FrankCastleAZ

I had high hopes for the possibilities at my last, short lived place of residence, but things didn’t go as well as I had anticipated. I won’t go into any details, as I’m not someone who enjoys dwelling on the past or causing drama, but I learned quite a bit from the situation and it allowed for what is now a much loved current living situation with the girlfriend.

Moving in with the girlfriend is a step I personally was ready for as we’d been in a relationship for almost 1 year and had known each other for over 4 years. I can undoubtedly say I’m very happy. Moving in with someone you love does change the relationship quite a bit and both of us have handled things well. Most of our relationship’s success while living together has to do with the fact that our personalities mesh well and neither of us sweat the small stuff (which is IMO is the major key in any relationship). We both have a ton of our own individual projects and neither of us prevents the other from completing them or getting things done. After all, by completing projects such as school or business and improving one’s self and one’s assets is good for the future of both parties. Our only issue is that we both have a LOT of stuff. As a collector of all things geek, I have a lot of comics, computers, video games, toys, sports cards and other relative material and she has lots of anime and a ton of clothing and Cosplay costumes. The solution would be a bigger place, which is in discussion and probably coming soon enough. Hopefully I won’t be far from Tempe area.

Speaking of Tempe….Wow!

I’ve lived in Phoenix almost my entire life and I proudly tell people I’m a Phoenix Boy, but Tempe is NICE! The youthful atmosphere, clean streets, newer buildings and convenient public transportation to name a few things get an A and gold star on the proverbial city report card. Given, not all of Tempe is nice, but the percentages in comparison to Phoenix is no comparison at all.

That’s it for now on the “Personal Life” level, lots of “Personal Media” and “Business AZHP” posts coming soon.

-FrankCastleAZ

I’m attending Animeland TuCon this weekend on Saturday and Sunday with my girlfriend and helping AZHP and the Con Gaming Staff. It should be much bigger than it was last year  considering they had 150+ people at the most recent official meet and greet (attendance barely over 100 in 2008 not including staff and volunteers).

AZHP Convention Gaming Tournament Schedule for Animeland TuCon 2009:

Friday
3PM to 5PM Dr. Mario (Wii)
5PM to 7PM Mario Kart (Wii)
7PM to close Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii)

Saturday
Noon to 2PM BlazBlue (PS3)
2PM to 4PM Super Puzzle Fighter (PS3)
6PM to 8PM Street Fighter IV (PS3)
8PM to 10PM Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection (PS3)

Sunday
11AM to 1PM Call of Duty 4 (360)
1PM to 3PM King of Fighters XII (360)
3PM to 5PM Soul Calibur 4 (360)

Besides helping occasionally with the gaming tournaments, I might have a panel with a few of the other community leaders informing people of year round options to get involved with the Anime/Cosplay/Gaming community as a whole. Not entirely sure who will be involved, but I’m fairly certain there’s TASS (Tucson Animation Screening Society), Aftercon, AZHP, SunaCosu and maybe some recently formed Tucson Cosplay group. I’m not sure how many would attend, or whether they’d actually join the communities after the convention, but it’s worth a try. Most attendees to conventions only give a shit about the once a year event(s) and don’t bother with anything else, which is unfortunate. We’ll see what happens.

I will primarily be taking a lot of video at the convention (not just gaming tournaments), as that’s the #1 thing people like to see after a convention is over. Hopefully it will bring people into AZHP and they can become more active in year round events.

See you there!

-FrankCastleAZ

FrankCastleAZ, Duncs and TDotimus chill with nasty Natural Ice beer and pizza and talk about this weekend’s Cosplay events, Anime news, Comic news, Gaming news and what we are doing in each of the BIG 3 (Anime/Comics/Games)

Shownotes and Download here:

http://www.arizonahp.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7602

-FrankCastleAZ

I’ve decided on Merc (Mercury) from Mirror’s Edge.

It was almost a immediate decision after playing thru the first 4 chapters and seeing concept art.

To Girlfriend: Thanks honey, buy me a game you know I want and I end up wanting to cosplay someone from the game. See what happens? Maybe you should buy me games more often.

lol jk <3

-FrankCastleAZ