Otakon madness!
I went with Morgan, her dad, and her friend, Anna to Otakon. On thursday, we drove off to get our tags in prereg. It was a good idea because we probably spent an hour or so, but the next day it would have been much worse and I felt really good about the energy of the place (it was so... congruent... if that makes any sense).
Friday was pretty eventful:
-kyra's meds got stolen! and she's got alot of them... but I think it was a good thing, because I think her medications have more side-effects then real benefits, and she wasn't get nausiouse all the time without them. The only true negative was that she couldn't sleep at all. I hope she starts taking fewer meds after this (and she is taking a lot less since last year)
-we had alot of plans about what to watch and what to do, but most of them got crossed out because the scheduled events kept changing times and most people just wanted to hang out.
-one of the main attractions at Otakon was the dealer's room, a football feild sized room full of anime-related shops. I ended up buying and $80 komono... and I'm still glad, I just hope I find a reason to wear it! It's made out of some kind of sterdy crushed silk and changes colors in the light from blue to purple... I also bought one of those hanker-chief looking shirts (the ones that tie at the neck and waist and barely cover the front. I don't think I would ever wear it the way it is, but maybe over a tanktop it would be ok... I always wanted something like that and it was only $10. I also bought a pair of really pretty non-peircing earings (they have blue beads and silver feathers hanging down) and a "I <3 yaoi" t-shirt for weiben (sadly, it seems like no one sold men's small t-shirts, so I couldn't get anything for tyson)
-we ate alot of junkfood and fast food, but that's ok, because I got to dance (exercise)
-I got to dance! Hehe! it was a whole lot of fun because the music was more or less good, and atleast a few people were gorgeouse... or atleast wore masks with their costumes, I feel good when people hit on me because it's telling me I'm "good enough" for that. I danced with a few people, and one of them tried to grope me, which made me laugh... alot... I don't know exactly why, but it's still funny to me. I'm the kind of person who never gets offended, and the way I was dressed, I can understand why he thought he might be able to get away with it. It's sad that none of my friends were feeling good enough to dance, though.
-oh, and there were so many people dressed in costumes!! I counted about 15 Vash's (from trigun) and about 8 Clouds (from the recent final fantasy movie), not to mention a suprising number of sailor scouts and even a pikachu.
-the hotel we stayed at was gorgeouse! and the pillows were so soft, I didn't mind that we had three people to a bed...
Saturday:
-ate breakfast at macdonalds... gave me a bad stomach ache, but not a debilitating one.
-read alot of Fushugi Yugi (up to #10, which was the one I read a long time ago at a library) decided to drop it, because it wasn't getting anywhere, but maybe I'll pick it up again if I'm bored.
-I saw the first 4 episodes of Loveless! It's a story about a yaoi relationship between a 12-year-old and a college students, where all virgins have cat ears and tails and all adults are pretty much considered evil. The college guy came off as much more sadistic and perverted then in the manga, but the anime was really funny.
-this was the day me and morgan wore the same clothes (everything except our bras was identical!)
-danced again, not as much fun because I spent a whole lot of time looking for kyra, who was right under my nose, and then I found out that kinsey was staying with us again, even though I told her I didn't want her to the night before over and over, I don't hate her or anything, but I'm starting to wander if she's sincere in her ADHD-ness, or if she just doesn't want to pull herself together, because she can be seriouse if she tries, but she still acts like a 5-year old all of the freaking time (I'm so not having children, I have no patience for them) but yeah, when I did get to dance, it was fun, and even though a lot people tried to dance with me, I didn't want to grind, so I turned most people down. So I spent most of the time dancing "with" some girl, two feet apart. There were alot of people int he rave who really didn't belong (like some 40 year old guy who didn't know how to dance and tried to shake hands with all the people who pestered) but I did get to dance with a pretty convincing batman and a ninja, which was very amusing. My calves are still tired... *sigh* Kyra ended up going to a party afterwards (she couldn't sleep anyway, since she really does have a chemical insomnia) I should have gone with her, but I really wanted sleep and I thought I would have to go to princeton on monday
sunday was pretty boring, since we all woke up pretty late. The highlight of the day was probably trying to get an elevator, since the hotel was sold out and everyone was trying to get back to otakon after partying all night (alot of people party, even morgan's dad), some random person on our floor gave us free pocky (which was sadly the bad chocolate kind) and then we hung out in the dealer's room until we left to go home. I tried to crossdress that day, but... I'm not very androgenouse... ohwell, I really needed to learn that lesson. No one has picture of me in that outfit, so shoo.
all in all, it was fun, but I don't think I'll ever do it again without a really good reason. It's too much stress and it's expensive and so big that there isn't much unity between the otaku (anime fans) and most of the things I enjoyed could be done anywhere else (rave, watch anime) Most people who go do so so that they can be in a huge group of people of like mind, but I don't really care about that because I like smaller groups more. Ohwell, it was definatly worth it!
us on saturday
all new pics are up in my gallery! If you find pictures of us on the internet, please send me a link! alot of people took pictures of us.
Friday was pretty eventful:
-kyra's meds got stolen! and she's got alot of them... but I think it was a good thing, because I think her medications have more side-effects then real benefits, and she wasn't get nausiouse all the time without them. The only true negative was that she couldn't sleep at all. I hope she starts taking fewer meds after this (and she is taking a lot less since last year)
-we had alot of plans about what to watch and what to do, but most of them got crossed out because the scheduled events kept changing times and most people just wanted to hang out.
-one of the main attractions at Otakon was the dealer's room, a football feild sized room full of anime-related shops. I ended up buying and $80 komono... and I'm still glad, I just hope I find a reason to wear it! It's made out of some kind of sterdy crushed silk and changes colors in the light from blue to purple... I also bought one of those hanker-chief looking shirts (the ones that tie at the neck and waist and barely cover the front. I don't think I would ever wear it the way it is, but maybe over a tanktop it would be ok... I always wanted something like that and it was only $10. I also bought a pair of really pretty non-peircing earings (they have blue beads and silver feathers hanging down) and a "I <3 yaoi" t-shirt for weiben (sadly, it seems like no one sold men's small t-shirts, so I couldn't get anything for tyson)
-we ate alot of junkfood and fast food, but that's ok, because I got to dance (exercise)
-I got to dance! Hehe! it was a whole lot of fun because the music was more or less good, and atleast a few people were gorgeouse... or atleast wore masks with their costumes, I feel good when people hit on me because it's telling me I'm "good enough" for that. I danced with a few people, and one of them tried to grope me, which made me laugh... alot... I don't know exactly why, but it's still funny to me. I'm the kind of person who never gets offended, and the way I was dressed, I can understand why he thought he might be able to get away with it. It's sad that none of my friends were feeling good enough to dance, though.
-oh, and there were so many people dressed in costumes!! I counted about 15 Vash's (from trigun) and about 8 Clouds (from the recent final fantasy movie), not to mention a suprising number of sailor scouts and even a pikachu.
-the hotel we stayed at was gorgeouse! and the pillows were so soft, I didn't mind that we had three people to a bed...
Saturday:
-ate breakfast at macdonalds... gave me a bad stomach ache, but not a debilitating one.
-read alot of Fushugi Yugi (up to #10, which was the one I read a long time ago at a library) decided to drop it, because it wasn't getting anywhere, but maybe I'll pick it up again if I'm bored.
-I saw the first 4 episodes of Loveless! It's a story about a yaoi relationship between a 12-year-old and a college students, where all virgins have cat ears and tails and all adults are pretty much considered evil. The college guy came off as much more sadistic and perverted then in the manga, but the anime was really funny.
-this was the day me and morgan wore the same clothes (everything except our bras was identical!)
-danced again, not as much fun because I spent a whole lot of time looking for kyra, who was right under my nose, and then I found out that kinsey was staying with us again, even though I told her I didn't want her to the night before over and over, I don't hate her or anything, but I'm starting to wander if she's sincere in her ADHD-ness, or if she just doesn't want to pull herself together, because she can be seriouse if she tries, but she still acts like a 5-year old all of the freaking time (I'm so not having children, I have no patience for them) but yeah, when I did get to dance, it was fun, and even though a lot people tried to dance with me, I didn't want to grind, so I turned most people down. So I spent most of the time dancing "with" some girl, two feet apart. There were alot of people int he rave who really didn't belong (like some 40 year old guy who didn't know how to dance and tried to shake hands with all the people who pestered) but I did get to dance with a pretty convincing batman and a ninja, which was very amusing. My calves are still tired... *sigh* Kyra ended up going to a party afterwards (she couldn't sleep anyway, since she really does have a chemical insomnia) I should have gone with her, but I really wanted sleep and I thought I would have to go to princeton on monday
sunday was pretty boring, since we all woke up pretty late. The highlight of the day was probably trying to get an elevator, since the hotel was sold out and everyone was trying to get back to otakon after partying all night (alot of people party, even morgan's dad), some random person on our floor gave us free pocky (which was sadly the bad chocolate kind) and then we hung out in the dealer's room until we left to go home. I tried to crossdress that day, but... I'm not very androgenouse... ohwell, I really needed to learn that lesson. No one has picture of me in that outfit, so shoo.
all in all, it was fun, but I don't think I'll ever do it again without a really good reason. It's too much stress and it's expensive and so big that there isn't much unity between the otaku (anime fans) and most of the things I enjoyed could be done anywhere else (rave, watch anime) Most people who go do so so that they can be in a huge group of people of like mind, but I don't really care about that because I like smaller groups more. Ohwell, it was definatly worth it!
us on saturday
all new pics are up in my gallery! If you find pictures of us on the internet, please send me a link! alot of people took pictures of us.