Summer 2008 September 24, 2008
I’m back! Did you miss me? Sorry for the hiatus, I moved in June and didn’t set up my computer until a few weeks ago. I have been blogging in my head, which is always a good sign!
A lot has gone on in the past few months some of it worth talking about some not. I moved into a great place with a great roommate, and recently acquired another great roommate, I had a good summer, even if I didn’t get out in the sun as much as I’d have liked to. Met a lot of great people through an Anime Convention here in Portland (http://www.kumoricon.org) My new roommate was the Vice Chair for the 2008 Conference so a lot of events were here at the house so I got to meet with a lot of people and experience something that I never would have had I not moved (I hadn’t watched any Anime before I was forced to so I had an vague idea of what was happening. I was afraid I’d like Anime and I was right. I think there is only one Geek Fandom I haven’t gotten attached to being video games, thank god I can’t play them to save my life! No really I enjoyed working the con, I worked registration so I saw a lot of people and it was great, I got to see a lot of people and talk while working at breakneck speeds, which I LOVE by the way. I made a lot of really great friends because of how hard we worked, it’s like being in the military, the people you are under pressure with you bind with the closest. Of course being Staff is totally different from attending, so I didn’t do anything that the attendees did, well besides swim in the pool, but mostly we went just before it closed so it was still just our little staff group, I did play one game of DDR and botched it badly, it was still fun! I always love meeting new people, especially the ones you’d never meet usually, that’s always the best.
I saw one of my favorite bands (www.boniver.org) one of the most amazing shows I’ve been to and one of two that I’ve gone to alone (Blonde Redhead being the other) some things are just to good to worry about having someone else there to talk to.
Oh! I also watched 3 seasons of Doctor Who (the new version) and I’m watching season 2 of the spin-off Torchwood. I’ve always been a fan but not as familiar with them all. Now I’m in love, but it’s sci-fi so what did you expect?
All in all it was a good summer, with the camping trips/family reunions and meeting new people. I became a bigger Geek and I’m not ashamed of it. I like manga and anime now and it’s exciting to find something new to love.