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MAY YOUR DAY BE YAOIFUL ON THIS YAOI DAY EVERYONE 🥳🎉👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨💞

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Despite my oopsie with my own microphones, last night I was able to put together a new audio mix of the Duel™ for the VOD, using submissions from yall and posts on Tumblr and YouTube, and I'm actually quite proud of it! If you or anyone you know has video or audio from dashcon, even the littlest of clips, PLEASE SEND IT IN!

I'm having SO MUCH FUN putting together this little audio puzzle to make everyone's VOD watching experience more immersive :3

Here's the form to submit your media!! I'm regularly updating this credits list on my website as well!! If you've posted videos on Tumblr you might spot your name here!

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That's me! I'm O! I'm so excited to share that post-con reflection interview soon!!

Posting my favourite clip from Strange's new video

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Drew @strange-aeons based on the screenshot I managed to grab of the from the dash of video

I don’t use tumblr much but love the history of it and other internet lore so their videos really hit a sweet spot

I also fucking love drawing swords and suits

Hope I did them justice

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It's a tiny website but I recently got interviewed about my life and work, if you want more O lore :3

Article here

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Let’s talk about that time I volunteered for Dashcon 2

Photos, videos and a small novel under the cut. All of the media wouldn’t fit in one post so I’ll be making a couple other posts. Strap in folks cuz this is gonna be a long one.

Before (Virtual)

At midnight on the 5th, I can the pleasure of being the very first panel at dashcon 2. I was thoroughly convinced that my panel would be empty, given the fact I was going on at what was deemed “the freak hours” but was shocked by the sheer amount of people that came out to listen to me yap about memes that are old enough to be in middle school now. The chat was incredibly active, so supportive and I couldn’t have asked for a smoother run. Thanks for all my freaks and geeks for showing up.

Before (physical)

I grabbed maybe 4 hours of sleep, woke up and immediately grabbed a Costco granola bar, a redbull and took my ass to the bank to grab some cash. Just because I was volunteering/working a shift didn’t mean I wasn’t able to pull up a few hours prior and take in the sights. It took me an hour and a half to get there as a Toronto local but then again, Toronto’s an hour and a half away from Toronto. After a streetcar, bus and train, I was finally pulling up to the venue.

During (before shift)

I walked in and immediately hit up volunteer check in. They hooked me up with a wristband, although hours later, I find out I’m supposed to have a badge and later come back and grab one of those. Once I’m in the con, I take a peek at the jousting ring or as they called it, the second pit. I do the walk through artist alley and after talking to some vendors, people were telling me they made back their table fee in just a couple hours. I buy far too much shit (pictured below) for other people, a handful of stuff for myself and take a look around the rest of the venue. I notice the ball pit but see there’s a wait for it. I tell myself I’ll come back for it but spoiler alert, I do not ever get to be in the ball pit.

During (on shift)

I come upstairs to a mild tech issue -a con classic- but I’m not able to do anything because due to some unforeseen circumstances, I end up hosting the drag show. But hey, give a man with a background in entertainment and music and I can make a crowd hype. There’s a couple hiccups -costuming issues with a couple of the performers, audio stuff, slight issues with the script but nothing anyone can see because I’m handling shit like a champ- though thankfully it goes incredibly well. It’s a packed room.

(Unfortunately tumblr won’t allow me to put more than one video in here but there will be a post featuring all of the insanely talented performers momentarily)

After the drag show, I head up to panels. The AM lead is still there and indicates they want to continue through til the end of the panel, which hey, fine by me. We’ve got some people tech downstairs who report to us but don’t have someone readily accessible if they need us so I head down there and help out. The catch? It’s the closing ceremony and the ball, essentially a dance party. We’ve got a full operational sound system and people operating it. So my job? Very chill, I joke it was more vibe curation and comfort levels than anything else.

There’s a medical issue that happens while I’m away and nobody knows exactly what happened. Thankfully medical folks were able to get in and assist them. I just instructed people to go a certain way and give people the space they need to help the injured guest. Once that situation is handled, we opened the section of the room back up because the party never stops!

After

I check in with the other panel leader and they’ve cleared nearly all the rooms so I head downstairs and help pack up the ball pit and clear out one of the rooms. I’m kind of just wherever the organizers need me when I ask them. I’m cleaning and moving things back to where they’re supposed to. When all is said and done, we clear out the venue and grab some pizza. I ended up meeting some folks who play actually play Mahjong so we’ve got vague plans to play sometime!

Overall + Greatest Hits

I’d like to personally shoutout the person who took pictures of me on their 3DS, the person who was a ball pit eBay listing who gave me a sticker, the person holding a Mop 2016 sign, all the incredible drag performers, the folks in artist alley that I got to geek out about Splatoon with, anyone who recognized me from my semi-popular original blog a decade ago despite my name and gender change, the entire dashcon 2 team (Avis, Simone, Oz and everyone I’m blanking on right now) and all the dope volunteers I got to know. Let’s meet back up in the pit for Dashcon 2 Two: 2 Fast 2 Furious.

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We've reached 300 downloads across podcasting platforms!! I know that number seems small, but that's still 300 whole people that took a chance on this show, and I'm incredibly proud ❤️ thank you all, and welcome to any new folks coming from Strange's video!!

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i love the podcast!!

Thank you!!! I have loved making it!! I just recently got my degree in media production and I'm really hoping to make a career out of doing things like this!

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THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY HAS BEFELL ME. I (foolish) DIDN'T MAKE OFFSITE BACKUPS OF MY FILES AND THE STUDIOS I WORK OUT OF DID THEIR BIG REMOTE RESET OF ALL OF THE COMPUTERS.

My audio is not LOST lost, there is a crusty version of it that still exists from my transcription software (that will make its way into the podcast and honestly might be kinda cool in a stylized way), but that means I am IN EVEN MORE DIRE NEED OF YOUR FOOTAGE!!!

REMEMBER KIDS! HAVE BACKUPS OFFSITE, ON THE CLOUD, AND ON A DIFFERENT MACHINE. DON'T BE LIKE ME 😭

Independent journalists of the world UNITE! Do YOU have videos/audio/screen recordings of Dashcon 2 or Virtual Dashcon??

In the name of gathering AS COMPLETE of a picture as possible (because I am but one man and a smattering of crew members), I'm asking for YOUR HELP!

Submit your videos and audio to this Google form and the sound may be featured in upcoming episodes of Return To The Ballpit! (you can also indicate that you don't want your audio used in the episode and just provide it as a reference for my research, and contributers will be credited on the website if they wish!)

I'm especially looking for things from these panels (because I wasn't physically there for those)

- AO3 101

- Nico the Catboy

- Haruhi Suzumiya

- Dashstuck

- Catholicism, Queerness and the Conclave Fandom

- Cosplay Competition

- Internet Archeology w/ Strange Aeons

- Warrior Cats Trivia

- Sexyman Quiz Show

- Trial of a Timelord

- Cancer Transness Neurodivergence and You

- Bloody Heartss Watch Party

- Musicals Trivia

- Idol Showcase

- Ballroom Dancing

- My Immortal Kahoot

- Monsters and Modules

And ANYTHING from Virtual Dashcon!

I'm looking for raw, unedited video/audio, and don't worry if it looks cruddy, or if it's a small little moment. Anything helps fill out the record!

Please reblog and share for reach! (and check out my podcast if you haven't!)

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What an amazing video!!!! Thank you so much for letting me weasel my way into this beautiful world!!

Stream my silly podcast for some yummy tasty audio

Dashcon Is Resurrected: The Entire Story Of Dashcon 2

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We did it Joe

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Independent journalists of the world UNITE! Do YOU have videos/audio/screen recordings of Dashcon 2 or Virtual Dashcon??

In the name of gathering AS COMPLETE of a picture as possible (because I am but one man and a smattering of crew members), I'm asking for YOUR HELP!

Submit your videos and audio to this Google form and the sound may be featured in upcoming episodes of Return To The Ballpit! (you can also indicate that you don't want your audio used in the episode and just provide it as a reference for my research, and contributers will be credited on the website if they wish!)

I'm especially looking for things from these panels (because I wasn't physically there for those)

- AO3 101

- Nico the Catboy

- Haruhi Suzumiya

- Dashstuck

- Catholicism, Queerness and the Conclave Fandom

- Cosplay Competition

- Internet Archeology w/ Strange Aeons

- Warrior Cats Trivia

- Sexyman Quiz Show

- Trial of a Timelord

- Cancer Transness Neurodivergence and You

- Bloody Heartss Watch Party

- Musicals Trivia

- Idol Showcase

- Ballroom Dancing

- My Immortal Kahoot

- Monsters and Modules

And ANYTHING from Virtual Dashcon!

I'm looking for raw, unedited video/audio, and don't worry if it looks cruddy, or if it's a small little moment. Anything helps fill out the record!

Please reblog and share for reach! (and check out my podcast if you haven't!)

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This is yuri, methinks

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[ID: A person laying down face first in the Dashcon 2 ballpit. A blue wheelchair is comically tipped over outside of the pit, implying the user fell from the chair into the pit. /end ID]

Dashcon 2 artist alley funded my new wheelchair so this is my last hurrah with my old one

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This is somewhat off topic (but not really, it's about social media and podcasting) but when I'm not working on the Dashcon 2 Podcast, I've been commissioned to edit together a podcast for this girl in the Masters program at my university, where she's presenting research about social media and identity and doing a challenge with her friends to post more authentically on Instagram.

I swear I feel like I'm on a different planet than these girls. The way they talk about posting on Instagram is WILD. It's like, they all hate it but they feel like they have to do it, and they have to do it PERFECTLY or they will be ostracized by their friends and boys won't be into them. And, like, when they were challenged to post 8 stories in a day, most of them had people messaging them being like "hey queen did you mean to post this on your public story :)" It sounds so exhausting!!

Anyways all this to say I'm glad I'm on Tumblr and I'm glad I have adopted the philosophy of "this is my blog and if you don't like what I post then you can literally leave lol"

I knew Instagram was kind of a cesspit (I am scrolling reels more than I'd like to admit) but I didn't realize how many of these cishet girls were in the fucking TRENCHES out there.

Anyways we stay silly :3 I love u Tumblr

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My three girlfriends. And yes, they smoke weed.