Bwahahaha!

[puddingcat]

Yup. My Evil SuperPower has just been confirmed :)

Our filing room girl is something of a manga fan. We've just had a lovely little Death Note squee, and I commented on the D Gray Man next to her computer (v pretty. No overly-childlike characters. Must Investigate).

She hadn't realised Saiyuki Reload was up to vol 7. nor that it's relatively cheap n Amazon (at least compared with Forbidden Planet)...

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[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

There is a REASON I have a "jenny is evil" tag on my LJ... ;)

Shrubby loves that I have Chucks too, now, though. She wears hers lots anyway, and now we match!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

:D

I take pride in these little things!

[scribblemoose]

United Publications (up1.co.uk) are a good source for manga, too. :)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Nonononono. I'm supposed to be the person inciting others to spend money, not the one being persuaded!

(*goes to look*)

[scribblemoose]

*whistles innocently(

By the way, are you going to Amecon by any chance?

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

:p

I've never heard of Amecon! Connotations will be my first convention; I've heard of Squeefest, but gather it's even smaller & invitation-only, and apart from that have *no* idea of what else is going on.

I possibly have the time to change that, depending on when & where it is.

[scribblemoose]

I run Squeefest with kittyheaven - if you'd like to join Squeefest you'd be very welcome; I'll send you an invite just in case. We have an event in York at the end of July. The events tend to be very small (about 10-20 people; we're expecting 10 or so for the July event) and have a focus on writing as well as fandom activities.

Amecon is a bigger anime convention (www.amecon.org) in Leicester. It's mostly populated by uni students, but I've been to the last couple and enjoyed them (and I'm planning on being there this year) - they're good for watching anime you might not otherwise encounter, and I've picked up bargains at the Dealers room for manga and anime DVDs etc. Not much fo a yaoi/slash focus, though - usually just one panel which can be a bit late-night and squeaky. I think Amecon's full for this August, but there's a waiting list.

There's a couple of other conventions around - check out the squeefest links list. We try to network and help people find out about new conventions etc.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I was going to say, please don't feel obliged to - I have a horror of muscling into things where people are too polite to tell me "no". I'll have a look, though, and if you're sure, I'll see if I can get there :)

[scribblemoose]

No, not at all - we're looking at opening up Squeefest to a larger audience next year anyway. We don't have any rooms free at the moment, (although I have one person who's uncertain whether they can make it and will be deciding over the next week) but there are suggestions on the community for b&bs, or you'd be welcome to come just for the day. Take a look and let me know what you think - you would be genuinely welcome. ^_^