Now, obviously, a person who actually bothered to read the schedule ahead of time would have already seem Sgt. Slaughter advertised with the other guests, and thus wouldn’t have been surprised by this at all. But it’s well established at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t worry, folks, it’s not as bad as it looks… or it doesn’t look as bad as it is, I’m not sure. While the crack itself is fairly sizable, nothing really fell OFF; there’s not holes in the dome or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh wow, this poor page was sitting around half-finished for about a WEEK while I was distracted by computer frustrations. Don’t worry, nothing’s broken this time, just a bunch of headaches with getting the finer details of the new rig[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the sort of thing that ‘s a problem at just about any convention, but it’s REALLY a problem at smaller, cramped ones like Ichi. Unless you just wanna walk out to the parking lot each and every time,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t know if this is as big a thing in other parts of the country/world, but here in the southeast United States, it seems like every single anime convention has a showcase of otaku-themed customized vehicles somewhere on-site. Sometimes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was really surprised when I discovered that Ichibancon HADN’T changed locations since the last time I went, because it definitely felt like the convention was getting way too big for that hotel. Strangely, it didn’t actually feel anywhere near[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you haven’t read the old stuff (most of which still haven been ported over yet) you need to understand that I actually DID camp out in the van all weekend one Ichibancon… and still haven’t lived it down. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I commit myself to too many things during a convention, I wish I’d given myself less to do. When I don’t commit myself to anything, I panic and look for something to fill the time. It’s always something, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OKAY! A week or two late, but HERE WE GO! Just in case you somehow missed all the previous excuses/explanations/warnings, all these website upheavals have left me so far behind on everything that I wound up heading out to Ichibancon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, just in case I haven’t made it abundantly clear enough in pretty much every manner possible, I’ve had all my everything thrown into complete disarray over the past month or so. Hopefully, getting caught up with Conventional Wisdom enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…