San Diego Comic-Con

[Drunk Monk]

Yep. LB was with us.

 So the main force behind WOW is Jeannie Buss, who owns the Lakers. Her story is amazing. They had two wrestlers there and the main promoter and it was very entertaining for unexpected reasons.


Did the crunchyroll concert again and this is now my fav event. There was an opening act that was wild. She was all over the place - candy pop to these brutal transitions to dark metal Punk dub step bass bombs with staccato videos of her in weird poses and anime, pyro and sparkle cannons. A fire erupted from a gas leak at a fish house in the Gaslamp and plumes of dark smoke arose behind the venue. This set against a magnificent San Diego sunset. The opener (who I thought was the headliner because I misread the program) put out this Bjork/Yolandi vibe, and she has a new fan.

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I was deep into the bass worship and thought about bailing on thr Filipino martial arts thing, but then LiSA was standard J-pop. We all got glow bracelets that had synched lights. She made us to a dance with our bracelet arms then ramped up the rhythm until we were all waving our arms frantically - that was fun.

A KFM fan had found me after the WOW panel by chance - he’s been to the last 10 SDCCs. We saw the concert together with some of his rousing and his lion dance classmates. It was fun but I bailed to the Filipino talk.

The closed the rear entrance. I had to walk all the way around to get back in. That’s through the gaming & anime annex, the hotel, out on the street, back in and all the way to the back. Fuck! But I made it just in time. The presentation was great. So informative. I learned a lot. They asked trivia questions for prizes and the first winner was my KF brother Ron. Then Diana Lee Inosanto was there and we reconnected. That was super fun. I congratulated her on all her amazing work of late.

Then Patrick & I walked through the gaslamp which was bumpin hard. We got through several blocks until where the blockades stopped and got a Lyft.

Grand night. Too much fun.

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I’ve covered almost all the floor - just missed a few spots. Stopped by the Den studio to say ‘hi’. Met with some old friends - Natasha the roller derby pro, some immortal artists, the publisher of Giant Robot (I wrote for them a bit back in the day). Had nachos.

There was an evac alarm just as a panel started with Gene Yang. Nobody moved. Then the alarm announced that it was a fire. But then they said it was ok and to carry on. I was nodding out for this talk cuz the chairs were comfy. 

Had Lofty Coffee for breaky. It’s just 3 blocks from the shuttle pick up. I’m doing that tomorrow too.