Return from Megacon...

Well, I'm back from Megacon, and it was a lot of fun. I got to get signed pics from both Brian Clevinger (from 8-bit theater ) and Tim Buckley (from crtl alt del ). Out of the two of them, I'm going to say that Brian was by far a lot more friendly and a lot more enthusiastic towards the crowds. Tim just kind of seemed... disintrested. Still, I'm happy to have met both of them, and I got to steal their souls with my camera... =). I also got a bunch of signed prints from both of them, so that's good too.

I went to the convention wearing my foxtail, and I picked up a chocker with a bell on it and another set of cat ears to add to my "costume". It really wasn't that good of a costume, but I did get one person to ask me for my picture =). There's another convention coming to Orlando in April, so I hope to have a decent Cosplay outfit by then, since I'm hoping to attend.

Outside of the above, my friends and I also got to meet the people from red vs blue , we got to see numerous people in cosplay, and the winners of the AMV contest (we didn't realize there was more than one room being used in the convention hall until near the end time of that conteast, so we missed the bulk of the AMV's =(. )The people from Reaper minis also had a room there where one could walk in, pick up a free model, use their free paint, and walk out with your creation. So of course, we painted minis too. I'm just kind of unhappy that I couldn't do anything with shading (only had like 4 colors there, so I ended up mixing my own), but a free model is a free model...

Also, my wallet now hates me. Apparently they had cheep anime there, including the Excel Saga (so wanted to watch that), Chobits (the only place that sold it in my area had to close because the mall they were in had a deal with another company on DVDs, so I've only seen the first volume), and Hellsing (hey, I like horror...), so naturally those anime found their way into my collection. Unfortunately, after all the costs were totaled, I basicly left one paycheck in Orlando. Luckily, I had the foresight to put money away for all my bills before I left. Well, except gas, but I was able to borrow ten bucks off of Aaron for that.

As to Xboxlive and my Xboxlive gamer tag, I'll think about giving that out, though at the moment, I'm in no hurry to post it on my blog. Besides, I'm far more often mining asteroids on EVE than I am on live, which is a shame because Viva Pinata is such a good game. As to must have games for the 360, I'd recommend Oblivian for its single player, Gears of War for its Multiplayer (single player has no story or character development =(. ), Dead Rising for the Zombie Killing, and Viva Pinata for something just plain fun. As to what to get on the Arcade, Geometry Wars; Retro Evolved is good, Luminous is decent, Outpost Kutimost (Or something like that) is a pretty intresting strategy game, assualt heroes is a neat shoot em up, and any retro game you enjoyed a while back. Also, when it comes out, you might also want to pick up Catan as another strategy game, since the board game was very fun.

Anyway, I know the bulk of this post was a quick summary of megacon, but I need to call it a night. ~Night!

It's a Mega Con....

Well, to start things off, this Saturday I'm going to Orlando with two of my friends to hopefully get into Megacon. It'll be my first anime/gaming convention.... yay! Some of my favorite web comic artists will be there, so hopefully I might be able to pick up some prints of their stuff. We're only going to be their Saturday, and we're probably going to leave at around 7 or 8 to get back since Aaron needs to get some sleep because he works early Sunday morning. But still, it should be fun. Besides, their will be cosplayers (for once I'll be able to wear my foxtail with out being the center of attention), AMV's, webcomics, a Warhammer 40k tournament, and over priced anime novelties through out the convention.

Anyway, I would like to post a lot more, but since I'm leaving in the morning at 6am (going to pick up friends to stand in line in orlando), I need to log. I'll write again after I get back.

The Brandenburg-Prussian Empire

Well, first off, I'm feeling better than when I was in my last post. I'm in a better mood, and I'm not soley whistling the theme to MASH at work anymore, to the joy of my coworkers. Of course, they'd like it if I were to stop whistling altogether, but, well, I enjoy whistling too much to stop in the near future.

I do have something new to whistle there, since I recently picked up the Brandenburg Conceretos. I know I normally listen to metal (it is power metal though), but I've been in the mood to listen to some classical, and since it's been a while since I heard them (the last time being in my High School Orchestra) I kind of wanted to hear them again. Out of them, 3 and 5 are probably my two favorites (I enjoyed playing three a while back), I'm not too big on the slower movements, but they're enjoyable to listen to. I also need to burn the albumn for a friend, since she plays the viola and enjoys Bach (she named her viola Johann Sebastion after the composer...). I might also download some more Bach to listen to, since his work really does deserve to be listened to, at least, if one enjoys instrumental pieces.

Been thinking about writing up an EVE fan-fic. I have the bulk of it in my head, I just need to put it on paper, and then move it from there into an electronical form. If I do write it up, I'll need to post it on both my Corp's forums and I'll try to post it on EVE's forums. Of course, I will post it here. I just need to figure out when to write it, and when to pry myself from the game to sit down and do it.

Speaking of games, DDR is coming to the 360! =). Of course, that's not really big news, since it was on the Xbox. Over the course of the last few weeks I've been able to put the first 50 dollars down on it, so when it comes out at the end of this month I'll be able to instantly look like I'm having an epeliptic seziure to JPop. Hopefully with the pad coming out, they'll also make the previous three games backwards compatible for the 360. Then I'll have 4 different versions of DDR to play on my 360.

There might be another thief at where I work. Well, maybe not exactly where I work, since she works in the Subway. There have been some oddities in the way she rings up customers, and this is a red flag because no reciept gets printed, which means that she's not putting the purchases in the system. Which means that she could be pocketing the money a customer gives her, and the system wouldn't catch it. What we do catch is that her drawer is suspiciously over. And that's bad.

Anyway, I need to get ready for work. I'm working at least 36 hours this week, probably closer to 40, 40+. Which means, on top of school, I'm going to be fairly tired by the end of the week. At least all of the hours worked are second shift, and not a sprinkling of third shift. Anyway, ~night

EVE addiction

Gah, been addicted to EvE-Online, and it's not that the game is that fun. CoH is actually higher in the fun-nes factor than EvE is. It's that EvE is higher in the satsifaction area than CoH. Maybe it's because it's one giant player controled economy, but everything I do in the game (mining and building wise anyways) feels like I'm doing something usefull, and the way the skills and levels work in that game give me a greater sense of achievment than what CoH gave me. Or maybe it's that the corp I'm in is more active than the Supergroup I left in CoH, or maybe it's because there are more things people can do in EVE thn just hunt and missions. I don't know, but I feel I'm more addicted to EVE than I ever was to CoH. It might also be that one of my favorite games of all time was (I'll use a Wikipedia link to satisfy those with a wiki addiction =P.) Escape Velocity Nova.

Still been fairly depressed over the last couple of days =(, and I don't actually know why. I'm fairly happy when I'm around others, but when I'm alone... well, that's when it's at its worse. Actually, it's gotten to the point where the only song I whistle at work is the themesong of MASH, and yes, I do know the lyrics. Add to that the fact that I've been listening a little too much to Sinergy's most recent albumn, and well...

Speaking of music, I finally used my Christmass gift certificate to itunes to pick up two classical music CDs. I picked up Holst's: The Planets performed by the London Symphany, and I picked up the albumn that O'Fortuna is on (it includes other poems and songs from the same illuminated manuscript it came from), performed by the Boston Symphany. I personally like the Planets better myself =), with my favorite movement from it probably being Jupiter. Mars is ok, but a little too oppressive for my tastes.

Anyway, I need to call it a night, I still have some Chemistry work to do by tomorrow at noon =(.