geekouts

So, JAFAX has come and gone and I've still got one of my nieces over. Sadly, I'm unable to keep her for a full month and have to bring her back tomorrow. As I managed to keep my spending down at JAFAX I've wound up getting caught up on some stuff I've been meaning to work on collecting. I've managed to finally get close to finished on the domestic release of the Black Cat manga with the help of the local Barns & Noble and have several other titles coming in the mail from RightStuf, most notably being Her Majesty's Dog, a title I fell behind on when the local Waldenbooks went out of business. All in all it's kind of fun getting caught up, although it's daunting at the same time, seeing the piles to go through to read and then sort.

I've also managed to get a little sorting done, even if I still need to wait for the next bit of floor to ceiling shelving to get done before I can really get going on it. Trying to find stuff that's out of place it probably the best motivator to get things in order. The collection is also getting trimmed up a bit. I've managed to replace a few things I had on VHS with DVD versions, such as the Rayearth OVAs, and gave away some single DVDs from stuff I eventually got boxsets of to my nieces.

I honestly love having a physical collection of things I like. Anime, manga, comics, books, music, figures... it doesn't matter. I've got my Fraud sculpture of his take on Puck displayed proudly next to my Suikoden figures and my fu dog statues. I have my favorite novels shelved with my manga. If I like it I like to have it to rewatch or reread, to look at whenever I feel like. I like to know I've got them and that I've done something to support the people who made them. I think that as a fan it's important to remember that, without the people who are behind what we're a fan of we wouldn't have it. They work hard at making it and the least we can do is make sure they get a little something for all their hard work.

I may have a collection large enough to make me look like a total obsessed geek, but at least I have it. I've been collecting for years and I'm proud of what I've managed to amass.