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Anime Boston was a lot of fun. I didn't know that many people there, but I did run into some long-unseen old friends, including perbac, which was way nifty.

Saw a fair amount of new anime, played some obscure Japanese-import arcade games (whatever DDR-with-hands is called has been around for a while, but I'd never actually played before. Amusing if not as galvanizing as DDR. It's a bit like a theremin, actually), bought some stuff (finally found someplace that had Lone Wolf & Cub #2 in stock) and got handed random free stuff, saw a lot of very well made anime music videos, and danced to classic Nintendo game music. (Note to self: although dancing is fun, dancing is much more fun if you bring people you know.)

So, yeah, I was worried for nothing.

I also bought some Pocky G(!), on perbac's advice, being as it is both Hard(!) and Rich(!). Will try some in... about twenty hours.

Which reminds me: Anime Boston is fun, but trying to eat pesadic (huh, Google and Dictionary.com offer no insight into the standard transliteration... should there be an 'h' there?) in downtown Boston is annoying.

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Saw Goodbye, Lenin! on Thursday night at Kendall, and it was quite good. More poignant and philosophical than I expected, but still with lots of funny bits. I recommend it, although the big screen is probably not vital to its enjoyment.

We saw a trailer beforehand for Red Trousers, which looks entertaining and campy. This looks like an intriguing tongue-in-cheek exploration of Hong Kong Opera and stuntwork.