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This is way late, but last month I attended Comic-Con 2008 down in San Diego. I only took a couple of pictures, and I could probably post some of them if I wasn’t so lazy in getting them off of the camera. It’s ironic because I ran out and bought a digital camera the day of the flight out. There were a ton of people there at the convention, and the city itself was very nice. Still, it was good to be able to attend one of these and see just what it was like to be able to view it as a consumer instead of an exhibitor. The only thing that seems certain is that I will want to attend Anime Expo in 2009 in Los Angeles.

I appear to have survived through it. It only took six years, but I’ve finally taken my second vacation. However, I’m not certain that hiking and camping out in various parts of Washington and Oregon would really be most peoples ideas of a vacation. In truth, it was probably not far away enough from work and home; afterall, I was still in the same time zone. Of course, it wasn’t all bad, as there was definitely a purpose, and some memories, to go along with the trip.

High: Sitting around a campfire, chatting with a bunch of people trying to stay warm.
Low: Hiking 7+ miles in the rain.

Still, there was some interesting times. It was good to at least get away from the bubble that is known as Silicon Valley. It is sometimes pretty amazing how easily we can get caught up in our daily lives without ever stopping to really consider what it is like outside of our spheres of influence. It was also somewhat amusing to have to operate in a different mode of survival for a brief period of time. Sometimes, it helps to place things into perspective when you break away from the usual routine.