thanks merry christmas to you too!

Merry Christmas to you!

I've taken a few Psychology courses myself...general, child and adolescent to be exact. I need them if i want to teach...something about getting into the kid's heads to help cope with their problems (and mine!). There is the New York Anime Festival in Sept. as well as comic cons with featured anime throughout the year. The big ones on the east coast are AnimeBoston and Otikon (in Balitmore..THE biggest). We had around 15,000 people at the Boston con this year,so i'm expecting the same crowd and maybe more next year.My daughter and i enjoy the amatuer film contest the best..we never miss it! Plus, they usually have a band or two from Japan, so you get to go to a concert
as part of your admission...not too shabby! The Artist alley is great, as you get to see and buy original work of some really talented people. And of course, if you get tired of walking around, there are always the video rooms to sit in and watch Anime til your eyes glaze over!

Oh yes..there are many Cons going on over here in the states! I just go to one a year with my daugher because it is only an hour away from us and would'nt cost as much as if we traveled out of state. I've seen photos of the anime conventions overseas, and they look great! I noticed alot of professional cosplayers at those events, though the attendees at ours can be pretty good as well.AHH...just to have the money and time to go to them.

Me??...Cosplay!? Well, i pose as a hen pecked husband and father to a teenage girl if that counts! No, my cosplay days passed me by over twenty years ago. The characters in Anime are high school kids or in their twenties...not exactly my age bracket you understand. When i went to the con with my daughter this year, i was probably 1 of 6 adults actually attending! I was a historical re-enactor for 10 years (Civil War and WW2), but that was more for remembering the men who fought those wars and educating the public about history.My daughter did go as Belldandy this year, and the whole thing came together quite nicely. Next year, she wants to be C2 from "Code Geas", so we'll see how that plays out.

Thanks for the friend invite!

Thanks for the positive feedback.....i do what i can for the cosplay/anime community. (it's a tough job, but SOMEONE has to do it!). I enjoy XXXholic as well. My daughter and i saw the sneak preview of the series' DVD release at AnimeBoston this year....and had great seats to boot! Be careful whar you wish for from the witch! I submit new photos every week, so if you enjoy my photo entries, keep an eye out on the Spill photo page (or just drop by my page and check out my albums). Take care!