insert geekish interest here)!

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