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My First Momocon Experience

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  Momocon  Momocon has been one of my most anticipated geek conventions in the world and I finally made the trip this year. For those that don't know Momocon is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It was originally held at a college campus, but now is known for its venue at the Georgia World Congress Center. The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) is a huge convention center. If I would compare it to something I would compare it to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center located in Washington D.C. where Otakon is held every year, but I think that the GWCC is bigger. The GWCC is massive! It's made up of two buildings marked as Buildings A and B which both have five floors, but I think I even saw a sign past the cafe that said Building C, but if there was one Momocon didn't use it. In addition Momocon also uses the Omni Hotel which is the host hotel for the convention. The con's panels were held on the top floors of the GWCC with the bottom floors reserved for the Vendor...

Atlanta Commentates on Black Parents and White Adopters

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 **SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF ATLANTA SEASON 3!** So Donald Glover's Atlanta is back and the first two episodes released a little while ago and now I have the time to talk about it. I was up in the middle of the night that week when I remembered that the third season of Atlanta started already. I went to Hulu and started the first episode. In the opening sequence we see two men fishing in a lake at night. One is black, the other is white. They laugh and talk and then the black fisherman mentions how people end up missing  at this lake. The white fisherman mentions how this lake used to be a town occupied by black people and it was flooded by the mayor to create this lake. The scene becomes massively eerie as the area becomes darker when the fisherman looks away. His voice trails off and the audio becomes muffled and when he finally turns around he is missing eyes and the black fisherman is drug underwater by black hands. I was terribly uncomfortable when I first...