The Summer Thus Far!

GoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddDAMN it's been a
hella long time since I've updated this thing. My only excuse is that
I'm a terrible procrastinator.  ;(

For starters, let me say that after a couple of years, I've finally
gotten my driver's license. Feels good to have it, although I still
don't particularly like driving. (Blame it on NJ's terrible roads).

And for the biggest story, very recently I came back from AnimeNext
07' that was held in Seacaucus, NJ. A large group of friends and I
stayed the night for the 3-day weekend and there is much to tell.

1) One friend got drunk, and well, his antics (all of which were caught
on camera) will bring many a laugh for years to come.

2) Another one of my friend's, much to everyone else's including my
own misfortune, snores like a Ocean Freight. X_X

3) No one particularly famous VActing wise or even guest of honor
wise attended this year. Plenty of terrible VAs from 4Kids programs
were there though. Be glad I didn't get to meet them, they wouldn't
have survived.

4) Brought a ton of cash with me this year. About $500 to shop!
(Didn't spend all of it though). I bought :
-Volumes 1-12 of Rebirth
-Black Jack Box Set 1 & 2
-Grenadier Complete Collection
-Cosmo Warrior Zero Complete Collection
-Giant Robo Complete Collection
-Godannar Complete Collection
-2 swords (one of which is a small replica of Bleach's Ichigo's Soul
Slayer Zangetsu) and a dagger
-And some nice things for cocohints. ;3

5) The most notable cosplayers I saw this year was a Cloud (FFVII)
cosplayer who not only made an actual life-size buster sword
(trust me when I say this thing was HUGE), but he also made
all the swords from Cloud's motorcycle in the Advent Children
movie attached to his back. He looked awesome.

Then there was a Wolfwood (Trigun) cosplayer who made his entire
cross of....K'nex. You heard me, K'nex.

Other than them, not a whole lot of noticeable cosplayers. There
were plenty of "dear sweet god, why does a fat unattractive girl
like you have to cosplay as FFX2 Yuna WTF eat poison kthxbye"

6) The best panels this year were the dubbing panels. Sadly, I
didn't get a chance to go up and do some, but I did get to watch
other people show off their vocal talents, and let me tell ya, VActing
is a LOT harder than it looks! The Hentai dubbing panel was especially
hilarious since people improv. And there was some insanely funny
improv. XD

Overall, the convention was still a bit weak. Nevertheless, I had fun.
Here's to AnimeNext 08!