Convention Tales #18: Anime North Idol 2022

It's the dawn of a new year, and barring any freak accidents of nature or of a biological kind, Anime North will make its return in 5 months. I'm especially looking forward to attending this year's edition for several reasons. On one hand, I've been told from multiple sources that the mask/vaccine mandates from last …

Convention Tales #17: Fan Expo 2022, Lite Edition

After my past two attendances at Fan Expo in Toronto, where I mainly spent it roaming around the extremely-crowded Dealers' Room, crunching against tightly-packed elevators and passageways filled with 100,000+ attendees of all ages, sizes, and cosplays, while subsequently failing to experience any type of extra-dope activity there, I decided to skip out on going …

The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Anime North 2022 – Return Of The Hype

Summer's just about to reach its peak, schools are out for the year (except for folks like me, who are working), and it's both Canada Day and the Feast of the Precious Blood here according to the Catholic calendar. It's the perfect opportunity to go out and enjoy the heat while it lasts. Do you …

St. Pius V Corner: Open-Air Ecumaniacs

And here it seems opportune to expound and to refute a certain false opinion... by which non-Catholics seek to bring about the union of the Christian churches... They add that the Church in itself, or of its nature, is divided into sections; that is to say, that it is made up of several churches or …

St. Pius V Corner: Clout Cosplaying

Vainglory is the inordinate effort to manifest one's own excellence, real or fictitious. It is called vain, because it is concerned either with things of small moment, such as personal beauty, or with praise that is not due or is unduly sought. While venial in and of itself, it may become mortal if the praise …

Convention Tales #15: Short Stories From Anime North, Part #2

It dawned on me this week that, south of the Canadian border in the Big Apple itself, New York City, Anime NYC had recently transpired, as once more did 30,000+ anime fans of all ages descend upon the Jarvits Center for a weekend of weeb-filled fun. Not only did this event remind me of the …

Convention Tales #14: Short Stories From Anime North

It's hard to believe that this week marks about two years since the last time I officially travelled to a convention - I do not consider my short foray into Kimikon in 2019 as part of that, as I did not buy a ticket to that. The convention in question is Fan Expo in Toronto, …