/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

From the posts here it's mostly about US cons, right? I noticed that in the local con in my French city, it feels very different depending on whether the con takes place in April or in Winter (which is the regular edition). In April there are more weebs and less normies than during the Winter edition, because they're trying to make the Winter edition family friendly and focused more on Japan's and some chosen Asian country's cultures in general. And making it family friendly is pretty easy for them because the tickets are cheap in the first place but if the kids are young enough, they can enter the con center for free.

Meanwhile, I remember that in one of the cons in April, they invited a hentai artist like it was nothing and most booths were run by professionals who sell vidya and anime merchandises, cosplay and jfashion clothes and accessories and fanworks. Whereas in Winter alot of booths sell really kimonos and yukatas, pottery, more traditional things.

Personally I like both editions of the cons in general but I have a big preference for the April one. The atmosphere is different, it's more fun, and I felt that the Winter edition is less and less interesting overall. Sometimes during the Winter one I have clueless parents and normies asking me why people are disguised and looking stupid, and why there are so many nerds because they think I'm as clueless as them (because I don't cosplay I guess), it's annoying as fuck.

Sorry for rambling like that, my post isn't very coherent.

I feel super nostalgic for livejournal, kink memes and how fandoms were some years ago. Tumblr is so shit, and yet I can't stop using it because of the very few friends I have there, and even then nobody dares talking to each other directly, it's boring. I miss being a stupid weaboo/fujoshi online, it was so fun. Tell me I'm not the only one who feel that way.

My sleep schedule is fucked up and because of that I tend to eat at weird hours. I feel like shit overall these days. I just want to get a part time job so I can get more money and study at the same time instead of doing nothing all day long until September. Also my phone has a problem, I can't call anyone anymore, I have no idea if I should replace it with all the money I saved so far or if I should just deal with it.

French anon here
>third year in college, gonna graduate this year if everything's fine
>have the worst teachers and lecturers this year
>I only have been told today but I could have gone to a prestigious university in California because my average grade for my first two years is good enough
>mfw I could have been in California right now for a year and my college could have paid for everything
Fuck this shit, I'm so mad. And the guy who's in charge for this was super insulting when I asked him more about it today, I could have murdered him on the spot if it weren't illegal.