snow on the sahara

My hotel room is FULL of awesome Avatar costumes. It's pretty sweet.

-Jesus Christ, self, DO NOT read the comments on news posts about Judge Sotomayor's confirmations hearings. I don't even mean blogs, I mean mainstream non-slanted articles. They are a cesspool of hideous racism. There's probably at least one person out there saying "hey, I have a problem with this nominee based on these facts over here" but they are apparently not hanging out in the comments section! I wanted to vomit, hit something, and cry. In that order.

-I'm going to Otakon starting Friday evening and crashing with the lovely Ms. roserevolution. So glad we ran into her at Anime Next like three years ago and demanded her friendship. If anyone's going, PM me your cell # or something. I'll admit it, I'm antsy; I'm going because there are people I want to see, and I have a ton of (irrational?) fondness for the con itself. This'll be #7 for me, the most times I've been to a con. But yeah, I do worry that it'll make me kinda BAWWWWW I MISS MY OLD JOB I WANT TO BE IN THE INDUSTRY AGAIN BAAAAWWW. Like I was saying to loosewiring, it does feel kind of stupid to feel worried about the emotional impact of an anime convention. But for better or for worse, that sort of thing was a big part of my professional life for years, and thus a big part of how I defined myself. So...it'll be interesting. I think it'll be a good time overall, but I can't guarantee I won't have to breathe deep to forestall a couple of teary moments.

-I finally saw Up. It was awesome. I cried THREE TIMES and I am not a huge movie crier. Yeah, just give it the Oscar now, cuz there's nothing that has or will beat it this year.

So Otakon was good and all (aside from the horrendous drive back to New York) but I feel I need to address this first:



WHO THOUGHT PUTTING OTAKON TWO WEEKS AFTER EXPO AND A WEEK BEFORE COMIC-CON WAS A GOOD IDEA?

I came. Twice.

ETA: Spoilers now in comments.

Needs less of hearing the Geneon booth play Hellsing excerpts on endless loop.

If only we had four different signs answering this question, friends! IF ONLY.

Green bathrobe and lounging pants as Urahara cosplay: lazy, or oddly appropriate?

Two hrs late and we're stuck on the tarmac indefinitely.

Thinking the group of men in makeup and sparkles have good costunes, then realizing they are KISS.

OPEN BAR!!1