Bobb
said:
Lets see the 70's, I barelt survived them.
In Jigh School I was a punk (Rock, if not as a kid.), saw Rocky Horror Picture Show a
450 times by the time 1980 rolled around. Saw the Sex Pistols once, the Ramones twice a year from 1977 on (All with a fake I.D. as I did not turn 18 till 1979., from 1977-1982 I set up as a dealer at the Larry Herndon Star Trek cons as well as AggieCon. Met my best friend Edd Vick, and became part of the "Loose Confederation of Fandom", a group who has no rules and we stilljust get together every month or more to review books, play D&D, and complain how we feel old wen we realizze how long we have known each other.
Walked the halls of my high school with a portable radio/cassete player with a pair of earphones before the walkman ever came out.Hmm, I am jusy randomizing my memory..
Oh, and I voted for "Howard the Duck" in my high school mock election in 1976.Oh one more thing, i started hanging out at a bar called "The Jersey Lilly" in 1977 after I went there a couple times with my friend, and since i had a beard at 16, I was never carded.
In the 1980's I met Debbie the woman who would become my wife, Was one of the organizers who puton the first Anime convention in the United States "Yamatocon" (We also put on two Sat trek cons, "Protocon" & "Star One" but the less said the better..Outsold all but one salesperson when I was a Computer Salesman in 1987. And became a host to the visitor called Multiple Sclerosis 1989 who just will not leave!
And if you want the earlt 90's I helped convince the fab group T.A.N,S,T.A.F.L., and got Tim Miller into conventions, for that alone I know there is a special place in hell just for me.
Was that enough and confusing to you?
Bobb
Date: 5/18/2009 4:36:42 PM
Julie
said:
Thanks for stopping by, Bobb!
What you're saying, is that ultimately we have you to blame on some level for FenCon. ;-)
I'll sleep better knowing that, I think.
Date: 5/18/2009 6:58:39 PM
lisa
said:
Hmm....In 1979 I would have been 9. I don't remember much about that time period, except that we had a blizzard with about 10 feet of snow. The drifts were so tall my grandmother would freak out if we went near them because she was scared we would get lost in them. I lived near the beach, so that was a big deal.
Nine years later I graduated high school, and after that it was just a blur of working, marriage, and babies. I wish I could remember more, but I need pictures to jog my memory and they are in storage.
Date: 5/22/2009 11:13:18 AM
Karen Funk Blocher
said:
Aww, geeks in love! With a happy ending yet. Warms my heart, it does!
Date: 5/22/2009 11:23:10 PM
Bobb
said:
Lets see the 70's, I barelt survived them.
In Jigh School I was a punk (Rock, if not as a kid.), saw Rocky Horror Picture Show a
450 times by the time 1980 rolled around. Saw the Sex Pistols once, the Ramones twice a year from 1977 on (All with a fake I.D. as I did not turn 18 till 1979., from 1977-1982 I set up as a dealer at the Larry Herndon Star Trek cons as well as AggieCon. Met my best friend Edd Vick, and became part of the "Loose Confederation of Fandom", a group who has no rules and we stilljust get together every month or more to review books, play D&D, and complain how we feel old wen we realizze how long we have known each other.
Walked the halls of my high school with a portable radio/cassete player with a pair of earphones before the walkman ever came out.Hmm, I am jusy randomizing my memory..
Oh, and I voted for "Howard the Duck" in my high school mock election in 1976.Oh one more thing, i started hanging out at a bar called "The Jersey Lilly" in 1977 after I went there a couple times with my friend, and since i had a beard at 16, I was never carded.
In the 1980's I met Debbie the woman who would become my wife, Was one of the organizers who puton the first Anime convention in the United States "Yamatocon" (We also put on two Sat trek cons, "Protocon" & "Star One" but the less said the better..Outsold all but one salesperson when I was a Computer Salesman in 1987. And became a host to the visitor called Multiple Sclerosis 1989 who just will not leave!
And if you want the earlt 90's I helped convince the fab group T.A.N,S,T.A.F.L., and got Tim Miller into conventions, for that alone I know there is a special place in hell just for me.
Was that enough and confusing to you?
Bobb
Date: 5/18/2009 4:36:42 PM
Julie
said:
Thanks for stopping by, Bobb!
What you're saying, is that ultimately we have you to blame on some level for FenCon. ;-)
I'll sleep better knowing that, I think.
Date: 5/18/2009 6:58:39 PM
lisa
said:
Hmm....In 1979 I would have been 9. I don't remember much about that time period, except that we had a blizzard with about 10 feet of snow. The drifts were so tall my grandmother would freak out if we went near them because she was scared we would get lost in them. I lived near the beach, so that was a big deal.
Nine years later I graduated high school, and after that it was just a blur of working, marriage, and babies. I wish I could remember more, but I need pictures to jog my memory and they are in storage.
Date: 5/22/2009 11:13:18 AM
Karen Funk Blocher
said:
Aww, geeks in love! With a happy ending yet. Warms my heart, it does!
Date: 5/22/2009 11:23:10 PM
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