Anime Expo
Right now I'm sitting in LAX bored out of my mind, trying to relax the best I can. This weekend (Thur-Sat, I guess) has been wonderful. Anime Expo was better than I could have ever hoped it to be. Thank you everyone who I met and got to hang out with. It was so wonderful to be around so many wonderful people!! I hope I can see yall again soon!!
I am so exausted and scared. I'm headed to NYC today to go to my precollege program. My friend, Nicole, warned me about how tedious, yet rewarding, her experience has been this far. I'm a generally lazy person so I worry that I won't have the stamina to endure hours and hours of creative work. C'est la vie, we'll see how things go... And besides, I'll be in NEW YORK!! :O yay!! Ironically, i never gave a thought to living there until last year or so... Hmm...
Well, anyway, I might as well talk about AX. First of all, AMAZING, probably the best Anime con i've ever gone to. I got to MEET Morning Musume, I got to see Kammie and Michael again, I met so many new friends, and I got to see some of my friends from Colorado too. I actually went to some panels (Morning Musume and Tsunku), went to Last Comic Standing, went to a concert, and got my first autograph at a con. I feel as if I spent half my life in the artist alley/deadler's room, lol.
Day 1 (Thursday, July 2):
My Dad, brother, and I left Denver around 8 and flew into LAX around 9 or 10. We rented a PT Cruiser that after 10 minutes of driving broke down on the side of the highway and smoked like flipping crazy. It was sooo strange. We waited an hour for the rental ppl to do SOMETHING. Some cops pulled over and treated us like criminals. I always do my drug deals on the side of the highway whilst my car smokes in the background. Ummm, yeah. I guess the cop was training or something and he kept coming over to me and talking to and being all suspicious. Its a 17 year old girl dressed in a doll-like outfit and her tubby autistic brother in the back. Wow, must be packing heat! But whatever... So anyway, a while later after waiting in the hot car and hot sun, the mechanic and another guy came to pick us and drive us to the rental place again. We got a new car and we were back on our way to AX.
I got to the con around 1 or so and I was freaking out because the morning musume panel was at 2 or 2:30 or something. I rushed in, got my badge, and ran to the panel room. I was actually pretty early. The mad rush to get good seats was pretty rediculous, though. I was probably 7 or 8 away from the front, and in the center. Never have I seen so many creepy Asian men play musical chairs without the music DX the guy sitting next to me was such a pedobear and kept blowing weird kisses to momusu. D: when they all came onstage I was so freakin excited! I couldn't believe I was in the room with them, it was so surreal! At the end of the panel they only gave out 500 autograph tickets, which didn't garentee an autograph but gave priority to the ppl who had them. I was so scared, but I got one! Yes!!
Anyway, after the panel I decided to go look for Kammie and the morning musume booth cuz I had nothing better to do and both were pretty easy to find considering both were in the big dealer's room/artist alley room. I couldn't find the momusu booth, but I did find the Starry Candy Box booth. I was surprised that they had tiara rose and cherry berry bunny. Most of the stuff I wanted (purses, headdresses, and socks) got sold before I had the chance to buy it :( but that's probably a good thing because I need to have money for my New York trip. LOL. Anyway, after taking a gander at all the AP, I wandered around the artist alley and found some pretty deco sweets and loli accessories booths, though Kammie's sweets jewelry is probably my favorite. I eventually found Kammie, Michael, and two other lolitas, Hanna and Kim. Kim and I both were wearing macaron so we took a few twininh pictures together. My bangs were acting up, though, it was so bad D: (I got them cut the day before and they are SHORT, especially when they curl over!!) oh well... So Hanna, Kim, and I wandered around for a bit and visited Lauren's (kuramew) booth and a few other booths. I also really love Lauren's jewelry! We eventually wandered back to Kammie's booth (as if it has a magnet or something!) and helped her pack up. Kim stayed back while Hanna's Dad drove Kammie, Michael, Hanna, and I to Kammie and Michael's hotel so they could drop off their stuff. Hanna's Dad then dropped us off at the Liberty Grill where a lolita meetup was supposed to take place. The organizer didn't show, I guess, so it was Hanna and me in lolita, Michael and Kammie in regular clothes, a brolita who had the most ADORABLE shoes, and another girl lolita and her bf, his sister and her sister. The dinner was ok. Hanna's Dad drove Kammie and Michael back and I just walked to the convention center. I tried to get in touch with my friend, Amy, but I couldn't so I just went home and dropped like a rock.
Day 2 (Friday, July 3):
I forgot to get tickets for Morning Musume so I got them as soon as I arrived at the con. I then found a few lolitas to hang out with and we waited for the dealer's room to open up. It was really stupid: we had to wait outside after waiting inside and then being told we couldn't go in the doors we were waiting by. But we did find Kim and Becausedead (fuck, can't remember names D:) and took a few pictures with them. We then went into the room and looked around. I found the Momusu booth and bought $80.25 worth of crap. It was sooo amazing, though, because at the booth they had some of the old stage costumes of the group *3* omg, I love costumes!! Anyway, after more wandering in went over toward main events and heart Momusu's soundcheck!! I was dancing and singing X3 then I got pizza and ate like the fat man I am. Along came another lolita, Tara (how do you spell it? And what's her lj name? D:) who looked amazing in her red Alice dress (can't remember the name of the print... I don't follow Baby's print names :[ ) She was looking for a loli meetup, lol. Eventually the lolis from earlier in the day, Emily and Cindy (I think those were their names!! DX) came over and we looked at a magazine and took a few pictures. They went to the Moi dix Moi panel, I think, and I went to the Morning Musume concert. I had a shitty seat and sat next to a bunch of unenthusiastic people. It was sad :( apparently there were 7500 ppl there, and even Mana went XD but it was an awesome concert. I had to watch the big screens since rveretone was too tall and I couldn't see the girls. It really pissed me off because they didn't show the girls who were actually talking/singing on the big screen cuz they're retarded D: but oh well. I cried when they played "Resonant Blue" because it finally hit me that I was THERE. OMG! And when they played "I WISH" I was practically bawling. Then they played "Happy Summer Wedding", which was the first song of theirs that I heard, I cried some more. XD it was just so strangely emotional. :3 they played "3 2 1 Breaking Out" twice, though o_O;; and there was no encore even though everyone cheered for one. Oh well...
After the concert I went down to the dealer's room and found Kammie's booth again, lol. I sat behind the booth for a bit and eventually at 6 helped Kammie, Michael, and Thalia (sp?) pack up. We all went outside to take a few pictures and were bombarded with photographs XD Kammie and Thalia were just too cute!! And Kammie matched with my Sugary Carnival. I feel bad for Michael because he was stuck watching us take pictures for half an hour. Kammie then bought us all icecream because she's sweet like that X3 it was funny watching everyone eat their icecream XD Kammie and Michael then left on the shuttle to go back to their hotel and Thalia went to get her car.
I wondered back into the con and texted my CO Amy. Next thing you know, there they were: 6 of my CO "friends" sitting ins circle. I jumped right down and Kevin nearly jumped out of his skin because they didn't know I was going to be there XD I headed out with them to their hotel (which was the same one as Kammie's lol) and we chilled for a bit until we went out to get food at a gas station type place wo the gas station and we got pork buns and Leninade (it was sooo funny! XD there were so many comunist Russia jokes on the bottle) As I tried to throw out the bottle, it bounced back and shattered all over the floor =__= but then a second afterward an employee shattered a bottle XD it was soo funny! Kevin was all like "I was gonna say 'epic fail' but as soon as the employee droped one it was a WIN!" XD its strange, Kevin was actually being affectionate toward me. Usually he's a douche but Friday he made an effort to talk to me and to hug me and shit. It was weird XD
We walked back to the con and we sat around and talked. Then we went to the Last Comic Standing tryouts, which many were rather humorous. XD but many were lame and creepy... Nerd sex jokes are the worst!! D: anyway, my Dad picked me up afterward and I said bye to everyone. :3 I was SOOOOOOO tired but I talked to my bf a bit before passing out.
Day 3 (Saturday, July 4):
Sturday I woke up super early because Tsunku's panel was at 9. I got to the con around. 8:00 and just sat around til they let us in. The questions ppl asked him were pretty interesting. I think he's a lot more good looking in real life, LOL. I had to leave early to get to the Momusu autographing. I sat around from 9:30 to 12 waiting in a big room with creepy people. :P it was really bad, though, because I didn't know we had to have a 2nd ticket to get the autograph and I flipped out. Luckily a staff member recognized me and wrote a little note saying I could go in. I was sooooo nervous!! As I got to the front they took around 5 to confirm my note so I was so scared I wouldn't get to see the girls, but in the end they let me in. It was soooooo scary!! Waiting in line for over 3 hours at that point just to be wasted would have sucked...
Anyway, in the room Ai Takahashi was first. She was like "hello!!" and I got to shake her hand. I felt bad because my hands were FREEZING and probably clammy too. :( she was all like waving her hands and looked at me and said "cute! Cute!" and I was like "no, no, you are cute!!" it was so funny XD next was Risa who did her long crazy autograph. She said I looked cute too XD and she did this blowing thing and made hand gestures to tell me to let her autograph dry XD it was soooooo adorable! then was Eri. I was looking down and she was just like staring me down and was like "HIIII 83" XD haha. I got to shake her hand. I fumbled around a lot and all the girls kept apologizing! Haha. Then was Sayu who was like "princ....princess... princessu...?" trying to pronounce the word. It made me go "awwwww" on the inside. Omg! She took a look at Kammie's rings and thought they were cute. And I shook her hand. Then was REINA!! *3* omg! She got right down to business and looked so determined to complete the signatures. I shook her hand and moved onto Koha. She was like "cute!!" and signed. I shook her hand and moved on. Then there was Aika with a huge goofy smile! She signed and shook my hand. She also noticed Kammie's rings and was like "cute!!" Then JunJun. I tried speaking Chinese to her but I forgot it all X_x lol. Then Linlin. OMG Linlin X3 she was like "I like the color pink" XD I was so flabbergasted at her saying that. LOL. Aww.... Then I left and was sooo in aww.
I went to the dealers room to tell everyone about my encounter LOL. I especially wanted to tell Kammie that her rings were Momusu approved XD anyway, I saw Kim and becausedead in there and chatted with them a bit. I then found Kammie. She and Michael decided to go get foods so I went with. We went to a gas station type place. I got hit on my two guys, it was kind of awkward. And the food sucked. So Michael and I went back to the con while Kammie went to get changed into Cherry Bunny. So Michael went back to his table and hung out with their friends who were watching the booth while they were gone. I found Kim and deadbecause and Andrew and Maki and we all went and ate fries and sat around. We wandered around some more and chatted and pretty much just waited for Kammie to come back. Thalia was also helping Michael man the booth and her sister was looking really sick :( it was bad. Anyway, Kammie came back an hour or so before the AA closed. We took a bunch of pictures before we left the AA. Thalia, Joey, and I helped Michael and Kammie pack up their stuff and we all went to the main atruim place and lots of pictures of Thalia and Kammie were taken since they we're twining and looked adorable. We then found a bunch more lolis and we all took a big group shot. Joey offered to take us to purikura so Kammie got really excited. Unfortunate Thalia was unable to to go with us :( So Kammie, Michael, and I went to their hotel and put away their stuff and recharged Kammie's dead camera battery.
Joey picked us up with his friend, David (that was his name, right? God, I am so bad with this stuff!!) and we headed off. First we ate out for pho. Michael and I got our food switched so I was eating some weird as chicken curry crap LOL. But it was a good time, everyone is so nice!! Kammie even bought all of our food X3 awww.... I felt so bad, Kammie is way too nice! anyway, we then looked at gyaru clothing stores and Kammie bought a cute pair of fake nails. Finally we went to the purikura shop and took purikura all together. It was so cute and fun!! I'd never done purikura before and Kammie and Michael are like the grand masters of it X3 aww!! I'll post pictures when I'm back at home...which will be a while, lol. We started heading out around 11:30 or 11:45 (it takes so much time to do it!! O_o). I went home around 12:30 and had to quickly pack my life away yet again.
And now here I am, waiting at Chicago's Midway airport getting ready to go to NYC. Yay!!
And here's my list of things I bought:
-3 necklaces: 1 cupcake, 1 oarfait, 1 pokemon (all from Kammie)
-2 bow in whip cream rings (Kammie)
-2 headbows: 1 giant, 1 small (Michael)
-pearl chain broach (Lauren)
-momusu poster
-momusu visual book
-momusu t shirt
-3 photosets: 2 momusu, 1 Hangry&Angry
If you went to AX: I really had a good time meeting you all. Thanks for such a wonderful time. I'll try to see you next year maybe!!! :)
I'll post my pictures when I'm back home. Sorry if there are any typos, I wrote this from my blackberry pearl DX here comes the carpel tunnel!! DX
I am so exausted and scared. I'm headed to NYC today to go to my precollege program. My friend, Nicole, warned me about how tedious, yet rewarding, her experience has been this far. I'm a generally lazy person so I worry that I won't have the stamina to endure hours and hours of creative work. C'est la vie, we'll see how things go... And besides, I'll be in NEW YORK!! :O yay!! Ironically, i never gave a thought to living there until last year or so... Hmm...
Well, anyway, I might as well talk about AX. First of all, AMAZING, probably the best Anime con i've ever gone to. I got to MEET Morning Musume, I got to see Kammie and Michael again, I met so many new friends, and I got to see some of my friends from Colorado too. I actually went to some panels (Morning Musume and Tsunku), went to Last Comic Standing, went to a concert, and got my first autograph at a con. I feel as if I spent half my life in the artist alley/deadler's room, lol.
Day 1 (Thursday, July 2):
My Dad, brother, and I left Denver around 8 and flew into LAX around 9 or 10. We rented a PT Cruiser that after 10 minutes of driving broke down on the side of the highway and smoked like flipping crazy. It was sooo strange. We waited an hour for the rental ppl to do SOMETHING. Some cops pulled over and treated us like criminals. I always do my drug deals on the side of the highway whilst my car smokes in the background. Ummm, yeah. I guess the cop was training or something and he kept coming over to me and talking to and being all suspicious. Its a 17 year old girl dressed in a doll-like outfit and her tubby autistic brother in the back. Wow, must be packing heat! But whatever... So anyway, a while later after waiting in the hot car and hot sun, the mechanic and another guy came to pick us and drive us to the rental place again. We got a new car and we were back on our way to AX.
I got to the con around 1 or so and I was freaking out because the morning musume panel was at 2 or 2:30 or something. I rushed in, got my badge, and ran to the panel room. I was actually pretty early. The mad rush to get good seats was pretty rediculous, though. I was probably 7 or 8 away from the front, and in the center. Never have I seen so many creepy Asian men play musical chairs without the music DX the guy sitting next to me was such a pedobear and kept blowing weird kisses to momusu. D: when they all came onstage I was so freakin excited! I couldn't believe I was in the room with them, it was so surreal! At the end of the panel they only gave out 500 autograph tickets, which didn't garentee an autograph but gave priority to the ppl who had them. I was so scared, but I got one! Yes!!
Anyway, after the panel I decided to go look for Kammie and the morning musume booth cuz I had nothing better to do and both were pretty easy to find considering both were in the big dealer's room/artist alley room. I couldn't find the momusu booth, but I did find the Starry Candy Box booth. I was surprised that they had tiara rose and cherry berry bunny. Most of the stuff I wanted (purses, headdresses, and socks) got sold before I had the chance to buy it :( but that's probably a good thing because I need to have money for my New York trip. LOL. Anyway, after taking a gander at all the AP, I wandered around the artist alley and found some pretty deco sweets and loli accessories booths, though Kammie's sweets jewelry is probably my favorite. I eventually found Kammie, Michael, and two other lolitas, Hanna and Kim. Kim and I both were wearing macaron so we took a few twininh pictures together. My bangs were acting up, though, it was so bad D: (I got them cut the day before and they are SHORT, especially when they curl over!!) oh well... So Hanna, Kim, and I wandered around for a bit and visited Lauren's (kuramew) booth and a few other booths. I also really love Lauren's jewelry! We eventually wandered back to Kammie's booth (as if it has a magnet or something!) and helped her pack up. Kim stayed back while Hanna's Dad drove Kammie, Michael, Hanna, and I to Kammie and Michael's hotel so they could drop off their stuff. Hanna's Dad then dropped us off at the Liberty Grill where a lolita meetup was supposed to take place. The organizer didn't show, I guess, so it was Hanna and me in lolita, Michael and Kammie in regular clothes, a brolita who had the most ADORABLE shoes, and another girl lolita and her bf, his sister and her sister. The dinner was ok. Hanna's Dad drove Kammie and Michael back and I just walked to the convention center. I tried to get in touch with my friend, Amy, but I couldn't so I just went home and dropped like a rock.
Day 2 (Friday, July 3):
I forgot to get tickets for Morning Musume so I got them as soon as I arrived at the con. I then found a few lolitas to hang out with and we waited for the dealer's room to open up. It was really stupid: we had to wait outside after waiting inside and then being told we couldn't go in the doors we were waiting by. But we did find Kim and Becausedead (fuck, can't remember names D:) and took a few pictures with them. We then went into the room and looked around. I found the Momusu booth and bought $80.25 worth of crap. It was sooo amazing, though, because at the booth they had some of the old stage costumes of the group *3* omg, I love costumes!! Anyway, after more wandering in went over toward main events and heart Momusu's soundcheck!! I was dancing and singing X3 then I got pizza and ate like the fat man I am. Along came another lolita, Tara (how do you spell it? And what's her lj name? D:) who looked amazing in her red Alice dress (can't remember the name of the print... I don't follow Baby's print names :[ ) She was looking for a loli meetup, lol. Eventually the lolis from earlier in the day, Emily and Cindy (I think those were their names!! DX) came over and we looked at a magazine and took a few pictures. They went to the Moi dix Moi panel, I think, and I went to the Morning Musume concert. I had a shitty seat and sat next to a bunch of unenthusiastic people. It was sad :( apparently there were 7500 ppl there, and even Mana went XD but it was an awesome concert. I had to watch the big screens since rveretone was too tall and I couldn't see the girls. It really pissed me off because they didn't show the girls who were actually talking/singing on the big screen cuz they're retarded D: but oh well. I cried when they played "Resonant Blue" because it finally hit me that I was THERE. OMG! And when they played "I WISH" I was practically bawling. Then they played "Happy Summer Wedding", which was the first song of theirs that I heard, I cried some more. XD it was just so strangely emotional. :3 they played "3 2 1 Breaking Out" twice, though o_O;; and there was no encore even though everyone cheered for one. Oh well...
After the concert I went down to the dealer's room and found Kammie's booth again, lol. I sat behind the booth for a bit and eventually at 6 helped Kammie, Michael, and Thalia (sp?) pack up. We all went outside to take a few pictures and were bombarded with photographs XD Kammie and Thalia were just too cute!! And Kammie matched with my Sugary Carnival. I feel bad for Michael because he was stuck watching us take pictures for half an hour. Kammie then bought us all icecream because she's sweet like that X3 it was funny watching everyone eat their icecream XD Kammie and Michael then left on the shuttle to go back to their hotel and Thalia went to get her car.
I wondered back into the con and texted my CO Amy. Next thing you know, there they were: 6 of my CO "friends" sitting ins circle. I jumped right down and Kevin nearly jumped out of his skin because they didn't know I was going to be there XD I headed out with them to their hotel (which was the same one as Kammie's lol) and we chilled for a bit until we went out to get food at a gas station type place wo the gas station and we got pork buns and Leninade (it was sooo funny! XD there were so many comunist Russia jokes on the bottle) As I tried to throw out the bottle, it bounced back and shattered all over the floor =__= but then a second afterward an employee shattered a bottle XD it was soo funny! Kevin was all like "I was gonna say 'epic fail' but as soon as the employee droped one it was a WIN!" XD its strange, Kevin was actually being affectionate toward me. Usually he's a douche but Friday he made an effort to talk to me and to hug me and shit. It was weird XD
We walked back to the con and we sat around and talked. Then we went to the Last Comic Standing tryouts, which many were rather humorous. XD but many were lame and creepy... Nerd sex jokes are the worst!! D: anyway, my Dad picked me up afterward and I said bye to everyone. :3 I was SOOOOOOO tired but I talked to my bf a bit before passing out.
Day 3 (Saturday, July 4):
Sturday I woke up super early because Tsunku's panel was at 9. I got to the con around. 8:00 and just sat around til they let us in. The questions ppl asked him were pretty interesting. I think he's a lot more good looking in real life, LOL. I had to leave early to get to the Momusu autographing. I sat around from 9:30 to 12 waiting in a big room with creepy people. :P it was really bad, though, because I didn't know we had to have a 2nd ticket to get the autograph and I flipped out. Luckily a staff member recognized me and wrote a little note saying I could go in. I was sooooo nervous!! As I got to the front they took around 5 to confirm my note so I was so scared I wouldn't get to see the girls, but in the end they let me in. It was soooooo scary!! Waiting in line for over 3 hours at that point just to be wasted would have sucked...
Anyway, in the room Ai Takahashi was first. She was like "hello!!" and I got to shake her hand. I felt bad because my hands were FREEZING and probably clammy too. :( she was all like waving her hands and looked at me and said "cute! Cute!" and I was like "no, no, you are cute!!" it was so funny XD next was Risa who did her long crazy autograph. She said I looked cute too XD and she did this blowing thing and made hand gestures to tell me to let her autograph dry XD it was soooooo adorable! then was Eri. I was looking down and she was just like staring me down and was like "HIIII 83" XD haha. I got to shake her hand. I fumbled around a lot and all the girls kept apologizing! Haha. Then was Sayu who was like "princ....princess... princessu...?" trying to pronounce the word. It made me go "awwwww" on the inside. Omg! She took a look at Kammie's rings and thought they were cute. And I shook her hand. Then was REINA!! *3* omg! She got right down to business and looked so determined to complete the signatures. I shook her hand and moved onto Koha. She was like "cute!!" and signed. I shook her hand and moved on. Then there was Aika with a huge goofy smile! She signed and shook my hand. She also noticed Kammie's rings and was like "cute!!" Then JunJun. I tried speaking Chinese to her but I forgot it all X_x lol. Then Linlin. OMG Linlin X3 she was like "I like the color pink" XD I was so flabbergasted at her saying that. LOL. Aww.... Then I left and was sooo in aww.
I went to the dealers room to tell everyone about my encounter LOL. I especially wanted to tell Kammie that her rings were Momusu approved XD anyway, I saw Kim and becausedead in there and chatted with them a bit. I then found Kammie. She and Michael decided to go get foods so I went with. We went to a gas station type place. I got hit on my two guys, it was kind of awkward. And the food sucked. So Michael and I went back to the con while Kammie went to get changed into Cherry Bunny. So Michael went back to his table and hung out with their friends who were watching the booth while they were gone. I found Kim and deadbecause and Andrew and Maki and we all went and ate fries and sat around. We wandered around some more and chatted and pretty much just waited for Kammie to come back. Thalia was also helping Michael man the booth and her sister was looking really sick :( it was bad. Anyway, Kammie came back an hour or so before the AA closed. We took a bunch of pictures before we left the AA. Thalia, Joey, and I helped Michael and Kammie pack up their stuff and we all went to the main atruim place and lots of pictures of Thalia and Kammie were taken since they we're twining and looked adorable. We then found a bunch more lolis and we all took a big group shot. Joey offered to take us to purikura so Kammie got really excited. Unfortunate Thalia was unable to to go with us :( So Kammie, Michael, and I went to their hotel and put away their stuff and recharged Kammie's dead camera battery.
Joey picked us up with his friend, David (that was his name, right? God, I am so bad with this stuff!!) and we headed off. First we ate out for pho. Michael and I got our food switched so I was eating some weird as chicken curry crap LOL. But it was a good time, everyone is so nice!! Kammie even bought all of our food X3 awww.... I felt so bad, Kammie is way too nice! anyway, we then looked at gyaru clothing stores and Kammie bought a cute pair of fake nails. Finally we went to the purikura shop and took purikura all together. It was so cute and fun!! I'd never done purikura before and Kammie and Michael are like the grand masters of it X3 aww!! I'll post pictures when I'm back at home...which will be a while, lol. We started heading out around 11:30 or 11:45 (it takes so much time to do it!! O_o). I went home around 12:30 and had to quickly pack my life away yet again.
And now here I am, waiting at Chicago's Midway airport getting ready to go to NYC. Yay!!
And here's my list of things I bought:
-3 necklaces: 1 cupcake, 1 oarfait, 1 pokemon (all from Kammie)
-2 bow in whip cream rings (Kammie)
-2 headbows: 1 giant, 1 small (Michael)
-pearl chain broach (Lauren)
-momusu poster
-momusu visual book
-momusu t shirt
-3 photosets: 2 momusu, 1 Hangry&Angry
If you went to AX: I really had a good time meeting you all. Thanks for such a wonderful time. I'll try to see you next year maybe!!! :)
I'll post my pictures when I'm back home. Sorry if there are any typos, I wrote this from my blackberry pearl DX here comes the carpel tunnel!! DX