{"id":97,"date":"2015-03-18T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/03\/18\/i-have-some-busy-weekends-coming-up\/"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:46:00","slug":"i-have-some-busy-weekends-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/03\/18\/i-have-some-busy-weekends-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Some Busy Weekends Coming Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the record, I&#8217;m not doing this as a #humblebrag or anything douchey like that. I&#8217;m writing this down as yet another reminder of all the crap I need to do BECAUSE I&#8217;M OLD AND I FORGET THINGS OKAY.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamestorm.org\/\">GameStorm 17<\/a> in downtown Vancouver, where DeeAnn and I are re-running a modified version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/game\/5\/\">&#8220;Number Five Is Alive&#8221;<\/a> puzzle hunt from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.puzzlenation.com\/2015\/02\/17\/puzzles-at-sea-with-jonathan-coulton\/\">JoCo Cruise 5<\/a>. We&#8217;ll hopefully also have time to play some games ourselves, and go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedoubleclicks.com\/2015\/02\/26\/we-are-returning-to-gamestorm-in-vancouver-wa-this-year\/\">the Doubleclicks concert<\/a>! Some of Thursday night&#8217;s events will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamestorm.org\/2015\/02\/06\/a-note-from-the-chair-gamestorm-17\/\">in the hotel garage<\/a>, which should be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, <b>after we do our taxes dammit<\/b>, I&#8217;m going up to Seattle to help staff the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarionwest.org\/\">Clarion West<\/a> table at <a href=\"http:\/\/emeraldcitycomicon.com\/exhibitors\/\">Emerald City Comic Con<\/a>. I may or may not also have time and energy to wander around the con <a href=\"http:\/\/gailsimone.tumblr.com\/post\/112835057905\/hooray\">stalking Gail Simone<\/a>, but mostly I want to go help out an organization I love (ObDisclaimer: <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2014\/07\/i-will-miss-being-here.html\">I am a CW alumnus<\/a>) and hang out with some awesome writers.<\/p>\n<p>The first weekend in April is our friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariafi\">Maria<\/a>&#8216;s birthday, and our other friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minitotoro\/status\/573901468442427394\">Natalie<\/a> is organizing a chocolate field trip through Portland. You&#8217;re either super excited and looking forward to this or deeply sad that you can&#8217;t join us.<\/p>\n<p>The second weekend in April includes my pal <a href=\"http:\/\/fondalee.com\/about-fonda-lee\/\">Fonda Lee<\/a>&#8216;s book launch party for her debut novel <a href=\"http:\/\/fondalee.com\/books\/zeroboxer\/\"><i>Zeroboxer<\/i><\/a>! And probably a few hours prepping the next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzledpint.com\/\">Puzzled Pint<\/a> event, which may or may not include scrambling to lock down locations in all cities and\/or last-minute revisions to puzzle materials. Did I mention we&#8217;re an all-volunteer, non-commercial event?<\/p>\n<p>And with any luck, one month from now on April 18th, we&#8217;ll actually have some free time to relax and watch the third season premiere of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/orphan-black-images-videos-s3\/\"><i>Orphan Black<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the record, I&#8217;m not doing this as a #humblebrag or anything douchey like that. I&#8217;m writing this down as yet another reminder of all the crap I need to do BECAUSE I&#8217;M OLD AND I FORGET THINGS OKAY. 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