I started going to cons back in 1998, and the cosplay scene was neither as big, nor as serious as it is today. There were a few pretty girls, but not the numerous dynamite knockouts you see today now that cons are bigger, and anime is more mainstream.

I wonder what they feel threatened by, though. Gorgeous girls cosplaying would not have bugged me back in the day.

You gotta give her credit for getting through that with such gracefulness!

As a card-carrying introvert, this job seems like heaven to me. If I fail to meet the job requirements, I hope an opening for lighthouse keeper presents itself.

I believe they can be very affectionate, too. Have you ever spent time with one?

What the hell is it with people turning funerals into venues for their music?

I have personal reasons for asking, but was your aunt the kind of woman who also got upset about sitting too close to the TV, and having elbows on the table?

I have to know: Did you accept the dare and touch the body?

You just made it worthwhile that I had to read As I Lay Dying in college.

Wow. Truth is always stranger than fiction, man. May I ask what you played in the band?

Well, keep it up with the awesome posts. If you like the funeral story I posted, hit me up with some of your newly-gained ungreying power, too! ;)

I want to congratulate you. Your posts have been consistently good. It is strange that it has taken this long to get out of the grey pit. Good on you!

Farewell, noble man. Your comments, which mightily outshout everyone else's in such a manner that nobody can possibly drift past them, are really good.

Here’s one for you, but I’ve changed a few details to protect identities. If that renders this story as fiction, I can live with it.

Sorry for my curiosity, but do you remember the specific age you were when you first sat down and played FFVI?

I was amazed how much that midi music could move me. In the days before YouTube, I of course reserved a save slot just for the opera part so I could play it again when I wanted to hear the music.

I’m very curious about what age you tried FF6. I was 14 and was sucked in like no other RPG.

Just curious about the picture here. Are these the girls who give shit to the “sluts”? Or are they the girls who are going all the way?

I wonder why teenage guys don’t punch eachother out for ostracizing girls for being open to sex. You think they’d really want to discourage anyone killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

The reason politicians spend so much time on issues like this, is because they don’t have consequences to their corporate paymasters. Gay rights, women’s rights, right to choose, etc. Important topics, but as usual, not the ones CEOs will get pissed-off about.