Travel? What's that?

Have you found yourself repeatedly listening to songs like “Go the Distance” and “Life is a Highway”? Have you been obsessing over movies with distant places in the title like Under the Tuscan Sun and An American Werewolf in London? Did you check yourself spending an hour and a half scrolling through Google maps trying to figure out the easiest ways to get through the 5 boroughs of New York City?

It sounds like the lack of a vacation away from you living room in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic is finally getting to you. But there’s another suggestion. How about a trip to Imagination Land! Oh look, a store made of ice cream! And there’s a stampede of llama wearing top hats! Oh boy! Let’s ride on the Zeppelin that runs on a dislike for people who refuse to wear masks in public!

What? I’m fine. Why do you ask?

Loss of Con for a Single Year

Uh. Huh. What? Where? Who? Huh.

I don’t know what to do with myself. I woke up and started to drive into downtown phoenix and then I realized I could have slept in. This also explained why there were no booth products crammed into my car. And why people gave my cosplay weird looks. Hey lady! If I want to dress up like the Tiger King that’s my business! Personally, I look good in a mullet.

In all seriousness, I know the con is just postponed, yet this is all still a weird feeling. I’ve been a part of this scene since the con was held out in Mesa and I was just a cute college student trying to attract customers to my brother’s table.

So what do we all do. We adjust to the new normal, as the media keeps saying. We show off our wares online. We show off wigs and weapons using Zoom. We support our local artists and eateries as best we can. And we geek on.