many things have happened
Good lord, it is time for an update. So much has happened.
I spent the 11th through the 15th at the Outer Banks with Allie, Izzy, and Alicia. It was, for the most part, tons of fun. Unfortunately, the second day we were there it rained a ridiculous amount and the day after that Allie and Alicia were vomiting. So we didn't go see HP because of that. Basically threw away $10. Still not happy about that. I totally could have bought myself something small and cute at Otakon instead of counting pennies. But it was still fun. My attempt to not get sunburned failed, but it turned out alright because it healed very quickly.
The day in between the beach and Otakon was insane. I was freaking out for a good bit of the car ride back because we left waaaaayyyyy later than I was hoping we would. But some silly music and texting with Bucky and Emma calmed me down a bit. I ended up staying up till 5 am packing and sewing because we got back so late. Ugh. The quality of my mix CDs suffered as a result.
The drive up to Baltimore was certainly an adventure. An adventure in driving while trying not to vomit. I most likely caught Alicia's stomach virus or got food poisoning from the gas station Subway. Either way, I spent the evening emptying my empty stomach and not picking up my badge. Luckily, I was mostly ok on Friday. I was still queasy, but generally alright. I did end up wearing my costume which people seemed to enjoy. I went to the PW gathering to take pictures and it was tons of fun, the Avatar gathering for obvious reasons, and the /cgl/ meetup. I was immediately recognized by Katsu from something I posted in a progress thread. Met a bunch of people, got stepped on a few times, met someone who will now hate and/or troll me on the internet, and decided that I need to make a Pokemon hoodie. (Suggestions welcome) I didn't end up going to the only panel I wanted to go to on Friday because it started at 11:30 and the people we were staying with go to bed early and we didn't have keys to get into their place. Lame. Next year though. So instead, we went back and I restyled my wig for the next day and watched people play video games.
Saturday I was completely better, but as a result of my sicklyness my belt for my costume was too big. I tried to sew it to my shirt, but that didn't work out so well. But whatever. I hung out with Emma and Erik in the dealer's room until I got claustrophobic, went to the Persona gathering which was alright, but there was way more 4 than 3. Since I haven't played 4 yet, I don't know anything about it. But there were some cool things like Thanatos, Sati, and an adorable Junpei. I recovered from my claustrophobia and went to the Avatar shoot which ended up being rather large and very long. It was partially obnoxious because of some of the younger cosplayers, but a number of the people were really cool and there were some cool and/or silly pictures. Went back to a less crowded dealer's room with Bucky and Sarah, met up with Emma and Erik, hung out for a while, went to change for the dance, came back, hung out some more, found some k'nex. The dance was in a room much smaller than it needed to be in. It was kind of ridiculous. We didn't stay for too long because of the warmth, the crowd, and the terrible acoustics. So we went and hung out in the hallways instead. We took Bucky's props back to where we were staying so we wouldn't have to deal with them on Sunday, but we missed the last Light Rail and had to walk a mile and half uphill. Shit sucked.
Sunday was completely ridiculous. It started off with me waking up with a sore throat and being ridiculously tired. Then Erik and I went down to the hotel to help Bucky get his stuff back to my car. (It's important to note that Bucky's phone was dead.) On the way back to the con, I noticed I no longer had my phone. So we jumped back on the Light Rail, got kicked off for having invalid tickets, had to walk most of the way back to the station to see if it was there, then to my car, then back on the Light Rail, defeated, to head back to the con and see if we could find someone we knew so we could try calling my phone and hope that someone had picked it up somewhere. We found Sarah eventually, headed to the dealer's room (Bucky bought an adorable tiny Hughes and Emma got me an adorable tiny Edgeworth who objects to everything), and were amazingly found by Emma and Erik. Emma kept calling my phone in case someone picked it up. AND SOMEONE DID! I had dropped it in the one place we didn't go back and check--the hotel lobby. So I booked it over there to get my phone back. So then we got some food, packed up our stuff and drove the 6 hours back. It was a fun drive this time, aside from my throat being on fire.
So I'm back now and I have a con cold. But I had a lot of fun and didn't lose my phone. Next year we're taking the train. Hermes and all.
I spent the 11th through the 15th at the Outer Banks with Allie, Izzy, and Alicia. It was, for the most part, tons of fun. Unfortunately, the second day we were there it rained a ridiculous amount and the day after that Allie and Alicia were vomiting. So we didn't go see HP because of that. Basically threw away $10. Still not happy about that. I totally could have bought myself something small and cute at Otakon instead of counting pennies. But it was still fun. My attempt to not get sunburned failed, but it turned out alright because it healed very quickly.
The day in between the beach and Otakon was insane. I was freaking out for a good bit of the car ride back because we left waaaaayyyyy later than I was hoping we would. But some silly music and texting with Bucky and Emma calmed me down a bit. I ended up staying up till 5 am packing and sewing because we got back so late. Ugh. The quality of my mix CDs suffered as a result.
The drive up to Baltimore was certainly an adventure. An adventure in driving while trying not to vomit. I most likely caught Alicia's stomach virus or got food poisoning from the gas station Subway. Either way, I spent the evening emptying my empty stomach and not picking up my badge. Luckily, I was mostly ok on Friday. I was still queasy, but generally alright. I did end up wearing my costume which people seemed to enjoy. I went to the PW gathering to take pictures and it was tons of fun, the Avatar gathering for obvious reasons, and the /cgl/ meetup. I was immediately recognized by Katsu from something I posted in a progress thread. Met a bunch of people, got stepped on a few times, met someone who will now hate and/or troll me on the internet, and decided that I need to make a Pokemon hoodie. (Suggestions welcome) I didn't end up going to the only panel I wanted to go to on Friday because it started at 11:30 and the people we were staying with go to bed early and we didn't have keys to get into their place. Lame. Next year though. So instead, we went back and I restyled my wig for the next day and watched people play video games.
Saturday I was completely better, but as a result of my sicklyness my belt for my costume was too big. I tried to sew it to my shirt, but that didn't work out so well. But whatever. I hung out with Emma and Erik in the dealer's room until I got claustrophobic, went to the Persona gathering which was alright, but there was way more 4 than 3. Since I haven't played 4 yet, I don't know anything about it. But there were some cool things like Thanatos, Sati, and an adorable Junpei. I recovered from my claustrophobia and went to the Avatar shoot which ended up being rather large and very long. It was partially obnoxious because of some of the younger cosplayers, but a number of the people were really cool and there were some cool and/or silly pictures. Went back to a less crowded dealer's room with Bucky and Sarah, met up with Emma and Erik, hung out for a while, went to change for the dance, came back, hung out some more, found some k'nex. The dance was in a room much smaller than it needed to be in. It was kind of ridiculous. We didn't stay for too long because of the warmth, the crowd, and the terrible acoustics. So we went and hung out in the hallways instead. We took Bucky's props back to where we were staying so we wouldn't have to deal with them on Sunday, but we missed the last Light Rail and had to walk a mile and half uphill. Shit sucked.
Sunday was completely ridiculous. It started off with me waking up with a sore throat and being ridiculously tired. Then Erik and I went down to the hotel to help Bucky get his stuff back to my car. (It's important to note that Bucky's phone was dead.) On the way back to the con, I noticed I no longer had my phone. So we jumped back on the Light Rail, got kicked off for having invalid tickets, had to walk most of the way back to the station to see if it was there, then to my car, then back on the Light Rail, defeated, to head back to the con and see if we could find someone we knew so we could try calling my phone and hope that someone had picked it up somewhere. We found Sarah eventually, headed to the dealer's room (Bucky bought an adorable tiny Hughes and Emma got me an adorable tiny Edgeworth who objects to everything), and were amazingly found by Emma and Erik. Emma kept calling my phone in case someone picked it up. AND SOMEONE DID! I had dropped it in the one place we didn't go back and check--the hotel lobby. So I booked it over there to get my phone back. So then we got some food, packed up our stuff and drove the 6 hours back. It was a fun drive this time, aside from my throat being on fire.
So I'm back now and I have a con cold. But I had a lot of fun and didn't lose my phone. Next year we're taking the train. Hermes and all.