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Girls Bravo

2012-01-24T22:28:00.002-05:00

I just finished watching the second season of the Girls Bravo anime. The main character is Yukinari. He is allergic to girls. That does not stop his friend Kirie from having his back. Kirie is very big on top. You can understand how Yuki might be apprehensive about her touching him.

Here comes the strange part. Yuki gets mysteriously transported to the world of Seiren, a place mostly inhabited by females who are looking for a husband. Poor Yuki. At least he meets Miharu there, who Yuki does not seem to be allergic to.

Of course Miharu is busty as well. Just when you thought Yuki had enough women in his life, a part time witch named Lisa determines that Yuki is destined to be her man. Oh boy.

Not exactly sure what the Bravo part of the title refers to. You got to love poor Yukinari though. The girls give him a rough time, and it is only the love of Miharu to cure him.

Soul Eater

2011-09-07T00:05:00.002-04:00

I finally got around to watch some episodes of Soul Eater. They got it on demand on Netflix. I think I am on the second season. Some costumes that I saw at the last anime conference make sense now. I have met Doctor Stein in the series.

Heheh. Stein rolls around in his chair on wheels. Some dude I saw waiting in line at the last anime conference brought his chair with him. Initially I thought he was a slacker, tired that the check in line was a few hours of wait.

Nope. This guy had Doctor Stein down to the furniture. I think I also saw a young girl dressed up a Soul. I can't be sure since her constume was not as memorable as Stein.

Hawaii Five O

2011-07-01T16:58:00.002-04:00

I do not normally watch Hawaii Five O. It kind of sucks. However I caught the first few minutes of a recent episode. Some dude in a superhero costume comes flying down by the pool of a high rise hotel. Of course he is dead on arrival. The boys must track down the killer.

The investigation leads to an associate of the deceased who was in love with him. Of course she was to meet him at Comic Con. She wore some type of kitty suit that looked good. She did not look like she belonged with the deceased. The Five O guys interrogate her and get some more leads. They run all over Hawaii piecing together this twisted homicide.

Personally I thought they should spend some more time at Comic Con. One of the Five O goons was hot for the girls in cosplay. I would have liked them to get a little deeper, and do a little more than lip service to the cosplay coverage.

Holy Hotness

2011-04-03T23:12:00.002-04:00

I previously wrote about how I had to stand in line for over an hour. This was to register for a local huge anime convention. There was one girl I could not stop staring at. I tried to be subtle about it. But damn.

The first thing I saw was a lot of cleavage on display. This seemed weird. Because this girl was skinny. I guess her push up bra helped out a lot. However she already had a lot to work with upstairs.

After spending about an hour in line, I finally realized something else about this girl I was staring at. She was wearing some sheer skirt. Underneath she had a thong on. And it was on full display. Oh mamma.

I could not really tell if this chicka was alone or with a guy. Some dudes in frnot and behind her chatted her up from time to time. But I don't think they were with her. Woo hoo. Luckily I am attached and was with my missus in the line. Otherwise meow.

The Year of Soul Eater

2011-04-02T23:08:00.003-04:00

I attended one day of the local anime convention. The thing was huge. I was lucky to get a parking spot in the garage. Registration was hellacious. The line to register wrapped around and round.

I did see some peeps I knew in line. Also checked out some pretty hot costumes. However one thing was clear from the beginning. Everyone wanted to dress up as Soul Eater characters.

Now I am not a Soul Eater fan. Not yet at least. But I could appreciate the intricate costumes everyone was wearing. On a different note, the best thing about the conference was listening to the voice actors speak. Good stuff.

Mega Man Appears

2009-07-06T22:15:00.002-04:00

The Anthrocon 2009 fursuit parade went by us fast. But I got a whole lot of pictures to show for it. I was particularly pleased to get a shot of Mega Man there. You may recall he helped me find my way to the Anthrocon Registration.

Sure this guy is a wolf. But look at those colors. Definitely Mega Man style. And if you saw the whole picture (it was way too big to display here), you would see that this furry guy had the arm and leg armor of Mega Man.

Wherever you are Wolf Mega Man, thank you for your support at Anthrocon. Here is the funny thing. Mega Man never said a word to me. He just used his mad pantomime skills to direct me to the registration line. I like a con where the people and furries are friendly right off the get go.

Creator of Wubbzy

2009-07-06T22:05:00.003-04:00

Do you remember when I blogged about Bob Boyle, creator of the Wubbzy animated series? Well here is a picture of him giving me his autograph. I was surprised at the low turnout at the talk he gave. Bob was, after all, one of the three guests at the Anthrocon 2009 conference.

Bob shared some of his personal experiences with us in a candid way. He said he initially wanted to be a football player. However due to size limitations, he needed to find a different career. Bob said that success did not come easy for him. After moving to both New York and LA to make a career, he ended up being a bellhop. Ouch.

Luckily perseverance paid off for Bob. He has a lot of successful experiences under his belt. Initially I only knew of his Wubbzy creation. If you ever get the chance to hear Bob talk, I recommend it highly. He is funny. And even the story of how Wubbzy got to the screen is a complicated affair.

Caracature by Choe

2009-07-06T21:59:00.002-04:00

Previously I had written about how I purchased a caricature of me at the Art Show. Well I finally got the Anthrocon pictures from my camera to my computer. Here is Choe talking to me while she drew a cat version of me. I asked her whether I needed to look at her while she did this. She hesitated a bit, and replied, "Well yes."

I tried my best to keep a straight face and look straight ahead. It was tough. I wanted to see how the cat caricature was turning out. Then came the tough question. The artist asked me how I wanted the body. I was not sure what that meant. I asked whether I could be some type of muscular dude. In retrospect that did not align with the cat. Choe said she could give me a cute body. I agreed with that choice.

At first I discovered this booth when somebody else was getting a caricature drawn. The sign was catchy. You lay down $5 and get a custom drawing of yourself as a furry. That's just good business. I will scan in my own caricature later and post it here.

Rules for Writing Fiction

2009-07-04T22:22:00.004-04:00

The final session from Anthrocon 2009 that I attended today was Rules For Writing Good Furry Fiction. It was presented by Terry Wessner, who was the published and editor of "Fang, Claw, and Steel". You may recall that long running zine about lycanthropes.

This was a knock out session for writing fiction. The session ran way over time. But most of us stayed the whole time. I knew this was going to be a great session when a bunch of us were waiting outside the room prior to the session starting. At the start time, we busted into the room and disrupted the prior session that was trying to run overtime. I bet they were like, "WTF?"

Now I know I cannot go over all that I learned from Terry today. I took feverish notes the whole time. There were handouts provided at the end. But I had more than my share of notes from the session. Terry shared the secret of writing good fiction. For that you will have to consult my future blog posts on All Things Blogger.

Fursuit Parade

2009-07-04T22:14:00.001-04:00

Yesterday we had a busy day at the Anthrocon 2009 convention. So by dinner time we were tired. That meant that we could not stay up for the late night Fursuit Dance Competition. However we redeemed ourselves today by seeing the Fursuit Parade.

We first positioned ourselves where the people in fur suits would come down the escalator. Unfortunately they walked forward away from us. Then we moved to another location, but the crowd obscured our vision. Finally we planned ahead and got to a place where we could see the whole procession.

I saw a number of characters that I had previously met at the con. There was the dinosaur dude. And there was the wolf with MegaMan weapons. There were also suiters who we had previously seen from a distance. We got a lot of pictures. When I get them on computer, I shall post a bunch here.

Video Game Industry

2009-07-04T21:55:00.005-04:00

There was one main session I wanted to attend at Anthrocon 2009 today. That was "Furs in the Video Game Industry". This was a question and answer session with insiders from the video game industry.

At first nobody seemed to want to ask questions. So I did. Then when nobody else raised their hands, I told the panel that I would gladly monopolize the session with my multiple questions. After that there seemed to be more people ready to ask questions.

Now I imagine I should save the technical details for a Gaming Blog, but I will share some details here. There was a recommendation to show that you can get a project to completion. You should also be able to demonstrate that you can work in groups. A college degree is important to get a job as a game programmer, as is a good portfolio. There was a big discussion about crunch time that was initiated by a question from the audience. Stay tuned for more highlights of today's Anthrocon 2009.

The Art Show

2009-07-03T19:55:00.005-04:00

While waiting for the next event at Anthrocon, we decided to head into the Art Show section. They checked us for badges at the front door. Immediately we picked up some t-shirts and badge necklaces. Then we went down each and every row to scan what the artists had to offer.

In the middle I thought I found some plastic figures that you could get customized with your own name. I returned to buy one of them. However I found out that the only name on them were the actual names of the characters they were modeled after. Bummer.

Luckily I had seen a girl who would do a caricature for five bucks. She drew your likeness on a piece of paper with black pen, but turned you into a furry. Of course I commissioned her to draw me as a black cat. It was tight. When I get home, I will scan in the results and show you what I got. Thank Choe!

The Wonderful Boy Boyle

2009-07-03T19:42:00.003-04:00

The highlight of the day was a presentation called "Following a Dream to Hollywood". It was done by Anthrocon guest Bob Boyle. Bob is the creator of Wow Wow Wubbzy among many other things. He talked about his interests as a child, his experiences in college, and how he broke into the animation business.

Here I thought the creator of Wubbzy would be some famous high-flying animator. Bob was a surprisingly down to earth kind of guy. He started out doing animations for other people's projects. But Wubbzy was his own creation. Bob has worked on projects for Nickelodeon and Disney.

The best part of Bob's presentation was that he left a lot of time for questions. I think we found a lot out about Bob by asking a number of questions. It seems that the jobs in the business are mostly found by networking. The jobs are short gigs which last 6 to 8 months. It seems like it is a long process from idea to actual production of an animation. Thank you Bob for a great time at Anthrocon 2009.

Intro to Anthrocon

2009-07-03T19:25:00.005-04:00

We slept in this morning. By the time we showered and left the hotel, we had already missed the opening ceremonies for Anthrocon. Oh well. I located a Chinese buffet close to our hotel. The walk seemed shorter in person than it did on the map.

After arriving at the Golden Palace Buffet in downtown Pittsburgh, we found the place empty. I did not see any buffet. So I asked the guy behind the counter where the buffet was. He directed me upstairs. We were seated. But it was strange. I figured we might as well help myself. But what about the drinks? I saw a soda fountain, but somebody had jammed some pitchers in the place where you get the fountain drinks. I stood there for a while trying to figure out what to do. Eventually an employee came and told me he would bring me some drinks. What were they waiting for? The food at this joint was not top notch. I would not recommend it.

Things looked up once we headed to the Westin Hotel for "So This Is Your First Anthrocon". We were early, and we sneaked into the side of the room to watch the end of "First Time Fursuiter Program". They were explaining how to deal with sweating in a fur suit. The intro to Anthrocon followed. The presenters were funny. They told a good deal of stories. I found out that Anthrocon is a non profit organization. We were also directed to make sure we eat right and get enough rest. There is some strange set of rules for using the elevators in the hotel. For the rest of the day we opted to use the escalators. The real treat came when we met the creator of Wubbzy. More on that later.

Standing in Line

2009-07-02T23:50:00.004-04:00

While waiting in line to register, I spied a good number of furries in costume.

There was one lady with intricate wings. I assume she was a bird.

I thought the guy with the horse head had an appropriate shirt on. It was a horse joke I won't repeat here.

There were may people with just ears or tails.

The most shocking was what I supposed was a female cow. It did not have udders. This cow had breasts. And they were big. I just hope it was a woman underneath that cow suit.

Anthrocon Registration

2009-07-02T23:37:00.006-04:00

I had finally made it to the convention center. The first order of business was to register. I had read on the Anthrocon blog that we needed to report to the "B" room to register. The map by the elevator showed that "B" was on floor 2. When I got to the second floor, I found some other lost people and some furries in costume.

So I asked the boys in suits whether they knew where registration was located. A dude in a dinosaur get up told me he could show me. Another wolf creature with Mega Man weaponry shook his head in agreement. I let Dinosaur Dude lead the way. We got stuck in the elevator for a minute or so. After banging on the 3R button, the doors finally opened.

The Dinosaur got lost himself. However Mega Man motioned that he knew the way. It was slow going as many people wanted pictures of Mega Man. Dinosaur also seemed to lag behind a bit. In the end, we found what seemed to be a long line for registration. It moved quickly though. We saw quite a few furries in costume there though.

Arriving at Anthrocon 2009

2009-07-02T23:25:00.002-04:00

We had a long drive to Anthrocon 2009. It took us through some streets with many traffic lights. However we got lucky and MapQuest sent us down a path that got us into Pittsburgh quickly. I knew we were in the right place when I saw a fellow con attendee in full suit on the side of the road.

After checking into the hotel, we spotted a feline in suit on our floor. I said, "Hi there." The cat did not speak. However she waived her approval to us. That was my first experience with a furry phenomenon. Some of them do not speak. Will have to inquire about this tomorrow.

I thought I had a good setup. Our hotel is right next to the convention center. However this is a huge convention center. We went to the first door and walked in. All I saw was a dude screaming into a cell phone. We waited for the elevator as this deaf juvenile kept barking out dialog to the phone. The elevator doors took their time in opening. To be continued...

Train Going to Pittsburgh

2009-06-28T16:16:00.004-04:00

I am going to Pittsburgh this week to attend Anthrocon 2009. Hopefully this will invigorate me to get back to blogging about my life. I think I will bring a camera. So I should have a lot of pictures to share by the end of the week.

In case you do not know, Anthrocon is a convention that focuses on animal characters which possess human traits. Most of the cast in Black Cat are already humans. So this would not be a conference for the Black Cat crew. I am going to be attending incognito.

The main reason I chose this conference is that it is close to my domicile. In addition, it coincides with my summer vacation from work. So watch out. Here I come Anthrocon. I might even put Underdog in his place. Because you know us cats rule.

Meet Saya

2008-10-07T03:10:00.001-04:00

So I am sitting atop my building, drinking a little milk. There I see a strange girl. She seems to want a drink herself. I am not sure what to do about her. Her name is Saya.

Saya is very nimble. I am not sure where she stands. I think she is a bounty hunter. She is very good at what she does. She is fast, very fast.

I do not know whether she is another cat like me. She seems to like me. And I think I like her. This might be the start of a beautiful relationship. You never know. You must be careful when you are an assassin.

Back to Eve

2008-09-22T20:25:00.002-04:00

I have spent enough time talking about bounty hunter Sven. Now I want to comment a little more on this ultimate weapon that we captured. Her name is Eve. But I like to call her princess.

She seems to be a little girl. However she is actually 11 years old. This girl seems amazed by the outside world. They had her locked up in the fortress for what seemed forever. So she did not get to live much of a life.

Eve really enjoys reading books. She has the uncanny ability to recall everything she reads. We cannot get enough books for her. She likes to eat. But she does not have very good cooking skills.

I have discovered her special powers. She can change parts of her body for deadly purposes. She would have made a great assassin. Now it looks like she will join Sven and I as bounty hunters. I suspect Eve may have a little crush on Sven. Easy little girl.

Sven Details

2008-09-21T10:58:00.003-04:00

I find myself on the run with two unlikely companions. One is tech weapon Eve that I have touched on earlier. Today I want to describe this guy know as Sven.

Sven has green hair. He wears an eye patch. I do not know the story behind that yet. Sven seems to like wearing white suits, complete with white hat. He smoke a lot.

Like I mentioned in past posts, Sven is a bounty hunter. There must be a large bounty on this weapon know as Eve. I can't quite put my finger on it, but Sven seems to know when big things are going to happen before they do. Yeah I know that sounds creepy. I am going to get to the bottom of this. My life may depend on it.

More on Sven

2008-09-19T20:16:00.001-04:00

After we got away from the evil fortress, it was time to sort things out. It turns out my assumption wrong. This other guy Sven was not another assassin. He was actually a bounty hunter. There are some similarities. But they are not the same thing.

You would not expect Sven to do a lot of killing if not necessary. He makes his money by bringing the bad guys in. I make money by taking the bad guys out. Do you get my drift?

I still have some doubts about this Sven character. He won't leave me and the little girl Eve alone to sort things out. Now that I know more about Sven, I need to interrogate Eve. How exactly is she a deadly weapon?

Get Away Car

2008-09-18T17:56:00.004-04:00

So me and this other assassin are in a room with a little girl. It took a while for us to both understand that nobody was going to kill this girl. Once that was understood, it was time for all of us to get out of the fortress that imprisoned the girl.

Luckily I had my black cat car handy. We blew out way out of that joint quickly. The girl seemed to be a bit simple. But she knew she wanted out of her prison. My only concern was that she was some type of experimental weapon. Would this weapon explode while we were making our getaway?

Also, I let the other assassin come with us. Yeah he did not want to kill the little girl. But did he want to blow me away? There was not time to talk this out. All I found out was that the assassin was named Sven. I will have to keep my eyes on him and my hand on my gun.

More On Eve

2008-09-17T18:58:00.002-04:00

Previously I had written about how I met Eve. Apparently my employer wanted her dead. But she was a cute little girl. What's a guy supposed to do?

Another assassin showed up as I was finding more about this Eve. I thought she was just a girl. But there was something more to her. She was part of some experiment. It gave her the power to destroy. Thus she was a weapon.

My mind was made up. I was not going to kill my mark. This would get me in trouble with my organization. But hey. Sometimes you got to do the right thing.

As I was pondering these thoughts, the other assassin seemed to want to kill me. I thought her was here to kill Eve too. Now I needed to protect myself. More on this later.

I Meet Eve

2008-09-16T22:51:00.003-04:00

Back in the day, I got a big assignment. I was supposed to storm a fortress. The target was a technological weapon. I was to destroy the operation known as code name Eve. The fortress had a lot of defenses. Being an expert assassin, I was able to slip by without getting hurt.

I finally found the innermost room of the fortress. Another assassin was trying to beat me to the target. He was only an amateur. So I left him in the dust. I busted down the doors where the super weapon was supposed to be located. All I found in that room was a little blond girl.

Did I receive bad information? No. This was the central room of the fortress. Perhaps the weapon was hidden somewhere. The little girl in the room looked helpless. However she did not seem afraid of me. I decided to pump her for some info. First I asked her what her name was. She replied "Eve". Ouch. This little girl can't be the weapon. She must be some kind of diversion. But I cannot find the weapon anywhere. Then the other assassin bursts into the room. Ahhh. There is much more to this story than can be told here.

Welcome to Chinblogger

2008-09-16T22:34:00.000-04:00

Hello. My name is Train. My family runs the Chinwagger blog. So I thought I would also create a blog just for me. And you have found it. I plan to talk about my past life as an assassin, and also how I moved into the bounty hunter business.

My stories might include other members of my family. However I will probably focus more on my friends in this personal blog. More important is my long list of enemies. It is hard not to make any when you live as an assassin.