Earlier this year I managed to return to Arizona and attend Taiyou Con. And then, a bit after that, I attended Las Cruces Anime Days. My most recent anime convention was Sabaku Con in Albuquerque, NM ( Read more... )

In exchange for volunteering to work Thanksgiving and New Year's, I got Christmas off. So I went to see my family and some friends in Arizona. And I returned to visit again right after New Year's. Seeing as my birthday fell on December 29th... we went out to eat during my Christmas time trip. And we had a little party with my cake and presents ( Read more... )

So, despite the fact that I had to work on Thanksgiving this year, it was a pretty good time for me. I had November 25th to 27th off, so I went to Arizona to visit my family and some friends at that time. My mom made a nice turkey dinner on the 26th. I took some of it home with me, so I had a nice turkey dinner again on the 28th. And thanks to ( Read more... )

Pardon me for making this post a few days after Halloween has passed ( Read more... )

I took yet another trip back to Arizona this year and attended Saboten Con - the largest anime convention in the Arizona/New Mexico area. It was a fun con, and it was good to see some of my Arizona friends. But I'm slowly starting to make some friends here in New Mexico as well. In November, I will attend a New Mexico anime convention called Con ( Read more... )

So, I'm back from a vacation in and around Seattle, WA. My stops included the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and of course Olympic National Park. I also got to spend a little time with a friend who lives in Everett. And since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 53,000 words for you:

So, I've been at my current med lab job for about a half a year and so far things have been working out well with very few complaints. I eagerly await the time when I've been working there for two years and I'm qualified to test to upgrade my certification from MLT (Medical Laboratory Technician) to MT (Medical Technologist ( Read more... )

While here in New Mexico, I've attended Las Cruces Anime Days and Sabaku-con. Last weekend I went back to my old home of Arizona and visited Phoenix Comicon. I usually didn't attend that con, even when I was residing in Tucson. This is because I tend to prefer anime cons over mixed genre cons. But nowadays they have several rooms dedicated to ( Read more... )

The hospital I've started working at provided me with a temporary apartment I could use for up to three months. At this point I've moved into an apartment of my own. This apartment complex happens to have a pool. And there are washers/dryers that can be used for a reasonable fee. There isn't much closet space in my apartment, but for the most ( Read more... )

Last weekend I attended Las Cruces Anime Days. A small two day convention. And I thought it went very well. Since the convention was small, the masquerade was small. But none of the entries disappointed me. And another good thing is that when a convention is small, you have more opportunity to interact with the guests. This con also had a ( Read more... )