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I will be attending Cos & Effect this year from August 24-26! Find me in the Artist Alley at table 29 (right in the center of the room, basically). I have some new stuffs And yes, I have been neglecting dA for some time.... hopefully I will post the new art soon >_<

Anyway, please visit me if you're around! The Artist Alley is open to EVERYONE, with or without a pass! I would love to meet some new ppl We can look at hot guys together haha.

Anime Revolution is a brand new anime convention based in Vancouver, Canada that will be held for the first time in 2012. Before Anime Revolution, the one big anime convention we had yearly in Vancouver was Anime Evolution, which disbanded in 2010.

I was, of course, really excited when I learned that we would be having a brand new convention here, that will take place 2 years after the disbanding of Anime Evolution. I was not, however, expecting this kind of pricing...:

Cost of one "standard" table: $150
Cost of one "premium" table (table in higher-traffic areas): $175

Even a weekend pass for regular attendees is $75 at door. All the prices just seem to have inflated.

None of the conventions I've been to in Canada or in the states were anywhere near this expensive. Previous Anime Evolution cost me less than $100 for both a table and badge, even during the year when it was also held at the Vancouver Convention Center (same place as where Anime Revolution is going to be held). I also did some research on bigger cons, like Sakura-Con and Anime North -- a table at Sakura-Con, which had an attendance number of ~19,000 in 2011, cost $100 (+ $45 admission = $145), while a table at Anime North, with an attendance number of ~20,000 in 2011, cost $70 (+ $55 admission = $125). In comparison, Anime Evolution had an attendance number of only ~6,000 in 2010. Add in the factor that there was inactivity in 2011, I really wonder just how many attendees Anime Revolution is expecting... enough to rival Sakura-Con and Anime North? Because their pricing is certainly the higher one...

Should I invest in this convention? :/

Source: Wikipedia & the conventions' respective websites

ca.news.yahoo.com/yoga-pants-r…

I've had a problem with people wearing Lululemons randomly for awhile now. There are several issues I see here with the situation described in the above article.

Firstly, yoga pants shouldn't be worn outside of the yoga studio, period. Of course, it's not necessarily a huge fashion disaster if people choose to wear them outside of the yoga studio, but it shouldn't been seen as a fashion. Everytime I see silly young teenage girls bragging about how their entire closet is full of exclusively Lululemons, I just want to facepalm myself. There are other clothes besides yoga pants. And this is the generation that's going to set the next fashion trend for us?

Secondly, WHY are teenagers having this debate at school? Do they really have so much free time on their hands that they have nothing better to worry about than their pants? What about homework? Exams? Academics? I thought people go to school for education.. not to show off their ass in tight-fitting pants meant for people who practice yoga.

Most importantly, HOW did these teenagers afford $100 yoga pants to begin with? Do they even practice yoga? And if they do, how did they afford $100 a month for yoga memberships?

Sigh... am I getting old? It wasn't that long ago when I was a teenager. Yet, recently, all I can think about are the appalling images of my own daughter becoming like one of the teenagers today. And I don't even have a daughter! I'm not even married! Just 2 days ago I read another article about a school banning kilts because girls had them hiked up so high without any underwear underneath so that the bottom of their bum would show. One guy who went to a school like that said it was for easy banging in the bathroom between breaks. Yikes o_O But anyway, I'll save that for another post. Have to get to work now >.> If I continue, I'll never shut up lol.

This is kinda last minute notice buuuuuut.. thought I'd mention it anyway I'm gonna be selling at Cos & Effect (irlevents.com/forum/index.php/…) tomorrow and Sunday~ I'm located at table 15... I'd tell you where that is relative to the entrance/exit if I knew where the doors are...

Anyway, if by any chance you're reading this and you're going, please visit my table! There's gonna be a clearance corner full of stuff from my gallery, and also new prints that I've been too lazy to put up on dA xD

Can someone tell me? Am I asking a stupid question? =.=;; O well, they're cool, cuz I got some (thanks and ) xDDD