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Just another "Memory" entry, to keep track of drabbles I've posted
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Conventioning

Spent the weekend at Ohayocon. Some bullet points:

• Got most of the items that I had a prayer of getting on my want-list...


• ...except for the Wolf's Rain CD. :( There was a surprising lack of any major CD sellers there this year. Digital Discs, a place that always has tables full of CD's at the con's I've been to were mainly selling doujinshi this time around.


• Had a weird experience of having TWO people recognize my last name this weekend. I have a last name that is not really memorable but, afaik, completely unique to my family in the U.S., so it usually evokes a lot of "Huh?" type reactions. The guy who checked me into the hotel happened to know one of my second cousins, and then the guy at Digital Discs remembered that he'd sold music cd's to me at past conventions, just based on my name. I felt like a celebrity. :)


• I came in at the very end of the ADV panel. I wish I'd been earlier to hear if they had anything to say about the horrific Gantz release schedule. Not to mention the fact that they were handing out some SERIOUS freebies to everyone who asked a question.


• Didn't really catch any anime in the video rooms that was new and exciting to me, but I'll probably rent the first volumes of "I Me My Strawberry Eggs" and "Kaleido Star" to see a bit more of them


• Shared an elevator at one point with Monica Rial and Vic Mignona. Go me. (Ok, yes, I'm a sad, sad person to get excited over such a minor thing).


• Bought a stuffed toy replica of the little goat toy from Last Exile. Although, I ask you, if you were making a replica of that toy, wouldn't you give it that "Baaaah" sound like it has in the anime? It shouldn't be too hard to rig something up. But no. Still, it's awfully cute. :)


• I recognized more cosplay costumes this time around than I have in the past. That was fun.


• Why are yaoi panels at cons so freaking juvenile? Everyone in the room was over 18 (by mandate) so you'd think folks could all act like adults, but every one I go to ends up with a bunch of childish squealing over crass sex jokes in place of real discussion.


• Except for the lack of CD's, the dealers room was quite nice: Several DVD sellers, two large doujinshi tables, lots of artbooks and manga and character goods. FMA really dominated a lot of the character goods, but there was enough variety to keep it interesting.


• There was some Christian youth group gathering in the same convention space as the con. It was quite a juxtaposition, seeing all the scantily clad cosplayers interspersed with hundreds of kids with inspirational "Jesus saves" type messages on their shirts.

Jon's expressed interest in going to AnimeNorth in Toronto this year, in addition to use already having reservations for Otakon. Not sure how up to THREE cons in a year I am, but I haven't been to Toronto for a while, so it might be a nice one to try.