Worry vs. Donuts

Hi kids! Do you like con drama?

I don’t! So today, I’d like to share an important message from your city officials! (Read the article)

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Hi everyone! The following is my brief little convention report which may or may not be augmented by neat PHOTOS™ later on.

This was an unusual convention for me. After devoting all of my time, sanity and fragile sensibilities to Grad School for the past 6 months, it really felt good to be back hosting panels and having fun. Even though I had to do work and translations while I was at the con, I had an absolute blast and didn’t want it to end.

There was some drama, but whenever there was, I managed to avoid it through the usual methods (see #1 on the forthcoming list).

Anyways, click on the cut for my Detour summary. You know you want to^-^. (Read the article)

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…for school. BLEH. My summary of Detour is coming sometime tomorrow. Short version: AWESOME. Made friends, bought art, acted silly, and had a blast.

Off to slave away on school things now.

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OMG, two days until the con. This should be interesting. Message to Josh/Holly: Don’t worry, I’ll take the floor if there’s one bed in the hotel room.
Who wants Donuts on Friday morning?

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With Anime Detour less than 2 weeks away, I once again find myself awash in memories of conventions past. It’s been quite a long time since I first piled into a car with Charles and my Dad (who chauffered… lucky guy!) to go hang out with a bunch of random geeks in Iowa City (I won’t mention how long ago, since thinking about it makes me feel really old).

Since then, cons and I have had a special relationship. I’ve volunteered, translated, created events, made friends, and shared many laughs. Even now, my favorite part of cons aren’t the guests, the panels, or who’s costume looks the most professional - it’s about hanging out with neat people who share a common interest. Unfortunately, I have also seen the dark side of cons: con “drama”, backstabbing, harrasment, lawsuits, and more. Only once in my life have I had to block someone from my phone/e-mail/etc., and it was because of a convention.

Detour, on the other hand, looks like it will be tons of fun as usual. Since I (and a few other people I know) might be bringing “newbies” to this convention, I decided I would draw up this guide. (Read the article)

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Yeah, I REALLY want to post some of the new stuff I am working on for this site… alas, midterms are upon me and I am busy busy busy. No sleep tonight, I think.

Two REALLY SPECIAL Detour special features coming soon. In the meantime, some photo I found that accurately represents how I feel right now:

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Okay… so things were okay for about 1 DAY. I’ll leave it at that - don’t want to be mis-interpreted again.

My schedule for the next few weeks:

3/13: Korean Midterm
3/16: Annotated Bibliography for History Due
3/17: To Chicago w/ Nihongo House, Mitsuwa Shopping Trip
3/22: Leave Madison for AnimeDetour
3/25: Return to Madison
3/31: Go to Chicago and fly to California for Spring Break
Hey, let’s look at some new icons for the site!  (Read the article)

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This post is more or less just a bunch of stuff about Anime Detour. This post will be updated many times before the convention in the same post, so to check for the latest version, click “Status Updates” under the categories tab to your right. (Read the article)

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And now, a rant. I’d like to… hey, where are you going? WHERE ARE YOU GOING? Oh, you have something better to do than read my rant, eh? Yeah right. If you’re on my webpage you were trying to kill time anyway. You know that Fark and all the red vs. blue rants and flamewars within it will still be there when you finish reading this, so sit down and keep reading. See, I’ll even include some funny links at the end for you（日本語のリンクもあるよ！）. Trust me. Grab a cup of coffee/tea/whatever and read.

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頑張っている
眠っている
細っている
太っている

勉強している
笑っている
泣いている
考えている

見えない未来、ありえない現実だと！？！

そうね、それだ。　だって、僕は

バカらしく
大学生らしく
男らしく
芸能人らしく。。。ない。

ダイエット！運動！勉強！

見えない未来、ありえない現実だもん。

しかし何より
どんなことがあっても

僕は

生きている

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