Monday, August 13, 2001
Well, Otakon was certainly interesting. I was pretty miserable by the time I arrived on Saturday. The factors involved were: A two-and-a-half hour drive to Baltimore Pouring rain The large pothole full of water, into which I placed my entire foot, thus soaking my sneaker The fact that the only parking garage I’d managed to find closed at 8:00, so I was going to have to go back out later in the day to move it to another garage […]
Saturday, August 11, 2001
Woke up early this morning, for no apparent reason. This is a good thing, in a sense, as it ensures that I have plenty of time to do stuff. I’m not going back to Otakon until the afternoon; there’s a panel on anime music video creation at 10:00 a.m., but I don’t want to rush myself. This is supposed to be fun. I’ll head over in time to check out the dealer’s room before […]
Friday, August 10, 2001
Heh. I have no idea what “Otakudom” is, but I love the poster. The written comment under “@$$hole” is “No, he’s just MISUNDERSTOOD.” Otakon started today. You can check out today’s con entry for a complete description of that experience. The putt-putt golf thing at work was a blast. People really started getting involved in the construction of their hole, and a lot of people came up with great designs. We […]
Thursday, August 9, 2001
I had an odd day at work. I had the first leg of a performance review soon after I arrived at work. My boss gave me thumbs-up all around; his only “suggested improvement” (as the form called it) was to be more vocal in the project that I have to do. In other words, if I have a problem, I should find somebody to help. I agree with his assessment; I tend to rely on myself too much, and I avoid “bothering” co-workers. […]
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Heh. Thanks to a severe nausea attack when I got home, I turned on The Screen Savers tonight to see an interview with Douglas Rushkoff, the writer of Cyberia, which was a major influence for serial experiments lain. He’s talking about his new open-source novel, which actually might work because it uses a radically unusual approach to the whole “collaborative novel” problem. The idea is that he’s written a book about the internet […]
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Blender is dangerous. I just spent an hour assembling this snub fighter, and another half hour making this, and it felt like about five minutes. Major Time Suckage Alert. On to more interesting things. I received my cel of Washu and Yosho today, along with a promotional DVD for Samurai Jack, both of which I won on eBay. I haven’t had a chance to watch the Samurai Jack DVD yet, though I’m itching to do […]
Monday, August 6, 2001
Some cool anime news: The latest issue of Weekly Jump (a Japanese anime magazine) reports that a new Rurouni Kenshin OVA is in the works, to be released in December, and it’ll be a continuation of the original OVA. So, we’re gonna get more of Serious Kenshin! I’m betting it’ll delve into the time of Kenshin as Battousai the Man-Slayer, probably setting up one or two of the villains introduced in the TV show. Bandai has acquired […]
Sunday, August 5, 2001
Well, it’s certainly been an interesting weekend. Warning: I’m about to give you a dry description of the weekend’s events. Don’t expect entertainment, or even good writing here. Saturday morning saw me at McLean Bible Church again, teaching Redemption. Only three people showed up, but we had a great time. Afterwards, I bought a bunch of extra cards, then went to Staples and bought a bunch of playing card organizer […]
Friday, August 3, 2001
Woah, that’s weird. I almost missed making this diary entry today. Not much to report for today. Work was productive, though at the end of the day I ended up reading through most of the back episodes of MegaTokyo and Exploitation Now. While I enjoyed myself, it wasn’t a good use of my time, especially when I’m responsible for completely restructuring online help. I found that the Cowboy Bebop band score that I ordered from […]
Thursday, August 2, 2001
I woke up early this morning so that I could take out the dogs. When that was finished, I implemented an “apps in development” list for Kamidake. I’m also planning to buy kamidake.org at some point soon. There are a bunch of anime DVD’s coming out soon that I want to buy; Oh My Goddess and Hand Maid May, not to mention NieA Under 7. I won an eBay auction for a Rurouni Kenshin wallscroll […]