As of April 28th this year, I am a degree-holding college graduate. [link] I got a blister on my foot as I turned my tassel and crossed the stage- add injury to insult, why don't you! Graduation was not something that I spectacularly looked forward to; the idea of giving up what I considered to be a close-to-perfect life (graduating from college meant that I could not compete in debate, have my awesome internship, have my coffeehouse job, take time off to go to very many cons, or live in a house with/nearby the vast majority of my friends) made me into a pretty big downerpants. I liked to think that a major life change would lead to only improvement, and it was difficult to see that at first. Either way, I'm developing a healthier attitude about it as I've started to spend time back at home with my mother in my hometown. It won't be all bad. We just got back from a cruise to the Florida Keys and Bahamas. boyyyyyyyyyyyy I needed that week of putting my brain back in the right place


I'm starting to think about my birthday.... and, further, Otakon (which I'll probably be able to afford because I'll ask my family members for plane tickets/money as birthday presents ahahaha). Who-all is going to Otakon? I don't know what my employment situation will be like in July/August but I do have high desires to travel (internationally and domestically!). If I don't have my career by July then I think I would like to go to Otakon. I want more opportunities to be Anastasia Otakon is a big-enough convention that maybe there'll be a Dimitri for me to take pictures with. I love a guy in a three-piece suit Dimitri is a dapper fellow.


This past month, I've been spending a LOT of time in vans, which means, more time to hang out with my imaginary friends! ...and then beg my real friends to draw my imaginary friends doing cool stuff for me because I have the talent of a newspaper comic artist. This is King Tusca: He's a gangster. I named him after the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (the place where KamiCon is held, and also, where I had a load of amazing speech tournaments). I like him because he wears purple dresses and it's socially acceptable for him to because he's a king duh.


I guess overall, I really would call myself happy, now. I spent the month of April in a mood of negativity and dread but I think I just had a bad attitude; instead of seeing graduation as a new part of my life, saw it as simply the end of something good, when it shouldn't be that way. Now that I am back in my hometown and have free time, I will go find an organization to be a part of- I missed being in theatre while in college (it was my favorite thing to do in high school!) so maybe I'll get into a community theatre or something! Does anyone have any good theatre stories? Yeah, I'm chipper, even as I sit here typing this while sporting a spectacular sinus infection (looking at the bright side: I got sick the day AFTER the cruise ahahaha!).






I guess I should list my convention appearances; I want to know ahead of time whoall I'm gonna run into!  Let me know if you're attending any of these:


Definitely Attending:

-Otakon- (Baltimore, MD- August) [link]


Maybe Attending:

-Ancient City Con- (Jacksonville, FL- July) [link]
-Youmacon- (Detroit, MI- November) [link]


Cons that I Considered But Unfortunately Am Not Attending:

-AnimeNext- (Somerset, NJ- June) [link]
-MetroCon- (Tampa, FL- June) [link]
-ConnectiCon- (Hartford, CT- July) [link]
-Anime Festival Orlando- (Orlando, FL- August) [link]