cons?

Oh, yeah, cons are great when you don't show up in a panel that's basically a war zone. Seriously, some of these people are just mean.

I really hate leaving cons because that means I have to leave my sanctuary of nerd-dom and return to the bland, non-cosplay infused world of...

The mundanes.

Kudos to you if you get that joke, by the way.

argh, i almost get that joke, but i can't remember the context behind it. curses, its like when a file fails at 99% loading...

Teehee, let me give you a hint.

Think Kujibiki Unbalance.

i remember now, i was thinking Negima, though i think we were taking separate paths, weren't we?

Quite. I like Negima, though I could do without the first anime.

i saw, i think 5 episodes of the anime, i'm just about to start the 20th volume of the manga.

I need to get vol. 2 of the manga. I'm not all that far...

finally i'm ahead of the curve on something!

Enjoy your wins while you can! You won't have too many of them in the future...

i know, i'm always getting smoked by Neko and all the rest of you guys, and the stuff i like either no one else picks up on or everyone has already seen it but don't wanna talk about it.

i have such bad luck!

Catch up to the times! While we're all watching When They Cry you're still at Bubblegum Crisis! Come on, man!

That said, go read an obscuro series, one of the ones no one has ever heard about.

i do that from time to time, it is fun to have knowledge of obscure things, but at the same time it can get rather lonely...

Then get ideas from Neko or something. I'm always looking for new anime to rent.

Although, admittedly, it does get kind of lonely when you like a series no one else has heard of...

yeah, i do that often enough, still it'd be nice if it were a two way street in general, not just with Neko but with most of my friends and my brother it seems like i'm usually the one crossing the line for others to feel connected, i rarely can get others into series i like.

Thankfully the few friends I have are easily manipula-- I mean persuaded to like series I like. Of course, one of them is really hardcore and the other is new to anime, so...

But I do understand your frustration. The series my friends haven't seen I can't seem to get them into (Bri-Bri has this aversion to robot fighting, which is the only reason I haven't made her watch Gurren Lagann).

yeah, i mean no one has ever made me watch a bad series, all my brother's old anime he loves are entertaining, but i can never convince him to watch series i think are amazing, like Code Geass. that is one of the best anime i've seen in a long time, but he's too stubborn to watch it.

i got him to watch Gurren Lagann, but all that involved was telling him GAINAX made it, because he loves everything they make, i guess that sort of counts...

any of you guys going to animarathon? if you haven't heard of it, it's a one day free con down at bowling green universtiy in ohio (it's only like an hour away!) and i'm hoping to catch a ride down there with some of my friends, cuz it seems fun

when does it occur?
it does seem fun.

it's like march 27th or something? in any case it's the last saturday in march

i'll definitely have to check that out!
now to see if i can get others to join me...

I've been there before! I even have these adorable Sora and Roxas magnets to prove it!

I haven't been able to make it in the past, but I'll try to this year.

well i hope i can go this time, i've never been before so i'm sure it'll be fun no matter what!

and hopefully a few people from animanga will go so i can feel like i know a few people from moment one!

If you go make sure to see the skits. And check out artist alley, no matter how small it is.

well of course i'm going to check out the gallery! and i'm sure if i'm there with anyone who knows what they're doing they'll remind me of the skits.

I just might be able to make it this year...if not, I give up and am going to Matsuricon. Too bad my spring break is so weirdly timed...