First LJ Post and AX
So, this is my first LJ Comment. Very exciting indeed!
If any of you happened to have forgotten who this is, this is Lawrence!
I have no idea how to work this thing though, so someone needs to help me with the editing my profile layout... and adding people that i'm suppose to know. So send me their usernames!!!
So this weekend was AX! It was pretty fun, I cosplayed as Korea from Hetalia, thanks to itsukayume who made the costume. *Hence my profile pic, i guess* In any case, this was the first cosplay I was extremely happy with, so there will be more to come! (Planned for next year: RO trans class or 3rd class,
AX was the same as every other year, I suppose. Went to the dance every night, starved most of the time. Made a billion trips to Famima!!(family mart) though! I wish there were more of those around here. It's a very asian store.
Detailed AX Log!
Day 1: Korea
Woke up @ 9:00 and got things together to leave, picked up marilda around 10:30? I actuall stopped at Joanne's before leaving in HALF cosplay to pick up elastic for my costume, and that got alot of weird looks lol. On the way to LA there was alot of traffic, but we did manage to get there in 2 or so hours. I thought I could rely on my GPS, but my plugin thing in my car is broken, so no go there. Good thing I was able to call Jess for instructions. When we got to the con, we were able to go directly to parking... and parked for $12. It went pretty smoothly that day, we met up with itsukayume and headed over to hakuku 's artist alley stand! Hung out with itsuka and
adora_tan and managed to make our way to the Hetalia gathering. I thought it was really funny how we were paranoid about avoiding Cosplay Cyborg, who was Canada on the way there. The Hetalia gathering was less fun than fanime, according to jennifer, but we did get some group pics. It was really hard to hear what they were saying though, and the korea's were neglected *tear* There were 4 of us! Pics will be up later. We later went to the dance, by which of then I was completely burning out every 1 minute because I didn't eat enough beforehand. My friend wasn't able to get in though, cause they didn't take school ID's and she was -18, luckily I was able to get have Jennifer lend her her license and get her in. Interestingly enough though, we saw cosplay cyborg after and i convinced her to let us into the Westin's gym so we can get water.*the dance was out of it*
After the dance though, it was painful.... We planned earlier to stay @ marilda's friends house, who marilda thought lived 15 minutes away from the center, HOWEVER... she lived 1 HOUR and 15 minutes away from teh center. Already getting late, we had no choice but to drive there. Luckily, I had backup sources and the next day we stayed in Jess's hotel. Unfortunately, Marilda and her friend really didn't want to stay somewhere they had to pay so i was like w/e... and there goes 90$ down the drain. (30 each of us) Also drove 100 miles more than I expected to.
Day 2: Rave costume/casual
Day two was much more easier... We got to the con around 11:30 and just began chilling around. I don't think I went to any events this year except for Japanime Belly Dancing, which I thought was very funny. Half of it that I went to anyways. the rest of the day consisted of walking around and watching jennifer and her YGO group have their photoshoot. We managed to get moved into Jess's hotel and went to the dance again w/ bruce. Stopped @ IHOP afterwards! Some stranger smacked my butt @ the dance >_>;;;;;.
Day 3: Korea
I had slept on the floor of the hotel with only my korea costume and a jacket to cover me, so the morning was a very stiff and cold one. Managed to take a shower and get over to the con after doing marilda's hair and Jessie's Genesis(FF CC) Hair, met up with Tom Tom who was Uryu with an awesome arrow prop(pics later). Headed back to the hotel by foot after about 1 hour to work on Jessie's Kilik(air Gear) wig though... it was a very rushed process. Had to straighten it with hot water a couple times, melted my wig head a little bit and the plastic tissue box i was using(wig was okay though??? o_O) and cut it, but overall it looked good. The only problem was that I allowed too little hair for the sideburns. Too bad we finished @ 3:30 and the gathering was at 3!!!! Jennifer's LK costume was BOMB though. Later that night though, I put it on with sunglasses and went to Famima!! for food. Interesting stares lol..... It was the last day of dance, and we got shut down about 1 hour early because someone brought in alcohol. Bummer! We went to Ihop again afterwards.
Day 4: Korea
Augh... Woke up and managed to pack everythin up and get checked out. I could reach bruce for a very long time though, cause we had to get his stuff in our car. He couldn't find his phone, but he spent the entire last day stuck @ the hotel. In anycase, when I got to the convention I did my first actual browsing of the exhibit hall... nothing interesting though, cept for the $99 goth jackets at the lolita booth. Did a hetalia photoshoot afterwards with Jennifer and gang... was very excited, my first cosplay photoshoot. Afterwards, hung around and then met up with Ashley, Bruce, Marilda, Lindsay to drive back to her house and then drive back down... I got to Irvine around 11:00 ish and ate @ guppys. Got home around 12:30 after dropping everyone off... It was a long day. And then i got home and was brought back to reality. FML xD
I think I was the best korea @ the con! Alot of people agreed. So excited! Next year will be even more amazing.
Now I just need a job!
If any of you happened to have forgotten who this is, this is Lawrence!
I have no idea how to work this thing though, so someone needs to help me with the editing my profile layout... and adding people that i'm suppose to know. So send me their usernames!!!
So this weekend was AX! It was pretty fun, I cosplayed as Korea from Hetalia, thanks to itsukayume who made the costume. *Hence my profile pic, i guess* In any case, this was the first cosplay I was extremely happy with, so there will be more to come! (Planned for next year: RO trans class or 3rd class,
AX was the same as every other year, I suppose. Went to the dance every night, starved most of the time. Made a billion trips to Famima!!(family mart) though! I wish there were more of those around here. It's a very asian store.
Detailed AX Log!
Day 1: Korea
Woke up @ 9:00 and got things together to leave, picked up marilda around 10:30? I actuall stopped at Joanne's before leaving in HALF cosplay to pick up elastic for my costume, and that got alot of weird looks lol. On the way to LA there was alot of traffic, but we did manage to get there in 2 or so hours. I thought I could rely on my GPS, but my plugin thing in my car is broken, so no go there. Good thing I was able to call Jess for instructions. When we got to the con, we were able to go directly to parking... and parked for $12. It went pretty smoothly that day, we met up with itsukayume and headed over to hakuku 's artist alley stand! Hung out with itsuka and
adora_tan and managed to make our way to the Hetalia gathering. I thought it was really funny how we were paranoid about avoiding Cosplay Cyborg, who was Canada on the way there. The Hetalia gathering was less fun than fanime, according to jennifer, but we did get some group pics. It was really hard to hear what they were saying though, and the korea's were neglected *tear* There were 4 of us! Pics will be up later. We later went to the dance, by which of then I was completely burning out every 1 minute because I didn't eat enough beforehand. My friend wasn't able to get in though, cause they didn't take school ID's and she was -18, luckily I was able to get have Jennifer lend her her license and get her in. Interestingly enough though, we saw cosplay cyborg after and i convinced her to let us into the Westin's gym so we can get water.*the dance was out of it*
After the dance though, it was painful.... We planned earlier to stay @ marilda's friends house, who marilda thought lived 15 minutes away from the center, HOWEVER... she lived 1 HOUR and 15 minutes away from teh center. Already getting late, we had no choice but to drive there. Luckily, I had backup sources and the next day we stayed in Jess's hotel. Unfortunately, Marilda and her friend really didn't want to stay somewhere they had to pay so i was like w/e... and there goes 90$ down the drain. (30 each of us) Also drove 100 miles more than I expected to.
Day 2: Rave costume/casual
Day two was much more easier... We got to the con around 11:30 and just began chilling around. I don't think I went to any events this year except for Japanime Belly Dancing, which I thought was very funny. Half of it that I went to anyways. the rest of the day consisted of walking around and watching jennifer and her YGO group have their photoshoot. We managed to get moved into Jess's hotel and went to the dance again w/ bruce. Stopped @ IHOP afterwards! Some stranger smacked my butt @ the dance >_>;;;;;.
Day 3: Korea
I had slept on the floor of the hotel with only my korea costume and a jacket to cover me, so the morning was a very stiff and cold one. Managed to take a shower and get over to the con after doing marilda's hair and Jessie's Genesis(FF CC) Hair, met up with Tom Tom who was Uryu with an awesome arrow prop(pics later). Headed back to the hotel by foot after about 1 hour to work on Jessie's Kilik(air Gear) wig though... it was a very rushed process. Had to straighten it with hot water a couple times, melted my wig head a little bit and the plastic tissue box i was using(wig was okay though??? o_O) and cut it, but overall it looked good. The only problem was that I allowed too little hair for the sideburns. Too bad we finished @ 3:30 and the gathering was at 3!!!! Jennifer's LK costume was BOMB though. Later that night though, I put it on with sunglasses and went to Famima!! for food. Interesting stares lol..... It was the last day of dance, and we got shut down about 1 hour early because someone brought in alcohol. Bummer! We went to Ihop again afterwards.
Day 4: Korea
Augh... Woke up and managed to pack everythin up and get checked out. I could reach bruce for a very long time though, cause we had to get his stuff in our car. He couldn't find his phone, but he spent the entire last day stuck @ the hotel. In anycase, when I got to the convention I did my first actual browsing of the exhibit hall... nothing interesting though, cept for the $99 goth jackets at the lolita booth. Did a hetalia photoshoot afterwards with Jennifer and gang... was very excited, my first cosplay photoshoot. Afterwards, hung around and then met up with Ashley, Bruce, Marilda, Lindsay to drive back to her house and then drive back down... I got to Irvine around 11:00 ish and ate @ guppys. Got home around 12:30 after dropping everyone off... It was a long day. And then i got home and was brought back to reality. FML xD
I think I was the best korea @ the con! Alot of people agreed. So excited! Next year will be even more amazing.
Now I just need a job!