October 13, 2010

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SNAFU Con coming up shortly

Sometime in the last year, the UNR anime club decided that instead of having their annual Halloween party, they would have a con instead. This year will be the first (hopefully), annual SNAFU Con! SNAFU stands for Sierra Nevada Anime Fans Unite (it also stands for something else, but that’s a highly technical military term and not applicable to this discussion).

Pre-registration has already closed, but early registration (for $35) is available until Wednesday October 20, after that you may just have to buy your badge at the door. The event will be held at the

GSR (Grand Sierra Resort) in Reno, NV on Friday October 22 (starting around noon) and all day Saturday October 23. There will be vendors as well as an artist alley. Of course there will also be special guests! If you ever watched Power Rangers when you were a kid, then you might just be pleased to note that Lord ZeddRobert Axelrod will be there (and he has been in way more than just Power Rangers, but come on, if you watched that show as a kid, you will want to meet the voice of Lord Zedd).

If you are an anime fan in the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe area I’d highly recommend you check it out.

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The downsides of BART

September 20, 2010

Since I’ve started working for a company in San Francisco, I’ve been taking BART everyday for my commute. While I’ve ridden Bart many times in the past, this is the first time I’ve been doing it regularly. It is really nice and convenient, but I’ve found out, that like all things, there are some downsides.

Review: Riding Shotgun (Manga)

August 24, 2010

Gun and Tits, a simple recipe for a happy Jon Last month I was linked the Tortucam video on YouTube, which was totally awesome. It’s a turtle running about which some kick ass background music. Makes me which I was a Turtle too. I liked the music so much, I went and found it on Amazon. The part that really confused me was that it was labeled “Manga Soundtrack”. I wasn’t sure why a manga needed a soundtrack, but the music was kick’n enough to warrant investigation. After reading the manga, I’m pleased that I did.

Zombie Review: Highschool of the Dead

August 10, 2010

Saeko Busujima (Kendo) Recently a friend recommended to me a new manga by the name of “Highschool of the Dead” (Editor’s note: the manga uses “highschool” as one word, so when referring to the title we will as well, though the correct use is 2 words: high school). He described to me the basic story following high school students during a zombie apocalypse and to be honest I wasn’t all that enthused. I’m not a fan of the horror/thriller genre in basically any media. The three items that convinced me to give it a try was A) my friend thought one of the characters in the story was very much like me (it involves being trained by Blackwater) B) It’s got some good (funny) lines and C) Tits. Tits sell anything. After checking out the series, I’m glad I did. Enough so that I think everyone should check it out.