{"id":5566,"date":"2011-01-20T22:37:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2015-03-28T23:11:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T23:11:46","slug":"on-a-month-until-farpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"On a Month Until Farpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

I realized today that we’re a month away from Farpoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Farpoint is a science-fiction convention held north of Baltimore every February (right next to the building where I work, actually), usually right around Valentine’s Day. This year it falls the weekend after, beginning on February the 18th.<\/p>\n

I’ve been attending Farpoint since 2006<\/a>, and this year marks my fourth as a guest.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, I received my guest survey, which asks what I want to do at the convention, how many panels I’m available for, when I’m arriving and leaving, that sort of thing. I filled it out promptly<\/a>, and I pitched a half-dozen panels I’d like to do on topics ranging from social media to Steven Moffat’s Sherlock<\/i> to HBO’s A Game of Thrones<\/i>. I also said I’d do a turn at the autograph table; I have back issues of Star Trek Magazine<\/i> to flog, dagnabbit! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The most off-beat thing I pitched? I’d love to do a panel on The Beatles. It’s a broad topic, I don’t have anything in particular I’d like to say, maybe just discuss with an audience the enduring cultural appeal of the Fab Four after nearly fifty years. As I said, it’s completely<\/i> off-beat, and I think I might burn CDs of bootlegs to give away to anyone who attended. Assuming the panel makes the schedule, that is…<\/p>\n

We shall see. Judging by this preliminary schedule<\/a>, right now I may<\/i> not be doing a lot this Farpoint, like maybe<\/i> only the 4 o’clock Saturday Doctor Who<\/i> panel.<\/p>\n

It may well turn out that I’ll be spending my time at the hotel bar, or possibly at the Irish pub up the street, out of a sheer lack of things to do. :h2g2:<\/p>\n

There are many reasons to attend Farpoint this year. Tahmoh Penikett from Dollhouse<\/i> is the headlining guest, plus Laurie Holden from The Walking Dead<\/i> and Bonita Friedricy from Chuck<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Farpoint has always been a nice, small convention. The hotel is really snazzy, there’s a real sense of community, and even if you’re a first-timer everyone you see at Farpoint is your bestest-ever friend.<\/p>\n

Hard to believe it’s only a month<\/i> away….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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