Ephemera 2019

The annual Ephemera post.  These lists have been useful and continue to be for me for writing projects mostly.

Movies in the Theatre:
Spider-Man: Into the Multiverse
Captain Marvel (2x)
Shazam!
Avengers: Endgame (2x)
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
Dark Phoenix
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ready or Not
Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Cats

Sports/Live/Stuff:
San Antonio River Boat Tour 1/22
Quest Factor: The Wizarding School 5/13
Brian Cox Live: Universal Adventures in Space and Time (w/Robin Ince) - Moore Theatre 5/18
MagicFest Seattle Standard Main Event (1B Limited Sealed) - WSCTC - 6/20-23/19 (509/1167)
The Museum of Flight: Destination Moon 6/27
Wicked - Paramount Theatre 6/29
Seattle Pride Parade / PrideFest 6/30
Seattle Mariners 10 Detroit Tigers 2 TMP 07/25 MLB Regular Season
The Rolling Stones: No Filter - CLink - 8/14
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (Abridged) - Shoreline City Hall Amphiteatre - 08/22
Dolly's House Historic Red Light Tour 08/24
Jillian Lindsey - Creek Street Cabaret - 08/24
Puzzle Break - Test - 09/05
Beater Brunch - 09/14
Star Wars Washington Charity Ball - Mercer Island Community Center - 09/28
Waitress - Brooks Atkinson Theatre - 10/4
Runic Writing Basics - Skal Beer hall - 10/28
This is Halloween - The Triple Door - 10/31
Gloria Steinem (In Conversation With Susan Silver) - Paramount Theatre - 11/21
Equinox Studios Very Open House - 12/14
Country Lips - LRH - 12/28
WPZ
MoPop
Seattle SaberFit

Trips:
San Antonio (plane Sea-Chi-SA) 01/17-22/19
Chicago  (plane Sea-Chi) 04/11-15-19
PDX (plane EVE-PDX / train PDX-Edm) 06/7-8/19
Ketchikan (plane Sea-Ket) 08/24-25
New York City (plane SEA ---- NYC) 10/3-8
PDX (bus SEA-PDX / plane PDX-SEA) 12/22-25

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Soccer/Reign FCMedia:
Tacoma Stars 5 San Diego Sockers 9 - MASL Regular Season - ShoWare Center - Kent, WA 02-17
Sounders FC 0 Nacional (URU) 2 - International Club Friendly - CLink - Seattle, WA 02-20
Reign FC Open Practice - Memorial Stadium - Seattle, WA 03-23
Reign FC 5 UW Huskies 0 - Preseason Friendly - Husky Soccer Stadium - Seattle, WA 04-05
Reign FC 1 ORL 1 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA 04-21
Reign FC 2 SBFC 1 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - 05-18
Reign FC 2 NCC 1 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - 05-27
Reign FC 1 WASH 1 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA 06-15
Reign FC 0 CHI 4 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA 07-28
Reign FC 0 SBFC 1 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA 09-21
Reign FC 2 PTFC 0 - NWSL Regular Season - Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA 09-29
MLS Cup Media events - 11/07-10 (Press Conerences/Mixer)
WSU 0 UW 1 PAC12 Regular Season - Husky Soccer Stadium - Seattle, WA 11-08
SSFC 3 TFC 1 - MLS CUP - CLink - Seattle, WA 11-10

Tacoma Stars

Seattle Sounders FC

Reign FC

WSU @ UW

MLS Cup

Cons:
PAX South 1/18-20/19 (Bandland)
ECCC 3/14-17/19 (Starlight) (1/29 Meeting - 3/13 Zero Day)
Star Wars Celebration 4/12-14/19 (Starlight)
Cryptocon 5/5/19 (Autographs)
Renton City Retro 5/25-26/19 (Autographs)
PAX Dev 8/27-28/19 (Security)
PAX West 8/30-9/2/19 (LM)
New York Comic Con 10/3-6/19 (Starlight)
Jet City Comic Show 10/26-27/19 (Mechanics)
Child's Play Charity Auction 12/12/19 ([E])

PAX South

ECCC

Star Wars Celebration Chicago

Cryptocon

Renton City Retro

PAX Dev

PAX West

NYCC

Jet City Comic Show

Child's Play Charity Auction

Reading list 2019

97 Ways to Make a Cat Like You by Carol Kaufmann
The Vikings Begin: Treasures from Uppsala University
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
Relic by Alan Dean Foster
Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Steel City Rivals by Steve Cowens & Anthony Cronshaw
The Club by Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg
Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting by Matthew Mercer with James Haeck
Ravnica Allegiance Player's Guide 
Advanced D&D Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
The Magic, The Gathering: Pocket Players' Guide by WotC
Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink
A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War by Stephen Ash
Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Witwer et al
Chainmail: Rules For Medieval Miniatures (3rd Ed.) by Gary Gygax & Jeff Perren
The World of Lore: Dreadful Places by Aaron Mahnke
The Sound and the Glory: How the Seattle Sounders Showed Major League Soccer How to Win Over America by Matt Penz
Reign In Blood by D.X. Ferris
Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne Volume 4: Kings and Wizards by Kaja & Phil Foglio
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith & Katz Cowley
Ravnica: War of the Spark by Greg Weisman
War of the Spark Player's Guide
Saga of Old City by Gary Gygax
Diablo II: Diablerie (Dungeons & Dragons) by J.D. Wiker
At Moonset Blackcat Comes: A Tale of Gord of Greyhawk by Gary Gygax
Magic The Gathering Ice Age Rule Book
Metamorphosis Alpha by James M. Ward
Midnight Waltz by Maria Giakoumatos
The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Advanced D&D Monster Manual by Gary Gygax
Advanced D&D Players Handbook by Gary Gygax
Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Sounders Together, Friends Forever by Tony Chursky & Adrian Webster
The New World (Avery Cates) by Jeff Somers
Dime a Demon by Devon Monk
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Glossography: For the Guide to the Greyhawk Fantasy Setting by Gary Gygax
Beyond The Farthest Star by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Potions and Herbology
Dues and Don'ts by Devon Monk

Artifact of Evil by Gary Gygax
Dungeons & Dragons Acquisitions, Incorporated
Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses by Ian Graham
WebMage by Kelly McCullough
Hunt For The Thessalhydra (D&D / Stranger Things)
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Divination and Astronomy
The Devil's Bargain (Avery Cates) by Jeff Somers
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Care of Magical Creatures

Dolly's House: Ketchikan's Last Legal Madam by June Allen
Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual
Sea of Death by Gary Gygax
Carnival Row RPG Sourcebook
MordenKainen's Tome of Foes
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest by Kate Elliott

Night Arrant by Gary Gygax
Braun: Techtonic Shift by Shane White
Talking To Strangers: What We Should Know About The People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
City of Hawks by Gary Gygax
Under The Lights And In The Dark: Untold Stories Of Women's Soccer by Gwendolyn Oxenham
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Kriss:The Gift of Wrath by Ted Naifeh
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Prodigy by Mark Millar & Rafael Albuquerque
Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Authorized Collection by John Carnell & Steve Leialoha
Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast (Volume One) by Llexi Leon, Ian Edginton, & Kevin West

42 years and an ending

It came out near the end of 4th grade.  I read the comic and novel before I could talk my parents into taking me.  I had an LP of the condensed version of the story. It was as good as could be for a kid of my age, seeing it around 10 years old.

It has been with me since.

I read books, saw the 2nd soon after release.  I saw the 3rd as a matinee after school with a buddy before I could drive and my mom had to take us. The multiplex era was something that had emerged from between when 1 and 3 came out, so it was easier to get to see it than it was merely a few years earlier. This was a ground floor start for me at that age, not like coming upon something already with a history I had to catch up on later.

I kept with it, have no idea how many times I have seen them.  

1 was mind blowing. It really still is.

2 is the best in the franchise.  It really still is.

3 only partially was something I liked. I didn't like the tone of parts of it.  Still don't.

Don't call them by episode titles around me.  The watch order is 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and you can watch the two spin offs and the Baby Yoda show whenever.

When the prequels came out I was in line early and sat there in utter disbelief in just how much I didn't enjoy them, and how much people at the time did not want to admit they didn't either.

The new ones are a mixed bag.  7 is good.  8 is bold, but really just not great.  9 is a lot of movie.  The two spin offs are really enjoyable and the just about to conclude first streaming series is so good it reminds me just how close to good the rest of them are.

I am 52 and am trying to decide how 10 year old me would have felt if the entire story was available then and he would have been ok with it.  So, that's it.  That's my review.

Last night I got to see something before it could be spoiled that ended a 42 plus year relationship with a story, and in an of itself that is crazy.

Five years of this soccer journalism thing

Five years ago this fall I got a chance to do some writing commenting and covering the USWNT matches from afar for ProstAmerika. During that same period of time I also guested on the Radio Cascadia podcast through them.  It was a chance to do some writing and a little work with a friend Vanya.

It went well, apparently, and so the chance to work with Vanya and Prost continued as 2015 kicked off covering the Reign FC in Seattle with me writing and Vanya shooting pics.  We work well together and started the @GoalieGuys stuff to promote and get ourselves entrenched with media folks.  Over time, the GoalieGuys thing has been a good place to do what we wanted to do separate from and in conjunction with the other coverage.  It has paid off to have that ongoing presence as it is now recognized in the credentialing we do.

Also, it has led to some opportunities I did not expect.  Single match coverage of two NWSL finals and an MLS Cup, some USWNT appearances in Seattle, the soccer version of the Apple Cup a few times, and a Cascadia Derby have all been opportunities that would not have happened without Prost and GoalieGuys together. 

The ongoing GoalieGuys thing also has given me a chance to comment and sort of cover things when not there specifically in media at things like the 2015 WWC in Vancouver or a Tacoma Stars match last winter.  Ongoing presence online is a thing that matters.

In 2016 I got to contribute to a book.  I have a book I have been working on for some time that is going to be cross promoted now and have at least some small starting audience that can view it as legit.  Another couple of podcast appearances on the first and on another  one followed and I am able to work with these interesting folks and found myself asking Victor about the 2nd goal in the final last month in the presser.  This was never actually part of a grand plan, but I will take it.

Onward.