ALA 2011: THE POST-ENTRY
ANIME LOS ANGELES 2011
the aftermath
So overall I had a great freakin' time. It wasn't too terribly expensive, I met and chilled with so many fun people, it was just a relaxing "do nothing and have Denny's afterward" convention.
THURSDAY:
- wake up, finish packing, dracoprncs1310 pops over
- get some crepes and coffee which takes forever and get our booties on the way to the airport, she leaves her Masamune-sama in his own hands.
- thank goodness TSA didn't ask me why there was a head with a mullet in my carryon
- flying, watching "How I Met Your Mother" on the laptop of the girl sitting diagonally from me.
- I'M HERE I'M HERE I'M HERE
- beautiful reunion with auditoree at last!
- beautiful meeting with her mexican food and my stomach
- a wild Yaso appears! Chill in our room with some littlesoccerboys and cosplaywork
- How are there already so many drunk people sup mymerrilymemory, nerdcore
- Mika dances kpopstyle and eats mexican food and doesn't afraid of anything
- Other roomies finally arrive! Hiii bisouspapillon, napkins, etc. I missed you sooo much <33
- sleep eventually happens--- oh wait no it doesn't I couldn't sleep at all
FRIDAY:
- finally fall asleep. In the morning.
- ugh I gotta get up don't I
- put on doggy gijinka, hate how I look, see Basara cosplayers-- I STILL HAVE AN HOUR TIL I NEED TO BE WEARING THIS RIGHT? CHANGING TIME how the fuck do hakama work
- MIKA IS THE DRUNKEST EVER and eats mexican food and doesn't afraid of anything (except naked women)
- beautiful Mitsunari I'm in love. Also pretty Magoichi, etc.
- okay NOW I can go be an Alaskan Malamute
- have a fun shoot organized by antieden
- get into Uminekos, make mistake of putting in red contacts for shoot
- out of Uminekos, into Date Hipstermune to go to Carl's Jr.
- then to troll the cgl gathering
- PUDDI PUDDI CLUSTERFUCK GOOD GRIEF
- hang out in videogameroom for a bit
- Denny's late at night, hipster shades on, I love people helloooo
SATURDAY:
- wake up, can't tell how much I actually slept. Vaguely remember there being some really raunchy yaoi on Rattmice's laptop at this time.
- MY EYES ARE RED AS A FIRE TRUCK I REALLY DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SEE ME LIKE THIS
- run into Scriptfag in hall, he found a red headband on the ground and gave it to us to find its master. THIS IS MY GLASS SLIPPER? I will find its owner and sweep them away in a pumpkin carriage--- would later find out it belonged to Clark and be very disappoint
- eventually suck it up and find all the Basaras ever, including tenshiryuu and thisiscyrene :3
- some asshole's spears broke and he wants me to style his wig so it's off to our room with all the Basaras
- then out for photos yay
- various wandering, hanging out in people's rooms, feeling awkward, I'm weird, etc.
- dealer's hall-- snagged some Basara onecoins. GDIT I ended up with the worst onecoins
- go to put on Gakuen ver.
- reunited with some of the Basaras, go to Carl's Jr., how are there three Gakuen ver. Yukimuras in one food line at the same time I don't even. Held door open for never-ending stream of people.
- return and hang out in people's room again, social awkwardness returns
- suddenly little soccer boys, con wanderin' time.
- so anxious so anxious so anxious can't sit still can't sit still can't sit still
- why is everyone so damn attractive
- get some phootoos, do some chillin', etc.
- Apples to Apples didn't keep my attention very long :c
- Mika and I decide we're kinda tired of drunk people, HEY LET'S GO GET ICECREAM, WANNA COME ALONG YASO? HOW ABOUT YOU, TIM THE DRAWFAG? and then we were eventually at Denny's
- eventually come back around 4am, basically every tripfag ever is in the Karaoke room, and the evening ends with a beautiful rendition of 'Hey Jude'.
- SLEEP PLX
SUNDAY:
- crawl out of bed, eyes still look kinda T-Virus. great.
- sleep a bit longer, get into Gakuen Date again since Gamie and I wanted to take another stab at photos.
- one last trip to the Dealer's hall. I ENDED UP WITH TERRIBLE ONECOINS THIS TIME TOO fgsdghs
- a new snack invented called 'the circlejerk'. A Slim Jim shoved between two sides of an Oreo.
- hang out with everyone til we all part ways.
- sucked up those tears like a man.
- Gamie's friend's mom confused me for a boy. I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS
- hop on my shuttle to the airport around 6pm
- thank goodness TSA didn't stop me despite T-Virus eyeballs
- flight was only delayed about 20-30min., discovered why when we landed back in Colorado around midnight-- FUCKING SNOW UP TO MY KNEECAPS.
- Kristin drives me home, we survive somehow.
- I reminisce on a fun con and go to bed finally.
the end!
Here is the TRIPFAG SIGNATUREBOOK.
Here is my general gallery of like only 8 photos I took with my cellphone lmao.
TL;DR: I had a really great time despite being quite possibly one of the only people who didn't drink at this con. Only upsetting thing was the condition of my eyes. I've over the past half year developed a pretty extreme allergy to contacts/eyemakeup. My eyes get so bloodshot it's really irritating and makes me extremely self-conscious to have my picture taken, naturally.
Anyway, minor downsides set aside- Overall I'm really glad I chose to go to this con. It was affordable and a great little vacation from what has been a really exhausting handful of months.
On the horizon: Katsucon's all but officially not happening... more and more people are dropping the con, and with them my reasons to drop a huge wad of cash to travel to the East Coast so soon sort of disappear, too. Plus the cosplays I'd be wearing would be mostly Prussia, and with this new development with my eyeballs, one can probably understand why I probably shouldn't be wearing those red contacts in a convention setting (ie: hours at a time) any longer. PEOPLE SHOULD ALL COME TO FANIME INSTEAD Y/Y?!
I love you all but now I'm gonna sleep forever cause two of my closest friends are in town and I wanna see them in the morning ♥
- Moogie
if we met at this con, please comment so I can add you :D