I’m trying out a new post series – one that details things my local geeky and nerdy friends are up to! I figure this’ll start out with smallish posts, but hopefully soon I’ll be able to add more to these!
What’s on the nerdy radar for February?
- My friends over at Geeking in Indiana are headed off to the JoCo Cruise as I type! I’m incredibly, incredibly jealous – Tony gets to spend a week on a boat with Patrick Rothfuss. A WEEK. With Pat Rothfuss! Maybe someday I’ll get to go – I’ve never been on a cruise before, and going on a nerdy cruise sounds like absolute heaven. (Except for the 75 cents a minute cost for wifi. Bwuh.)
- Over at The Five-ish Fangirls Podcast, they’re talking about season 4 of The Librarians – given that I’ve got a masters in Library Science, I feel like I should watch this show, hah. I’ve heard good things about it – maybe I’ll go hunt it down on Hulu and watch it this weekend.
- Granted, this already happened, but my friend Jen hosted a learn to paint minis class at Common Room Games here in Bloomington last weekend!
A full table for miniature painting tonight. Sign up ahead for the Next one since walk ins can be iffy!@CommonRoomGames pic.twitter.com/wJvP4faWwS
— Daniel aka Tamlaeyn (@daniel_mc) February 8, 2018
It looks like they had lots of fun – and there’ll be more painting nights coming up soon, so for those of you who are local, come out to Common Room and paint with some cool people!
- It looks like Gen Con might sell out for the second year in a row – which is exciting and impressive! (And a little terrifying for this socially anxious nerd, haha.) Given that approximately 60,000 badges were bought last year, and the convention officially sold out just before the convention last year, I’m curious to see the official attendance numbers this year after the convention’s done with – and I’m definitely curious to see when badges sell out this year! Ross and I are definitely going to Gen Con this year – I’ve got my press badge, and we’ve got a downtown hotel room (although it was outside of the housing block and ridiculously expensive), and with this being Ross’s first year staying at a hotel at Gen Con, we’re excited.
Is there anything I missed? Do you want me to add your nerdy news to next month’s post? Let me know in the comments!