Howdy -

It's that time again folks, where all the nerds flock to Baltimore City for a good ol' weekend of freaking out the rest of the population. Otakon 2009 will take over the Baltimore Convention Center again this year, but this time... they will also be able to make use of the newly built Inner Harbor Hilton Hotel. It's bound to be a blast as always for sure. I'm a bit concerned because the last time they held a con in July, attendance was lower then ever, but this year it's earlier then it has been in atleast 7 years. So, hopefully that won't be an issue.

I went by the Convention Center the other day, just for nostalgia's sake and things are looking pretty much the same. At the moment, It looked like they were doing some roofing work on the patio area...  not sure if that will be cleaned up by next week or not, but lets hope so. Regardless, I'm psyched.

My original plan this year was to work on a cosplay of Arthas Menethil, the Lich King from World of Warcraft. However, a close friend told me he was thinking of cosplaying the same thing... >_< So, in the end I didn't even start that cosplay and I shifted to a few other things. At one point I was considering a cosplay of Chris Redfield from Resident Evil 5 as well, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it will probably be over done this year.

So... months pass, no real other ideas came to me yanno... so here I am a week before the con and it seems I'll be dusting off my Aizen Costume from last year again. Not such a big deal, but I hadn't wanted to do the costume again since it was captain garb vs. his current Hueco Mundo clothes that I have. I think the only saving grace is the fact that the friend who told me he'd be going as Arthas in the end, decided to go as Ichigo Kurosaki... so I'll get to beat him senseless atleast one during the weekend.. ^^

Anyway... before I keep going, I'll stop here. See you all at the Con!