{"id":3742,"date":"2006-03-25T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T18:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/25\/no-sakuracon-for-me\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:24:29","slug":"no-sakuracon-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/25\/no-sakuracon-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"No Sakuracon for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5605,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sakuracon.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260308112451\\\/https:\\\/\\\/sakuracon.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sakuracon.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 20:22:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 20:22:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6746,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Cosplay&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Cosplay&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6747,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/tags\\\/sakuracon&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250421165137\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/tags\\\/sakuracon&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 09:03:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 09:03:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6748,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/emptythought\\\/117545144&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/emptythought\\\/117545144&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6749,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/emptythought&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070310191813\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com:80\\\/photos\\\/emptythought\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 09:03:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 09:03:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6682,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DEurythmics%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;d mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/happy_day.html\" title=\"Eclecticism: Happy &pi; Day!\">before<\/a> that I was planning on heading downtown today to wander around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakuracon.org\/\" title=\"Sakuracon\">Sakuracon<\/a> and get some shots of the various <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosplay\" title=\"Wikipedia: Cosplay\">cosplay<\/a> kids. As it turns out, I&#8217;d actually forgotten to ask for today off from work&#8230;so that won&#8217;t be happening. Oops.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, photos from Sakuracon are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/sakuracon\" title=\"Flickr: Photos tagged with sakuracon\">starting to show up on Flickr<\/a>&#8230;and maybe I&#8217;m not missing all that much?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/emptythought\/117545144\/\" title=\"and thus, the decline of human civilisation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/31\/117545144_09290c53a4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"and thus, the decline of human civilisation\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/emptythought\/\" title=\"Flickr: Emptythought\">Emptythought<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DEurythmics%2526songTerm=Missionary Man%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Missionary Man' on the iTMS\">Missionary Man<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DEurythmics%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Eurythmics' on the iTMS\">Eurythmics<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DEurythmics%2526albumTerm=Eurythmics Greatest Hits%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Eurythmics Greatest Hits' on the iTMS\">Eurythmics Greatest Hits<\/a><\/em> (1986, 3:47).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d mentioned before that I was planning on heading downtown today to wander around Sakuracon and get some shots of the various cosplay kids. As it turns out, I&#8217;d actually forgotten to ask for today off from work&#8230;so that won&#8217;t be happening. Oops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2747],"tags":[6,175],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","tag-humor","tag-sakura-con"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}