I can't find my zip drive.

This is very disturbing. Especially because my Zip drive is an internal drive. I labeled it drive Z:/. Now drive Z:/ does not exist.

Where has it gone?

I'm trying to stay calm, but a drive does not just disappear into thin air! And since I haven't used my zip drive in a while, I'm not sure how long it's been missing!

I checked the System folder and it says "This device is working properly." However, it's assigned drive letter says A:/ (and everyone knows the A:/ drive is for the little disk) and I can't change it like I could when I installed it.

And only god knows where the Iomega Zip Drive installation disk is, because ALL of my computer stuff is packed up in one big box because I'm moving in 2 weeks!

Okay, I will not panic!

Oh god, it's too late. I'm already panicking!

::cries:: WHERE IS MY ZIP DRIVE?!?!?!?!

Alright, so I have another complaint…

… but this doesn’t mean that I DIDN’T enjoy Otakon this year… it was just a bit disappointing in comparison to last year.

Have I mentioned the lack of good video programming in the viewing rooms? I was very disappointed! THIS was one of the major things I was looking forward to! Last year they had a great selection. While there was no chance I could’ve seen everything they had planned (nor did I want to), I did flit in and out of the viewing rooms with great frequency (I did return to the Kare Kano viewing room quite often, I must admit – even though I’d already seen the whole thing by that time). But they also had a lot of new stuff; Kaikan Phrase, the Utena movie, the Escaflowne movie, the Maze OVA, Gundam Wing: TV & Endless Waltz, and most importantly, they had a midnight showing of YAOI stuff, like Zetsuai 1989, Fish in the Trap (I think) and Lesson XX.

This year, they had nothing.

Nothing.

There was barely any new stuff at all. Yes, they had Ayashi no Ceres, but even THAT had been a last-minute schedule change. Yes, they had the first 2 episodes of GTO, but that was in the morning on Friday when most people are still on the registration lines! Aside from Blood: The Last Vampire (which I didn’t particularly care to see anyway because of someone’s summary & lukewarm review) and the 3 random episodes of Kodomo no Omocha (55-57 or thereabouts) that was unsubbed there was nothing I was even remotely interested in peeping in on! Most of the anime I saw listed was all old. Not that I have anything against old anime – classics are classics, after all. But I’d think that you’d want to show the new, up & coming stuff at a convention, wouldn’t you? Stuff like Infinite Ryvius which was only recently released in Japan and has already been fansubbed (the first few episodes, at least). Or maybe the very popular Gensoumaden Saiyuki, of which at least 8 episodes have already been fansubbed. Or Yu-Gi-Oh! (subbed at least up to 8), and if they were going to show old Gundam series, why not TurnA Gundam instead? Granted, it didn’t get hot reviews, but at least it’s something that hasn’t been seen before.

I don’t think I’m being unfair. I mean, I’m even naming stuff that’s not necessarily "shoujo" or shounen-ai-ish.

And speaking of "shounen-ai"… they didn’t even have a midnight showing this year! The turnout last year was great, there was a big crowd and it was cool to meet other YAOI fangirls… and surprisingly, a fanboy or two. ^_~

::sigh:: I’d have liked to see Yami no Matsuei at Otakon, even if I’d seen it all already.

That was one of the big disappointments. I hope they have a better selection of anime next year… and hopefully a midnight showing of shounen-ai/YAOI – not instead of, but in addition to – the regular hentai stuff.