Well the Spring semester is history, and the beginning of the Summer semester is just over a week away. This will mark one year that I’ve been attending UTD, and in that time I’ve completed three semesters worth of work, with hopefully just three left to go.
Having taken the only class (probably) at UTD focused solely on anime, I know the demographic is anticipating the upcoming event in Dallas known as A-KON. This year happens to be the twentieth time they’ve done this, and are planning accordingly. I was able to attend last year for the first day, but this year I’ll be around for all three days (for better or worse). Despite it all, there are a few interesting things that I am eager to see.
-The first is to see how many people will be dressed as GIRUGAMESH. The kid, not the band. If I had different color hair, I might be able to pull off AND GAMING. The guy, not the activity.
-The second is to see how the cases of H1N1-Swine-Avian-Human-flu-virus spike immediately following the event. Dallas has a solid 90 cases already, who knows what that nuber will be in a few weeks.
Both of my professors from the aforementioned anime class will be holding a panel on Sunday, along with authors Susan Napier and Helen McCarthy about one of their favorite subjects (and the subject of the class I took), Hayao Miyazaki and his incredibly successful animated films.
Other than those few things, there isn’t a lot going on in my life. I’ve been unemployed since August 24th, 2008, nine months next week with no prospects on the horizon. (thanks every generation up to mine for driving our economy and country into the ground! I’m looking at you baby boomers and your free money!) So while the old people of this nation cut themselves social security checks every month, the young (and not so young) are stuggling to find jobs, and probably keep their heads above water. Comforting to know that we’ll never see any form of “social security”, isn’t it? As revolting as the idea is, I find comfort in one thing: knowing that they’ll be dead long before me.
