Hard to believe I know, but Im still here
school work and work are eating up most of my time. I keep thinking about something together to upload but that aint happening any time soon
I went to AggieCon today. Its Texas A&Ms annual convention where we celebrate all things gaming and anime related. Theres also an Art Room and an art auction, and yes, some of the pictures have *gasp* NUDITY! For several years the MSC Board (the people in charge of the venue) have been wanting something done about the nudity. Well, this year they finally won. They censored the art room. Im pissed. I wasnt alone (Have you ever seen Todd McCaffrey wearing painter's tape in little X's on his shirt over his nipples in protest? I have, it's funny!). Its a college for crying out loud! Bastion of free thought and expression right? Apparently not. Its completely out of line with the policies elsewhere in the university. If the library has a 50 year backlog of Playboy in 2 different media (yes! Microfilm and Hardcopy! I work there, I know.) on the second floor then we can have an uncensored art room. The Campus firewall doesnt filter out pornographic content. Why? Because it isnt university policy to support censorship! I mean, who are they protecting? Its a college campus! How many kids are there!?! Yes, there are some parents who bring their (young) children to Con with them. Fine! You put a sign outside that warns of nudity and let the parents deal with their own dang kids! Anyone who goes in that room knows damn well what's in there! I love the art room. Every year great artists come or send it great stuff. Yes, some of these artists are guys. Yes, some of the artwork contains nudity. So? Its tasteful and it looks better than the garbage that the university buys and displays all over the MSC to support the arts. *gags*
Oh and if anybody wants to check out some great fantasy artwork then check out: ~
Corbistiger He comes to AggieCon everyyear and he does great stuff. I don't know how much attention he gets on here though... He got a DD and he has about 100 watchers but I have more pageviews than he does (which just shouldn't happen).