Well! This past weekend was Tsubasacon, the friendliest anime/Japanese pop culture convention in West Virginia! Some friends of mine run this convention, so I always try to help out. I've been going for a couple of y ears. I decided to combine the post for my brief recap of Tsu into another related topic.
First, let me just say this: this was the best year of Tsubasacon that I've ever attended! There have been some changes in my life recently that I think have really allowed me to enjoy more things. I was able to talk to more people, able to do more things, and really get to have fun. I felt like I got closer to some people I hadn't really been able to talk to as much before, and was really able to relax.
There was some great cosplay:
Some of my favorites, that I got anyway (unfortunately I forgot my camera on Saturday--missed a great Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, and all the Disney princesses), had a lovely Poison Ivy, but it came out blurry. :(
I ran out of time to cosplay, unfortunately, and since I've never done it before, I need all the time I can get! Maybe next year! But I did get to meet DC Douglas (voice of Legion from Mass Effect/Wesker from Resident Evil, and more), Lisle Wilkerson (voices in Shenmue II and Virtual Fighter, etc), and Paul St. Peter (Xemnas from Kindom Hearts, Kokomon, Zor Prime in Robotech, and more!)
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| Me and D.C. Douglas |
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| With Paul St. Peter |
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| With Lisle Wilkerson! (P.S. note my Spectre hoodie!) |
Of course, I work the con, so I can't do everything, but I got to buy a lot of great products from artists, and from Vendors, and had a lot of fun! I am/was WIPED OUT from it. I like hanging out with people and doing things, but I get very tired from being "out there" for an extended period of time. I tend to throw myself into things.
All in all, it was an absolutely fabulous weekend. It'll take me a week to recover, but it was worth it!
So, on that note!
I like lots of things. I literally cannot think of even a single thing that I have not been somewhat interested in. I decided I wanted to learn to knit, so I taught myself from the internet. I wanted to learn to make candies—and the last batch of caramels I made produced a marriage proposal. Someone cannot be watching even a moderately interesting show or movie, because once I’m caught I have to stay to see what happens.
On one hand, this means that I have never had the experience of being bored. At any given time there are nine-tillion things I want to be doing, or watching, or listening to.
On the other: sometimes I don’t do anything. I just sit there until bedtime trying to decide on the thing I want to do. No, like actually. I have LITERALLY just sat in a chair until it was time to go to bed, just because I couldn’t settle on the thing I wanted to do right then. What a waste of time.
So sometimes, I just make a decision. Quick, snap. Just so that a decision is made. It may not be the best decision (ie, my school work vs playing Assassin’s Creed for 6 hours (I also tend to hyper focus, it’s very difficult for me to quit once I start doing something)), but at least I don’t sit in a chair all evening and get neither thing done.
So, I tell you that to tell you this.
When you make those snap decisions—and we ALL make them—definitely be you.
BUT---
Don’t let yourself always follow the same tracks you've laid. Make yourself do something new. Something different. I am an EXTREME introvert. It is easiest, simplest, and most comfortable for me to be by myself. However, if I always let myself do that, I wouldn't have the good friends I have today. I would be able to have the fun times that I have with them. Wouldn’t travel, or go to festivals, or parties.
And everyone has their own thing. Maybe you’re the opposite of me. Maybe you don’t like to be alone so much. Maybe it’s easier for you to fall into the company of others. So do the opposite of that. Make sure to spend some alone time—truly get to know yourself. Focus on one or two very good friends, make sure that they know that they’re valued.
Challenge yourself. It doesn’t have to be all the time. But nature grows by change. There are so many wonderful things out there for people to discover.
Tsubasacon for me is one of those things. One of those things that I kind of have to push myself into as an introvert. But, I have never regretted it. I always have fun. That's why it is so important to try new things, and to push yourself--because otherwise you may never find things, people, or activities that you love.
Do you. But do as well as possible! :D
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