Your Day

My day well I had family who lives a good distance away over so we went out to eat at a buffet. However the second half of the day which involved removing the remains of a downed tree in my yard was much less fun especially given how hot it was outside today. After working a good deal I spent the evening relaxing in the air condition and catching up on my TV shows. I've been trying to play Mighty no. 9 but can't really get into it so I wound up net browsing. I am a combination of bored and tired but can't seem to really get to sleep, part of me wants to drink but I would regret it as I have work tomorrow morning. So here I sit browsing youtube and checking forum posts.

My last week was kinda busy and hectic. But I did manage to get my hands on a "Link to the Past" comic that was originally published in Nintendo Power, a collection of "Sam and Max" comics, and a copy of Ann Nocenti's Longshot series, which I heard about on an X-Men podcast XombieMike recommended to me.

My weekend plans changed really fast today. I got my hands on a weekend pass to RTX from someone who was planning to attend, but couldn't at the last minute. Hooray!

I didn't get to do much today since I got my badge an hour before the convention center closed. I stopped by the expo hall, got some free stuff, Lloyd Kaufman was there(!) and I got to meet him, got some cool cosplay photos, walked to where a panel I want to see tomorrow will happen so I could know where to find it, ran into a friend I met at another event, and hung out with him until everyone had to leave since he wasn't going to be there the rest of the weekend.

I also saw this creepy weirdo in a green jacket hanging out with a bunch of young girls cosplaying in school uniforms for some reason. He seems like the type of guy who would have a weird name like "Jared" and a really long and hard to spell last name, spend years doing a daily gaming news show for ScrewAttack or some other site, and then go off and do his own thing on youtube. Stranger danger!



If anyone here is going to RTX and feels like saying hi, I'm going to wear a Mario Kart 8 shirt on Saturday. Not sure if I'll be attending Sunday.

lol, so I heard some fireworks going off outside, walked out and found them right in my complex's tennis court. Watched my neighbors do those for a bit in my bedroom shoes.

Kept hearing more fireworks...so I walked around the complex looking for them, but didn't see any. Circled back to my apartment and went in. Still more going off, still loud enough to be near me. For some reason, I felt like I had to see them haha, so I turn off my PS4 and put my shoes on. At this point I'm thinking they're in the park.

I walk through the ENTIRE park, which is woods and dark trails and planks over a pond, no one else around, and don't see anything. I then exit the other side of the park, walk halfway to work following the noises - nothing. I then came back. Oh well, at least I got to see my neighbors' haha...but now I still hear some 

I had fun tonight. I saw a Weird Al concert.

His Vepar cosplay, however, needs work.

A lot going on today...going to be at work for a bit, have follow-up with Urology to get a stent removed, and then tonight I'm off to Vegas for Evo. Hope my health and energy holds out well, lol. Will be playing in like 8 tournaments or something.

edit: that appointment was rough ugggh. Glad it's over now

Arrived at Anaheim yesterday and ready for SIGGRAPH 2016.
This is my first time being in US... and the first thing I bought is mountain dew lol

Probably wondering why I've been gone for so long? I got hired for several awesome jobs with an awesome boss.

I am now a book editor for multiple books of the author's and I'm starting on my voicework...ahh, so taxing. I can't wait to record. I need to practice my talking a lot more...reading for several audiobooks is gonna be tough business...but I'm gonna be a voiceactor!! Finally!! I feel like I've struck gold or something.

But at the same time, I stressed myself out to the point of having health problems. I just needed more sleep though, everything cleared up even though I'm going to the doctor's office later. I'll explain everything to them.

Also I may or may not have been into the Vampire Hunter D fandom...totally have, I backed the Kickstarter and watched Bloodlust and I'm hooked, help me!!

I was initially confused, not upset, at Federation Force. And I ultimately feel that FF's problem was just bad timing.

This is the first Metroid game since Other M, a game that was very negatively received, due in large part to how Samus was characterized. Then the franchise fell silent for years, and when it comes back, we're all hoping for a game that will wash the taste of Other M out of our mouth. And we get... chibi Federation Soldiers? And Samus isn't the main character?

Had something like this come out between, say, Prime 2 and Prime 3, the reaction probably wouldn't have been nearly as bad. I grant it's not the game I would have wanted for Metroid's return. I still want a game that brings back the six hunters from Metroid Prime: Hunters. I thought all six of them had potential. Especially Sylux and Trace.

Anyway, yesterday I stopped using my old LGA340 phone and upgraded to an iPhone 5. (It was a hand-me-down from a family member.) So now I'm busy experimenting with apps, such as Miitomo and Pokémon Go.

Well, I've been away for a while. But I am back now.

All sorts of retail-related shenanigans happened!
-Inventory week
-Tax-free weekend
-Back-to-school weekend
-Getting called in to work on multiple days off because everyone else said "no" and I said "yes" so I could be a team player, workplace professional, and get more money.
-Wasting 30 minutes helping a manager do personal shopping they weren't supposed to be doing on the job when I thought I was helping them do actual work
-A customer decided to leave a "Hamilton Hello" with their baby and placed it under a shelf. If you do not know what a "Hamilton Hello" is, listen to the Super Best Friendcast episode with the same name to find out.
-I reported a furry wearing a fursuit and their friend, both of which I noticed were hanging around small children and approaching other customers instead of shopping, as a security concern. Instead of taking the report seriously, a manager and someone on the security team replied with "do your job and hug the guy in the dog costume!". I thought they were joking. They were not. I approached the furry because I wanted to be a good, flexible employee, but they grabbed and tucked me in a position where I couldn't see anything. I knew- and physically felt- something was wrong; I couldn't tell if he was trying to grope me or if his partner was trying to pickpocket me while I was distracted. Fortunately, my pockets were empty because I actually followed instructions and put my phone and wallet in my locker before my shift began. The most disappointing part of it all was how after the store closed, every other employee was talking about how "the guy in the dog costume was a really good hugger," and didn't notice anything wrong or suspicious. I have no idea what was up with that and I'm disappointed with how the management responded to/ignored the incident.

And in other news, here are some fun things I've done.
-I got to see one of my favorite cheesy movies, Dune, in a theater with live commentary from Sean Young (who played Chani) and some local comedians. Everything about that was great. Sean Young was hilarious, sweet, and she reminded me of Linda from "Bob's Burgers".
-I got to see Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff from Mystery Science Theater 3000 perform live! Four times! Over two different nights! Each with a different movie to riff over! I brought some friends I hadn't hung out with in a while along to the only show I was able to buy multiple tickets for, and it ended up being the funniest of the shows they had. We all had a great time and got to meet Trace and Frank afterward.
-Taking a trip to San Antonio with some old friends in order to rectify how we don't meet up with each other enough
-I got into Pokemon Go. While the hype has died down, I really enjoy it as a social activity; I met all sorts of cool people and made new friends, went on a Pokemon Go bar crawl, came across a bookstore where a teenage author was doing her first book signing, and I discovered a comic shop that had a really cool bathroom covered with art and messages from guests the store had!
-I also took advantage of a "secret sale" the previously mentioned comic shop had after closing hours earlier this week and picked up some graphic novels/comic trade paperbacks I've been meaning to pick up: Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol volume 1, Doom 2099, Batman: The Cult, and Grant Morrison and Mark Millar's run on The Flash.
-Made a long-overdue purchase of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" complete series, Tom King's "Omega Men" complete series... which was damaged on arrival, and what will probably be the last "new" physical game I'll buy, "Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel". I'm a big Borderlands fan, but I still need to get around to playing/beating that game and its expansion.