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★ Went to Another Anime Convention today; it's in a different, smaller venue than it usually is, and because of that, a lot of stuff was reduced in size or cut altogether. There was no video game room, only one video screening room, and the dealer's room/artist alley was outside in the parking lot under a tent...a day after half a foot of snow fell. :S I had fun, but it sucks that so many things had to be compromised this year. :(

★ I didn't bother cosplaying. Today was the perfect weather for my Mei cosplay BUT i have so many bulky props (endothermic blaster & tank, Snowball) that it's extremely hard to manage on my own, so even though I really like cosplaying as an easily-recognizable character (lol) I just didn't want to deal with the logistics of it. The hotel didn't have any nice outdoor areas for taking photos anyway which is the main reason I wanted to wear the costume, and the halls were very narrow and crowded so it was the right decision, I think.

I decided to wear my yukata instead, which is meant for summer but it's also incredibly easy to put on and comfortable to wear (at least when it's not below 50F lol) I wish I had a fall/winter kimono for this time of year but I feel like there are not a lot of occasions where I can wear traditional Asian clothing and not seem out of place...I have thought a lot about wearing culture clothing in public places recently, being an Asian in a mostly white area. I sometimes think about wearing cultural clothing out in more casual public settings like restaurants or when out shopping at higher-end places, because a) it's beautiful and b) I think an important part of making a cultural practice seem less exotic and more acceptable is by doing it (or in this case, wearing it) as often as we can. But people who don't understand what you are doing and why make what should be a simple thing (wearing beautiful clothes you like) difficult by making fun of you either subtly or....not so subtly. :/

★ Tomorrow is the swap meet/yard sale and ~*~TEA PARTY~*~ which I am very excited for! I have a bunch of stuff that needs a new home and dressing up for the tea party is always fun i've been preparing FOR MONTHS, good job me

Things I did this weekend:

★ Visited my brother in Burlington to attend this year's Bakuretsu Con; we had attended once before in its inaugural year, 2001, when we were both in high school, but my brother hadn't been back since, and I hadn't been since...2007? 2008? Anyway, it was a fun ~blast from the past~ for both of us, and I tried to get my brother caught up on various nerd culture things since he's a bit out of the loop when it comes to anime/manga things.

★ Signed up for National Blog Posting Month, so expect...regular updates for a month?! Yes, it's true. (Unless I flake out, which is quite likely.)

On to something I always mean to do after cons but never actually get around to doing...

( a post-convention summary! )

That's about all the convention specific stuff out of the way! Tomorrow, I'll try to post some pictures of myself stuff I bought over the weekend, and maybe talk about some of the horror movies I watched on Saturday.

i am postponing the Animu Boston: Chinese Porno Cartoon Tragedy writeup for a few days, mostly because my brain is still a pile of slush swimming in beer and liquor, and also i forgot my camera so i am hoping other people will upload pictures of some of the fab things i saw/did over the weekend.

I BET YOU ARE ALL TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED.

so i am going to shower you all with sparkles and confetti and cupcakes!!! fanfic praise with this meme taken from bri_ecrit:

We can all feel a little sucky about our writing ability sometimes. So this is the meme to try and deal with that. Comment here and I'll give you detailed love for as many of your fics as I can. Afterwards, post this in your own LJ and spread the love.

I EXPECT MANY COMMENTS FROM MY MORE WRITER-LY EL-JAY FRIENDS. EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED TO SOMEONE ELSE'S. EVEN IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE FIC TO YOUR NAME. THERE IS LOVE AND TENTACLE HUGS TO BE HAD AND YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!!!