A once overfilled but now empty place to hide.

[dejana]

I'm back in town. I'll try to catch up on my flist tomorrow.

In the meantime, I believe I've finally settled the "Anime Boston or Anime North?" dilemma that's been plaguing me pretty much ever since the dates for 2009 were announced.

I think I'm growing away from anime fandom. I have a pile of unwatched anime I don't feel much of a desire to get through, and the genre as a whole doesn't interest me as much anymore. :\ It's sad, but tastes change. I'm not going anywhere; there are plenty of other things to get fannish about. dotmoon.net is multi-fandom, and ASMR is a special project I'm not about to drop, as is the Sailormoon fandom itself to some extent. So no worries. And heck, maybe that'll free up the focus I need to write more original fiction. :)

Anyway, I think 2009 is going to be my last big year for anime conventions. I still want to go to more cons for other forms of media, but after this year I'll have been to all the anime cons I really wanted to sample except Katsucon. Starting next year I'll probably be cutting way down on the anime events.

So I was talking about all this with tmchiba, and I've decided to make Anime Boston 2010 my big last blast anime con. AB is a top-quality event, and it'll be a good one to go out on. After that, if I go to an anime con, I'll probably be one of those people who just hangs out in the hotel with their friends. It wasn't too long ago that I thought I'd never understand that kind of behavior, haha. Funny how that works out. But the best reason to go to a con is to spend time with friends, right? :)

The point is, if I'm focusing on Anime Boston 2010 as a special trip, I'll feel a lot less guilty about missing it this year. So yeah, I've decided on Anime North as the con I'll be traveling to this Memorial Day weekend. Finally, a plan, and one I'm not miserable about. I'm already looking forward to seeing everyone in Toronto. ^_^

So now I finally have my convention schedule for 2009 fully worked out, barring something else coming up on a free weekend.

Ohayocon: 1/30-2/1
Anime Detour: 4/3-4/5
No Brand Con: 4/24-4/26
Anime North: 5/22-5/24 (Ooh hey, the new website looks great!)
CONvergence: 7/2-7/5
AnimeIowa: 8/14-8/16
Discworld Con: 9/4-9/7

I haven't made concrete plans for some of these, but if all goes well, there they are. Anyone on my flist planning on going to any of these? :)

I'll still be sad to miss everyone at Anime Boston, but I'll see you there in 2010.

Comments

[sache.livejournal.com]

After that, if I go to an anime con, I'll probably be one of those people who just hangs out in the hotel with their friends. It wasn't too long ago that I thought I'd never understand that kind of behavior, haha. Funny how that works out. But the best reason to go to a con is to spend time with friends, right?

Welcome to the club. I sure as Hell don't go conning for the programming. :-D

[jambosana.livejournal.com]

i dont remember who it was, but someone posted about going to the convergence today... hmm. who was it...

[csi-tokyo3.livejournal.com]

It's why I've been going to AN for the last year or so. I've dumped most of my commercial anime DVDs and haven't watched any new ones in years.

Also, yay! that Dejana is coming! Massages for you again!

[seducedbydreams.livejournal.com]

We are going to No Brand. :3 Maybe a couple more if the job situation gets better. *headdesk*

[dejana.livejournal.com]

You should consider Detour 2010! There may be a .moon meetup going on! Check the Cons Etc forum. ^_^

Also yay, No Brand! Extra reason for me to go there. :)

[nephthysmoon.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you've decided. It makes it easier for me, then. LOL! I'm really looking forward to this. And I guess we'll be doing AB 2010! HEE! After that, Maddie will be at the age where it will be family vacations instead of cons for me anyway. *sigh* Such is a mother's life. :D