Ann and I made our 3rd annual trek at Thanksgiving to a B&B in northwestern Virginia that we have gotten to quite enjoy really. The innkeepers are a great couple that we now pretty much consider friends more than proprietors and likely due to the area's proximity to DC has a rather nice selection of restaurants in the area as well ( Read more... )

A day or two late...but it took quite a few days just to recover between little sleep, metal splinters in the hands, sore feet and just general exhaustion experienced working the con. phew...

But...it was a rather interesting change in pace to stage manage the main events hall for those 3 days. I got to meet Kristine Sa, the members of Back-On ( Read more... )

Another Cliff's Notes Entry - Started 10PM Thursday night setting up Main Events, crashed 5AM, back up 9AM, more setup in Main Events, finished just in time for 2:30PM opening ceremony, chance to tour Artist Alley (picked up autographed poster from Hawk and Ananth), got lost wandering around the vendors area, quick dinner, then back stage for ( Read more... )

The next few days will be interesting as I decided to try being on staff at an anime convention. Earlier this year I volunteered at Katsucon and, though I could only work 1 1/2 days of the 3 day con, rather much enjoyed it.

So...let's see if working on the staff I can maybe be part of making AnimeUSA a fun experience. ^_^

oops...what happened to yesterday's entry? ahwell...I have been remiss...let's try to catch up ( Read more... )

Cliffs Notes version--'good flights...on time...nice weather...no lost luggage and ready to head out for a Halloween party downtown!! ^_^

well...I guess I don't have an excuse any more. Between the jet-lag (that I'm pretty much over now) and catching a cold (that I'm kind of over now...95% maybe) I've been kinda off line for the past week. The Japan trip was great though a bit short. I've been lax on posting any snapshots so far. ~_~;; I promise I'll get to it!!! Really!!! ( Read more... )

( Heading back )

I've lost count.

Anyway...time to head over to the Ueno train station to catch the Shinkansen to Sapporo! It's an over-night train so hopefully there won't be too many surprises discovering how the sleeper trains operate over here. ^_^;;

It's off to the English Language Debate Competitions this morning. This is the 10th competition of parliamentary style debates put on once a year by the ESUJ ( Read more... )