I meant to post about my Vegas trip, but it seems the minute after I got back, everybody and their mom decided to have computer problems - I almost forgot what it was like to do nothing but work and sleep for days at a time ( Read more... )

For those who don't follow it, I've posted my TGS and Japanese cosplay report on the ACP Livejournal. I'll just add some additional notes and stuff here so that this post isn't entirely useless:

( More personal observations and opinions on Japanese Cosplay at TGS )

It always surprises me how even though I eat more in Japan than I do normally, I always come back thinner (I blame the walking). Some of the tastier things included:

( Bakudan Yaki )

I uncovered Border Break purely by accident, while wandering the arcades looking for something to play. It bills itself as a 10x10 network battle game, meaning it pits two teams of 10 players against each other. It's like a lot of team and class based shooters on the PC like Team Fortress 2. I never really could get into those types of games, ( Read more... )

One of my friends had told me about a place called Nekobukuro - a cat playground. I didn't find it until the end of my trip, but I stumbled upon another place, Nekonomise:


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I know one of my top goals while I was in Japan was to see Eva 2.0. Looking at the site, I was disheartened because according to their schedule, all of the theatres had done their screening back in the first week of September. Imagine my surprise and delight then when I was in Ikebukuro and saw it still listed in the major theatre there! I was even ( Read more... )

That was the best vacation I've had in the past two years - I can't believe how badly I needed it! I delayed my return by a day because it would have been too hectic to finish covering TGS and then immediately return the next day. I got on average less sleep (about 5 hours a day?) than when I was working, and towards the end of the week rings were ( Read more... )

Those who've hung around me long enough know that I am defined by moments of calm and rational behavior, punctuated by occasional and often spontaneous moments of ridiculousness.

This is one of those moments.

I HAVE to see Evangelion 2.0 before it leaves theatres in Japan. It's been running for about a month now, so I think there's still hope. It ( Read more... )

So it's almost been a week since PAX - Fortunately I did not catch swine flu, or anything for that matter. Just been busy with wrapping up stuff and preparations for the next three weeks ( Read more... )

So this weekend marks the end to the quiet month of August for me. I think I did a proper send-off yesterday by being the most lazy I've been, well, EVER ( Read more... )