First things first, all of the pics I took at San Japan this year are up. Please feel free to add them to your galleries if you are in it but please give me credit for the photo. Also let me know if you are in the pic so I can credit you for being in it.

Ahhhh San Japan. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more if there wasn't so much shit going on in my life at the time and the few instances that made my day go south. I pretty much missed all of Friday going to training for a job that I ended up quitting on Monday. I know getting a job right now in this economy is very difficult but I could not work with the conditions they gave me and they were not willing to work with me or the other 200 people they hired. So I tried to go home on Friday to change into my cosplay but got stuck in traffic and ended up just going straight to the con sans cosplay which oddly enough made me feel way out of place. I know you don't have to cosplay at cons but I've done it so much that I just feel weird when I'm not in cosplay.

Saturday started off wonderfully. I had my cosplay with me and I was ready to run the photoshoot. I didn't have as many cosplayers as I thought I would but it was still a pretty good turn out. The only bad thing that happened at this time was that I was groped by a girl who I believed to be about 14! Seriously who the hell do you think you are? Who taught you that it is ok to grope a complete stranger?! I so wanted to beat the crap out of her but was in complete shock as that had never happened to me before and I didn't want to get kicked out of the con for beating a minor. Once photoshoot was done I realized that my cousin who had joined up with me at the con had gone missing and was not answering his phone. Only later did I find out that he had gotten really sick and ended up at the hospital. So I felt horrible even though there was no way I could have known this. The rest of the day was pretty good. I got to hang out with amazing people but the heat just got the better of me and I found myself dozing off here and there at the con. I went to the rave and had fun despite the rave being stopped twice for people not following the very strict rules. Afterwards I headed out to h-fest and fell asleep in there (which you should NEVER do....do not fall asleep surrounded by people watching porn). I don't think anyone but my friend noticed so she convinced me to go home. Problem was I brought her to the con so we had to take her stuff out of the truck and put it in her other friend's car. We were walking back to the parking lot saying how wonderful the day was and how much fun we had when a white car full of idiotic drunken boys passed by and yelled faggot at us and threw an egg at me. Yes, you read right. I was egged and called a faggot for being a cosplayer. I wish I had gotten their license plate number but all three of us were in a complete stupor. I didn't even notice the egg at first. I just turned and yelled all sorts of profanities back at them for calling me such a horrible name. My friends were the ones that brought the egg to my attention. Another first for me ladies and gentlemen. I have never met anyone so hateful in my life that would do something so frickin immature. God I just love ignorant assholes.

Can you really blame me for not wanting to go back on Sunday? I dragged myself out of bed. I was sore and exhausted but I needed to go and get autographs for myself and my friends. I went to get in line for the autographs a good 45 minutes before it started and was told that the line had already reached its cap. I was like "why me?" but the guy was nice enough to go ahead and let me in line. However when I reached the front I was told I could only get one thing signed. At this point I was like whatever at least I'm getting an autograph. The voice actors and bands were so nice and I was grateful for this. I left afterwards. I really did want to hang with my friends some more but I was so tired and frustrated that the idea of laying in my bed and forgetting everything just sounded so much better.

I know it's not the con's fault for all the bad stuff that happened. I'm not blaming them. I just wish I could go back and do it again maybe this time around I would be able to enjoy more of it. I love going to cons and meeting new people and I did meet a lot of awesome people and I miss them already. But now with my current unemployment I don't have the luxury of attending cons. At least not for a while. But if there is anyone in San Antonio that would like to do a private photoshoot I'd be willing to be your photographer. I gotta admit taking pictures always does make me feel better.

Thanks again to all those that attended the photoshoot and AJ for convincing me to host it. It was so fun and I miss you all. Hopefully I'll see you all soon.