Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over, and I’m tired but still exhilarated from all the fun. We learned many things at the show, including that it’s a good idea to put one of those 3D anime oppai mouse pads on the table, since people can’t resist coming over and touching it. Now it’s off to Las Vegas with Mrs. J-List for a much-earned week of relaxation.
My wife and son arrived during the convention, and we’ve been having fun going to various places in San Diego after the show each day. We decided to take in the new Harry Potter movie last night, but were disappointed when the electronic sign at the theater declared the late-night showing we were planning on seeing to be sold out. I decided to ask if seats were available anyway, and it turned out that the sold out sign had been displaying in error — there were still plenty of seats left. This tied nicely into a message I’m always trying to drill into my son’s head, which is that America is a country where you have to be aggressive and speak up if you need something, rather than being silent and expecting others to notice you’ve got a problem, which is the norm in Japan. We’d learned this lesson before: when my son was five, we put him in a daytime activity program here in San Diego to interact with other kids and practice his English. When it came time for everyone to eat their lunches, he didn’t know where his was, and didn’t know to yell or ask for help from anyone. Since he was such a good quiet boy, none of the teachers noticed that he had no lunch, and the poor guy went hungry all day.
