Yoshi, he'll have to do.

Wow, I know nothing about Anime. In fact on a couple of occasions you could even find me admitting my distaste for the stuff, that however does not stop me from spending near $300 on a weekend of geekage. Now I actually don't hate the stuff I'm just not into it as much as I am Comic Books or Graphic Novels (hate that term, attempting to make comic books sophisticated) ... any who I enjoy the occasional Anime, Death Note, Paranoia Agent, and so on. Something either ludicrous or interestingly-not-DBZ. But I was actually impressed at how much this Anime Convention was about pretty much all spectrums of geekdom and not just Manga. For instance Video Games. OH my, were there gaming items. I found my self bidding, yes bidding not on eBay, but real bidding on pieces of art, be them N.E.S. inspired, still art none-the-less. Sadly I lost, Damn you Kevin, bidder #016. But that didn't stop me from still purchasing around $150 on geek-esk art. Which in turn made me actually inspired me to paint, and I am almost done with what I think looks like what I was actually trying to make which always makes me happy.




Oh and by the way, I am McGiver ... of Cosplay. I made a Yoshi Costume out of a Green shirt, clear tape, red tape, a piece of cardboard, 3 styrofoam cups, and a paper clip. Check it out for yourself. I think I did a pretty good job. Mind you I made my friends costumes as well. And to quote an adorable little 3-year-old (My little brother) "I like your new costume Jay!" So I think that speaks for it self.




P.S. If anyone needs to quench their disco needs there's a great little place in Somerset, NJ by the name of "Parity, The Disco Super Store"