Sometimes I think that maybe if I’d been a little more valuable, I wouldn’t have been laid off. But then I think, yeah, that’s probably true. T_T
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-16
- Hey look! More DMP Yaoi #manga on the #Nook and #Kindle http://j.mp/feq0Bl #
- It's really interesting that yaoi is leading the way for #ebook manga. Hope to see more digital manga soon! http://j.mp/feq0Bl #
- @TheBigN Good luck! ^^ in reply to TheBigN #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-15
- Woo hoo! My #iPhone app can now say "huh?" Baby steps, baby steps! Just gave son lesson about wireframes. ^_^ #appdev #
- Xcode 4 definitely has a learning curve, but liberal use of the push every button method and undo as needed method, seems to work! #appdev #
- Chicago #cosplay peeps be sure to check out the Encore resale shop in Hyde Park! http://www.encorechicago.org/ #
- Resale or thrift shops like Encore can be a godsend for #cosplay projects! http://www.encorechicago.org/ #
- @ButerflySamurai You're a 21st century Bulma! ^_^ in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- LOL, I get Chinese spam mail now… #
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The second Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) begins on Friday! I’m looking forward to an even bigger con than the inaugural event last year. This year I got  a 3 day pass and am really looking forward to seeing the second of the Evangelion reboot movies, 1.11 and 2.22.
I don’t cosplay for C2E2 because I don’t really have anything that would fit the event. Super Heroes aren’t really my thing, though Star Wars and Star Trek costumes are pretty common at comic cons too. Maybe I’ll through on my Next Generation uniform just for lulz. McCormic Place Convention Center is pretty close to where I live, so no hotel costs to pay makes C2E2 pretty cheap for me. Still, I think it triggered a pre-convention dream last night. In this dream I’m at a con sharing a room with some friends, but somewhere along the way I’ve lost all of my luggage. I have absolutely no memory of how it could have happened.
I was pretty distressed about the situation in the dream. Not so much about the lost stuff as much about having no memory of it. Once I woke up and realized it was only a dream, I felt much better. It was only when I started to think about blogging about C2E2 that I realized that the dream was probably related to it. Since I don’t need a hotel for C2E2, that explains the lack of luggage and not having a memory of it. I love staying at con hotels, so breaking that pattern probably triggered the dream on some level.
As always, I’ll take as many pictures as I can of cosplayers! Last year I got a pic of some cute kids cosplaying from Avatar: The Last Airbender (the awesome Nicktoons original, not the horrid movie) and Time Out Chicago Kids used it in last month’s magazine! My first printed media photo credit! I’m sure that this year will bring out even more awesome cosplay!
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-13
- Learncrest #SciFi and #Anime books for your #Kindle or #Nook Download today. #ebook http://j.mp/fote9R #
- Drool – RT @jlist: Looks like Konata got herself a new iPad #luckystar #ipad #anime http://twitpic.com/48sy01 #
- Woo hoo! TokyoPop #manga coming to #iPad #Kindle and #Nook http://j.mp/ff5HZb #
- @DJRanmaS don't worry, Macs love you long time! #iloveMacs in reply to DJRanmaS #
- Is Twitter sticking it to 3rd party developers? http://j.mp/eWDNoN #
- LOL, Xcode 4 just made my #appdev books half obsolete… Still like the update though. #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-12
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-11
- Back to XML parsing today. It all builds, now gotta hook up to the views! #iphone #appdev #
- My parent's guide to anime, manga, and cosplay project is getting a good reception on Facebook! http://j.mp/eJytI3 #ebook #
- I'll do some more writing later after the #iphone project work. Once I get the XML loading properly, I can start pouring in data. #appdev #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-10
- Okay, time do some writing today! This #ebook library needs to be filled! http://j.mp/fote9R #
- Two #iBooks pending in iTunes store, available now for #Kindle and #Nook http://j.mp/fote9R #
- Decided to drop DRM for future #ebook releases. It's a hassle for readers and won't stop piracy anyway so why bother? http://j.mp/fote9R #
- Worked on A Parent's Guide to Anime #ebook today. I've had some ideas for this for a while. http://j.mp/eJytI3 #
- Cool! Xcode 4 is out! I loves me some new #appdev tools! http://j.mp/fXOb2k #
- Xcode 4 download is really slow right now tho, so will try again later. #appdev #apple #ios #
- @ButerflySamurai @LMAOTwitpics Uh I suppose even Black Nazis loves them some Cowboy Bebop..>.> in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- @ButerflySamurai looks good! in reply to ButerflySamurai #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-09
- Woo hoo! Just successfullly uploaded Anime Aftershocks #ebook to the iTunes store! I still gotz debug skillz! http://j.mp/fHGpuS #
- #ebook publishing definitely requires some debugging skills at times. All epub is not created equally. Shout out to ePubChecker! #
- Tweets in the middle of the night may seem silly to some, but it's always day time somewhere. (^_^) #
- RUD, some new #SciFi to like…read! Short stories from the humorous to the profound. Check out the #ebook today! http://j.mp/gWHN7z #
- I think RUD gives me a excuse to get back on the #SciFi con circuit soon. Would love to go to #DragonCon some day. http://j.mp/gWHN7z #
- Back To The Future: Neighborhood Bookstores – http://j.mp/e42ak6 Yeah, they still exist! #
- The Mendeley Binary Battle just went on my list of projects! I've got a few ideas. #appdev http://dev.mendeley.com/ #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-08
- So far, publishing an #ebook for iPad is proving to be a pia! ePub file is fine on #Kindle and #Nook errors on iTunes. Grrrr! >_> #
- Borders Epitath: Bad Romance – http://www.learncrest.com/2011/03/borders-epitath-bad-romance/ #
- An inside look at #anime cons, Anime Aftershocks. http://j.mp/a6Bkcx #ebook #
- Yay! Monday is almost over at last. Spent the day working to get Anime Aftershocks on the iPad. Almost done! http://j.mp/fote9R #ebook #
- #ebook authoring and publishing is still a lot closer to programming than the book business. That's an advantage for me! http://j.mp/hRVLBR #
- On the #appdev front, I've got some major changes to make in one project that's going to take some time… Just part of the game. #
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Siren’s Call: World of Warcraft
I think that I’ve started and quit World of Warcraft (WoW) three times now. But once again, I’m going to give it another shot. I got a one of those return to WoW 7 days for free promos in my email and thought it might be fun to try out the Mac client for a week.
The last time I played WoW, I was still playing Final Fantasy XI. Since that time I’ve quit FFXI and while I’ve been having sporadic bits of fun in Star Trek Online, it’s just not the same feel. I guess I like a little more fantasy in my MMORPGs than SciFi! I’d hoped that Final Fantasy XIV would be coming out for PS3 soon, but after one of the most spectacularly unsuccessful MMORPG launches in history, that has been delayed indefinitely.
So why not take advantage of a little free play to bump around Azeroth a bit?
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-05
- Chicago Hyde Park Borders all books $1! Here's my haul, only $8 after my discount. http://twitpic.com/463bey #
- @ButerflySamurai They didn't have a lot left, but it was a chance to try out some new #manga really cheap! in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- Best Star Trek V line – Please Captain, not in front of the Klingons. #startrek #scifi #
- Star Trek V is not too bad to fold laundry by. In little chunks while folding panties, it's ok. #startrek #scifi #syfy #
- Star Trek The Motion Picture is on now. An okay movie. Still remember how excited I was to see it when it premiered. Trek was back! #scifi #
- The Enterprise fly around is the only sex scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture! #startrek #scifi #syfy #
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Ohayocon 2011 Aftershocks II
Time to finish this up! I’ve been mad busy over the last month and now with C2E2 coming up in two weeks, I might as well put my Ohayocon thoughts to bed.
Saturday remains my favorite day of a con. I get out my new cosplays and look forward to the masquerade, dance, and hopefully karaoke. And at Ohayocon in particular, the guests! For the most part Saturday went very well. No major problems with my Stocking cosplay and even had a guy with a professional looking camera take a couple of pics that looked pretty good in the lcd display.
One of the best panels I attended was the Chris Sabat dubbing workshop. People from the audience would dub bits of Dragon Ball Z under the direction of Sabat and his awesome engineer would magically make it fit the video. Knowing a little bit about editing video, I was totally impressed at how fluidly the dubbing was proceeding, all in real time!
The masquerade ended up being a bit of a let down. There were a lot of good cosplays yes, but most of the skits were terrible! I’m pretty forgiving generally, but I kept waiting for a really good skit to come on, Â but with a couple of exceptions, that just did not happen. A lot of so called skits were actually nameless, yes literally nameless, dance performances.
After that, headed off to wait for karaoke. The room it was in had a K-Pop dance panel going on that was rather interesting. And while waiting I found a Stocking fan, yay for hugs! Karaoke was fun, even though I totally blew my song. My contacts had dried out and I was having a lot of trouble reading my song lyrics. Plus I hadn’t done Silly Go-round in ages. Derp!
If I’d been in the con hotel as originally planned and booked, I might have stayed to sing another song. But I really wanted to go to the dance, which meant I needed to dump my stuff first. So I had to grab the shuttle bus back to the Capitol Square, sigh. I did meet some fun people along the way, so it wasn’t all bad. I had thought of splitting the day between Stocking and Miho cosplays. But Stocking was a lot of fun and was holding up well, so I decided to take her to the dance.
I got to the dance pretty late so there was no line to get in, but still plenty of people there and the music appealed to me mostly. So I had a great time! I had my double wig pinned down pretty good and everything stayed in place. A random woman even complimented my on the wig and took a pic! Totally wasn’t expecting that. After a couple of hours dancing in heels, insistent dehydration forced me to leave. But I’d had a good fill of fun. And as a bonus, before my bus came, I got an eyeful of round naked inebriated voice actor ass! She wasn’t one of the official con guests, but I recognized her from other con appearances. No, I’m not going to mention names here!
As is often the case, Sunday was pretty quiet for me. I hit the dealers room right away to shop for the family and say hi to my friends working there. Then I made a few more picture taking runs before finally deciding to head for home.
So another Ohayocon in the books. I may return next year, but after the masquerade let down and the hotel issue, I’m thinking about looking into some new con in that time slot. Naka-Kon in my home town happens a few weeks after Ohayocon, and Katsucon is another con I’d like to get to eventually as well.
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-04
- RT @CBSNews: Study: Fewer teens, young adults having sex http://bit.ly/ehFabp – 3 words, World of Warcraft #WoW #
- Fun site of the day I never knew existed: Asian Poses http://asianposes.com/ #asian #kawaii #poses #cute #
- Stories of the kawaii and not so much in Anime Aftershocks. Download it today! http://j.mp/fHGpuS #ebook #kindle #nook #
- RUD has some haiku, but not much kawaii. Mostly hardcore #SciFi in a digital package. http://j.mp/gWHN7z #ebook #kindle #nook #
- Seriously, I think #MMORPGs have played some roll in declining teen pregnancy rates. A big raid leaves little time for sex! #WoW #
- And the cool kids playing Call of Duty or Black Ops don't have much time for romance either! #
- Farmville and Pokemon wipe up the rest, leaving fewer teens with time for screwing around, literally! LOL #
- Had a great interview today, hopefully I'll get the job! ^_^ #
- In any case, #appdev continues, iOS SDK 4.3 GM is out today! Time to update and rebuild! #
- Right now it looks like #iPad2 is in my future, even without Flash support. The Xoom and other tablets are too expensive. #
- @ButerflySamurai Yeah, Motorola must be crazy. #iPad2 is $500 for entry model, so the choice is pretty easy! in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- RT @edsizemore: I have to stop talking about the iPad or I'm going to end up with one. – LOL, me too! #
- Holy crap! The Evangelion manga is starting up again! It's only been over 9000 years of waiting! http://j.mp/eJnW0g #
- With Borders pretty much gone now, my manga buying is totally out of whack. #
- @ButerflySamurai sweeet! ^_^ in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- @TOKYOPOP can our #Nook and #Kindle readers get some #ebook #manga love too? in reply to TOKYOPOP #
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I Love You /cgl/!: The Music Video
The net is alive with the sound of music! And love is in the air as spring is poised for its long awaited descent upon us! I happened across an interesting love fest taking place on 4chan’s cosplay and elegant gothic lolita board, /cgl/. The final poster suggested an appropriate soundtrack to the thread, a song I’ve really fallen in love with, “I Like You. I Love You!” with vocaloid Kagamine Rin. So I created the following video of the thread.