November 2009 Events: Update #3

Hiya there fellow otaku! I am still reeling from our Halloween J-Party and very near fell ill from the alternation of hot-inside-Art House / cold-where-we-afterwards (not to mention my unbelievably sore throat from yelling all night long to even exchange a couple of words inside the club) and had to spend most of the day in bed. However, I am better now and extremely happy with how the event fared, as well as all the opinions expressed around the net.

However, this month there is more for the enterprising fan, since in just a 4 short (Thursday 19th of November 2009) days Ota.Con Project (Aristotlean University of Thessaloniki – AUTH – Otaku League ’s event team)  will be hosting their own event at the foyer of the Pedagogical Studies Department Tower. In a bout of originality, besides the well-loved fare of J-Rock, J-Pop and Anme OSTs, there will be free sushi and beer (the people organizing it are after my own heart – well done)! Entrance is also free and all attendees are welcome to indulge in cosplay, should they have the time and inclination and the best cosplay WILL be rewarded.

Ota.Con's Premiere!

The event is partially sponsored by Comics Cave, which provided the poster expenses, as well as the awards. The event starts at 21:00 and ends at 01:00. You can find instructions on how to get there by scrolling down over here.

Have fun everyone!

Speedgrapher

P.S. For anyone interested, the team’s blog is over here.

A Sincere “Thank You”

Over the past  week or so, I did the occasional monitoring of the blog’s stats, as I always do, in an effort to assert what I did wrong, right, both or none, in order to try and improve the content. The days at the end of each month are always the most important because, in essence (and on average), you can gauge you readership without constantly hitting the stats’ refresh button. Well, this time around it was quite the opposite and I confess to clicking the aforementioned button unto oblivion (again, not the game, though that too has destroyed me). My WordPress timer records the change of date at 02:00 after midnight, whereby it starts logging stats for the next day (and depending on the day and date, the next week and / or month).

The essential point of all this babbling is this: From October 1st to October 31st, the blog reached a heretofore unprecedented number of 20214 hits! It’s the highest monthly count since the blog made its virgin appearance (July 2008), so I simply wanted to thank you for your continued and growing support of Otaku Lens. It helps convince myself that I am not doing this just for my own geeky pleasure (and if I am, well, at least I am far from alone).

Therefore, I will keep posting, so please keep reading and we’ll see where this whole fun and freaky ride takes us.

Sincerely,

Speedgrapher

A Warning: Please Read This and Pay Attention

Although I am always overjoyed to read and respond to comments and allow as much creative criticism as possible, in this, as in all my blogs, I do not tolerate insults towards the people featured herein. Therefore, such comments are promptly deleted.

Now, someone who thinks they are too smart (and are probably too smarty-pants for their own good) decided to post some comments of a very insulting nature, using the name “Otaku Lens”, through an e-mail account, otaku-lens@hotmail.com, on this blog, on photos of people featured here. I inform you that the comments have been deleted and the account reported. Now follows the warning:

(1) To all the people reading Otaku Lens, commenting or contacting me, I must stress that ANY comments, statements etc. made anywhere, under the assumed name “Otaku Lens” are faked, as I only use Speedgrapher or SpeedxGrapher as a handle, over any and all my internet communications. Also, I do not use hotmail. I advise you block/ban/spam the aforementioned account.

(2) To the person or persons implicated in what I consider a clearly hostile attempt on the blog and the Greek J-community, I must impress the following: it is very rare that ANYTHING ever escapes my attention and then if it does, that requires much talent on the part of the person doing it. Given the rather unimaginative and idiotic nature of your efforts, rest assured that I will find out who was behind them. Secondly, I am generally not a violent man, as anyone can tell you, but you will find out that trying my patience is VERY unwise.

Now everyone has been promptly warned.

Carry on,

Speedgrapher