Anime Expo 2010, part 1
by V.E. on June 30th, 2010
filed under anime/manga
Some preliminary thoughts:
I love anime. I’ve loved anime since the time I surfed past an episode of Sailor Moon (the first season) on Toonami and then went back because I just couldn’t believe a guy (with long, wavy dark brown hair) would go to an (apparently abandoned) church and talk to the… galaxy/universe… which was represented by stars and solar systems inside the church. (I’m not even joking, either.) Yeeeeah. I flipped past it thinking, “Uh, what? Weeeeeird.” And then I went back anyway because it was just too strange not to watch.
I’ve watched hours and hours of anime. I was the Anime Club president for two years at my alma mater and helped found Diplocon, an anime and gaming convention in the city where my undergrad is located. In high school, I went to Anime Expo religiously since the year I found out about it. I’ve cosplayed and written fanfiction based on anime and certainly read a ton of anime-based fanfiction.
I’ve had long, drawn-out conversations about the benefits and weaknesses of one character’s powers against another character’s, which anime is best suited for a new watcher, where someone can get the best yaoi, and the complete mindfuck that is End of Eva. I follow numerous episodic blogs, ANN, and other anime-related websites… I have an anime/manga category on this site for a reason, after all.
Right, so all this is to say: I love anime, and I have a history that proves this. Now to get to the point of this post.
And that is: I’m not super-enthused about going to Anime Expo 2010. I’m just admitting it right now so as to get past the “OMG are you really a diehard fan if you don’t want to attend AX?” Well, the answer is: if you think that attending all four days of Anime Expo does a diehard make, then no, I’m not one. But if you think a diehard is someone who loves anime and never gets tired of it and annoys other people with her obsession with it, then yes, I definitely am one.
That said, I’m still going for Friday and Saturday (admittedly, the two most popular days to attend). Expo has the Exhibit Hall, the mecca of all the anime/manga crap you could possibly want, old or new, original or fan-made, DVD or keychain. It has screening rooms, a manga library, panels, workshops, Cosplay Chess for crying out loud; what anime fan, in all honesty, wouldn’t want to go to at least some of that? (If there is one, I don’t know about him or her, that’s for sure.) It’s anime 24 hours a day for 4 days straight. It’s like the ultimate, giant All-Night Anime.
I’m going to take pictures (and post a few here, in part 2, after the con), buy stuff (if I can find my debit card), and bask in the anime geek glory that is AX.
Gotta get my nerd on.
Jack
by V.E. on June 30th, 2010
filed under lost/found
My dad went to Jack in the Box today for lunch and was awarded this receipt. Notice the “Eat In” number, circled in blue at the top. When he showed my sister, she asked, “What are the chances of that?” and he responded nonchalantly, “About one in a thousand, probably.” When he showed it to me, I laughed and said, “Dad, you ordered the Devil!”
