Anime Boston 2009 - Prelude

So tomorrow begins my third venture to Anime Boston. In 2005, I went on a last minute adventure that was brought up by a friend which turned into quite the weekend of excitement. The following year, 2006, we made a more glorious excursion where we actually dress up in Dole Uniforms. Now, 3 years later, I will be returning for round 3.

Anime Boston is always an exciting trip. Whether you like Anime or Japanese themes or not, it is definately a wonderful experience with many things to do even if you don't do anything!!! Just wandering around looking at all the costumes is an adventure in itself.

This year, I am actually dressing up as something Japanese (although the influence it had on Dole Comics is to be debated). I will be going as Roxas from Kingdom Hearts II in his organization 13 outfit. I have the whole costume finished, but the Oathkeeper Keyblade needs to be painted. Luckily I've got a friend who has as much passion about Kingdom Hearts and is willing to sacrifice her afternoon to painting it while I work!

I will post pictures of My costume and the group photos once I have them. I wanted to take pictures of us working on finishing touches of our costumes, but my hands were covered in plaster :( so no before photos. Oh well, the finished product is always better!

Even without the finished Keyblade, my outfit will look very good amongst the group. I am going to gel my hair into Roxas' style and I will be wearing contacts for at least the first day. Hopefully everything will go well. Everyone who is going and dressing up will be looking great.

Also, I've finally got around to start contacting people I've been either avoiding willingly or unwillingly. It is a slow and painful process that makes me feel tired and sad at the same time. Eventually I hope to have met up with everyone I need to at least ONCE this summer... but work will probably do a good job of messing that up. Fortunately, I'm only on for 4 days out of 7 this coming week after Anime Boston so hopefully I can start to get things done.

OK, time to shower, shave, and put my contacts in to surprise everyone at work. Update later!