Con-going 2011 (and beyond)

[starlady]

Confirmed

• Animation on Display, San Francisco, California, February 19-20
• FOGcon, San Francisco, California, March 11-13
• SGMS 2011, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 30-October 2 (dates TBC)

Contemplating

• Sirens 2011, Vail, Colorado, October 6-9, 2011
• World Fantasy Convention, San Diego, California, October 27-30
• Popular Culture Association, Boston, Massachusetts, April 4-7, 2012

Completely up in the air

• Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 31-April 3
• WisCon 35, Madison, Wisconsin, May 26-30
• Anime Expo 2011, Los Angeles, California, July 1-4
• Otakon 2011, Baltimore, Maryland, July 29-31

I don't know yet whether I'll be Stateside or in Japan this summer, which obviously makes it impossible to plan the summer cons, and I probably won't know for sure about that until early March. (Note to self: fill out relevant applications this week.) I really want to go to Sirens, WFC, and PCA, though that last depends on writing a decent paper for it.

But, yeah. Who else is going to be where? Are there any other cons on the west coast I should know about? (I'm aware of Fanime and SakuraCon.)

Comments

[laceblade]

WISCONNN! Well, me and a sizeable % of your FL.

Although, Japan would be cool for a summer, too!
I think I'm probably going there again this summer with my b/f, to visit my friend whose JET contract will end at the end of July. So we might go in June. Maybe we could see you in Japan!

[starlady]

Japan! Yeah, if I have the dates for the program I want to do right, the last day I could fly would be the Sunday of Wiscon, so they're basically incompatible. But there's a chance I may be swinging through Madison in May anyway.

And yes, totally, if we both go to Japan, we should hang out! I am going to be in Kyoto, if I go.

[laceblade]

Ooooh - sadness about the WisCon incompatibility.

Our plans are inform thus far, but it might not work! Kyoto is one of the places we went last time, and I'd really like to see Tokyo (in addition to Muroran/Hokkaido, which we're going to by default). But! I will stay in touch about plans regardless, in case the things align.

[starlady]

Yeah, depending on where/when, I wouldn't mind night bussing it up to Tokyo or somewhere else for a weekend, I ♥ Tokyo. We'll definitely have to keep in touch about this!