Nekos, Sushi and Lasers

I find it amazing with everything that has happened with Neko Nation, it wasn't until the last event that I finally got to realise what a special event that I created was having been stuck with all sorts of work on the night that it was the first proper opportunity to actually enjoy the night that I'm so heavily involved in.

This tour is going to be the biggest and toughest challenge I'm going to face yet, the tour is going to cost thousands of dollars to put on, there's around 100 people involved whether directly working on the night or being involved in other ways such as venues, sponsors and suppliers.  It's something which is proving to be insanely time consuming and stressful.  It wasn't too long ago that I was holding multiple jobs and full time study although there's no way I can hold all this while putting on the tour.

I've put my sanity at risk, as I'm trying to this tour with poor health both physically and mentally.  I'm working insanely hard to get it all done, even though I'm far from a condition to do so.  I'm putting this ahead of everything right now which is building up stress and keeping me away from the world.  However the show must go on and to be honest, it's likely to all go quite well as I do believe I've got a great team of people who help out at all the shows to make this an amazing tour.

I'm starting to feel the nerves kick in and the pressure of a big new undertaking, Adelaide will be changed a bit for the tour although thankfully it will be easier in comparison to the other shows.  Perth will be an interesting show as it is getting the biggest venue by far on the tour and it's a bit of a risk to change so much after the success of the past two shows but I do believe Perth should be brought to the next level.  The Melbourne and Brisbane shows, I must admit, I'm scared shitless to put on these new shows in very new locations but I do believe I'm prepared and up for the challenge.

I do have complete faith in the event, however the scale still does scare me, I've recently completed a step-by-step guide to running the Neko Nation events and it's around 100 steps, multiply that by 4 for each city on the tour and it's becoming overwhelming.  I'm contemplating what the next step is as Susannah is playing less of a role in Neko Nation due to Tokyo Hardcore so there is more and more work.  Add on top a whole bunch of other commitments as well, it's a scary time, and I'm having to sacrifice friendships, my relationship and spending time with people, looking decent and having a good place to live.

Here's hoping it all works out for the best.....

Neko Nation Radelaide!!!

Just wow.  I remember the first Adelaide show being quite amazing but my god did this show completely blow it out of the water!

First of all thanks to everyone who helped out with the event, there's so many people to thank, from our lovely sponsors, stalls, catgirls, DJ's, venue staff and of course my partner Susannah for helping put this one, there's seriously around 20-30 people who help make this show happen in Adelaide and I'm very grateful for all the help and support I get to put on a huge event like this.  I'll thank everyone on the Neko Nation blog soon.

The reality is though it's the fans that make the night amazing, when you see a queue of around 40 people lining up in the cold rain just to be the first in, it was just phenominal to see how dressed up everyone was, I've had an event promoter come up to me in awe curious to know how he can make people dress up at his events but the reality is, this is just the Adelaide anime/cosplay scene at it's finest.

I had a lot of fun chatting to people and it's pretty awesome that I'm being awed at a bit and slowly turning into this mini celebrity.  I'm really loving all the social attention I'm getting because even though running the event I may be a bit popular the reality is I rarely get to see anyone, most of my time is spent doing business with Neko Nation and Tokyo Hardcore, so I don't get much time to see many people in a personal setting.

The Adelaide crowd never ceases to impress me with how behind the event everyone gets, you can tell that everyone in Adelaide has been craving something like this for quite a long time, I'm currently a bit overrun with people who want to help out and get involved, I even had one guy offer me a discount when I was out shopping on Saturday.  Seriously little things like that really make my life great and make me feel like I'm doing something important.

I'm very happy and blessed that I've found something that not only I like doing but many other people do enjoy a lot as well.  For so very long I sit in front of spreadsheets, emails and running around sorting out logistics, that it's nice to see that it all is worth it in the end.




Thank you everyone, it was such an amazing night and unlike other nights I managed to actually have time to get away from working on the event to actually enjoy the event with you all, I didn't speak to everyone and those I did, I barely got much of a chance to talk to people for longer than a few minutes but I did enjoy all the time I had with everyone and also behind the decks as well, it's the first time I've really had much positive feedback, so I hope to impress more of you soon and also get some more of you behind the decks, involved in the event and just there!

Really happy with everything that has been achieved, Adelaide you seriously rock.  <3