otakon
Otakon 2011
Every year since about 2007, I’ve been saying to myself on the drive home from Otakon that I’m getting too old for this shit and this is my last anime convention. Pretty much everyone else I know considers themselves too old for it, or you know, they’re just not into it enough to want to [...]
The Panels of Otakon 2010
Being largely terrified of social gatherings, and thus the stereotypical nerd with little grasp of social protocol, I hermited away in panel rooms all weekend. In previous years I’d gotten better with it, but I’ve regressed somewhat. Still, this year I had a good time at the panels and was invited to become a panelist [...]
The Treasure of Otakon 2010
I’ll start the Otakon 2010 posts with the easy post first, the loot post.
Otakon 2009: Panels, Loot, Wrap
I enjoy Otakon every year, but I always get the feeling at the end of each one that I’ve had a good run and might skip it from now on. I’ve been saying it for three years now, so I’ll probably be back. This here is my convention report, panels, loot, and jabber at the [...]
Day Zero Can’t Sleep
I can’t usually sleep the night before a trip. My sister and I usually go to Otakon on Friday. The plan is for me to get to her place by 7:30AM so we can get to Baltimore by 10AM, spend a couple hours in line, buy a hot dog from a cranky vendor, and be [...]
Otakon 2008
The forecast said it would be raining in Baltimore during Otakon weekend. It didn’t rain and the weekend wasn’t gloomy at all. It was, in fact, quite…
Instead of Packing
Instead of packing for Otakon and getting a good night sleep so that I don’t crash too early, I decided to install a new theme. Of course, it’s never a one button press operation…
