"New" stuff:

9/29/03:
As a reminder, new updates will be at www.cardboardshrine.com. This site will at least remain up until a complete transfer has been done. That is all.

7/29/03:

The time has come, I suppose.

5/22/03: Crazy, long overdue update. Weeded out some dead links, but more importantly...

Not one, not two, but three convention reports posted for Ohayocon 3, Katsucon 9, and Tekkoshocon! And by the time you read this, I will at least already be on my way to Animazement. So nya nya nya.

2/26/03: Behold! This page has been graced by the Arby's Oven Mitt. Thank you, that is all.

2/21/03: Katsucon has come and gone, and that means another report is in the works. No guarantees otherwise. Wiped out the HubbaHubbaZootZoot.mp3 to make room for other stuff. Don't yell at me that you wanted to download it, you've had plenty of time to do so. Also, there is now some LJ goodies.

1/13/03: Nothing big, just a blurb to mention that I got back from Ohayocon. Report will be up... eventually, and this mini-update will probably be scratched out and written over and yadayadayada. Just to let everyone know that it was another convention that didn't kill me.

1/2/03: Put up a MIDI file of "Around the Mind" by Eiko Shimamiya, from the I've Girls Compilation VERGE cd set. The song itself is originally from an H-game, but I still dig it. While the MIDI is nothing like the real deal, it's still a nice way to see what it's like, and it weighs in at a mere 125k.

Also, started up a LiveJournal community for AnimeUSA. Steer that browser over there!

12/25/02:

[Ai-chan]
Ai-chan now has fanart too!
More lovely imagery by Aeris!

Meanwhile, the plans to move this site are moving slowly, bit it will happen eventually. Aaaaaaand, Merry Christmas.

11/24/02: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the AUSA 4 and Neko-con 5 reports will not be up anytime soon.

Just kidding.

11/1/02: Ok, ok. I'll have the AUSA report up EVENTUALLY. In the meantime, feast your eyes on the latest, a computer wallpaper featuring... Yamiko-chan!

9/27/02: Oooweee... I'm living in Baltimore now! The daily drive had begun to take its toll on me and my cars, but my email and this site should still be good for another month or two. Then I'll have to move them. Don't worry, I'll give some advance notice and it'll probably have a .com name. The Livejournal should remain intact throughout, and will be used to announce the when and where's.

8/14/02:

[Yamiko]
Yamiko-chan has fanart now!
This picture was drawn by Aeris, who doesn't quite have her own site (yet). And yes, this is how I imagined Yamiko would look as a human. Hopefully Ai-chan will get some fanart soon, too. Meanwhile, more blurbs of my mundane life over on my LiveJournal entry.

old update news

So, you've stumbled across my little 5MB of fame. This is a page mostly about me, the conventions I've been to, and other anime related stuff. Cheaply done, but hey, it's not like you're paying to come here, right? On with the page.
I currently have a Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfic in progress. It is a crossover with...

And, here's a little bit about myself here. And if that's not enough, try this out.

I have been to many conventions. Some of them, I even wrote about. See what I think about them.
Here is a list of the cons that I've been to:
Otakon '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001, and 2002,
AnimEast '95,
Katsucon '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001, 2002, and Katsucon 9,
AWA '97, '98, '99, '01,
Neko Con Ichi, Neko Con R, Neko Con 3, and Neko Con 5,
Ohayocon 2, Ohayocon 3,
Project Akon 10,
Animazement 3, Animazement 4, and Animazement 5,
AnimeUSA, AnimeUSA 2, AnimeUSA 3, and AnimeUSA 4,
Anime Mid Atlantic and Anime Mid Atlantic 2,
Tekkoshocon,
and Anime Central2K.
So far, that's 39 conventions since Otakon '95.
Here is why I did not go to Anime Weekend Atlanta 6.
Granted, this site doesn't have a lot of pictures, if at all. But, there are plenty of sites that do, so if you want to see pictures, A Fan's View is probably your best bet, except for the AnimeUSA's. I'll find links to pictures from that.
These reports were written using an old, yet trusty format, namely "text". Uses little room, yet compatible with almost any machine. Imagine that...
Pending convention schedule for the year:
Ohayocon (done)
Katsucon (done)
Tekkoshocon (done)
Animazement (done)
Anime Mid Atlantic (done)
Otakon
Shoujocon (maybe)
Anime Weekend Atlanta
Neko Con
AnimeUSA
There's probably a couple others that may sneak their way onto the list, and a couple that may sneak their way off.
Some links of interest:

Convention web pages:
Anime USA. Where small is good.
Otakon, one of my all-time favorite conventions.
Katsucon, because it's there.
Anime Weekend Atlanta, the REAL party convention.
Neko-con, born from the need of an anime convention in the Virginia Beach area.

[The Anime Powerhouse]
TAP--The Anime Powerhouse!
[Anime Web Turnpike]
Anime Web Turnpike!
[Big Big Truck Productions]
Big Big Truck Productions!
[Otakuworld]
Otakuworld!

Even though it's in Japanese, it's still nice to see a website like this: Miyamu.com!
Art2bseen, interesting artwork here.
Onwards to Baltimore! Now working at Northrop Grumman! The place is cool, yo.
Halfway between kindergarten and a mental ward lies McCoy Electronics, my previous employer. Now owned by Corning. There was one of the biggest bunches of miscreants, burnouts, perverts, and other weirdos that I ever had the pleasure of working with. Never a dull moment.
Here's a nifty site.
There's a bunch of sound files that I've collected, but I couldn't put them on this site because they're too big. So go to my second site, the wondrous land of Chicken chili cheesecake. It also has the return of the Evangelion paro-doujinshi! Yay!

Questions? Comments? General complaints?

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5/22/03. No big deal about it. It's a day.