Otakon report
Back from Otakon. There were snags but I had some fun and it was a welcome break from the real life problems of late. Hi to those I saw in Baltimore. *waves to animeangel, animeangelblue, blackjackie999, djranmas, hikaruchan, leisemelody, lionboogy, luv-blindly, natalie526, neoangelwink, ngmaster, ryoko, stillvisions, the-masayume, tristencitrine, umister, vikki, yeu* And sorry to those of you I missed at the con. I was hoping to run into everyone at some point but it just didn’t work out.
Highlights:
-finally got to wear my Kaleido Star costume with neoangelwink! :-D
-photoshoots with stillvisions of our Kaleido Star costumes and my 19th Century Count D (Thanks for taking pictures, Kevin!)
-ran into a fair number of friends, including some I hadn’t seen for over a year, and met some new people
The not-so-great:
-waited in the registration line for 2 hours Friday morning since I decided to go to the con so last minute that pre-registration was already closed. ._.;
-still don’t like the BCC as a location
-the weather wasn’t as bad as ’06 but I was still pretty hot in all the layers for 19th Century D and Sarah; eventually left Sarah’s fur underskirt in my room so I could be more comfortable while watching the masquerade.
-painful shoes; the soles of my feet still feel weird a couple of days later!
What the hell?!:
-My right shoulder got sunburned from the 2 hours outside in the registration line in D’s peacock dress. o_o; I don’t think I’ve ever gotten sunburn before; I usually just tan.
-My father and I got caught in a hailstormaround the Delaware/NJ border on our way home! o_O; Pouring rain with hail the size of large pebbles and almost no visibility.
I kind of wish I’d just gone to the con again on Sunday morning. My father wanted to leave early to beat traffic on the way home (he said it gets very heavy in NJ around 4) but we left at 11 and it still took us 5 hours because of the hail and rain. (The trip to Baltimore only took 3 ½ hours.) I already had a headache that morning and it just got worse with the noise from the storm plus I got carsick from being cooped up so long. x_x; Was fine after getting home and catching up on sleep.
No pics to post yet. I’ve found some on ACP but no Kaleido Star pair shots and I look tired in a bunch of those. ^_^;;
Checked Flickr and didn’t find anything obvious although I was surprised to find a pic of a 19th Century D from a foreign con with the same colors as my costume. The only references for that outfit were black and white so I basically made up my color scheme up as I went along. My version got showcased on cosplay.com several months back so I guess they might have seen it there and liked it. I’m not mad… but it was pretty weird to be looking for Otakon pics and suddenly see my color scheme for the 19th Century outfit on someone else. o_o
EDIT: Ooh, found a pic of my 19th Century D. There are random people in the background but the colors came out nicely and I'm actually smiling! http://www.flickr.com/photos/10302049@N05/2746606532/in/set-72157606628590513/
Highlights:
-finally got to wear my Kaleido Star costume with neoangelwink! :-D
-photoshoots with stillvisions of our Kaleido Star costumes and my 19th Century Count D (Thanks for taking pictures, Kevin!)
-ran into a fair number of friends, including some I hadn’t seen for over a year, and met some new people
The not-so-great:
-waited in the registration line for 2 hours Friday morning since I decided to go to the con so last minute that pre-registration was already closed. ._.;
-still don’t like the BCC as a location
-the weather wasn’t as bad as ’06 but I was still pretty hot in all the layers for 19th Century D and Sarah; eventually left Sarah’s fur underskirt in my room so I could be more comfortable while watching the masquerade.
-painful shoes; the soles of my feet still feel weird a couple of days later!
What the hell?!:
-My right shoulder got sunburned from the 2 hours outside in the registration line in D’s peacock dress. o_o; I don’t think I’ve ever gotten sunburn before; I usually just tan.
-My father and I got caught in a hailstormaround the Delaware/NJ border on our way home! o_O; Pouring rain with hail the size of large pebbles and almost no visibility.
I kind of wish I’d just gone to the con again on Sunday morning. My father wanted to leave early to beat traffic on the way home (he said it gets very heavy in NJ around 4) but we left at 11 and it still took us 5 hours because of the hail and rain. (The trip to Baltimore only took 3 ½ hours.) I already had a headache that morning and it just got worse with the noise from the storm plus I got carsick from being cooped up so long. x_x; Was fine after getting home and catching up on sleep.
No pics to post yet. I’ve found some on ACP but no Kaleido Star pair shots and I look tired in a bunch of those. ^_^;;
Checked Flickr and didn’t find anything obvious although I was surprised to find a pic of a 19th Century D from a foreign con with the same colors as my costume. The only references for that outfit were black and white so I basically made up my color scheme up as I went along. My version got showcased on cosplay.com several months back so I guess they might have seen it there and liked it. I’m not mad… but it was pretty weird to be looking for Otakon pics and suddenly see my color scheme for the 19th Century outfit on someone else. o_o
EDIT: Ooh, found a pic of my 19th Century D. There are random people in the background but the colors came out nicely and I'm actually smiling! http://www.flickr.com/photos/10302049@N05/2746606532/in/set-72157606628590513/