Not the best day today. My e-mail account hasn't been working, saying the mailbox is full no matter how much I delete from it, this after a Lycos "Upgrade." I reset the browser and lost all my passwords as they recommended.
Unfortunately, I lost the password for this site, and with any e-mails being sent to my address bouncing, I had no way to get...
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A day off today. Went to the library, came back with 2 Ben Bova novels, Venus and Jupiter. I know I've watched too much Sailor Moon when the first image that comes to mind on hearing a planet name alone is the Senshi that corresponds with it.
Also getting ready to go to Anime Expo. Am I the only person who can feel loney in...
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drventure:
Ah, I envy you! The thrill of discovery when you first get into anime and finding all of the great things out there... nothing like it. 
Anime Expo is a con, one of the biggest anime conventions. I think it's up to 25,000 people now. Full of anime fans going to meet creators and companies, see new titles, dress up in costume and buy lots of anime goods. And party, but I never get invited to any parties.
The one thing that's unique to anime cons is the amount of cross-dressing costiming (or Cosplay) that goes on. Someone is using the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to get big, hairy men to dress up as scantily-clad females like the Sailor Moon group, Faye Valentine (Google for "Man Faye" if you dare) or the Dirty Pair. Women also dress up as their favorite male characters, but this involves more covering, rather than less, so the effect is not horrifying. Vash the Stampede from Trigun and Inu-Yasha are popular choices for female costumes, for instance.
Small world, isn't it? I was born in Elmhurst, to be precise.
Anime Expo is a con, one of the biggest anime conventions. I think it's up to 25,000 people now. Full of anime fans going to meet creators and companies, see new titles, dress up in costume and buy lots of anime goods. And party, but I never get invited to any parties.
The one thing that's unique to anime cons is the amount of cross-dressing costiming (or Cosplay) that goes on. Someone is using the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to get big, hairy men to dress up as scantily-clad females like the Sailor Moon group, Faye Valentine (Google for "Man Faye" if you dare) or the Dirty Pair. Women also dress up as their favorite male characters, but this involves more covering, rather than less, so the effect is not horrifying. Vash the Stampede from Trigun and Inu-Yasha are popular choices for female costumes, for instance.
Small world, isn't it? I was born in Elmhurst, to be precise.
aubli:
that sounds awesome. the only real 'con' i've ever been been to was shevacon, which was fantasy/sci-fi oriented and apparently has been kind of dying over the past couple years... so not a very large event, really. and not anime either. alas! 
the sewing talent/costume creativity of a lot of cosplayers has me in absolute awe. haven't been exposed to any big hairy male cosplayers, though...
sounds intimidating, to say the least.
vash is awesome! dunno anything about this "inu-yasha" yet. what anime is he from?
and sleep debt, eh. how i wish i could pay it off in cash. on that note - g'night!
the sewing talent/costume creativity of a lot of cosplayers has me in absolute awe. haven't been exposed to any big hairy male cosplayers, though...
sounds intimidating, to say the least.
vash is awesome! dunno anything about this "inu-yasha" yet. what anime is he from?
and sleep debt, eh. how i wish i could pay it off in cash. on that note - g'night!
I've never done a blog or LJ before and don't consider myself that alternative, so I was a bit hesitant to do this. My friends egged me on, saying that I'm alternative in attiude if not in dress, so I went for it. My favorites are much more diverse than I've listed... I keep thinking of ones I've overlooked. I hope to expand my horizions...
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aubli:
hey, welcome to the site! 
edited to add: where's your profile pic from? i like it.
[Edited on Jun 23, 2004 5:03AM]
edited to add: where's your profile pic from? i like it.
[Edited on Jun 23, 2004 5:03AM]
drventure:
Hi, good to be here! That's Doc Citan from Xenogears, the great mecha/fantasy RPG from Squaresoft. It had cel-animated cutscenes instead of computer animation, and that's a screencap from it.
I see that two of my Favorite girls have left the site, including Nala. That makes me sad, as it was the free pic of Nala with her purple hair that made me sign up.
I see that two of my Favorite girls have left the site, including Nala. That makes me sad, as it was the free pic of Nala with her purple hair that made me sign up.
btw, i think i saw something about anime expo in wired - quite a coincindence, since it's the first time i've been able to get my hands on an issue of wired in forever...
glad you found your password again. and men's swimsuits? man, i have no idea!
edited to add: which is because i know virtually nothing of men's swimsuits. i thought they all just looked like shorts, except for speedos, which i endeavor not to make eye contact with.
[Edited on Jun 29, 2004 9:42PM]