Ushicon 8 took place this past weekend.  It is different in that it is the only 18+ anime con in Texas, as well as the first one I’ve ever attended.  On with the list!

1. I didn’t know this year’s Ushicon was number 8 until I saw it on the t-shirt.
2. Yeah, that’s not terribly important, but if you’ve been around for awhile, you should crow a little, you know?
3. Worst thing that I noticed: Why does the men’s room on the first floor smell like mushrooms?
4. Round Rock has the screwiest parking lots I’ve ever driven through.
5. The maid cafe had the same large parfait on the menu listed as the “Lover’s Parfait” or “Forever Alone.”  Clever.
6. Given that Valentine’s day is this week I was tempted to get a “Forever Alone” one but I think it contained enough sugar to put a horse into diabetic shock.
7. The Dairy Queen near the hotel has to be the fastest one I have ever been to.  After placing my order, I filled my soda, sat down, started to chat with Chris, and BAM.  Done.
8. The hotel did everything in their power to piss me off before and during check-in.
9. Wow, I can actually talk with fellow attendees about anime from the 80’s like Dirty Pair and even Robot Carnival!
10. No Rock Band in the video game room?  WEAK.
11. It could have totally fit in the middle where nobody was playing table-top games.
12. Being an 18+ con meant swearing was okay.  ***k yeah.
13. That said, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a con that was this well behaved.
14. Which, I guess, is kind of 0the point of the whole thing.
15. The panels were pretty interesting, or at least the ones I could enter because Panel Room 2 was too damn small for anything.
16. Meanwhile there were plenty of empty chairs in the video rooms…just sayin’
17. The cosplay show was cool; no judges or drama, just lots of folks showing off their cool costumes.
18. Holding up my iPad mini for 20 minutes to record it was not, guess I’ll stick with my camera.
19. Actually Panel Room 2 did work well for an improvised “Artist Meetup” on Saturday night 🙂
20. There were a few fellow furries present, w00t.
21. The number of bronies present (or at least the ones that were wearing t-shirts) could be counted on one hand.  AWESOME.
22. The only time things got loud was when it got late and folks started drinking, you know, like at every other fan convention.
23. Went to a “Project Meeting” panel on Sunday to offer feedback.  I sat around for about 10 minutes being ignored and left.  They could have at least asked me to introduce myself.
24. Okay, not completely ignored, one guy was decent enough to offer me a doughnut.
25. There was a gap of ‘nothing interesting happening’ on Sunday long enough for me to make a quick sojourn to Fry’s Electronics.
26. Fry’s still has a anime section!
27. I made the mistake of going to the maid cafe to chill out during Yaoi Tea Time.  It was like I was listening to a Spanish novela, and occasionally seeing…well, I’d rather not go there.