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True, but there'd be little point in us staying at a hotel for a night only to have to leave the con early the next day. I'd rather just go for the first day and not worry about overblown hotel costs.

It was up in the air for quite some time as to whether I'd be able to go - financial difficulties and such - but now it appears I'll at least be able to attend the first day with my little sis. Might come dressed as Big Mac, with my sis as AJ...we'll see. Wish I could stay that Saturday as well (if for no other reason than to see everyone at the con going apeshit over the season premiere), but I can't in good conscience skip out on my mom's birthday. Should be one helluva Friday, though.

No. Main reason being, it's more than possible for people of the same race but different geographical origins to speak the same language in different ways; nothing racist about a white Texan making fun of a white New Yorker's accent. But I'm sure you mean whether or not it's "culturally insensitive", yes? To a certain degree, it can be. Kind of depends on the intent of the person who finds the accent amusing. If they merely get a kick out of the fact that it sounds bizarre to them, then there's nothing really wrong with that. If they get all uppity about it ("Ermagerd, lurn 2 speek englush u dum yokel ahahaha") and judge you as a person merely for the way you speak, then that's just ignorant.

I believe the definition of "casual" has been warped significantly. Originally it only applied towards people who played...well, casual games like Bejeweled, FarmVille and other such "browser games" that offer only the most minimal of stimulation. Now it seems to encompass everything that isn't an FPS with online play. Of course, if you were to ask me who I'd consider more "hardcore" - someone who could get through the first Mega Man game without losing a single guy, or some no-scoper boasting about his kill streak - I'd have to go with the former. Then again, maybe that's just my age showing through... I'll be honest, I've never once heard anyone complain that graphics are "too good". In fact, I do believe a majority of the arguments having to do with graphics center on graphics not being good enough. And most especially, modern gamers' disdain for retro games; "Eww, it's so blocky looking! What terrible graphics, nyah!" That, IMO, is horrendously stupid.

Ad fucking nauseum. I don't know what it is about this relatively recent, tunnel visioned approach to gaming wherein only excessively grim games are considered good, but I wish people would knock it the hell off. Maturity isn't determined by which games you choose to play, it's determined by how you conduct yourself as an individual. Spend five minutes in an online match for a gritty shooter game, and you'll see how "mature" some of the people who like that style of gameplay can really be. Proof that grit does not necessarily breed wit.

Always used to be a Fox guy, but they seem to have nerfed his endurance in a way that makes it really easy to die as him, so now Falco's my preferred veteran fighter. As far as newcomers, Mega Man all the way.

Both are a royal pain in the ass. Morning showers require me to wake up a good 20 minutes earlier, and night showers are inconvenient because I have so much hair, it's never completely dry by the time I go to bed. And trying to sleep with damp hair is just...no. So yes, I suppose I am an afternoon/early evening showerer.

Keep in mind, my understanding of these scientific principles is only that of a somewhat-informed layman, so I expect folks who are more well-learned than I am will point out any inaccuracies in my post. I'm fairly certain I accurately conveyed the gist of what scientists like Stephen Hawking have been saying, though.

According to scientific consensus, only forward time travel is conceptually possible. As an object approaches the speed of light (though it'll never actually get there), time passes a lot more slowly for it, relative to the rest of the universe. So if you had a spacecraft capable of reaching near-lightspeed, it's conceivable that you could catapult yourself years into the future before a handful of minutes passed for you. Now, whether humanity will ever be able to invent a vessel that could travel that fast, no one really knows for sure. Only time will tell (if you can pardon the awful pun). As for whether it'd be a good idea…well, that's entirely up to you and the factors in your life. If you'd be leaving behind nothing that you'd particularly miss, then I'd say go for it.

Exactly what it says on the tin - let's see how you write with your not-so-dominant hand. You can also provide an example done with your dominant hand, just for comparison's sake. My lovely pen strokes: As you can see, I just barely qualify as a righty, although I wouldn't hold it against anyone if they said I was ambisinister.

I wouldn't say it is useless as any sort of matter of fact. In fact, art and entertainment - so I believe - are quite important to humanity. Without them, we'd be nothing more than fleshy automatons, mindlessly going about our daily lives in the mere endeavor to survive. But we are more than that; we pursue happiness and fulfillment, and the art and entertainment industries are great for that. The NFL wouldn't make $9 billion annually (at least) if people didn't thoroughly enjoy watching other people play grabass on a field, and highly successful bands like U2 wouldn't be living in mansions. However, despite the huge demand for art and entertainment, two rather discouraging things ring true. One, social attitudes about pursuing a career in such fields are generally negative. Despite the fact that they can be extremely lucrative careers, most people will tell you that pursuing such a career is a waste of time. They'll insist that it isn't "useful" to society, instead encouraging you to become a doctor or lawyer or engineer - careers that, while quite important to society, probably don't interest you in the slightest. Even my own mom frowns upon my pursuit of a music degree. Two, it is rather difficult to make a living off art and entertainment unless you are so privileged as to have been chosen by the big wigs of these industries; you really won't put food on the table playing basketball for any organization other than the NBA, you won't see much success as a band unless you're signed to a major record label, etc. Art and entertainment really do seem to be industries that hinge upon one all-important factor: Who you know. And as discouraging as all of that is, I would still advise you to keep going for it. Because at the end of the day, two things will always ring fundamentally true: A.) Human beings want to be entertained; B.) There's a market for just about anything, provided you are skilled at what you do. Just keep honing your craft, keep putting your stuff out there, keep talking to people and making contacts, and heed honest critique. All of these things will drastically increase your chances of getting into a position where you can expect to sell your craft for a living.