Sakura-Con 2011
Theme for Katsucon 2011: "And not a single fuck was given that day!"
Theme for Sakura-Con 2011: "AND EVERY SINGLE FUCK WAS GIVEN THAT DAY!!!"
That pretty much sums up my weekend. The word "FUCK" was shouted from my mouth probably about a thousand times (I only wish this was an exaggeration)
Scenario: I walk into my hotel room. My roomie is chillin in there with her co-worker... She introduces us to each other... He says "HI" and reached out to shake my hand. I proceed to shake his hand and shout "FUCK!!!" Worst of all, this was completely unintentional, I did id out of pure instinct with how much FUCK I was giving all weekend to everyone. While this probably sounds horribly rude in context, it was seriously funny shit for all parties involved.
Sakura-Con has always stood as the one and only convention in the country that does NOT give me shit for doing whatever the hell I wanted. Well, all awesome things must be fucked up by retarded bitches, right? Still laughing at both of these...
First, chased out of this one area three times by three different building security officers. So damn glad it was never the same guy twice, or else they would have probably called the cops on me for being where I shouldn't... The results? Awesome photos!
Next... Sakura-Con security got a stick shoved up their ass this year for something... Not just something, but... holy fuck, how the hell can I even type this without laughing.
For the second rave, I showed up with my camera and my light saber. I was DENIED ACCESS to the rave.... not for the light saber mind you, they didn't give a shit about that. NO CAMERAS ALLOWED!!! Please note that the previous night's rave had an assload of cameras, and this is something we do every single year (rave photography). While arguing with the bottom of the barrel security staff, I had them call up the highest ranking person who was available at the time, which was only an "assistant manager".
Now, this is where shit gets balling, y0! A friend's mother was also there at the same time, being DENIED ACCESS to the rave. Why? She had a SCARF and a WALLET SIZED PURSE that is small enough to fit into a normal sized pocket. After hounding staff forever about HER issue moreso than mine, they finally told us that the reason these items were banned was because of a potential "DRUG PROBLEM"
So, a scarf can carry drugs? Ho snap! I could very easily put the drugs into, I unno? My pants pocket? MY HANDS? Hell, they didn't check anything really except for things that were blatently obvious.
But now the best part of all... Did you catch what I just said? Items banned because of a drug problem... YES, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE LENS OFF OF MY $5000 WORTH OF CAMERA GEAR AND THEN SHOVE DRUGS ON THE INSIDE OF IT, RUINING EVERYTHING, JUST SO I CAN GET ALL DOPED UP INSIDE OF THE RAVE...
At this point, I seriously couldn't argue with them anymore. I couldn't stop laughing. I STILL cannot stop laughing over this. Seriously, this is something so fucking crazy, I couldn't even remotely make this shit up...
OKEY OKEY OKEYZ!!! Other stuff
Other then those LAWLz above, the con was surprisingly amazingly awesome this year. Sakura-Con the past several years have been quite dull and boring for me, so I wasn't really expecting much of anything at all this year.
In terms of "hanging out", I think I spent more time doing that this con then I have at others in forever. This was mostly due to the rave (after putting gear away), and just rocking the fuck out all night long both Friday and Saturday!
Photo shoots? Quantity wise, not so many. Quality wise? FUCK YEAH SEAKING! I'm very VERY happy with how things turned out this time around. There was one shoot in particular that I was thinking of and planning and hoping would go smooth above all others. Well, this particular shoot got fucked in the ass and nearly abandoned. VERY LATE MUCH!?!? But I had some free time hours later then the scheduled time, and ho shit... this turned out to be the best possible blessing in disguise. The position of the sun mixed with the location we were shooting in resulted in pure magical awesomeness.
And on one final note. Who needs to wield light sabers, when instead you can simply wield a chick wielding a light saber !?!?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=528153394603&set=t.1051118817&type=1
Theme for Sakura-Con 2011: "AND EVERY SINGLE FUCK WAS GIVEN THAT DAY!!!"
That pretty much sums up my weekend. The word "FUCK" was shouted from my mouth probably about a thousand times (I only wish this was an exaggeration)
Scenario: I walk into my hotel room. My roomie is chillin in there with her co-worker... She introduces us to each other... He says "HI" and reached out to shake my hand. I proceed to shake his hand and shout "FUCK!!!" Worst of all, this was completely unintentional, I did id out of pure instinct with how much FUCK I was giving all weekend to everyone. While this probably sounds horribly rude in context, it was seriously funny shit for all parties involved.
Sakura-Con has always stood as the one and only convention in the country that does NOT give me shit for doing whatever the hell I wanted. Well, all awesome things must be fucked up by retarded bitches, right? Still laughing at both of these...
First, chased out of this one area three times by three different building security officers. So damn glad it was never the same guy twice, or else they would have probably called the cops on me for being where I shouldn't... The results? Awesome photos!
Next... Sakura-Con security got a stick shoved up their ass this year for something... Not just something, but... holy fuck, how the hell can I even type this without laughing.
For the second rave, I showed up with my camera and my light saber. I was DENIED ACCESS to the rave.... not for the light saber mind you, they didn't give a shit about that. NO CAMERAS ALLOWED!!! Please note that the previous night's rave had an assload of cameras, and this is something we do every single year (rave photography). While arguing with the bottom of the barrel security staff, I had them call up the highest ranking person who was available at the time, which was only an "assistant manager".
Now, this is where shit gets balling, y0! A friend's mother was also there at the same time, being DENIED ACCESS to the rave. Why? She had a SCARF and a WALLET SIZED PURSE that is small enough to fit into a normal sized pocket. After hounding staff forever about HER issue moreso than mine, they finally told us that the reason these items were banned was because of a potential "DRUG PROBLEM"
So, a scarf can carry drugs? Ho snap! I could very easily put the drugs into, I unno? My pants pocket? MY HANDS? Hell, they didn't check anything really except for things that were blatently obvious.
But now the best part of all... Did you catch what I just said? Items banned because of a drug problem... YES, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE LENS OFF OF MY $5000 WORTH OF CAMERA GEAR AND THEN SHOVE DRUGS ON THE INSIDE OF IT, RUINING EVERYTHING, JUST SO I CAN GET ALL DOPED UP INSIDE OF THE RAVE...
At this point, I seriously couldn't argue with them anymore. I couldn't stop laughing. I STILL cannot stop laughing over this. Seriously, this is something so fucking crazy, I couldn't even remotely make this shit up...
OKEY OKEY OKEYZ!!! Other stuff
Other then those LAWLz above, the con was surprisingly amazingly awesome this year. Sakura-Con the past several years have been quite dull and boring for me, so I wasn't really expecting much of anything at all this year.
In terms of "hanging out", I think I spent more time doing that this con then I have at others in forever. This was mostly due to the rave (after putting gear away), and just rocking the fuck out all night long both Friday and Saturday!
Photo shoots? Quantity wise, not so many. Quality wise? FUCK YEAH SEAKING! I'm very VERY happy with how things turned out this time around. There was one shoot in particular that I was thinking of and planning and hoping would go smooth above all others. Well, this particular shoot got fucked in the ass and nearly abandoned. VERY LATE MUCH!?!? But I had some free time hours later then the scheduled time, and ho shit... this turned out to be the best possible blessing in disguise. The position of the sun mixed with the location we were shooting in resulted in pure magical awesomeness.
And on one final note. Who needs to wield light sabers, when instead you can simply wield a chick wielding a light saber !?!?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=528153394603&set=t.1051118817&type=1