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APE 2005
Holy crap, this is gonna be a long one, folks...I think.
APE started early for me this year because I was road trippin it to San Francisco from Utah. Now, normally this wouldn't be a big deal, because my lovely wife, Rachel would go with me. This time...no dice, she had to work. Bummer. Enter: The illustriously debonaire Shane Hillman. He flew up from TX and we road tripped it out together so we could plan out the super secret project we've been working on, it will rule ass.
DAY 1
We drove from SLC to SF and kept ourselves occupied along the way by watching tumbleweed, talking comics and music, and making pupet shows out of coffee cups. Yes, even I, the driver, endangered both our lives by joining in(the roads in NV are very straight and LONG). It was a long drive only interrupted by a brief stop in Reno, to eat food and see billboards of all the Las Vegas reject showgirls that have moved to this little shit-hole of a city(no offence to you Reno-ians). We soon made it to the SLG offices and were greeted warmly with shots of Vodka and laughter from the esteemed office crew. Shane fit right in, we'll get into more of that later. After saying hello and whatnot, we headed to Dan Vados house for Pizza and video games. Well, mostly I just had Pizza and showed Dan's sons how to use their home studio recording equipment, since I am so awesome. Shane and I were tired so we bailed to our SF HQ, Bryan Dobrow's apt. He is one of my many editors and SLG stock room monkey. We got there and I quickly passed out while Shane, Bryan and friends partied out. I only woke up once to make some witty comment before passing out again. Good times.
DAY 2
We woke up bright and early to get to work packing up the offices for the con, but not before stopping by Jack in the Box to get some "breakfast". I never eat fast food, and this trip was torture for me because of the abundance of it. We made it to SLG and had some waffles made by Deb before packing up. Shane and I did a little packing, but mostly just thoroughly enjoyed hearing Dan talk story about the industry, and show us art that was lying around the offices. Dan was "offended" numerous times as Shane kept mentioning how young he was and how long SLG had been around. Sigh...we love Shane. Later that night we made it to a bar in Los Gatos to see Chris Haskett show us how awesome he is on the skins. Great show, and Joe Nakamura made a slam dunk into my beer with a napkin from 20 feet away. Bravo! After that, was a rage fueled journey through the streets of Sna Francisco to find Shanes friends who were staying in a hotel "a block from the con". After 2 hours of searching we left, on the way home, we saw their hotel...a good 15-20 miles south of the con. These big cities sure do have big blocks.
DAY 3
The con, day 1. I never remember much from cons, to be honest. It is just a blur of people and comics...and I usually lose my voice. But after setting up the booth that morning, I got into "salesman mode" and had moderate success selling my wares. Those Pirate Club memberships sell like hotcakes. The t-shirts, not so much, next time, I go with black ones. I think I had lunch with Teben, Py, Shane, Becky and Rey this day...I don't remember. But I do remember going to Teben and Py's hotel after the con, drawing, eating IHOP, then me falling asleep and farting. I was asleep, that's my excuse. They rated it at a level 6, I didn't inquire as to what the basis was on that rating.
DAY 4
The con was slow, so I went around and talked with some friends at other booths, and got some goodies from Dan James, Debbie Huey, and Flight. I also got some other things I forget... Oh yeah, Me, Shane, and Bryan quoted house of Cosby's all weekend, I guess Jhonen was in on the joke as well, but I didn't make it to that side of the booth too often. That night, we rented From Dusk til Dawn, got crappy Chinese and went to bed. Fun stuff, eh?
DAY 5
I was getting as tired of the trip as I am in writing this blog, so Shane and I left a day earlier than planned and booked it home. It was a long trip of little consequence, but Shane and I did stop to play in the snow and eat at a Mexican place in Winnemucca. The way home was a battle to stay awake and maintain conversation. I was too tired to talk and drive at the same time at this point. Luckily when we got home, Rachel had an awesome healthy mean waiting for us of Steak, Ptatoes and steamed Veggies! After this trip, it will take another year to get all the fast food poisons out of my body!
Post Script.
Shane, my friends, and I made a new Pirate Club video...not sure how this one will turn out when edited, but I will say this: Next time, we script and storyboard these things. Rachel and Shane and I saw Sin City and it was awesome. Also, me and Rachel miss Shane, hopefully he comes back this winter.
Holy crap, this is gonna be a long one, folks...I think.
APE started early for me this year because I was road trippin it to San Francisco from Utah. Now, normally this wouldn't be a big deal, because my lovely wife, Rachel would go with me. This time...no dice, she had to work. Bummer. Enter: The illustriously debonaire Shane Hillman. He flew up from TX and we road tripped it out together so we could plan out the super secret project we've been working on, it will rule ass.
DAY 1
We drove from SLC to SF and kept ourselves occupied along the way by watching tumbleweed, talking comics and music, and making pupet shows out of coffee cups. Yes, even I, the driver, endangered both our lives by joining in(the roads in NV are very straight and LONG). It was a long drive only interrupted by a brief stop in Reno, to eat food and see billboards of all the Las Vegas reject showgirls that have moved to this little shit-hole of a city(no offence to you Reno-ians). We soon made it to the SLG offices and were greeted warmly with shots of Vodka and laughter from the esteemed office crew. Shane fit right in, we'll get into more of that later. After saying hello and whatnot, we headed to Dan Vados house for Pizza and video games. Well, mostly I just had Pizza and showed Dan's sons how to use their home studio recording equipment, since I am so awesome. Shane and I were tired so we bailed to our SF HQ, Bryan Dobrow's apt. He is one of my many editors and SLG stock room monkey. We got there and I quickly passed out while Shane, Bryan and friends partied out. I only woke up once to make some witty comment before passing out again. Good times.
DAY 2
We woke up bright and early to get to work packing up the offices for the con, but not before stopping by Jack in the Box to get some "breakfast". I never eat fast food, and this trip was torture for me because of the abundance of it. We made it to SLG and had some waffles made by Deb before packing up. Shane and I did a little packing, but mostly just thoroughly enjoyed hearing Dan talk story about the industry, and show us art that was lying around the offices. Dan was "offended" numerous times as Shane kept mentioning how young he was and how long SLG had been around. Sigh...we love Shane. Later that night we made it to a bar in Los Gatos to see Chris Haskett show us how awesome he is on the skins. Great show, and Joe Nakamura made a slam dunk into my beer with a napkin from 20 feet away. Bravo! After that, was a rage fueled journey through the streets of Sna Francisco to find Shanes friends who were staying in a hotel "a block from the con". After 2 hours of searching we left, on the way home, we saw their hotel...a good 15-20 miles south of the con. These big cities sure do have big blocks.
DAY 3
The con, day 1. I never remember much from cons, to be honest. It is just a blur of people and comics...and I usually lose my voice. But after setting up the booth that morning, I got into "salesman mode" and had moderate success selling my wares. Those Pirate Club memberships sell like hotcakes. The t-shirts, not so much, next time, I go with black ones. I think I had lunch with Teben, Py, Shane, Becky and Rey this day...I don't remember. But I do remember going to Teben and Py's hotel after the con, drawing, eating IHOP, then me falling asleep and farting. I was asleep, that's my excuse. They rated it at a level 6, I didn't inquire as to what the basis was on that rating.
DAY 4
The con was slow, so I went around and talked with some friends at other booths, and got some goodies from Dan James, Debbie Huey, and Flight. I also got some other things I forget... Oh yeah, Me, Shane, and Bryan quoted house of Cosby's all weekend, I guess Jhonen was in on the joke as well, but I didn't make it to that side of the booth too often. That night, we rented From Dusk til Dawn, got crappy Chinese and went to bed. Fun stuff, eh?
DAY 5
I was getting as tired of the trip as I am in writing this blog, so Shane and I left a day earlier than planned and booked it home. It was a long trip of little consequence, but Shane and I did stop to play in the snow and eat at a Mexican place in Winnemucca. The way home was a battle to stay awake and maintain conversation. I was too tired to talk and drive at the same time at this point. Luckily when we got home, Rachel had an awesome healthy mean waiting for us of Steak, Ptatoes and steamed Veggies! After this trip, it will take another year to get all the fast food poisons out of my body!
Post Script.
Shane, my friends, and I made a new Pirate Club video...not sure how this one will turn out when edited, but I will say this: Next time, we script and storyboard these things. Rachel and Shane and I saw Sin City and it was awesome. Also, me and Rachel miss Shane, hopefully he comes back this winter.
