who let the bear in? THIS IS A REALLY LONG POST in my defense it's been nearly a week.
HI INTERNET
I'm home.
Needless to say, I did not return from Bootycon on Monday as I had planned to! I'll get to that in a minute.
Bootycon was quite wonderful. I cannot fully articulate how incredible these people are. Sure, there are some Gorgs and Sleestaks, but for the most part, pretty much everyone in attendance was seriously awesome to spend time with. This weekend made me feel pretty awesome because I really do have some phenomenal friends, so many of them just because of this silly internet forum/profile site thing. I have people willing to go to drunken ridiculous lengths to make me feel good about myself, and others who will fiercely defend me if necessary. And yet others who just make me laugh and smile excessively. Basically, I'm just really lucky. I don't think people who aren't directly involved with OB can completely comprehend exactly what it is about OB that I love so much.. but it really is these people. I love you guys a lot! ♥
Calling this weekend a "con" would be an insult to what it really was; a bunch of nerdfriends with vaguely similar interests congregating in one particularly fun area and hanging out for a weekend. It was pretty much awesome.
I WAS going to come back Monday.. but instead we decided upon Katsucamp 2.0. Katsucamp began after Katsucon when I went back to Alex+Mark's apartment with Dia, Diana and Duncan after Katsucon for a day or two because we were all having too awesome of a time to go home. So after this weekend, we did it again. And it was lovely.
If I were not so sleepy, I would compile the requisite inside joke list.. it may have to wait until I post pictures (none of which were taken by me because durpa durp, I left my memory card in my laptop D:) at some point.
As sad as it was to leave, I am super looking forward to AX now! Since Diana and Dia are at FIT all summer, I'm going to be visiting them quite a bit to work on our cosplays for our Mononoke Hime group. Hell yes. Diana = Eboshi, Dia = Ashitaka, us = AMAZING. They are going to help me level up in cosplay (by that I mean learn to sew better, etc.) and I'm excited.
tl;dr I LOVE OB AND THE INTERNET AND YOU GUYS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: {Dia, Diana, Alex, Mark, Duncan, SQ, Greg, Sean, Booty, Sergio, Lauren and like NO ONE ELSE HAS LIVEJOURNALS)
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On an entirely different note, it is strange being home now. I'm still feeling a bit in limbo, but I'm sure I'll fall into some sort of routine soon. I just hope I can hold onto what is truly important to me right now, as it's not something I'm willing to let go of any time soon. Mmf.
Busy summer is going to be busy. I don't mind. I admit I feel guilty for not getting a part-time job because of all my summer plans, but I'm going to do all that I can to find other ways to be responsible and make some money. I have been presented with numerous opportunities to have really cool experiences this summer, and though my priorities are perhaps different than others', I don't want to pass these up. I feel an introspective post coming on.. but not tonight. SO SREEPY.
Tomorrow, Mom and I drive back to Amherst to get my bike and the rest of the stuff in my room we couldn't fit in the car when I moved out last Thursday. Then, new hamster cage for Teaspoony. Later, seeing Ivana and Allie before they leave for Europe (where we'll be meeting them in a couple weeks!)
Friday is checking up on Gamestop applications (I'd like to see if I could at least work for a couple weeks.. better than nothing, right?) and then later East (my favoritest sushi-go-round place I've been craving for weeks) with Nick and whoever else. Yay!
Saturday is CITY with Nick, JJ!, Mika?, others?? and hopefully seeing "Paprika" and later that evening, an Anamanaguchi show in Brooklyn. Then sleepovertimes! Should be really made of good.
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My life is good. Interesting, sometimes strange, a tad stressful, a little bit in limbo, but for the most part, quite good. I know I'm very fortunate to have what I do, but I try to be as appreciative as I can. I'm glad I have these experiences now, because I know I won't be able to forever. I'm also incredibly blessed to have the friends I do.. countless groups of very different people of different ages and backgrounds and interests all over the country.. and all of them are pretty much amazing. I'm damn lucky to have you guys, you know. Thank you for everything. ♥
On that note, a certain drunken conference call from a certains sailormoon and kayla_kagome made me pretty happy tonight, not gonna lie. I miss you crazy bitches a lot and I hope I get to see you again soon. ♥ And then there's that other person I'm really lucky to still have in my life after all this.. who still makes me smile like no one else can and, despite whatever shit we may have to deal with sometimes, I still love more than anything. Yeah.
I can't wait to see everyone I haven't seen since AB or the last time I was home. Aaaa. But I guess I should probably sleep now, seeing as I spent a jillion hours catching up on flist and I'm now loopy with exhaustion. INCOHERENCY GET.
I'm home.
Needless to say, I did not return from Bootycon on Monday as I had planned to! I'll get to that in a minute.
Bootycon was quite wonderful. I cannot fully articulate how incredible these people are. Sure, there are some Gorgs and Sleestaks, but for the most part, pretty much everyone in attendance was seriously awesome to spend time with. This weekend made me feel pretty awesome because I really do have some phenomenal friends, so many of them just because of this silly internet forum/profile site thing. I have people willing to go to drunken ridiculous lengths to make me feel good about myself, and others who will fiercely defend me if necessary. And yet others who just make me laugh and smile excessively. Basically, I'm just really lucky. I don't think people who aren't directly involved with OB can completely comprehend exactly what it is about OB that I love so much.. but it really is these people. I love you guys a lot! ♥
Calling this weekend a "con" would be an insult to what it really was; a bunch of nerdfriends with vaguely similar interests congregating in one particularly fun area and hanging out for a weekend. It was pretty much awesome.
I WAS going to come back Monday.. but instead we decided upon Katsucamp 2.0. Katsucamp began after Katsucon when I went back to Alex+Mark's apartment with Dia, Diana and Duncan after Katsucon for a day or two because we were all having too awesome of a time to go home. So after this weekend, we did it again. And it was lovely.
If I were not so sleepy, I would compile the requisite inside joke list.. it may have to wait until I post pictures (none of which were taken by me because durpa durp, I left my memory card in my laptop D:) at some point.
As sad as it was to leave, I am super looking forward to AX now! Since Diana and Dia are at FIT all summer, I'm going to be visiting them quite a bit to work on our cosplays for our Mononoke Hime group. Hell yes. Diana = Eboshi, Dia = Ashitaka, us = AMAZING. They are going to help me level up in cosplay (by that I mean learn to sew better, etc.) and I'm excited.
tl;dr I LOVE OB AND THE INTERNET AND YOU GUYS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: {Dia, Diana, Alex, Mark, Duncan, SQ, Greg, Sean, Booty, Sergio, Lauren and like NO ONE ELSE HAS LIVEJOURNALS)
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On an entirely different note, it is strange being home now. I'm still feeling a bit in limbo, but I'm sure I'll fall into some sort of routine soon. I just hope I can hold onto what is truly important to me right now, as it's not something I'm willing to let go of any time soon. Mmf.
Busy summer is going to be busy. I don't mind. I admit I feel guilty for not getting a part-time job because of all my summer plans, but I'm going to do all that I can to find other ways to be responsible and make some money. I have been presented with numerous opportunities to have really cool experiences this summer, and though my priorities are perhaps different than others', I don't want to pass these up. I feel an introspective post coming on.. but not tonight. SO SREEPY.
Tomorrow, Mom and I drive back to Amherst to get my bike and the rest of the stuff in my room we couldn't fit in the car when I moved out last Thursday. Then, new hamster cage for Teaspoony. Later, seeing Ivana and Allie before they leave for Europe (where we'll be meeting them in a couple weeks!)
Friday is checking up on Gamestop applications (I'd like to see if I could at least work for a couple weeks.. better than nothing, right?) and then later East (my favoritest sushi-go-round place I've been craving for weeks) with Nick and whoever else. Yay!
Saturday is CITY with Nick, JJ!, Mika?, others?? and hopefully seeing "Paprika" and later that evening, an Anamanaguchi show in Brooklyn. Then sleepovertimes! Should be really made of good.
---
My life is good. Interesting, sometimes strange, a tad stressful, a little bit in limbo, but for the most part, quite good. I know I'm very fortunate to have what I do, but I try to be as appreciative as I can. I'm glad I have these experiences now, because I know I won't be able to forever. I'm also incredibly blessed to have the friends I do.. countless groups of very different people of different ages and backgrounds and interests all over the country.. and all of them are pretty much amazing. I'm damn lucky to have you guys, you know. Thank you for everything. ♥
On that note, a certain drunken conference call from a certains sailormoon and kayla_kagome made me pretty happy tonight, not gonna lie. I miss you crazy bitches a lot and I hope I get to see you again soon. ♥ And then there's that other person I'm really lucky to still have in my life after all this.. who still makes me smile like no one else can and, despite whatever shit we may have to deal with sometimes, I still love more than anything. Yeah.
I can't wait to see everyone I haven't seen since AB or the last time I was home. Aaaa. But I guess I should probably sleep now, seeing as I spent a jillion hours catching up on flist and I'm now loopy with exhaustion. INCOHERENCY GET.