August 6th, 2008 admin
My birthday fell on a recent date and the family acquired a cake. It was not a standard cake, however, but was expertly crafted with stunning artistry and featured yours truly in Mii form! You read that right… it was out of the Wii and onto the frosting!
Check it out. This is my Mii:
and this is the cake:
I dare say that it was full of win. Happy birthday to mii! 
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August 6th, 2008 admin
Whew!
A great experience! Before I discuss it, however, let me fill you in. ConnectiCon is a convention that takes place in Hartford, CT each summer. It’s a three day celebration of gaming, anime, cosplay, and other related pursuits.
What I particularly love about ConnectiCon and the con scene in general is the fact that a bunch of people are there celebrating their interest in gaming, anime, and other areas that I think were niche hobbies until fairly recently. We all know we’re geeks. I mean, most attendees are dressing up as characters from their favorite game or anime–and that’s awesome.
People are also friendly. Someone wanted to hug us several minutes after we arrived because he loved our costumes so much. Hugs and photo requests and instant camaraderie are the norm. It’s a wonderful, friendly environment to be in and I find it’s some really easy to get used to.
I slapped together a photo slideshow video to chronicle our fantastic time there. We dressed as test subjects from the game Portal and we were highly popular.
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