I love cons! They are expensive - which is why I volunteer and usually get in for free.

yeeeeeah it's not the badge that is cost prohibative...it's the getting there. a good example is outside of the site fee for Dcon I'm pay out 1500$ for the plane ticket and hotel. The 90$ badge is a non-entity by comparison

Yeah...the cost is definitely getting there and staying there, not the con itself.

thankfully I've got a lot of lovely peopel that will be staying with me, so the hotel will get a lot cheaper

:) Well, that helps.

I'd love to go to more cons. Perhaps I will some time...and maybe be not lazy about my cosplays when I do them. :)

My first & only cosplay was of a Megaman character. I kinda...put things off a lot, so it wasn't really all that good, but, still fun.

Well! Those things can really bite you in the butt. Oi. That plane ticket is silly!

well the upside to living in the middle of the continent I can take about the same amount of time to get to any con...the downside is it's all not HERE LOL so a plane ticket is required.

:) There is one big con that happens in my city, I just...have missed it. I'm gonna try to go, but it's not 'til March.

I should be buying a ticket to FL, but hopefully I don't have to. <3

Can I ask what con Toho?

why would you need a ticket to FL? or not, as the case may be?

My bro needs help with his maybe divorce.

ew, not a good reason to need plane ticket. here's to hoping it's not a maybe but a 'not a divorce'

True that. They just got married - maybe a year ago.

yikes, and already talking divorce? that's no good, no good at all

Nope and they have a one year old. *smirk*

yikes. though, I will say if they aren't able to stay together amicably, they should never stay together just because of a child. it's okay to be two people that raise a child separate, but together.

Yeah. Megacon in Orlando. :)

I have heard really good things about megacon, it's one of the many I've not made it to

I've never been either. Which is silly, since I live in Orlando, and the only con I've been to is in Baltimore. XD

I used to volunteer at MegoCon! I used to live there - that is a huge big nice con. It has lots.

Yeah, from what I've seen/read, it's big and cool. I was gonna go this year, but I thought it was in April, and so I completely missed it.

Oh no! Just join their mailing list or something that way you can go!

:P I'm not gonna miss it again.

Though, I dunno what kind of cosplay thing I wanna do this time. Probably the same general thing as I did at Otakon (Bass.exe), but...more complete.

do whatever you think will be fun! I plan to troll my local anime con in my newest disney costume just for the entertainment factor.

There is so much there! I like the furry costumes, and I like joining two fandom costumes - like - Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean, which I just saw at this past con. LOLZ!

I like Megaman a lot. I am, sadly, not really in good enough shape with dressing as most of 'them. XD Workin' on it, buut...dedication. Hard to find.

This is what I wore at Otakon. :)

as I ranted in another thread, it's less about the shape your in and more about dressing the shape you're at. I'm not saying slap on spandex and call it good, I'm saying within reason adjust a costume to work for you. There's very little you can't wear, but there's a lot you shouldn't wear as is, even ifyou are a tiny, tiny person

Well, I'm working on being more healthy and will that will come some weight loss which is nice. :)

Well, yeah, there are lots of things that just plain don't work. :P

That particular character works for me. :)

healthy is always good, I should probably try that...at some point...maybe...

Healthy is not easy. For realz.

Toho, I feel that vibe.

I used to be in pretty good shape, but now I can't even run a mile. D: Every few months, I resolve to get in shape again, exercise a day, maybe two, then...back to not doing it. Today was another day #1. We'll see how it goes.

The "not good enough shape for megaman" statement is just a thing for me to think about to maybe hopefully keep up with getting in shape. :P

I'm too lazy to attempt healthy, I'm sticking with 'well not dead yet'

Hey! That's a start!

lol. That works.

Makes me think of my grandfather. His thoughts on exercise are: "Exercise? Why should I exercise? Everybody I know who exercised is dead now."

He's got a bit of dark humor to him about his state of being very old...

it is, and not to sound alarmist...but nice streak through the thread faux ;)
and yeah, I could exercise and live longer...in theory, but those would be the years at the END when it's gonna suck anyway. I'd rather enjoy the now and let the suck end earlier

:P But see, my grandfather's 96. He's never once exercised since he left the Navy after WWII. You're good.

I just like being fit. You know, if I can get myself to work at it.

well I can only hope that the bacon stat is true and I won't have to worry...though...really if every slice of bacon takes six seconds off your life I'm fairly certain my math is correct and I should have died about six years ago....

XD Sounds like a lot of bacon!

I'm dressed now! No worries! ;)