Are you ready for the new year? If you’re reading this, you’re either hanging out with family/family for the holidays…or you’re alone (hopefully by choice) enjoying the peace and quiet of a few days off. Either way, I hope you’re having some time off for relaxation and reflection.
I find myself blogging less and less, mostly because of my other writings, like my monthly newsletter Pia Shares Her Dark Half and ongoing Diary of an Indoor Cat, which you can read on my Patreon. While I’m at it, if you’d like more frequent updates of my projects/shenanigans etc, follow my linktree. But no worries, I don’t plan on completely abandoning my blog here either.
Since my last blog post, San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone (it was a blast, as usual, and I had my first behind the scenes Hall H experience thanks to Kevin Eastman (yes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle guy) and his wife, my good friend Courtney. It was, like, totally radical, dude! (sorry, couldn’t help it). 😆
I also re-connected with mostly local filmmakers at the SDCC Independent Film Festival. Yes, we still had a fantastic con experience, despite the writer/SAG strikes and most of “big Hollywood” missing. This was a great year for comics, small vendors and artists booths. As usual, there was no lack of interesting panels. Of course, I took part in the Art Show again and sold some art, yay! Thank you for your support, you know who you are!
I worked a lot, travelled a bit and squeezed in some painting/creating wherever and whenever I could. Then Halloween season was upon us, which also brought a great opportunity: Vending my Her Dark Half art for the first time at a Halloween pop up market! For this I had to finally create a HDH logo – it was way overdue anyway. The event was a blast and to my surprise, I made more sales than I expected! I learned a lot from setting up my own booth, too, and would definitely be interested in doing more of this in the future.
I finally made it to a SD Media Pros meeting (holiday edition) and it felt really good to catch up with lots of familiar faces!
Filmmaking and acting wise things were pretty much at a stand still for me this year. Not just because of the Hollywood strikes, but, well, life got in the way. Lost a friend to cancer and one of our kitties needed surgery. Hubby had an injury that required months of physical rehab – so I had to work more of my ‘regular’ job and side gigs. I kind of resigned myself to take a break from all things film/acting and it turns out, I really needed it.
But things are looking up, way up! I’m ready to get back to film making – in front of or behind the lens – so let me know if you‘re looking for help! Woot!
That’s it for the last blog update of 2023 – see ya next year! Cheers!
Have a great holiday weekend however you celebrate!
I wish you all a fantastic, fun, healthy and prosperous Happy New Year 2024!
xoxo,
Pia aka Her Dark Half aka Pia de los Muertos 🖤
Pia Thrasher 