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Otakon Pre-reg is open!

Hey everyone! Pre-reg link to Otakon is here

So I think I did well last night on my open book/notes test I think I did well. There was only one question we had to answer and it was an essay question and we had to have a few quotes from The Travels of Marco Polo and a few other secondary sources of his travels as well. The question was somewhere like “Do you think Marco really did go to the Khan out in China and what he wanted his book to be? And also the last part is what kind of mark should it be left on in history? Yeah, I could prepare before the class an outline of the essay but I didn’t really get that done on the trip this weekend which I tried to in the car. So much for that, but actually I did read some of the secondary sources when I was riding and highlighted some great stuff and that helped out a lot. I was supposed to finish the Travels of Marco but I didn’t even get through the first part about the Middle East so I used what I could. I made a great point though and should get a great grade. I used like 7 quotes or so and only needed 3. I’m cool like that and my first test was like a 100.

It got me to get out of class early last night and get home at 9pm rather than 10pm. Nice, I ate some left over pizza that was in the fridge. I should have eaten the ribs, they are so good. Tonight, I will tonight.

Oh yeah, lunch went great with my friend, it was nice to catch up. We state there for like 2.5 hours chatting it up and then I watched the new episode of Archer (on FX) before I ran to my Environmental Geology class. It was an overall good day yesterday. I got a Haiku in, did great on my test (I think), got in my survey monkey and answered a few for some of the classmates.

Also another package with a multi-figure box came in. It is one of things that you buy it and open it and see what you get kind of thing at a convention. Except I have the entire collection with the extra that is made with all the other ones. Pretty cool and nicely modeled but I don’t think I will get any more of these since I have two from one piece and I might sell them off as I stated last week. Just lazy to post anything on it quite yet and also I leave this Sunday and don’t want to sell something that I can’t get out there to anyone lol.

Today I go back to the internship after this class. I won’t have a laptop so I am going today to get an idea of what is going to happen this week. Since most the work is on the laptop, I could just shred more paper today, see if I can help anyone with some repairs or moving into offices or what not. It is another guy that they hired so now it is 4 men in the office. Nice. Also this guy apparently applied for the job after he got out of college in the summer for the position but couldn’t come in till way later so they passed him off at first. The reason why he couldn’t come in and start till later is because he was sailing around the world after graduating which is pretty cool. I won’t take off that much time after graduating next year when I go to Japan, just about a month and a half or something. Anyways I hope he will be cool to talk to and add more positive energy to the work place. So because of this, I didn’t know how long I would be at work today so I bought my laptop and camera with me today to school just in case I leave early I might go to Maymont or something and take some pictures before my 5:30 class.

Now that the weather is getting better I hope I get more photos onto the blog and for the Facebook page, (which you should check out!)

Also, another piece of news is that the panel registration and the pre-registration are open at Otakon! Yes the second biggest convention of its kind in North America is coming back to the Baltimore Convention Center at the End of July! The pre-registration is at $65, so get it now and don’t wait for 4 hours in line for the price of $75 probably. The 4 hours is long, trust me did it last year but if you are planning on doing that get there early so you don’t miss out on some things there! Go, I will be there, I probably will submit some Gundam Models to the competition and still might try to paint some art work for the art show! I will try to post it on the blog pre the convention so you know to come to see my artwork! Ha, and bid on it of course. I also contacted Joe the Peacock who is curator of the “Art of Akira” exhibit that he sends and travels with and told him he should bring it to Otakon and he said he will try to get it there. Hope he does. Also, I recommended Otakon to Danny Choo and I hope he comes or Otakon gets him to come. I messaged both so they know. I want this year to be great because I most likely not go next year if I am spending money on the Japan trip.

Well I think I talked long enough but I really could go on. I will also post something later on today or tomorrow about where I will be next week, I figure I mine as well say in case people have great recommendations done there for me to go to.

Also go see Picasso at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I need to as well!

Kung Fu Panda Trailer and movie poster

Alive and back from the Jersey Shore (not really the shore lol)

So the trip went great, short and to the point.

He has a great birthday party, he doesn't remember something after 11pm though like the screen door to the deck out back was off the rail lol.

I didn't really drink, well alcohol that is I had tons of chips and aqua (water).

It was nice to see everyone again after so long. It has been awhile.

The funny thing is that none of the spouses came to the party. My dad didn't come, my aunts husband nor did my uncles wife, just the actual brother and two sisters. One of his sisters couldn't make it but that's ok still was a good time.

They had a jam session downstairs with some of his friends before the party was underway. He has his own room in the basement where he has a nice set of drums, a few amps and speakers and microphones. His friends brought along so bases and guitars to play some blues and were not that bad. They tried to get my cousins boyfriend that was over (15 years old) to play drums and he didn't know the songs because4 he plays heavy metal on the drums and not blues. He did fine haha

I drove back from Maryland yesterday from the grandparents and that drive was a pain after D.C. It rained the entire way home and visibility sucked ballz. Plus after D.C. on I-95 there was back ups from the weather. IT was supposed to be 3hrs 10mins but went to over 4 hrs and I had to pee like crazy by the time I got home.

Well I am safe, This Sunday for break will be a 13hr drive to the destination so that will be a ton longer.

So I am starting to post on my Facebook page (Sam Shio) look me up and you can also follow there. Plus I will post more there about what is happening in the now. When I post on blogger I post obviously like this....longer then a status update haha.

I can post photos there and I will post the links to some various stuff and always update the blog still. I also have the SamShio Hobby page on Facebook that I post links to my pages on the Blog so that is something that you can "like" as well.

I can have more conversations there on Facebook as well! Sound good? Well good!

Anyways I am waiting out side a Panera for a friend that I haven't seen in a while and we are grabbing lunch. Her spring break is this week so she is in town. She is someone I guess I became really good friends with through my retail job and I didn't even work with her for a year there before they let her go from a mistake that she should have gotten another chance at. She is better off now at the other job she got after and she went away for school after we graduated for J. Sarge together.

Anyways, good day to you all. I have the link to the facebook page on the right I believe, if not I will add it and you can search Sam Shio in the Richmond area. I did add VCU as a school if it helps to find me. Seya!

I's be leavin town for a short while

So I am heading out soon to the lovely north. It should be a good trip seeing family and such and will be right back Sunday night for class on Monday morning.
I will take photos I guess but I will block out faces XD
Just to give a heads up as I don't think I can do much posting over the weekend even at all the other blogs.
My grandmotehr has a computer so I could tonight but I wouldn't have anything to say other then the trip was fine.

Anyways, have a great weekend everyone!

Akira Cel's

So, I have been to lazy to take some photos of the other things that I got in which were comics from Dark Horse. The writer of them happened to be Katsuhiro Otomo, author/illustrator/director/screen play of Akira both the manga and movie. Anyways, since I didn't really take a photo of "The Legend of Mother Sarah" series that I got a hold of (till next time) I will go ahead and blog about the big pieces of things that I got

Cel's from the movie Akira.

I recently got cel's from the movie Akira (2) and have the original drawings to go with them.

These cel's were used from the 200,000 cel's that they used for the picture, Akira. An artist that was under watch by Otomo had drawn these up and then sketched it out and painted it on to the cel.

I got Tetsuo with his red cape

Kei and Takashi walking on top of the water before they disappear from Kaneda's eyes

And of course my certificate of authenticity

yeah, good stuff, I just framed them tonight and they look great. I can only wish to get my hands on more but a ton of them are way over my budget. I can only hope to find more with the original background cel.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules International Trailer

Seriously, the first one was pretty funny.

Getting a new person

So (at internship) we are getting a new person in the office and they will be sharing my laptop till they can get another one for them. I am not sure if it is a He or She but I wont be working much next week and not at all the following week because of Spring Break.

Darn and I need the money to compensate the taxes I owed and my credit card bill and for the soaring GAS PRICES!!!

Weather I have work or not all the way on the other side of town I still drive like 40 miles a day for school and that is about 2 gallons ($6 something a day in gas)

I am probably going to start selling some more things on eBay and sell my canoe. If your in t he Richmond area and looking for a Aluminum Grumman 17 foot canoe, then message below if you are interested and I can get your email and we can talk.

Also, my mother is trying to sell my sisters old Viola, it is in great condition and comes with extra strings, the bow and a nice case that has velvet inside. My parents rented out one for a while for my sister and then decided to buy one for her since she was using it a lot but right after that she got out of strings and started more dance and singing in High school so it is still in very good condition. Message/comment about that below as well.

I will be selling from my collection some figures, books and such. I will probably make a post on Figure.fm with some of the things listed that are related to models, otaku books, manga, models and such and then I will eventually place it on eBay.

I just need to take some photos.

OH yeah, if you want a photo of the canoe let me know I will take it and post it.

I might just relist in on Craigslist again

Right...ha never though I be soliciting the fact I wanna sell some stuff to grab a few bucks. Hey I can't help it and it can help me out.

other news....

If you didn't know I am going to Jersey this weekend. The Situation and Pauly D are going to chill for a bit on the beach and grab some girls. Not sure what club they are taking me to yet but should be fine. Snookie will be probably sayin some weird crap.

Ok real story....Uncle is having his 50th birthday party up there and so my mother and I are going up with grandparents and I guess party. I haven't been that far north since Philadelphia back in 2009. I have lots of family further north then that and this weekend I will get to see them for the first time in a while.

As for the following weekend, VCU has it's spring Break and I will be going south. Further south then Jersey is from here but I will take lots of pics. I am going to tease you and not say where I am going south muhahaha. I will surprise you after the photos.

Well I better get back to fixing up some of this stuff. I currently have some work and mine as well get it all in before I can't work much next week.

Seya!

P.S. i may post other random stuff later on