Anybody unfortunate enough to be subjected to me on Facebook or Twitter already knows that this update was a REAL pain to get finished… and those of you who don’t probably still figured it out since it’s a week later[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That’s one thing I really do miss about the otherwise inconvenient van rides from Raleigh: ending the con with a road trip with your fellow Otaku. Going straight from the convention to a subway filled with office workers and some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This may be one of my favorite Conventional Wisdoms ever. Just sayin’. Yeah… they did a pretty dang good job of getting us all fired up for the 20th anniversary next year. Yes, Otakon The Game is a real, actual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…anyone else would have thought it was a really elaborate dog tag, or maybe something from YuGiOh. But yeah, the traditional Digimon PJ Party happened again this year. And, as always, the was lots of candy and plushies. (Historical Notes:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…well, it was comfortable, at least. Yeah, when I finally sat down and started trying to put some new costumes together, I realized that even after living in DC for a year, I had no CLUE where to find decent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, Dr. Forrester is always the costume that gets the most pictures no matter what, but MAN did the picture requests increase once I got to carry Tom Servo around with me! And make no mistake about it, I’m WELL[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, Otakon decided not to do Awesomely Bad this year, but they did approve Kurt’s Iron Chef panel and he had me on as co-host. I didn’t eat breakfast… BEFORE A WHOLE PANEL ON IRON CHEF. Clearly, I am an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah… after the first (of several) Digimon cosplay shoots, a bunch of us ran down to Artist Alley (yes, again) to see how much Digimon stuff we could find. And, actually there was a LOT this year. I was quite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I usually make a big show of not buying stuff at cons… and failing. HARD. THIS time, however, I knew too many people in Artist’s Alley not to plan on splurging right from the start. My haul wasn’t massive,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh yeah, all this happened. Apparently this little guy has been roving around previous years, but this was the first time I’d seen him. Also, since I didn’t have time to do a page specifically about the Game Room, I’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…