Minneapolis Steemit Meetup and July's State of the Union!

Good afternoon, Steemit! Today’s been a big day and it isn’t even close to being over yet. I’m going to warn you, this blog is going to be a hodgepodge of current events, many of which not relating to one another. Each of the following will probably have their own respective post in the next few days, but for now, here’s a look at the cascading events worthy of being noted in my life.

I started the afternoon meeting with Bob and Kelly Ballard of @wcpublishing […yeah, you read that right! During my last meeting with them, I left evangelizing the Steemit gospel and by today, they’d told me they’d joined our ranks]. We discussed the details of our upcoming book, “Dark Pinup”. We set some dates for the pre-sale and release party at next Spring’s Viva Las Vegas. We also decided on a size. Either a 10” x 6” or 11” x 7” portrait style book. 

Working with Bob and Kelly has been incredible. They’re both extremely hard working […the Working Class Publishing title is deservedly earned] and passionate about printing. They both tap in to a life long appreciation I’ve had for detail and design. Discussing details like UV print and embossing and comparing examples of other exceptional books like Ellen Von Unwerth’s “Revenge” is bringing “Dark Pinup” to life with each meeting. I’ll be seeing both of them again in a few weeks and we’ll begin laying out pages. I’ll be asking @thomaskuntzart to write the forward for the book. 

In crypto news, I’ve been buying up more EOS. I’ve gone in for about three rounds, but after the shoots I just completed in NYC, I had some extra money to pick up another 500. I’m new to all of this and possess far less cryptocurrency knowledge than @mada and @lovejoy, but my instincts tell me EOS is going to be revolutionary. My long term plays are all Graphene. My mom, @bonni, called me last night and said while the market was down she wanted to buy in to something; whatever I felt good about. She Paypal’ed me some money and she’s currently the proud new owner of a significant EOS bounty. That’s so cool. Can you imagine in a year or two when her friends are just coming around to Bitcoin discussions how badass she’s going to be when she schools them on her EOS gains?!

Magic: The Gathering is coming at tumultuous time for me. Life is moving very, very fast. We just got back from this long east coast trip, I still have Viva Las Vegas edits to get back to clients, I’m still struggling to fall in to my routine, and now Wizards Of The Coast releases the next expansion, “Hour Of Devastation”! @vermillionfox and I ordered a booster box, bundle and two planeswalker decks, so there is a thorough “Hour Of Devastation” blog coming soon. Early feelings are that this is an brutal set breathing even more life […or death] in to what was established in Amonkhet. If you’d like to read my last MTG wrap up, have a look at “Magic: The Gathering - Aether Revolt and Amonkhet review!”.

So, now that brings me to the current time of 5:00p.m. CST and myself, @vermillionfox, @mooney, @mada, @lovejoy, @tarotbyfergus and probably a few others are preparing to leave uptown for @timcliff’s Steemit Meetup. Steemit has become a big enough part of our lives that I actually booked my trip to NYC around this event. I can’t wait to see so many familiar faces and meet new ones. I’m crazy proud of our Minneapolis Steemit community and this’ll be the perfect gathering to celebrate the growth in the Twin Cities. I’ll be bringing my camera. Another post to follow.

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