Aleksandra the Great’s Exploits

Today is already probably my least favorite day of the week because it means I have to catch up on all of the homework I didn’t do all weekend and I have to adjust my comfortable sleep schedule (bed at 4am, wake at noon) for the coming four days of school and work. This particular Sunday shouldn’t have been too bad, though. I actually got up and made it to an am class of Seido. So I stayed for two classes, both taught by the same instructor. One of the girls who took the class—who happens to pronounce her name the same way I pronounce mine, though her spelling is quite unusual—kept talking after class about how “fabulous” the instructor was. Hmm. I rather disagree. He was late for the 11am class and made us start another kata at 12, when the next class was supposed to start, so the following class ran over, too. It was supposed to end at 12:45, and at 12:53 he said something very along the lines of, “Well, this class ran over, too. We’ll do one more kata. Is anyone late for an appointment? They can go.” So I left, not just out of principle but because I was actually supposed to be somewhere at two.

And that two o’clock event, which should have been the subject of this blog post, was the PAS Mini-mini-con I. When I was at my dorm preparing to head over to Brooklyn, my RA dropped by to do the one-on-one survey thing. She did say that she was considering running a ski trip, and I told her I’d go on that. Then she wanted me to give her an idea for a program that I would attend—like knitting club or getting together in Starbucks (heh) for philosophical conversations. Uhh…. So I had to tell her I’m not really into that socializing thing, by choice, but I don’t know if I’m going to get away with not going to any of the floor’s activities for the rest of the year. She’s probably a really good RA; I just don’t necessarily want to hang out with anyone.

Anyway, back to anime. So I made it to Brooklyn just fine and, with a little help from one of those corner shop salesmen, found my way to the hall where the convention was to be held. The guy at the front desk said he didn’t know where it was (that was okay because I did), but that some other guys were in the building trying to find it, too. So I go up to the fourth floor and I passed the room where the video games (including DDR) were supposed to be. That room was empty and dark. Still optimistic, I figured maybe not too many people showed up, so they condensed all of the activities down to one room. I got to the other room—the one for showing anime—and found two guys sitting outside checking their cell phones and talking about the PAS. We introduced ourselves and discussed the lack of a convention. The trip wasn’t completely a waste, though. We talked about anime, etc. The older guy was very knowledgeable. They recommended things to me, too. People are so helpful. After about half an hour of waiting, we all left. They guy at the front desk talked to us for a little while before we left, and he told us about this website, which he made it seem like he wrote, though I couldn’t be sure.

I had hoped this excursion today would have lasted until 8 or so, and then I would have to come home and have dinner and do homework and sleep. But now I’ve got time to procrastinate.

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