Youmacon 2013!

Youmacon was absolutely fabulous!

I had so much fun.  I saw all sorts of voice actors and people in bizarre and unique cosplay.  It was wonderful.  We walked and stood a lot but it felt very worth it.  I ended up with several autographs from people such as Sonny Strait (Krillin in Dragon Ball Z) and many more!

The highlights of the event were the two voice actors Todd Haberkorn and Chuck Huber. 

Todd Haberkorn is one of the most popular anime voice actors.  The roles I know him best for are Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail and Death the Kid from Soul Eater.  Todd was a very kind person and a very attractive person as well.  He was awesome and funny and was quite charming.

Chuck was a bit strange.  He is known for very strange characters.  I know him best for the characters Franken Stein (two words) from Soul Eater and Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.  I learned he is a father of 6 and he was a big goof.

The rest of the con was very fun.  I'll have pictures to show soon!

Na, na, na, na, Here at the Con

At the end of this week I plan on attending an anime convention on Detroit called Youmacon.  It will be held at the Detroit Ren Cen and Cobo Hotel with a lot of panels and plenty of guests.  It'll be my first convention I won't see Vic Mignogna at, but this will give me the chance to focus on other guests.

The guests I'm most excited for are:



Todd Haberkorn

Todd Haberkron voice actor popular for the voices of Death the Kid from the anime Soul Eater, Italy from the anime series Hetalia, Allen Walker from the anime series D. Gray Man, and Natsu Dragneel from the anime series Fairy Tail.  He is also featured in the fan-created series, Star Trek Continues as Mr. Spock



Chuck Huber

Caitlin Glass voice actress popular for the role of Winry Rockbell from the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Chuck Huber voice actor popular for the voice of Franken Stein from the anime Soul Eater.

Brad Swaile Canadian voice actor most popular for his role as Light Yagami from the anime series Death Note.


Prince Baka

I'm cosplaying for it as a character named Prince Baka from the anime, Level E.  It's a show about how an alien prince who loves to torment people comes to Earth to escape an arranged marriage and in turn terrorizes a small nubmer of Japanese citizens.

I'm hoping to see some fellow Rangers there.  It's a slim chance but, the chance still exists. A Ranger, or Risembool Ranger, is a member of Vic Mignogna's fanclub, named for the home town of his most popular character, Edward Elric.  I am one of them (see my sweatshirt I wear all the time).

Either way, I'm very excited for this convention.  I plan to Vlog about it so stay tuned for more updates!

Halloween!

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This year, Halloween falls on a Thursday.  Up until this year, I've gone trick-or-treating (except for one year when I went to Youmacon instead).  I've gone as a variety of characters and other things.  My favorite place to go has been a nursing home near Bixby.

I don't remember most of the costumes I wore in elementary.  I remember going as Barbie with a mask, being a blue fair with a big blue wig and purple wings, a simple witch outfit, but not much else.

I love M&Ms and anything with chocolate in it such as Snickers.  The best candy to get in your bag would be one of those chocolate bars and a snack-size bag of anything.  I recall favoring bottle caps quite a bit. 


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We don't particularily follow the tradition of carving pumpkins like most people do.  I'm pretty sure the only pumpkin I ever carved was last year.  Mine ended up falling into itself a bit and then complutely ruined by someone kicking it in.  That was a bit sad.

I'm still looking forward to the end of this month though!  Stay tuned for the adventures from Youmacon!

Fall

Fall has begun!  I love the colors and the cool air it brings.  It's my favorite season!  My favorite things about fall has been Halloween and Thanksgiving.  I'm a big fan of anything with sugar in it and up until this year, I'd go around costumed getting free candy from strangers, though the biggest reason I'm not doing it this year is an Anime Convention I'm going to.

Vic Mignogna during Youmacon 2010

That's another thing.  Every year either the last few days of October or the first few days of November (or somewhere between there) an Anime (Japanese cartoons usually based off of Japanese graphic novels called manga) Convention called Youmacon.  It's been a few years since I went last, but I'm going again and I'm expecting a blast!

I Am a Perfect Person...or Am I?

We all are perfect in our own little ways.  Some of us are the perfect students, some of us are perfect athletes, some of us are perfect artists, some of us are perfect nobodies, whether or not we like to admit that.  There's always, always something we want to change about ourselves, be it a bad habit or a physical trait or anything of the sort.

What I want to change is my tendency to hold things back.  I will conceal emotions of depression, anger, even joy sometimes.  I let it pile higher and higher until it breaks the camels back and I blow up.  If they are more negative emotions, I break down and go off on somebody.  It's not pretty.

I feel like I'd have a lot less stress if I were able to releive myself of my emotional stress right away or sooner.  Stress causes weight gain, acne, and other issues.  Losing this stress could help me lose the extra chunk I've gained, I'd have less issues with my image, I'd not have to worry about pimples so much, the list goes on.

I'm sure I'll grow out of it eventually.  I've started relieving anger by ranting to someone who will agree with some of the things I say and help me cope.  It's very relaxing and I often feel much better afterwards.

Releasing the tension will lesson stress and make me so much more relaxed.

Work of an Art Nerd

As an amateur artist, I like getting compliments on my artwork, no matter the source.  Drawing is mostly a hobby right now, but I want to do more with it in the future.  Critique is key for me to improve to a more professional level.  Critique is important for any form of improvement artistically.  Whether you just want to look at the pictures or actually make a comment about them, here are some artworks I've created.

Find them at  My deviantART page



Here is a video of me drawing. 

Find the drawing in the video here:  Link

A Short Tour of the school