and I'm giving some hell and I'm feeling free

First off, some good articles on slashdot today:

YEAH AMAZON, FUCK YOUR BULLSHIT

We have this book at my store! I think I may have to get it now O_O
Oh hey what is up the future.
I, for one, welcome our new Ice-9 mummy overlords (with a selection of delicacies fresh off the printer).

[FURIOUS SCREAMING]

I unintentionally passed out for awhile because I was just that tired -- I got about 2 hours of sleep and biked home around 1...Next year I'm packing better (OMFGTOOTHBRUSH)! I might save up for a room, or see if someone wants to split one, too -- that seems like it'd be a lot easier, and I could have people by for drinks and/or hangin out :3
I lost my Squid Girl keychain ;________;

I met so many wonderful people. I had a couple of people recognize my character, too! :D THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT COSTUMES! O___O AND I DID NOT TAKE PICTURES ;___; I was too scared of my phone dying, as it was crucial to finding people, and the charger doesn't have a plug right now and arrrrgggghhh
I need to email Brittany; I didn't make it back up to see her ;_; Man, those art rooms are kind of cramped, too -- granted, I was maneuvering a backpack in them, but a lot of them couldn't fit many people very well.
I ended up having a lot of fun in the video room -- had a really good time riffing on a CG movie with a gent (M..Mike? I shoulda given him a card :c ); we were both really tired, and it was a pretty silly movie, so that was fun -- I also met up with a couple of guys in the wee hours and ended up in there again chatting about anime and waifus X3 And I met awesome people at Cards Against Boise! YOU GUYS, I MET AWESOME PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE
I am still really tired, and still very sad that I have no pictures :C There were geisha and furries and schoolgirls and ghost busters and lolita and titans and survey corps and a ton of homestuck and ponies and disney and just...just SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS. I didn't want it to end :c Maybe I can make it to the other cons coming up this year -- but I have a family reunion sometime in August, and I'm kind of stupid broke atm so we'll see.

Hurrburr. I'm leaving out a ton, I know -- but I think I'm going to go watch a movie and possibly pass out again.

My kind of people.

They're all right with me

P.S. Let it henceforth be known that green tea kitkats are the greatest fucking thing ever.

AO mini-update // The old church yard and the damn dog pound

I'm taking a break at the bar for a few -- I was starting to feel burned out by all the people, so I figured I'd kick it solo for a bit before I head upstairs for Cards Against Humanity :3 I need to take more pictures! I only have one so far, of a Celty (from Durarara) cosplay -- which was fabulous, in case you were wondering. I'll try to take some more tonight though! In the meantime, I'm going to drink this beer and watch some Retsupurae (if the internet cooperates)
Have I mentioned cons are super fun?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Everyone I've met so far has been awesome and accepting, and... just lovely, really. What a delightful time ^___^ Oh! And I made a shirt, which I wore today :D

I think they got lost...We really need to find them -- I mean, I ALREADY FOUND ALL THE YAOI BECAUSE IT IS EVERYWHERE. WHERE MAH YURI AT

I wanna be this, I wanna be that

A big black dog with the soul of a cat

Getting old // Nearly put to death by lightning strikes

Man, I crashed out of AO. I haven't made it to a lot of the events, unfortunately... a portion of today may have been wasted on aimless wandering courtesy of my own dumb shyness -- until folks started showing up in the evening, and then stuff got awesome! I'm going to try to remedy that shyness thing tomorrow. ZA PAYPAH AIRPLANES ARE A GO. Also, apparently people love you if you give them candy, sooo...I'm not going to argue with that. :D

♥

datbookpile♥

I got kinda sick at the end, unfortunately, and had to bail on Cards Against Humanity :c That really sucked, because I was having an awesome time -- if they're playing tomorrow I'm going to bring our set from home to help out. Anyway, I went and passed out in the video room(?) a bit, which helped -- though hopefully tomorrow I can pack a slightly softer backpack. Also, less to drink as well as more caffeine, earlier: I think that is a good plan.

I did make friends with the bartender (I think most of the hotel staff is kind of bewildered by the AO folk? Or they love us. It varies). I hope that doesn't sound really pathetic, because he's a very cool guy -- I guessed what book he was looking for, and got to share one I'd brought along as a prop :3

Ohman. I met so many people this weekend  O O
And tomorrow is going to be even crazier! I need to bring more suckers; those were a hit. Maybe next year I can do bookmarks or something to give out :D Ohshit! And I need to remember to hand out business cards! Ch...check out my card thing? It printed weird, but I didn't check it on the better monitor, so that's probably my fault :/ Derp.

O...ok I'm going to pass out now.

 READ OR DIE BABY

It was Cinco de Mayo*

C-C-C-

CONTRADICTIONS.

What a week @___@~~~

AND THEN ANIME OASIS HAPPENED AND THIS WEEKEND GONNA KICK ASS YO

I didn't take any pictures because my phone still hates everything; tomorrow I will hunt down an outlet and camp that delicious electro-juice, as the kids say.

I CAN'T STOP HEARING THIS; HERE, YOU HEAR TOO <3

Sat and watched the summer corn grow

Too hot inside

Too hot outside

Lazy days when he said "let's go for a ride."

We'd sail on Spirit Lake

Me, my pappy, and his lemonade

It is all over my brain

THIS is amazing, courtesy of a dear friend:

WATCH THIS IMMMMMEDIATELY

I wish my Plamya costume would have come together this year, but at least I found a good jacket; I'll keep an eye out for other stuff for next year maybe? :s

Why you gotta be difficult, Plamya

I'm sorry baby; please put down the radish

Pre-beer AO:

Post-beer AO:

WELL?!

Guess who is having the best time

Hand
in
hand,
let's build a wonderland
no-one else will understand.
Smoke and ash and dust and sand
is not the plot
that I have planned.





*It's not Cinco de Mayo. Look, there's a calendar right on your computer, gosh.

I can't unfold the layers of mystery / or piece together the tragedy of history

First off this most beautiful thing needs to happen:

MY SPIRIT ANIMAL NYU~

Did you know...

• that the TMBG station on Pandora is the best goddamn station ever?
• Seriously: the first time I listened to it I heard Women and Men (one of my favorite TMBG songs) followed immediately by Still Alive.
• uhhh, do you see that Bohemian Rhapsody video up there, because same station.
• Today it played Naked and Famous (which I somehow hadn't heard before), followed immediately by The Lumberjack Song, and it made me so happy -- despite getting TWO FLAT TIRES TODAY AAAAAAUGGGGHHHHHhhhhhrrrrrrr.

This, via Lego:

who won like that is even a question

My other spirit animal ♥

the portents

What's being portentendered?

...

...

...

Oh, just TICKETS TO EVERYTHING*, OMGFUCKYEAH

(I was looking at the art tables page on the website, and my friend Brittany is going to be there! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER OMG)

ALSO

ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Two everythings.

They seemed very confused about playing Boise, which I can totally understand.

This was on the desktop, so you may have it as well. NEET NEET.

Never underestimate humanity, friend.

There will be more things later; today was kind of awful (see: bike problems, walking home [only partway, thank goodness] sleep deprivation, extreme social awkwardness, just...so, so much sore and tired ; ; )
/falls over

Knock, knock -- open up the door: it's real

Awr. :c

In semi-related news: THIS HAPPENED TO ME

OHSHITWHERESMYDISTAFF

(o...ok, it was super windy and there were a lot of power lines, so trust me: they looked way more similar before I could snap the picture >.> )

Wait, what Steam is up again

If the only thing you cats did was came out to play: stay out my way

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

AUGH. I don't have a comic for you, whoever-reads-this; I am terrible. I am the worst. I have lame excuses that you don't want to read, so I'll just say: gomen, baby. Gomen.

Last Sunday night I had adventures, which were direly needed. They involved gothy folks in fabulous costumes, tasty beverages, posters of saved by the bell characters, motorboating?! and a...well, let's say a wide variety of conversation. I wore fancy shoes and didn't fall down? And I met people! And motorboat...ed some of them? That isn't really something I go around doing, mind you; it was at their insistence -- but it was a fun night. So, that is...something.

OMG YOU GUYS THIS IS THE BEST; WHY HAVEN'T YOU PLAYED THE LAST DOOR YET?!

LOOK AT THAT, OMFG. YOU CAN'T TELL HERE, BUT THEY GAVE ME AN ANIMATED BEE SWARM AND EVERYTHING. THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING; THEY ARE WIZAAAAARDSSSSSS  *Explodes from happiness*

And now, a Poetic Service Announcement:


<Barry White Voice>

Baby,
I know I work at a bookstore, but...
let me tell you somethin':
I don't care
what kind of books you read --
I'm not gonna
judge you, girl
just
swing those
oh those
honey-sweet eyes
right on over
to some William Gibson sometime;
that's all I'm askin' of you, baby.

</Barry White Voice>

Hey, these reinterpretations are pretty brilliant

I don't know where I belong;

I don't know where I went wrong --

but I can sing a song

Glaciers melting in the dead of night // Supermassive blog post

I have another little comic thing in the works that'll probably be up in the next few days -- but there was just so much other stuff to post! O_O

Servant x Service is about some folks working in a ward office (basically... Japan's health/welfare, from what I can gather?) -- it's basically how the employees' relationships evolve around a job that centers on the joys of dealing with the public. So, you know. I dig that.

Oh yeah, this is familiar territory right here.

Also their manager is a stuffed bunny*, because anime. Also ♥ LUUUUCYYYYY ♥
*(not the bunny pictured)

girrrrl♥.jpg

INTERLUDE FOR BOOK PICTURES

Now back you your irregularly scheduled weeaboo

O why yes that is me on the top left. Yozora y you do dis ; ;

The above is Hanasaku Iroha, which has been a quick watch so far, because it's delightful. It's about a girl (et al.) working at an inn at a hot springs -- which sounds really simple, and it is mostly about the characters' relationships... but I don't know, it's just wonderful.

 Yes, even Ohana has grown on me even though she drives me crazy sometimes. I mean, I get that her naivete is kind of her draw but GODDAMNIT OHANA. Also WHY HAVEN'T THEY KICKED OUT THAT WRITER YET HE IS SUCH A SLEAZEBALL. Now, some Nako.

Social anxieGET OUT OF MY HEAD ANIME

LOLI RAGE courtesy of Chunibyo

A...also hey how about some Sakura Trick

"So, what is Sakura Trick about?" Well, friend...

I, uh.

Don't judge me.

My friend at work recommended Rat Queens, and from what I found online, it looks amazing. I got confirmation of this when they SOLD OUT AND CANCELLED MY PREORDERARGLBRARRGH

So yes, I am already in love RQ and I haven't even read it yet.

You know about Oglaf. You BETTER know about Oglaf.

I'd like to conclude with random stuff, beginning with what I ASSUME AND HOPE IS A MOVIE POSTER FOR THIS SUMMER'S SHOT AT THE BEST WACKY BUDDY COMEDY OF ALL GODDAMN TIME.

Someone please make my everyone's dream come true

!

This was...for a thread (top shelf of your bookshelf, no organizing):

Nobody replied, but that was 100% fine because I'd mostly expected angry rants about what a pleb I am. So this story had a surprisingly happy ending, in that I was on 4chan and wasn't immediately drowned in endless buckets of liquid hate! Is this a sign of progress? P...probably not. Let's wrap this up with somethin' pretty: 

FUCKING PIXEL ART DRAGON OHMYGOD WHAT HOW EVEN WHAT

I thought I was a fool for no one

But -- ooh baby -- I'm a fool for you