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Books & Videos (Etc.) Giveaway 2025 Edition

As usual, these are all free to a good home in the US. Alas, international shipping is beyond my budget, never mind the ridiculousness of the current everything. If you'd like something, it's yours. Please just say thank you and let me know it arrived.

* One lot of BPAL perfume, including a couple of little bottles and quite a few of the tiny vials. I'll have to inquire how best to ship these but I'm guessing in bubblewrap and tupperware.

( Books, Videos, etc. )

Entry tags:

conventions

Blue Water Int'l Comic Con

Comic-con complete!

- when I went to borrow the ancient rattly hand-cart from my father, he told me I could just store it in my garage from now on, which is basically saying it's mine.
- for the first time ever, evening load-in was not delayed by having to wait for the Ghostbusters car getting itself situated.
- more than made table back before load-in had finished.
- arrived a tiny smidge early day-of and had to wait for the Ghostbusters car to get itself situated. (I feel like this set the Universe back on track or something?)
( more notes below )

At some point in the coming week I'll get a post up to give away a bunch of stuff I don't want to store/keep hauling around. Now to try to catch up on everything else...

Vacation Continues Apace

Mostly, I have stressed myself out and then gotten things more or less under control. It is a Process.

I have eight boxes packed for Saturday and two more in progress, which is basically my limit unless some stuff gets sold during set-up, which often happens. We'll see. I'm looking at shows for next year and I'll try for ~April, June/July, and maybe Autumn. There's also the Model Expo in... April but that'll be more for M than me. I have a lot more to dig through than I realized, and that's before any Accidental Advent discards.

I signed up for

fandomtrees and will post to

holiday_wishes after Saturday, since I usually use it to help re-home unsold media.

Also starting to pester people for xmas lists. I probably won't get anything else ordered/mailed before next week, because I only have so much mental bandwidth, but it's definitely time. I also have the gift for my second Secret Santa to send. It's being done solely on discord so idk if I'll get tracking in advance or if a surprise will just appear.

I Am On Vacation

I am on vacation. This means I will probably be working twice as hard at everything. (I am not going anywhere - this is just a 'burn vacation hours + catch up a bit' vacation.) So far I've done a bunch of extra work at the 'rents, dug out boxes for the nerd convention next weekend, and started deep-cleaning the kitchen. At some point I'll probably stall out, but so far so good.

While helping with some errands, I got to visit an Aldi's for the first time. Prices are good and everything I bought has been fine. The main thing they have against them is that they open at 9AM. I suppose if I calibrate lists properly, I can make a quick trip in during the week when I'm out for other reasons. (I also want to go to the fancier grocery this week! But I also want to finally get to the Lebanese restaurant in the same plaza so that will be closer to a lunch-time trip. Maybe Wednesday.)

I am in the planning discord for a new online BL convention. The project came from a conversation on reddit about how a lot of virtual conventions are centered on daytime North America and aren't as accessible for Asian/Oceanian/European fans. (I had mentioned that I'm in NA but not on NA daytime hours, so different boat same river, or something? Anyway, if anyone would like an invite to the planning discord, LMK.)

I've mostly finished up Blade King, a SNAA model kit. He was certainly an adventure and while he certainly isn't perfect, I'm pleased with how he turned out. (He's also huge, though. I don't know where he's going!) I also mostly finished up HG Blue Frame 2nd, who I started earlier in the year and stalled out on. I've misplaced her markings, however. I know they'll turn up, so she can just go on the shelf as-is for now.

So far for the nerd convention, I've dug out some Transformers and some Monster High dolls. Need to match up accessories and cards and whatnot for them if I can. I just have way too many bins of this stuff. It'll be good to downsize... (Hopefully 2026 can be the year of doing a few more shows and getting rid of a few more things?)

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anime - general blather

Media Roundup, Accidental Advent Small Screen Edition

It's been a little while since the last one - some of this is because of the length of one of these.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Complete Original Series) - 130 episodes + movies + documentaries. So this did in fact take awhile! But I really enjoyed it. I had somehow forgotten that He-Man is Science Fantasy and also how good the whole cast is. It also aged well. Wouldn't actually recommend binging it like I did, but I have no regrets. (I do own She-Ra but I need a breather before launching into it.)

Time Bokan Royal Revival - a Tatsunoko parody OVA that probably makes a little more sense with more Tatsunoko knowledge but I know enough to have enjoyed it. I know I've watched this before. I'll have to find it proper shelf space?

Eight Clouds Rising - I know I watched this years ago and was just sort of 'hmm' about it. It's an OVA based on a manga series and despite seeming like BL, isn't? I think I can let this one go.

Wild Zero - I feel like I watched over the summer but it never went on a shelf? If you know who Guitar Wolf is, um, this is the Guitar Wolf Zombie Movie. It's just kind of bonkers and has an amazing soundtrack. Like, it's just... Guitar Wolf Zombie Movie.

Utawarerumono - this was stupidly hyped back when it came out but I never osmosed more than 'guy with a mask' and couldn't have told you another thing about it. Anyway, I was not expecting what I got and it... was okay. A lot happened and it was a ride and became even more of a ride. Apparently Utawarerumono was originally an adult visual novel and, um, you can kinda tell. It can go, but I'm glad I finally saw it.

Dragon Half - dunno how this got in the pile. I should read the manga again too. The anime is hilarious though and kind of a nice palette cleanser.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO - I think this ended up in the pile because Zudahs. I still like the Zeon sections; the Feddie bits just kind of feel extra.

So, 5/7 keepers. Not bad.