Hello and welcome to Keba's Anime and Manga Place (KAAMP for short)! Here at KAAMP, I write about anime and manga that I have seen/read as well as my views on them. I'll also post about my original stories from time to time.

Just beware that some of my posts contain spoilers. I'll put them in spoiler tags just in case.

KAAMP's history: KAAMP was created in July 2002 by yours truly. It was a sloppy-looking website on Yahoo's now defunct Geocities. I posted my anime fan art on that site. Also, for a time, I posted my thoughts on the few anime series that I had seen. Now that I look back on it, my thoughts were rather ill-informed (is that even a word?) because I had only seen bits and pieces of anime dubs. Now that I've seen more series, I think that my commentary on various anime will be a little better than before.

So, come on in and stay awhile! KAAMP is now in session.

ACen Wrap-Up

I had a blast at Anime Central. Here's a brief recap of what I did.

• Stayed up late the night before working on my vest
• Got very little sleep
• Went grocery shopping IN FULL COSPLAY (So an alchemist and a homunculus walk into a Trader Joe's...)
• Listened to the FMAB soundtrack waaaaay too much
• Toured the exhibition hall
• Participated in the weirdest FMA photoshoot ever
• Ate overpriced food
• Randomly burst into song
• Took photos of impressive Pokemon cosplays
• Went to a panel on improv and made a friend of mine thoroughly uncomfortable
• Had to remove my boots midday Saturday because THEY FREAKIN' HURT (the floor was so cold, but I wasn't in as much pain)
• Got lost getting to the parking garage
• Got my picture taken a few times
• Walked around with a sign advertising $1.00 hugs
• Made $1.00 as a result of the sign
• Hung out at the Crunchyroll livestream with a guy dressed as Michael Jackson
• Participated in a contest and almost won
• Went to a panel all about anime cats
• Ran into my costume-less brother and his girlfriend a couple times
• Spent too much money on both FMAB box sets (but I got 'em!)

As you can see, I did a lot, but there were a few things that I didn't get a chance to do such as take more photos, go to more panels (many of the ones I wanted to go to took place at the same time as the photoshoots I attended), and meet the Otakuites that I knew were coming to ACen. Still it was a fulfilling long weekend, and I am very tired.

Today I Started a Conversation with a Random Stranger

As the title says, I started a conversation with a random stranger. This is extremely rare for me. In fact, I don't remember ever doing it before.

So, I was at a Starbucks, and I was just sitting down with my drink, when I saw this girl with the Attack on Titan Survey Corps emblem on her pants. Because she was in close proximity, and I had nothing much to do besides drink my green tea-type-thing, I said to her, "I like your pants."

We had a pleasant conversation. We talked about our favorite genres, though we didn't get deep into any specific anime. Turns out she's going to Anime Central, too. She told me that she would be cosplaying as a Naruto character.

"Which one?" I asked.

"An OC," she replied.

"So I guess I'll just look for the headband then," I said.

It might have been a little foolish of me not to ask what village emblem would be on her headband. Heck, I didn't even ask her name. Nor did I give mine.

ACen is a huge convention, so I don't know if I'll run into her. I hope I do. She seemed like a really nice person.

Insomnimania

Guess who's up at 5 AM after only four hours of sleep? ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess who had nothing better to do than register for ACen? ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So... anyone else going?