Who ever said "Christmas comes only once a year" was totally lying. Yes, ALL LIES! How do I know this? I know this simply because AZ (My local con) is this weekend and it's like Christmas to the population of Gamers, Anime enthusiasts, and Manga indulgers. So, in theory, Christmas happens twice this year. Okay, okay, I know I dislike Christmas in general, but this is like my birthday, Christmas, and Tae Kwon Do festival all rolled up in to one-- that's how excited I get. Unfortunately, I wont be cosplaying like I was hoping to. That doesn't matter anymore because I can easily be photographer. I'm excited, besides my Third Dan Testing/Festival, this will be one of the first big events I take my new Nikon D40 to. So YAY for that! But one of my main reasons to be going to AZ, besides the fact that I have loads of fun each year and people can actually get me to smile, is so I can get out of the house. Now there are a lot of stressful things at home. And now I have 3 wonderful days, if you don't count pre-con, to hang out with my friends, take a billion pictures, relax (except for Saturday morning-- I have to work > <, and be away from my family. I need that. I also have a car this weekend to use, which doesn't happen often without pleading. This is different from last year. And another thing different from last year is that I'll actually get fed. YAY! But yeah... YAY FOR AZ!

Oh yeah! I finally got my Third Dan! Heck yes! I have more responsibility-- kinda sucks, but I'm having a lot of fun with all the new stuff I'm learning. Getting thrown around a lot, but that's only because I'm really good at acting for self defense and falling correctly. But yeah, I'm proud of myself. I really deserve this after the many years I've been training.