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quotidian & BCAF
Jan. 22nd, 2019 10:39 pmSaturday:
- Fran and I went out to the Embarcadero for Feebas Research stuff. It was a really interesting challenge, keeping track of Pokestops and carefully aiming Pokeballs. I usually throw carelessly because I always throw curveballs, so always get that 50XP for it and it adds up.
We then drove out of downtown before the Women's March got underway to the Pokemon Gym near my work, because I'd scored an Exclusive Raid pass out there, and invited Fran on it. Deoxys-Attack is soloable, so we took it down with little trouble, and then finished off the rest of the Feebas event. I got my shiny Feebas some 10 minutes before the end of the event! Gah.
- We then headed to Udupi Palace in the Mission. Claire texted us a few minutes before our scheduled meet-up time (2.30pm) because she had forgotten about the March and her Lyft was stuck as a result. Eric had arrived in SF a little earlier but had gone to meet Maurisa at the Black Comics Art Festival Youth Day stuff, and they also mis-timed their departure and were stuck in traffic. So... I'd been hoping to have said hi and eaten and be done by 4pm, but ended up hanging out way longer. And after a good meal we went to Dandelion Chocolates, too. So Fran and I only left way after!
Sunday:
- I went swimming.
- I then spent most of the day working on edits, and meant to do a final pass, but caught a few things I missed. I hadn't realized how bad my eyestrain is that I missed such blatant stuff. Had to miss BCAF stuff at the SFPL as a result, which I now wish I hadn't, because Rebecca Roanhorse was an interview spotlight, argh!
- In the evening, I headed over to the city for dinner with the SF in SF guests. I'd also invited Eric, but didn't realize there'd be so many people crammed around a table, and also how many white folks there'd be. Of course there're a few Jewish folks, but otherwise Eric, Bill Campbell, and I were the only visible POC at the table.
Eric dipped out after dinner, and Bill and I hung around in a pub waiting for some of the BCAF folks to come hang out. I left around 8pm.
Monday:
- 9am POC brunch! I organized this because when I lived in Riverside, and Eric and I would come up for BCAF, I wanted to see all my POC fandom friends. I don't have to worry about this now, of course, but Eric was driving in from out of town so I thought I'd organize one anyway. We went to Mo'z Cafe a few blocks from Yerba Buena, and it was GOOD. Had the crabcake florentine, and that kept me going ALL DAY.
- It was great to see the usual suspects at BCAF and also be able to chat with folks as usual about their stuff. At some point I began working the Rosarium table for Bill. The writer for Super Sikh was also there, so I had to re-organize the table a little bit so folks could talk to her while I continued shilling the rest of the merchandise.
It was a bit deflating to see people pass on our stuff simply because they were there for the comics (like literally walked away as soon as I told them many of the books were anthologies or collections), but there were folks who were still excited to see some of the stuff we had and willing to give it a try. No more copies of The Sea Is Ours by the end of the day! (Not that there were that many to start with.)
- Since Bill was staying with Rina and Jacob, and I was helping him close out, I got to tag along to dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Then Rina gave me a ride to the Bart.
Today:
- I had every intention of going to swim today, but at 4.30am (a full half hour before my 5am alarm) I woke up and rolled around a bit. When my alarm DID go off, I just.... ran out of can. I could not. I had no can left. So I set another alarm for 7am and just did a lot of deep meditative breathing. Which led to going in and out of some lucid dreaming.
I'll go tomorrow morning.
- Fran and I went out to the Embarcadero for Feebas Research stuff. It was a really interesting challenge, keeping track of Pokestops and carefully aiming Pokeballs. I usually throw carelessly because I always throw curveballs, so always get that 50XP for it and it adds up.
We then drove out of downtown before the Women's March got underway to the Pokemon Gym near my work, because I'd scored an Exclusive Raid pass out there, and invited Fran on it. Deoxys-Attack is soloable, so we took it down with little trouble, and then finished off the rest of the Feebas event. I got my shiny Feebas some 10 minutes before the end of the event! Gah.
- We then headed to Udupi Palace in the Mission. Claire texted us a few minutes before our scheduled meet-up time (2.30pm) because she had forgotten about the March and her Lyft was stuck as a result. Eric had arrived in SF a little earlier but had gone to meet Maurisa at the Black Comics Art Festival Youth Day stuff, and they also mis-timed their departure and were stuck in traffic. So... I'd been hoping to have said hi and eaten and be done by 4pm, but ended up hanging out way longer. And after a good meal we went to Dandelion Chocolates, too. So Fran and I only left way after!
Sunday:
- I went swimming.
- I then spent most of the day working on edits, and meant to do a final pass, but caught a few things I missed. I hadn't realized how bad my eyestrain is that I missed such blatant stuff. Had to miss BCAF stuff at the SFPL as a result, which I now wish I hadn't, because Rebecca Roanhorse was an interview spotlight, argh!
- In the evening, I headed over to the city for dinner with the SF in SF guests. I'd also invited Eric, but didn't realize there'd be so many people crammed around a table, and also how many white folks there'd be. Of course there're a few Jewish folks, but otherwise Eric, Bill Campbell, and I were the only visible POC at the table.
Eric dipped out after dinner, and Bill and I hung around in a pub waiting for some of the BCAF folks to come hang out. I left around 8pm.
Monday:
- 9am POC brunch! I organized this because when I lived in Riverside, and Eric and I would come up for BCAF, I wanted to see all my POC fandom friends. I don't have to worry about this now, of course, but Eric was driving in from out of town so I thought I'd organize one anyway. We went to Mo'z Cafe a few blocks from Yerba Buena, and it was GOOD. Had the crabcake florentine, and that kept me going ALL DAY.
- It was great to see the usual suspects at BCAF and also be able to chat with folks as usual about their stuff. At some point I began working the Rosarium table for Bill. The writer for Super Sikh was also there, so I had to re-organize the table a little bit so folks could talk to her while I continued shilling the rest of the merchandise.
It was a bit deflating to see people pass on our stuff simply because they were there for the comics (like literally walked away as soon as I told them many of the books were anthologies or collections), but there were folks who were still excited to see some of the stuff we had and willing to give it a try. No more copies of The Sea Is Ours by the end of the day! (Not that there were that many to start with.)
- Since Bill was staying with Rina and Jacob, and I was helping him close out, I got to tag along to dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Then Rina gave me a ride to the Bart.
Today:
- I had every intention of going to swim today, but at 4.30am (a full half hour before my 5am alarm) I woke up and rolled around a bit. When my alarm DID go off, I just.... ran out of can. I could not. I had no can left. So I set another alarm for 7am and just did a lot of deep meditative breathing. Which led to going in and out of some lucid dreaming.
I'll go tomorrow morning.
