Anime North 2022 · 2:59pm Jul 17th, 2022

*Very softly* "......I'm.... Back."

Man it sure felt good to go back to a convention, after over 2 and a half years of having gone exactly nowhere and done hardly anything at all because of COVID locking things down.

Sure wasn't fun wearing a Covid Mask though, especially in sweltering heat. (I had to wear it for 6-7 hours)

"Aaaah!! It's gone!! I can't believe it-- My face is completely gone!!!"

Hehehe, that was a funny joke we all played with, and then there was this one.

"Would it kill you to crack a smile?"

"Uh... I... don't have a mouth."

Some of the vendors even took my picture, thinking my cosplay "Rocked" the way my face was totally covered, I looked so mysterious. (Even got to pose for a card shop's website at their request, and they gave me a Free Pokemon Card, and three dollars off the cards I actually bought. (So nice of them)

Met 3 new Celebrities too...

Arron Dismuke

Caitlin Glass

And the legendary Richard Epcar. (He provided so many voices for Power Ranger MOTWS) He's also the voice of Etemon and Myotismon. It was a joy and honor to meet him.

Many of my old fans even recognized me too. Shook hands, had hugs, selfies... hehe I even met a guy from this group who worshiped me (Still do) and call me "Their gospel" They even boy and pray to me like I'm a real god. We roleplay about it, just for laughs.

"God said... I shall make the an ANIME!"

Hehehehe...

And even got to run into my offline friends from my old social group (don't get to see much of them because of Covid, and some of them are not vaxxed, so I can't hang with them for very long)

Even got to buy new Yugioh cards, and I had a few duels too. (won some, lost some... it was all fun)

Today's the last day, but I decided not to go, and was even persuaded not to.

I did all I had to do. I bought everything I needed, I've met who I wanted, I took great pictures... There is quite literally nothing much left to do there but just hang and pose for selfies (Which I did too)

Even if I had gone, I'd only be there for like... 3 or 4 hours. Not much to time to get a lot done anyway.

It's just that last night I felt shaky, like this...

Sakes... why do I feel like I'm doing something wrong, when really I'm not?!
Why do I have to feel so shaky? So nervous and upset no matter which I decide to do about something?
Why can't my conscience not only BE clean, but FEEL clean to me?

Reason I felt like that was cuz... Part of me was saying I should still go, but everything said "It's okay, you don't have to" I guess I was just having anxiety, like I didn't know if I was making the right choice to skip today.

I had SUCH a great time this weekend, and it's been the first time in a very long time I've done practically ANYTHING (Now that Covid is slightly under control... though it's starting to worsen again)

It's like, you have a such a good time, and you wish it could go on a little longer. I'm just a little sad that it's over now (But at least I don't have to wait a FULL YEAR before the next one. They'll put it back to May... I hope)

THAT'S what the whole "Clean conscience" thing was about... Nothing else. (Just a small phase)

I feel fine now, and I had a great time. I look forward to the next con.

Next is my upcoming trip to Florida and DinesyWorld. (Third time) It's gonna be wonderful.)

Meanwhile, back to work...!

Still gotta finish Beast Boy's Awards show...