with celebs photo essay #1 (Actors, Authors, Musicians, TV/Radio/Internet ...)

Authors

Neil Gaiman

Aaron Mahnke

Chris Hadfield

Sherman Alexie

Actors / Convention Guests

Wil ECCC 2018

Wil ECCC 2012

Wil ECCC 2010

Wil ECCC 2009

MCU ACE Seattle 2018

Karen Gillan ECCC 2014

Peter Mayhew WTGF 2018

Alice Cooper / Jason Momoa ECCC 2017

Alice Cooper ECCC 2017

Alice Cooper ECCC 2017

Alice Cooper ECCC 2017

Jason David Frank ECCC 2016

Drew Carey SSFC 2014

Sam Jones JCCS 2018

Vernon Wells JCCS 2015

Krysten Ritter Book Tour 2017

Denise Crosby GeekGirlCon 2013

Music

Billy Cox

Cristina Scabbia

Krist Novoselic

Krist Novoselic

Kyle Stevens

Marian Call

TV/Radio/Internet

BJ Shea KISW

Jolene KISW Ozzfest 2007

 Jacksepticeye

Markiplier

 Jennie Breeden

Ira Flatow

Jerry Holkins

Ming Chen

So, the cool writing gig changed suddenly

For the past several seasons I have covered the Seattle Reign FC for ProstAmerika.com and @goalieguys with Vanya Tucherov.

After posting a piece about a calm off-season yesterday, today the club moved to Tacoma. The move to Tacoma is a sensible one given the practical realities the club faces in regards to finances and a stadium.  I am not going to argue about that because it is simply true.

For me though, it means a run of about 50 matches over four seasons without missing a game at Memorial Stadium is a record that simply is in place forever.

I will still be covering the (no longer Seattle but simply) Reign FC.  The number of matches I make in person is now a bunch less.  The simple logistics of a 59 mile one way drive through two cities and the traffic mess that is I5 is a nightmare.  So, I will catch matches here and there and likely one in PDX when visiting fam.

Suddenly, the cool writing gig is simply no longer the same.

Muscle memory is a thing

Flying over the handlebars evokes muscle memory.

As a reference ... https://shotgunprose.blogspot.com/2008/09/flying-over-handlebars.html

I was riding these little electric scooters in San Antonio last Monday.

So I found a safer ride.

9 x 5 inches oval is likely a bruise record for me.  I am fortunate that I stuck the landing and chose to go with the fall, it kept my head up and just meant that the handlebar catching my leg was all that happened.

The day he became a DH

Edgar signed this for me on May 7, 1990 outside the Kingdome when the Mariners played the Boston Red Sox.  

A day earlier, Edgar had by far the worst day of his career playing third base against Baltimore, committing 4 errors that day.

Even though he was there taking extra fielding before the game, it is likely that this is the day the organization decided he was a DH

Congratulations on being the greatest DH of all effing time and being elected to the HOF.

2019 moving forward

Even though a lot of good things happened last year for me, there was also the reality of much else not being great personally, professionally, and in the world.

Looking to 2019 it is essential to keep fighting the good fight and hope that looking back on this past era becomes something we can do sooner rather than later.

To start the year off on the blog I am just going to leave that there and put a little guitar jamming vid up here.

Ephemera 2018

My annual list, because how else would I remember that Rival Sons opened for Halestorm in 2015? Sometimes I miss things or list odd stuff.  Ultimately, this is for me to reference back to when I work on things like Oxymoron.

Event Work
PAX South 1-12/14
ECCC 3-1/4
ACE Seattle 6-22/24
Washington State Toy and Geek Fest 7-1 (2nd day only)
PAX Dev 8-28/29
PAX West 8-31 -> 9-3

Jet City Comic Show 11-3/4
Child's Play Charity Auction 12-13

Soccer Media

3-1 (W) v UW 3-8 Husky Soccer Stadium (Preseason Friendly)
2-1 (W) v WASH 3-24 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
4-1 (W) v SBFC 5-12 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v CHI 5-19 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v ORL 6-3 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-4 (L) v NCC 6-23 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-0 (W) v PTFC 6-30 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
3-1 (W) v HOU 7-7 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-0 (W) v UTAH 7-11 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
2-0 (W) v WASH 8-5 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v CHI 8-15 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
2-0 (W) v HOU 8-21 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-1 (D) v NCC 8-25 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)

0-3 PTFC v NCC 9-22 Providence Park (NWSL Championship)
2-3 (L) SSFC v PTFC 6-30 CLink (MLS Regular Season)

Reign FC 2-22 Training
Coffee &Valkyries Podcast 10-15-18 / 10-29-18

Travels

Iceland (Plane)
Phoenix, AZ (Plane)
San Antonio, TX (Plane)
Vancouver, BC (Bus)
Portland, OR (Train)

Iceland
The Icelandic Punk Museum (Punksafn)
The Icelandic Phallological Museum
Perlan Museum: Wonders of Iceland

Sportsball 
Mariners 7 LA Angels 0 / 3-17 Peoria Sports Complex (Cactus League)
Mariners 3 CLE Indians 16 / 3-18 Peoria Sports Complex (Cactus League)
Seattle Grizzlies 19-14-128 Portland Sockeyes 1-0-6 (Women's Aussie Football - Magnuson Park)

Live Stuff

Wedding of the Century 2-17 HART Theatre (Hillsboro)
Hamilton 2-22 Paramount (Seattle)
Celtic Woman 6-2 Paramount (Seattle)
Halestorm/In This Moment/New Years Day 8-17 Wamu Theater
Triforce Quartet 8-31 Benaroya Hall (PAX West)
Femme Fatale: Mata Hari 9-30 The Can Can
Carol Burnett Oct 21 Benaroya Hall
Lily Allen Nov 8 The Showbox at the Market
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Cosmic Perspective 11-27 Paramount (Seattle)
Irish Tenors Holiday Concert 12-18 Benaroya Hall

Cinema
Labyrinth 1-6 Central Cinema
Black Panther
A Wrinkle In Time
Ready Player One (PCC Boeing IMAX)
The Greatest Showman (2x)
Isle of Dogs
Avengers: Infinity War
Deadpool 2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Incredibles 2
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Christopher Robin
Crazy Rich Asians
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Aquaman

MTG & Other Live Stuff or Interesting
Grand Prix Seattle Standard Main Event 4-7 WSTCC 1369/1502
Nordic Museum - The Vikings Begin (2x) /Jul Fest 11-17
Puzzle Break 5-20-18 (The Eventide Departure)
Seattle Saberfit
STKD Thai Kickboxing
Ferry rides - Edmonds-Kingston
MOPOP - Marvel Exhibit (4x) - Pearl Jam: Home and Away (2x)
Bob's Corn Maze
Fremont Sunday Market
WPZ - membership / Zoo Lights?
The JerKels 4-3 LRH
The Swains 4-28 LRH
Jukehouse Hounds 12-25 LRH
Knut Bell & Friends 12-30 LRH

Reading List 2018

I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin
Pele: The King of Soccer by Eddy Simon & Vincent Brascaglia
Resurgence: How Sounders FC Roared Back to Win MLS Cup  by Steven Agen (ProstAmerika)
Lady Killer (Volume 2) by Joelle Jones
Lady Mechanika: Dia da los Muertos by Joe Benitez
The DNA of Orphan Black
Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics 1941-48 by Noah Berlatsky
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
Girl Genius: The Incorruptible Library by Kaja and Phil Foglio
Rivals of Ixalan Player's Guide
Agatha H and the Voice of the Castle by Kaja and Phil Foglio
Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
The Smart Home Dilemma by Nnedi Okorafor
Paper Towns by John Green
Scissor Kisses by Devon Monk
The Light Side of the Moon by Elizabeth Guizzetti
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks
Codex by Lev Grossman
Dominaria Player's Guide
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape From North Korea by Misaji Ishakawa and Risa Kobayashi
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Looking For Alaska by John Green
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Head On by John Scalzi
Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 100 Reviews by Marylin Hagerty
The Drum Trial by Jeff Somers
Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, &Ale Garza
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn by Stoya
Core Set 2019 Player's Guide
Half-Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood
The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke
Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro by Maurice Suckling & Marek Walton
A Cajun Family Cookbook by John Gravois
Sex Criminals: Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
The Asgard Run by Steve Vance
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss
Hazard: West Hell Magic: Book 1 by Devon Monk
The Flight of Morpho Girl by Bradley Denton and Caroline Spector
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Guilds of Ravnica Player's Guide
Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66 by Karen Traviss
The Aggretsuko Guide to Office Life
Behind the Goal 2: An Ethnography of the National Women's Soccer League by Joseph C. Wilson
Queens of Fenbirn (Three Dark Crowns) by Kendare Blake
Nothing Stands In Our Way by Lacuna Coil
Soccer Bowl '77 by Adrian Webster
The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
Spark by Devon Monk
The Bro Code by Barney Stinson with Matt Kuhn
Ancient Places: The prehistoric and Celtic sites of Britain by Glyn Daniel and Paul Bahn, Photographs by Anthony Gascoigne

Same painting from different light perspectives

This is the same painting from different light perspectives.

When back lit, the field and goals are dark and standout in what appears to be maybe some early morning fog.

When lit head on, or over head, the same field and goals are almost glowing in the fog in what seems to be daylight.

"Field in the Fog" 2018, Jeffrey Lawrence Lageson

This Painting Will Never Be Together Again

29 Years (& Counting) 

This painting will be cut according to the above grid and sent out as bookmarks and bookplates for the Kickstarter backers at various tiers.  The bookplates is a special treat that was not announced and will be included in each physical reward book.  The higher tiers are also getting additional gifts that were not announced.

It is hypothetically possible that the painting could be put back together, but I anticipate that will never happen.

Cutting the painting

The books should be to me by the 8th of November and will be mailed out by the 10th to all backers. Life is good.

Amazon author page

Digital rewards delivered today ... on time

Digital rewards for the Kickstarter have been sent to all backers.  

Today is just under two months from the launch and a month and a day after successful funding.

All digital rewards were sent in October. The chapbooks and extras to be shipped soon, but in progress. I promised October and all backers got the digital version in October.

https://www.amazon.com/Jeffrey-Lageson/e/B07JN2ZGG1/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 

Chapbook cover painting

Cover painting

29 Years (and Counting) Kickstarter is a Success

Check out the Kickstarter here

And the final result is ...

$491 (with 17 supporters)

out of a goal of 

$400

Meaning that ...

SUCCESS!

We went $91 over the goal, so about 123% is the final tally.

29 Years (and Counting) Kickstarter Launched

Kickstarter link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/278019305/29-years-and-counting-a-chapbook-like-back-in-the?ref=user_menu

runs til September 22

Dropped Me

I was on the ground.

There was a little blood on the bridge of my nose.

My glasses were near, but in pieces.

My face hurt.

It turns out that I can take a lot of hits, stay standing, and move on.  But, an 8 year old girl with an ultimate disc from point blank range launching with all her might and maybe no real sense of release point, can drop me.  

Cascadia Doubleheader Day In Seattle

Seattle Sounders FC 2

Portland Timbers FC 3

Seattle Reign FC 1

Portland Thorns FC 0 

Seattle, WA

June 30, 2018

Clink and Memorial Stadiums

Press Box views at opening kick off of both