2019 is the 10th year of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (aka C2E2) , and I have been meaning to go pretty much ever since it started. Of course, back when it started, I worked a crappy service industry job and never had the weekends off. Over the years, various excuses have piled up, which ranged from not being in the country during the event (that one time I went to Germany for the H+H Trade Show ) to forgetting to buy tickets (oops), and all points in between. But at long last, I can check this off my list: last Friday, I went to my first ever C2E2! Technically, I was there on official client business, researching cosplay and trying to make some connections with movers and shakers in the cosplay world. I truly admire those who cosplay, and do it well because that's never been my skill, though I am feeling inspired to give it a try this year. My problem is always coming up with a good idea - the harder I try to think of something, the more my mind blanks out. ...
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