How my addiction started


INT PUBLIC LIBRARY - MID DAY

ANDREA, a young girl in her early teens enters the library catty-corner from her middle school. She heads to the kids section and then spins around instead to headed towards the reference desk. She's wearing her Converse and a dark blue messenger bag draped over her shoulder and as she approaches the librarian she gets a gnawing feeling that she's read everything in the kids section.

ANDREA
"Excuse me, I need help finding the comics"  

LIBRARIAN 
"Sure thing, let me show you right over here."

Andrea follows the librarian to the Comic section.

NARRATOR (Addressing the audience)
"Little did she know that her life would turn in this pinnacle moment pushing her down the path of comics, anime, manga, and ultimately into an obsession that would consume her."

TO BE CONTINUED
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     Okay, well maybe it didn't happen that dramatically but that really was how I was exposed to manga and in all seriousness libraries are dangerous things. It's also where I read my first sex scene, those young adult novels don't kid around anymore.


Adolescence and young adult novels were just the beginning, into adulthood I learned about AnimeFest, AKON, ComicCon, countless festivals and cosplayers that brought my obsession, our obsession, to life.

I found a true community.

Now I hope to give back to this wonderful community and I hope this blog will be a testament to that. Anyways thank you for checking this blog out.

With love, Andrea. ^_^ 

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