SPEAKER_02 0:00

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Blurred Spectrum. We are here on our next episode, and we are talking about something that, as I said last week, is near and dear to our, well, I guess not our hearts, but I guess it's near and dear to certain people's, you know, respiratory systems. And that is Corona Vengeance. We are talking about how our time as blurred, our time as nerds, our time as a community of manga, cosplay, video games, cartoons, anime goers and watchers and experiencers has been halted or put to a still. And today we have our panel as well as a special guest. I'm going to introduce our panel first. Of course, we have the Black McCoy. We have Ms. Skittles. We have Horde and the Trap. We have The Doctor. We have Kaze. And our special guest this week is a representative from HBCUCon or HBCU Convention. And that would be, oh, a Raven House, a Ravenclaw House alum, DJ Hunter. Woo whoop!

SPEAKER_04 1:09

Yeah, I had to switch my name up on you. I was like, wait a minute.

SPEAKER_02 1:17

So, you know, this week, um, what we want to do is uh kind of as we did last week, we talked about our different experiences as you know, blurts, our different experiences going to conventions, and then our our individual experiences dealing with coronavirus. Um, it's you know something that none of us saw coming, none of us expected. It's a pandemic that has been you know affecting the entire world, not just us individually. So uh I know one of the big things, you know, uh with the conventions is it's something that everyone, the people who are in control of the conventions are doing on a yearly basis, annual. And their expectations is to get you know thousands of people uh every single year to come to these events, to these events and these conventions to experience, you know, the thing that they love, which is you know, cosplay and you know, uh the community experiencing the different video games, the food, you know, depending on what the convention's about and what it has to bring to people. And you know, this year, uh Gwen was actually the one that um let me know about HBC UConn, although I did see the advertisements, but Gwen really explained to me what it was about and you know got me interested to the point where uh Umbral Starcade was actually supposed to be at HBC UConn. So we were hyped and we were ready to go, and then Corona. So um, you know, it wasn't expected from anybody. So I wanted to, you know, ask uh the uh Raven Claw House alum uh exactly what was their, you know, what was their experience uh in terms of the planning stages? Like give us a little insight into what it was like planning HBC UConn, just in general, leading up until uh I guess January.

SPEAKER_04 3:01

All right. Um we started planning HBC UConn maybe over it was over a year ago.

SPEAKER_07 3:09

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 3:10

Um when I joined on the board, it was around January. Um and I came in on the premise of I have experience being a chief of staff working on nonprofit boards, all of that. So I came in as the organizer to try to, you know, get resources together and things of that nature. So in January, as you all know, we were having it in April. Um I think it was like the 21st or something like that. But anyway, so in January, we were ground, we hit the ground, I jumped in, they were already rolling, I sprinted and I caught up. Um we had already booked our venue, which was fortunate that all of us that are in the planning for HBC, a majority of us that are on the board for HBC UConn, we are alum of Bowie State University, which is a historical black institution, the oldest in Maryland. Um, and we used that resource to house our convention. Um so of course we didn't have to pay for that. We worked out a deal with um a local hotel in Bowie to host um to service our host hotel, did a block of rooms there. We were, you know, as Gwen knows and as you know, getting vendors together, panelists together. We were selling tickets and everything. And when this pandemic hit, that was actually before it even was announced that everything was coming to a halt in the middle of March, we were already talking about it because some of us were getting sick. So, for instance, I was sick in February for like a good week, and it took me about two and a half, three weeks to um to catch up and be fully 100 again, and that was actually around the time when everything stopped.

SPEAKER_03 5:06

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 5:06

Um, we had I mean, we had we literally had everything ready to go. We were in our last month of preparation. We were we had just finalized our list for panelists, we had just finalized our sponsorship packages, um, you know, for all of that type of stuff. We finalized designs on the staff t-shirts. The, you know, we were working, we were actually in the process of creating a fashion show for HBC UConn that was going to be like a project runway type of situation where individual designers would be assigned a character from either anime, comic book, video game, or whatever, and then they would have to create an off-and-guard look inspired by that character. We had and this stuff and that particular piece was taking place with designers all over the country.

SPEAKER_07 5:59

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 6:00

So when everything just came to a stop, it was it it really, we thought we were gonna be back up in like a month, then that turned into two months, then it turned into three months. Now, with how everything is going, we're not looking, we're looking at 2021.

SPEAKER_02 6:19

Yeah, that was, I mean, that's some of the main things we were talking about in the uh last week was you know, we go to conventions, we have an expectation of you know what we plan on doing there. And then when we heard that, you know, this convention is being canceled and this convention is being canceled, and you know, at the get-go, you're like, okay, well, you know, we're because we don't know about this pandemic, we don't know really what's going on, we're like, okay, maybe they'll be postponed, and then okay, maybe they'll be canceled. But then it's like if they're gonna be postponed or canceled till next year, 2021, now we're like, well, what exactly are they going to do? Because it's like it's not as simple as just saying, oh, you know, uh the the concert that you were going to on Wednesday, because the uh the venue got you know flooded, we're gonna have to clean it up, and then you can go in two weeks. It's the entire world is you know going through a pandemic where people are getting sick, people are getting ill, and and you know, far worse fatalities. So it's like, what is what are these different conventions going to do to not only mitigate the situation, but protect their convention goers? And you know, uh we were just like, you know, what is what is possible? And actually, Rod, you were talking about how um kind of piggybacking off of what um DJ said about how some individuals um were sick before uh uh before it was even announced.

SPEAKER_01 7:44

Yeah, so it there was a period really around January, February, January, and February where we were just starting to figure out the seriousness of coronavirus and you know how far it spread, where people were getting sick and people. No one really knew exactly what it was because you're probably just thinking the world just probably thinking, oh well, it's gonna be a seasonal flu, or oh, you know, it's springtime that's coming up soon, but my allergies can get, or I have winter allergies. So it was one of those periods where it was really we didn't have all the information, really. We still don't have all the information, but we had much less information back then. So, you know, when uh you know in the planning phases of big events like conventions, like of course that's gonna throw a lot of things off, you know.

SPEAKER_02 8:31

Man. Absolutely. So it's you know, when we don't know exactly what's taking place and we don't know what's happening, and we're trying to, you know, continue on, uh, you know, whether it's work or whether it's you know, school academics or professional lives in any way, shape, or form, I can only imagine, you know, like you said, they were working at the HBCUCON for over a year. So going from a year of planning, and then now, you know, people are getting sick left and right. You're like, oh, you know, maybe they got the flu, maybe they got a cold, something like that. And then you find out that the world is getting sick. So what what was, you know, what were some of what let me change the question. What exactly caused you guys to say, okay, now it's time to say we're gonna cancel, or now it's time we're gonna postpone it?

SPEAKER_04 9:18

So Gwen, Gwen has worked with me before and he knows how I am. I'm a very, I'm meticulous. I'm actually I'm anal. I am very paranoid about things. I'm an over planner. My nickname is Oliver Polk, Olivia Polk's gay brother. Um so when I tell you that I am that type of person that when you tell me something and something needs to be done, I literally will tell you it's handled. I I have a I there's no such thing as no for me. I have a plan for everything. This was that one time that I didn't have a plan. Um but what I I I remember and I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at like Gwen was saying when we were talking, I'm one of those individuals, I am always busy. I have my hand in so many different pots and so many projects. Specifically for this one, I remember I was at work and I was hearing things, I was the type of work that I'm at. I'm surrounded by information that pertains to healthcare and stuff, so I'm listening to things. And I remember getting into our group chat for the executive board and saying something on the on the premise of I really think we need to sit down and probably push this back a little bit. And then everybody, you know, who had been on board longer than I have, I heard, I heard their I heard their thoughts, I felt their feelings, everything about it, but still something just didn't, something was not sitting right with me, especially after I had just recovered from being sick.

SPEAKER_06 10:58

Right, right.

SPEAKER_04 10:59

Um, which like Rod was saying, I thought mine were just allergies. Mine started off as allergies and then it evolved into something. Um and then that same, like the next day after we had that conversation, that was when Buoyee State University sent us all an email. Those of us that are Obama, we still get emails. They shut down the university. And that they and what it was was that they shut it down for a week.

SPEAKER_02 11:28

Ah, right.

SPEAKER_04 11:29

They were shut, and I believe they shut it down. It was supposed to the the school was supposed to open back up. So they shut it down in March, and the school was supposed to open up the Monday after HBCU called. And when I saw that email, that it hurt because it was like, damn.

SPEAKER_07 11:54

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:54

Like, could you guys just like push it open a step over? Let me get no baby. Let me get this one time. Let me just get this one time. And but yeah, and I found myself wanting to jump into my sources to call the university president and you know, have that conversation with them. But I also I also had to remember that at the same time, I also do mentor and work with a lot of the LGBTQ students on campus. And then that role kicked on me in as no, I need my babies, I need my students to be safe. So when we had that serious, I mean, that was a serious conversation that we had to have that day as a team, and we stayed on the phone for like a good two hours debating about what to do. And as Gwen can attest, I'm a very aggressive person.

SPEAKER_05 12:50

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 12:50

Um I shut that shit down and said, no, we're not doing it. And that was it. And with everything, we initially pushed, as I said before, we initially pushed it back. We were looking at September, then we were looking at October, then it was like November.

SPEAKER_08 13:09

Right. And then December was just a no. So exactly.

SPEAKER_04 13:14

December is a no. Everybody, you know, everybody knows that when you're in undergrad, December, that's finals.

SPEAKER_07 13:21

Yep, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 13:22

So, you know, and then also you look at November, you're only in school in November in college for three weeks because a full week of that is your fall break. So, and then of course, being a historical black institution, uh HVCU, homecoming is in October. So, and welcome back week is like the last week of September going into October. So it was like it just was not working out in our favor. But, you know, at the same time for everything, and we did, and we also were looking at what other conventions were doing too. That was the biggest thing as well, because when we were planning for September, we were also trying to miss the bigger cons that were going on that have been established because we didn't want to step on their toes as a first con.

SPEAKER_06 14:09

Right.

SPEAKER_04 14:09

That was our biggest thing. We wanted to pay, we wanted to respect everybody that had been out there grinding and established the way before we were. So it's still even in June, we are still having these debates about when are we gonna do something? How are we gonna stay relevant? In other words, the work still has not stopped.

SPEAKER_02 14:31

Of course. Yeah, it it I I can only imagine, and that's really why what I was you know getting at with that question is you know, a year of work. I I've worked on projects before, I've worked on events before, and a year of work isn't something to just say, oh well, you know, you canceled it, so you know, we'll just go and do something else. No, it's it's something has to continue, something has to still be happening. You can't exactly let that work fall by the wayside. Something, either something must be altered or something must be poured into a different pot or something has to happen. You can't just let all that work go to waste because it's not just gonna sit there and wait for you. Things are going to it's uh things are going to pass you by, things are gonna change, the times are gonna be different. Like even if you were to say next year, you can't just say, okay, well, we'll do it next year and then wait until next year to start working on it. It has to be a continuous buildup to that next point. And that leads me into my next question, which is if you know you're it's still an ongoing conversation, it's still an ongoing debate, you know, without having a idea of exactly which date it's going to be, uh, you know, what types of things are you or or do you guys think uh would be necessary to really keep you guys relevant and keep you guys in the circle of, you know, uh cosplayers or you know, convention goers, gamers, you know, the people who would be going to the convention, would you just be sticking to, you know, talking to the people on campus, or would you be looking at different ways of getting people's attention? Because like you said just a couple moments ago, the people who are, you know, known, the people who have conventions that have been going on for years, who you're paying respects and homage to, you know, they don't really, they almost don't have to do anything but send out an email saying we've picked a date, now show up. But because it's your first one, what do you feel as though you guys have to now do? It's not necessarily differently, but what do you have to do to keep yourself relevant and still get people to come next year or whenever you pick a date?

SPEAKER_04 16:30

So the first thing that I implemented was that social media needs to stay alive. That's number that that's the biggest thing. And our engagement in the community needs to, if we were at if we were at a level 10, I need you to up it. If you're doing if you're giving me 100%, that's not enough. I need you to hit 120. So daily we are engaged through you know different um social media platforms. When we have the opportunity to come out and speak to individuals and reach a different audience, reach a wider audience, like right now, for instance. Thank you all so much for having me, um, for having us. We take that opportunity to do so. Um, we are still leveraging on our our collective resources, our collective connections that we have with other individuals, as well as other cons to um to help stay relevant. We do know that we do know that it's gonna be harder for us because this was our first con.

SPEAKER_07 17:35

Right.

SPEAKER_04 17:36

Um, and everybody on our team has never backed down from that. We don't care that we are up against these bigger cons and stuff like that. It's because for we all know as individuals that are um of African descent, we're all black pretty much on this. We're all black, we're all blurred. There is room for this, and we know that it's needed. So we're not just gonna leverage on the fact of that, but we also are daily talking to people. Um, I'm one of the administrators for that HBC UConn um like page on Facebook. We I engage with people almost daily that are not new, that are, I mean, I'm sorry, that are new, that are just liking the page for a first time, that are asking questions. We get multiple questions a week asking us what is our plan, when do we think that we're gonna have our first event, um, things of that nature. But the thing that's preventing us from doing that and having that event is the fact of number one, our country is not as a whole, our country is not on the same page as it pertains to safety precautions, general safety precautions for the public. Um, then when you get to a state level, everywhere in the state is not doing something universal. As you all know, if you live in Maryland, it's crazy how Charles County, Howard County, Frederick County, they're open, but Annonal County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Prince George's County, Montgomery County, they're all still in phase one. Or no, they're not even in phase one.

SPEAKER_02 19:14

They're not in phase one.

SPEAKER_04 19:15

So, you know, are like even 45 minutes down the street from Maryland, you're in Virginia, masks are optional. You got Karen and company walking around, you know, not even wanting to wear a mask, you know. And then, you know, you got Tim and Bo, you know, just out here lily gagging around, running around, jogging, hacking and coughing all over the place. So, and then of course, the biggest thing, and I think Rod will agree with me on this, is actual medical treatment, a vaccine that can prevent this from spreading. Um, the antibody testing, testing period. Without all of those components, we're left in limbo.

SPEAKER_06 19:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 19:58

Because I know for me, I would not be able to sleep at night if we did host an event right about now, even if they said that we could, yeah, and all of these safety precautions are not there, and then some of our participants get sick or worse. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if that happened. So, until again, until all of those things are addressed, we're not gonna be able to hold something responsibly. And I would also let other cons out there know, too, before you're looking at doing something, definitely look at, don't look at it from a micro level, look at it from a macro level. Because we had people coming. Um, we have people coming from New York. I'm sorry, no T, no shade. I ain't trying to be around nobody from New York, ain't trying to be around nobody from Atlanta, you know?

SPEAKER_05 20:50

No T no shade.

SPEAKER_04 20:51

I want your money, I want your business, but I'm gonna need y'all to get your shit together before you come up, before you come here. Because again, I don't want to see any of us have any more problems that our community is also facing as it pertains to this huge health disparity.

SPEAKER_02 21:09

Yeah. So yeah, no, and that's you know what's interesting about that last point about making sure that our community has, you know, what regarding the health, regarding to opportunities, regarding um, you know, what HBCUConn can do for not only the black community, but the blurred community specifically, you know, what are some of the things because you were saying you speak to individuals on the daily who are newly who are new to both the convention, but just the idea of a convention of that caliber, asking different questions about, you know, what you know, what's the next stage when you guys are gonna happen? I was really excited about coming. So, like, what are some of the things that uh HBCUCON is doing for those individuals in our in our culture, in our blurred culture, in our blurred community. What are some of the things that you're doing? Because I know there were things that you were planning to do, i.e., the convention, but now that that's not an option, you know, what are some of the things that you're doing that people can, you know, either help or know about that uh that you guys are doing?

SPEAKER_04 22:14

So we are still, as I said before, our biggest focus has been staying relevant, you know, answering those questions, trying to be out there as much as possible. Um, on some of our pages, through some of the groups that we're in as well. Um, our president Shauna Lawson, she has been engaged. Um, she's actually been in a TikTok challenge in the TikTok chat, the makeup challenge.

SPEAKER_08 22:39

One of the past the bus challenges that have been there have been 525,600 versus exactly.

SPEAKER_04 22:47

I like I've lost as I think with everybody, I have lost count with any and every big challenge that's come out on TikTok. Um, some of them are actually starting to look the same after a while.

SPEAKER_08 22:57

Listen, when I tell you that I got tired of the cosplay past the brush challenges after like the fourth one, Alexa, we're just thematically doing anything at this point. Like I got it, but I'm also just like, all right, we can move on.

SPEAKER_02 23:11

I mean I told you you can't do cosplay at the convention, you gotta do it somewhere.

SPEAKER_08 23:15

That is absolutely right, absolutely right. But there's a limit to replication.

SPEAKER_04 23:21

And that is the truth. But I know when Shauna was approached to do it, she was kind of apprehensive about it because Shauna doesn't Shauna is the is the creative child of this is her this is her brainchild. This is her baby.

SPEAKER_07 23:33

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 23:33

And I'm all that person that is like, okay, sweetheart, you're beautiful, you look good, you got body for days. Girl, get out there and put your little channely um. She didn't wait for more days.

SPEAKER_05 23:44

I thought it's kids.

SPEAKER_04 23:48

So anytime that I could push her to be on a TikTok video, I'm like, girl, go do it. Switch up, be be princess, um, be the little anime princess girl that you wear with the little furry little collar. Do that.

SPEAKER_08 23:58

Because Mona no K.

SPEAKER_04 24:00

Yes, be Saint Lamar's again. I mean, hell, if I need to come over with a mask on and some gloves and beat your face a different way, let me know. If I need to, if I need to hire somebody to do your hair a different way, let me know. So we've been, she's been pretty much the face of doing different cosplay stuff, different cosplay challenges, bringing people back. Um, I've been in her ear. I have my modes where I can be an angel on your shoulder, I can be your devil on your shoulder. So when she was on the TikTok challenge, I was like, have something with HBC UConn somewhere in the damn background. I want numbers.

SPEAKER_02 24:40

Representation somewhere, right? Exactly.

SPEAKER_04 24:42

I was like, let these hoes know who you were, what you have. So um, I mean, it's it's it's it's the the amount of what we can do is so limited. Yeah, and again, it starts looking, as Gwen said, it starts looking repetitive.

SPEAKER_07 24:58

Right.

SPEAKER_04 24:58

So we are in that we are in this strange process with everybody else as well. What else can we do that has not already been done? So that is the biggest struggle that we're having right now, too. Along with staying relevant, is what else can we do that we haven't done? Um, that could, you know, keep us, keep us, help keep us alive too in the conversation.

SPEAKER_02 25:23

Yeah. No, no, definitely. Uh there's so many different copycats and replications and duplications. And, you know, when everybody is supposed to be staying home, you know, there's only so many things you can do outside of, you know, somehow being integrated into somebody's binge when they're watching something over and over again or watching the same, you know, different series, or if you somehow get into somebody's video game, you know, the things that are, you know, people are doing while they're at home. Now, I do know plenty of people are on TikTok, plenty of people on Instagram and Twitter. If you can come up with new content every single day, then sure, go ahead and do that. I mean, Miss Skittles was just talking about a couple a couple minutes ago, you know, coming up with the new content every five seconds. It ain't it ain't easy. So, you know, I I I do I definitely sympathize. You know, it's very difficult to, you know, keep yourself relevant. But I think, you know, like this, being on a podcast, you know, communicating with different individuals, keeping your name not only in their mouth, but in their minds, um, and getting to the point where, you know, just borderline advertisement, but still above the layer of, you know, uh a social interactive group, I think will definitely keep HBCUCon uh relevant. I mean, honestly, you can do one idea, just throwing something out, maybe do some type of contest that, you know, uh sums up towards the end of the year, and what will happen is every single week you're posting something related to the contest. So it's almost free content because you don't have to keep coming up with something new, it's related to the contest. So people are just like bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, waiting for December. And then that leads into the convention next year. But that's you know, that's that's free. I just I just gave that to you, you know.

SPEAKER_04 27:10

You probably well listen, I'll have to make sure that if we if we do that, I'll have to, you know, cite you as a source and give you credit.

SPEAKER_02 27:18

You can feel free if if you would like to have Umbral Starcade be one of the uh uh something that we can provide as one of the prizes, I'm all for it as well. Let me know. Uh we're all about helping people in the blurt. So uh right now, I think that was the wrap-up. Uh, did anybody else have any questions for the Raven Claw House alum?

SPEAKER_08 27:38

Yeah, I I had a question. So as far as reorganizing a lot, what was it like having to go through the process of talk communicating with the vendors and letting them know that everything that we you had given them up to this point as far as what it meant to be a part of the convention has now been entirely shifted? And I was I'm I'm interested in how did how do you think that affected their plans? Because I know like as vendors, they have their own series of things that they have to be concerned with amid this pandemic, right? Um, I know specifically with us, like one of the things being cleanliness and how how many people frequently use our equipment when we're at events. So, what were some of the things that you had to not really quote unquote answer for, but respond to when trying to communicate with other vendors?

SPEAKER_04 28:26

Well, that's a great question. Fortunately, we were very lucky with how conversations and engagement happened with these vendors as everything happened. Nobody was upset with us, nobody, nobody was upset at all. Everybody was pretty much when we were, you all you all have to remember when all of this started, this was in March, everybody was in panic mode. So pretty much nobody cared because what it was was that people just wanted each other to be safe and wanted each other to remain healthy. So if somebody didn't have to show up to a big event, they were like, cool, okay, that just means I'm healthier even longer. The only problem that we had with a vendor was with the host hotel. We might be stuck with a bill of several thousand dollars. Wow. Because, yes, because as everybody else was making adjustments with the planes tickets and hotel accommodations and stuff like that, not gonna put any names out there with that hotel.

SPEAKER_02 29:31

Please don't. This is a podcast. I know, right?

SPEAKER_04 29:33

You all do not have the legal budget to cover that. But no, it's really sad. And I even had to follow up with Shauna today. I was like, have we still on the hook for this hotel then? And she was like, Yeah, it looks like we still are. So here we are having to deal with that piece. Um then, as far as even with our our ticket holders, that was the saddest thing as well, too. You know, of course, we at first we thought, you know, let's just keep people, let people remain, let people, of course, keep their tickets if they want, and we're gonna honor them at a later date. Or if you want to get a refund, we'll refund you. Not a problem. We actually um Chana actually decided to go back and revise that and just issue everybody a refund. Because at the same time, granted, our tickets were fifteen dollars. That's deal with everything that's happening with people losing their jobs, losing their income, listen, every little bit helps. I think everybody, you know, everybody knows somebody or has a car, depending on your car size, $15 is a full tank of gas. So, you know, to give that back, that was not that wasn't even a question. Yeah, that just felt like the right thing to do. But again, but our biggest thing has been just working with the host hotel trying to settle that bill. There should not be a bill because again, we can't help that every this is a this was an act of God.

SPEAKER_08 31:12

You cannot really like this was not a man-made issue.

SPEAKER_04 31:18

This was not a man-made issue, even though there are some weird ass people out there that are you know conspiring conspiring to think so. No, that's just we're gonna be.

SPEAKER_08 31:27

What about the 5G? I heard about the 5G. I heard what they better have to say about the 5G. Mm-hmm. Stay within that 5G.

SPEAKER_04 31:33

Don't make me go get my X no Tok and have a T right here. Don't make me do it. I will change my screen name in everything.

unknown 31:42

Nope, nope.

SPEAKER_02 31:44

We'll do that on another episode.

SPEAKER_04 31:46

Yeah, but yeah, that's just everything, everything has been this has just been a huge learning experience. But again, as far as the vendors go, again, we've just been so fortunate and we've been lucky that we've only had one problem with one vendor, and that's the host hotel.

SPEAKER_02 32:05

Horde in the trap. Don't you have uh some experience in the hospitality industry?

SPEAKER_03 32:11

I do. Um so because like what you just said, that that the pandemic is an act of God, they should void out your contract because that's not something that you could control. That's like if a hurricane came, you would still make me pay a $7,000 bill, and you know, we all stuck in because the hurricane came. So they should either void your contract out or allow you to reschedule at a later date and just keep your deposit. Like if they're still trying to hold you liable for that, then that's when you need to escalate. Because, like you said, that was an act of God. Who was you gonna do? Sprinkle a vaccine everywhere, and then everybody keeping both money. God, I wish it was that easy.

SPEAKER_05 32:54

Oh my goodness, I wish it was like salt bait issues.

SPEAKER_03 33:02

Everybody walking in that bitch just contact.

SPEAKER_02 33:11

That is a good point. Maybe you know, read through that contact contract and you know take a better look at that.

SPEAKER_03 33:17

But you know, that is in there that specifies on the acts of God. So just look at it again and see.

SPEAKER_02 33:30

No, no, as you should, as you should. But that is all the time that we have today. We want to thank once again the Raven Claw House alum, the representative from the HBCUConn, Mr. DJ Hunter, Chief of Staff. Thank you very much for joining us this week uh on the blurred spectrum. Uh, we want to allow everybody to drop their uh hashtags or their ads or you know, however they can be found. Uh let's start with Mr. DJ.

SPEAKER_04 34:02

Um, we are at hbcuconn.org. Um and HBCUConn pretty much everywhere on social media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, all of that.

SPEAKER_02 34:11

Yeah, I gotta tick to that.

SPEAKER_08 34:13

You know, I'm gonna don't let them ask you that like we gotta tick tock ourselves. We don't say anything we're gonna do.

SPEAKER_04 34:26

We gotta pick up the it is put into spam. I'm just gonna leave it at that.

SPEAKER_02 34:34

Um so uh for us, you know, Umbral Starcade on most social media platforms. We do not have a TikTok or a cameo or Snapchat, but we got everything else.

SPEAKER_00 34:43

Um Miss Skittles, uh Miss Skittles cosplay at Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

SPEAKER_08 34:54

And the the Black McCoy um um on Instagram and on Facebook and um also on TikTok.

SPEAKER_05 35:03

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 35:07

So before we wrap up, just give you a little quick premise of next week's episode. Our topic is going to be it's actually a fan favorite because now that everybody is at home and a lot of companies are monopolizing on the now that Netflix and Nick Lodin have finally resolved whatever trauma they went through those so many years ago. Hey, look, look, look. This podcast, I don't have the I don't have the legal dollars to talk about the comp conflict between the.

SPEAKER_08 35:32

I'm just saying, I don't know what happened, but I'm glad they got it through it.

SPEAKER_02 35:36

But the topic is Avatar the Last Airbender, and we're going to be talking about which nation would you be in. So whether you are an air nomad, whether you are a waterbender from the southern and northern tribes, fire nation, or maybe you are earthbender from Fa Singh Sei, or maybe even a sandbender. Don't you say it. But whatever the whatever nation you are in, we're gonna talk about that in next week's episode.

SPEAKER_08 36:06

I mean, Demetrius made it clear they weren't at the they weren't at the corner, they were not at the celebration.

SPEAKER_02 36:12

See, see, well, we'll see everybody next week. Thank you for tuning in. Uh, please follow HBCU con on all their social media platforms. We want to keep that that uh uh uh representation alive. Uh and like I said, if you need anything from Umbral Starcade, feel free to let us know.

SPEAKER_04 36:29

Thank you all so much for the invite.

SPEAKER_02 36:32

No problem at all. So until next time. Thank you, thank you, thank you. See you guys later. Take care.