Japan Trip, Part III: Yen

I want to talk about Japanese currency for a bit. I spent a whole week using this stuff, and I've developed an opinion.

PAX Preparation

I enjoy attending most conventions. They're a great place to meet people and feel like a part of the community, and it's always cool to visit new cities.

It's a lot of work to attend a convention, but it's usually worth it. Our biggest conventions are the PAXes, however, and we're not sure if they're entirely worth the amount of work we put into them.

Japan Trip, Part II: Immigration

If you ever fly to Japan, do yourself a favor and make sure your plane arrives sometime during the day late afternoon at the latest. Unless you have a car available, the cheapest way to get around is the public transit system, but that all shuts down at around midnight. After that, all you've got is taxis, and that gets real expensive real fast.

So, as our plane landed at 10:30PM or so, we were in a big damn hurry to get through customs. Unfortunately, it seems like every international flight landed at once, just in time to make sure we weren't getting out of that airport until well past midnight.

Movie Review #12: Ted

I could probably do an entire separate blog post about Seth Macfarlane specifically, but i'll save that for another time.

Ted was the first movie I watched during the flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles. Short review: I laughed out loud twice. Although it's dressed up in Seth's sense of humor, the story itself is pretty formulaic. I don't really recommend it.

Japan Trip, Part I: A 12-Hour Flight

I scheduled a post about flying, which I believe got posted the day I spent in travel. I didn't really know what I was in for, so I just talked about my past experience with flying.

Now that I'm back, I can give a first-hand account of my experience traveling across the Pacific Ocean in a metal tube.

Back to Work

As you can see, I've missed quite a few blog posts while I was in Japan. Clearly, I'm slacking.

Now that I'm back, I've got a lot to do. Where to even begin?

Podcasting

How long have I been involved in the Fangamer Podcast now? It feels like it's been ages.

The Fangamer Podcast have changed dramatically over the years, and I've been involved in every iteration in some way. Rather than talking about my history with podcasting, though, I'd prefer to talk about what I hope to accomplish with it.