asian-invasion

…they have been slightly exaggerated.

Thursday August 7, I departed from Virginia Beach, VA due north for Baltimore, MD to attend the grandest anime / Japanese culture event of the year for the eastern half of this continent: Otakon. Greyhound was the only option in terms of transportation (not that they were any less expensive than driving, which my eyes don’t allow for).

There I was in a giant, motorized, metal tube on wheels for the next six hours (including the 20-minute stop in Salisbury, MD). I briefly noticed someone who wasn’t sitting particularly close to my area was coughing occasionally. It didn’t strike me as anything to whine about so I ignored it in favor of a nap.

Wouldn’t you know it. Early Friday morning, I began to develop a sore throat. Most of the time, these things just go away after an hour or so. This one decided it was gonna hang out for the weekend and bring some friends along. Enter the watery eyes, sneezes, and coughs. Later that weekend, Mr. Migraine would join the party and invite fatigue and dizziness to play.

It’s now Thursday and I have entered the stage of evacuating the muck from my lungs. The illness is almost over but it found me at the right time to put a damper on the anime party of the year, which I’ll tell you all about starting tomorrow.

And yes, there will be photos galore…

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