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My favorite 45 purchase thus far, with side A being Johnny B. Goode (OF COURSE! /Bison)
Hey all.
Brawl tournament went....ok. Definitely not what I wanted it to be though. We made some money, which was cool, but not nearly as much as our first Brawl tournament. Even though I picked the best time and date to comply with everybody's schedule (yes, I really did talk to like, twenty or so potential competitors) attendance was still lacking. I did get one video camera to film most of it, but A: there wasn't much energy or excitement to film and B: the guy that took most of the footage seemed to focus only on Brawl, asses, and crotches. I'll leave to your imagination which one he favored.
The preceding day was the FFXIII launch party, which was WAY more exciting, and possibly the best club meeting so far. One dude played the game while we all paid loose attention, some were playing Yugioh for whatever reason, and we all just talked and hung out. Then we watched Kung Fu Panda. Why? CAUSE WE'RE FUCKIN ANIME CLUB, AND WE WANTED TO!! So we were at ECC until like, ten thirty at night, then went to a Mexican place for a quick bite then went to one of the guys's house (his name is Jesus, and I'm not joking) to play Brawl till one. When I finally got home, I found a letter addressed to me on the counter from my Grandma in Texas, giving me a hundred bucks for completing the GED. You all know what I got the next day. I give you hint. It starts with F, and ends with INAL FANTASY XIII!!!!
Went to Carney's twice this week, first for St. Patrick's Day to have a more Irish celebration than sitting at home playing video games, and second for our friend's birthday celebration, where I was able to infiltrate his Oaccount and mess with his avi once again. >:D We also watched (rewatched for me) Durarara!! ep 11 on the TV at like five thirty in the morning, which is BY FAR the most KICKASS episode. To. DATE. Speaking of dates, the nineteenth was my one year anniversary of TheO. Which means I can make rooms in chat now. Speaking of making rooms, dates, and Durarara!!, starting with episode 12, I'm going to make a chat group that convenes immediately after the closure of MST, similar to the Higashi no Eden chat way back when. Can't wait to start that up, that'll be fun.
I also announced to my club an interesting thing that is happening at Kat's college that I stumbled across. Apparently, NIU is having an Anime conference of their own, for a single Saturday. And it's free. The club seems to be up for it, so that should be fun. It's about a month from now, and I'll email them to find out what exactly will be there, but so far it looks like they'll have panels (no big name industry people, of course) pachinko thingies, and gaming. It's ten to ten, which is good for me, since I'll be booking it down there from a race I have to do that day in Burlington Wisconsin. I really don't wanna miss the race because it's a really good early season trainer, and it's also a potential money maker. In fact, last year's winnings paid of my hotel room to Acen.
Speaking of convention things, my aunt made an interesting proposition, which, after much deliberation, I accepted. It was after we collected materials for my Lloyd cosplay at JoAnn, which went very well.
"I will pay for this costume and the next if you play the National Anthem at USCA Nationals in Peshtigo this year."
".....lemme call you back, I don't want to make this decision while I'm hungry."
I went paddling/running with her today, and she upped the ante, including the registration fee for that early Wisconsin race. I switched out the part about the next costume and replaced it with buying a Lloyd wig, and now that's that. She wants me to play it on all the days, on both guitar and sax. Not at the same time. Not that I couldn't, but....
Speaking of canoeing and Peshtigo, I'll be heading up there this spring break to get some paddling in with some really fast paddlers. One of them is Joe Johnson, who is a National champion and looks like he's in his mid forties, but turned sixty last year, and can totally kick my ass. We'll be staying once again at Crozier's place, who is responsible for making the majority of all racing canoes. I've slept on his living room floor quite a few times before, and his wife makes good coffee. If I just bring poptarts, I'm good to go. Hopefully, if I pull this off right, maybe I can go see Schultzie on Saturday?
Tomorrow (or today, now) I'm meeting one of our club members at the riverfront to go paddling. That should be fun. Hopefully, I can make him stick with it, which might be a tad hard. It's cold, windy, we're getting in water, in a big honking aluminum canoe, and paddling for like an hour. Even some paddlers would say no to that, lol. I really hope he decides to give it at least one more go afterwards, 'cause then he'd be able to get in a cruiser, which is way more fun than aluminum. Or maybe I'll just bring my C-1 to club one day; there's a pond on campus that I have no problem taking advantage of.
First time visiting the Official theOtaku World in ages, and what do I see? Two pictures where I was RIGHT NEXT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER BOTH TIMES. GEEZ. The Vic one was pretty funny, but the Kamina Vs. Ryu picture was WAY better than Kat and Nehs staring at a phone. Though I did read Nehs's bacon comment and loled.
This took too long. And I bet I'm still leaving out vital parts. I do way too much nowadays.
-Ryu
