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kirkcudbrightIn case you were wondering what I've been up to lately...
The Arisia Souvenir Book is now available for profreading and review at http://www.psgd.org/a08/
Anyone who submits substantive comments gets credit on the staff page, even if you're not normally Arisia staff.
The printer wants it early, and we all know that when a release schedule gets compressed, the first thing to go is the QA. I need all comments by the end of the day (whatever that means to you) on Wednesday 1/2/08.
As an aside, one of the very few places I inject myself into the book (aside from the layout, choice of artwork, etc.) is in the title of the history page. The first year I did it, I wanted to cut some of the more superfluous data, so I titled it "The Complete History of Arisia (Abridged)", which is also a nod to The Reduced Shakespeare Company's "The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)". The next year, it was "The Illuminated Illustrated History of Arisia", which is of course derivative of Steve Goodman's song "Vegematic". Last year, it was "Arisia's Will Be That Was", which seemed to confuse some reviewers, but was an homage to a Pogo collection that I grew up with, "Pogo's Will Be That Was".
So the question is what to do this year. "Days of Arisia Past" is predictable but lame. "Arisias I Have Known and Loved" is only slightly better. "All Your Arisia Are Belong To Us" is probably too dated to be cool, but not dated enough to be retro. "All My Arisias Taste Like Snow" sounds like a reference to something, but isn't as far as I can tell.
Anyone have a better idea?
The Arisia Souvenir Book is now available for profreading and review at http://www.psgd.org/a08/
Anyone who submits substantive comments gets credit on the staff page, even if you're not normally Arisia staff.
The printer wants it early, and we all know that when a release schedule gets compressed, the first thing to go is the QA. I need all comments by the end of the day (whatever that means to you) on Wednesday 1/2/08.
As an aside, one of the very few places I inject myself into the book (aside from the layout, choice of artwork, etc.) is in the title of the history page. The first year I did it, I wanted to cut some of the more superfluous data, so I titled it "The Complete History of Arisia (Abridged)", which is also a nod to The Reduced Shakespeare Company's "The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)". The next year, it was "The Illuminated Illustrated History of Arisia", which is of course derivative of Steve Goodman's song "Vegematic". Last year, it was "Arisia's Will Be That Was", which seemed to confuse some reviewers, but was an homage to a Pogo collection that I grew up with, "Pogo's Will Be That Was".
So the question is what to do this year. "Days of Arisia Past" is predictable but lame. "Arisias I Have Known and Loved" is only slightly better. "All Your Arisia Are Belong To Us" is probably too dated to be cool, but not dated enough to be retro. "All My Arisias Taste Like Snow" sounds like a reference to something, but isn't as far as I can tell.
Anyone have a better idea?
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Re: Just saw it
Date: 2008-01-09 04:48 am (UTC)Are you around before/after the con? Our dojo (http://web.mit.edu/kokikai/www/) meets about half a mile from the hotel, and we have class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings.
Re: Just saw it
Date: 2008-01-09 07:33 am (UTC)Who teaches there, so I can ask
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P.S.: Not sure if I should pack gi/hak'... hmmmmmmmmmm...
Re: Just saw it
Date: 2008-01-10 03:42 am (UTC)Our head instructor is Dave Comi (4th dan), assisted by Jay Rifkin (3rd dan) and E'beth Haley (2nd dan). Dave and Jay are both ex-Princeton, and studied under Dan McDouglall and Gary Snyder (both 5th dan, I believe, and both of whom will be here for a weekend seminar next month - w00t!)
If you're interested, I've got spare gi. And I usually go to the Monday class.