"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Reason...
Besides the city of San Diego and the beautiful weather and the food and drink, there was a reason I came here, now. That reason is the San Diego Comic Con. Comic as in comic books. It is considered the premiere pop culture convention, celebrating comic books, graphic art, television, movies and computer games. Imagine 100,000 plus people descending on the San Diego convention center - at once. The event is completely sold out (all four days) - a first. Tonight was preview night - we picked up our convention badges. I was joking that, basically, we stood in line for a hour in order to get our badges so we can stand in line all weekend. LOL - that is not far from the truth. Preview night ended a little while ago and we're working our way up 11th to 163 North to go back to my hotel. We should be there in...a while.
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