Acen and the like
Well, 2010 marked a return to Acen for me since 2007. I was more than apprehensive given the shitty time I had that year, but it was Nick's 30th birthday and that only comes around once so I decided to go. Paul came too, so that was a much added bonus. Left on Thursday morning, went to Rob's, sat in horrible traffic on Telegraph, finally met up with Ryan and Paul at his house, loaded all our junk into Ryan's car, then headed off to Chicago. Stopped in Indiana for liquor, got some kick ass apple vodka, then continued on our way. Got there about 3, loaded stuff into our room, sat around, then went for food. We tried Bennigans, but it wasn't there anymore, so we went to try this local pub only to see the building slated for demolition, and eventually wound up at Chili's. Drank margaritas and had a bitchin hamburger, went back to the room with the itis and hit the hay early since we were all running on either jack shit or no sleep at all.
Woke up decently early on Friday, put on Luc again, went to get Paul's badge with him, had someone actually recognize my costume, perused the dealers room, said hi to Eddie and co, bought the Human Error Processor book, lost my badge, someone was nice and turned it in, went back to change out of my costume, went to Hot Dougs, waited in line for over an hour, got sweet hot dogs, went back to the hotel, put Luc back on, walked around a bit more in that, had a few more people recognize it, changed, got ready for Hardcore Synergy, drank a bit, went downstairs, danced like a fool, came back up to change my shoes, went back down, danced some more, then came back up and wound up going to bed semi early again because there was nothing to do. Cried a little too because of that.
Woke up later than I wanted to on Saturday, wore Zerase for awhile, went to the Suikoden shoot with the whopping 5 of us there, changed, got pizza, drank some, wandered around, ran into Travis, went back to the room and drank some more, hung around downstairs, went into the dance to see Jeff's set, managed to get backstage, hung out there a bit, wound up in Jeff and Rich's room, did some things, threw fireworks off the balcony, came back to the room and crashed around 6-7 am. I probably embarrassed myself and was annoying as hell that night, but meh.
Went to Mitsuwa on Sunday. Saw just about everyone, felt awkward, did some shopping, hung around outside for awhile, went back to the hotel and hung out with Paul while Nick went for food with Leslie and her bf, packed up as much of my stuff as I could, then relaxed the rest of the night. Went back to Mitsuwa on Monday, got yummy Gabutto burger, then headed home.
All the pictures of my costume are on Ryan's camera, but I did manage to find one of Zerase that someone took. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v04cXPAZ1Mk/S_MOQE2x_mI/AAAAAAAAAtA/r_FWrr4ufbg/s576/Acen2010068.JPG
I dunno, I had an alright time I guess, though I really felt like it wouldn't have mattered if I was there or not. I refuse to drink the kool-aid, so that means I'm excluded from just about everything since I'm disliked by so many. I've come to expect it at this point and really don't know why I continue to subject myself to it, but I guess it's just nice to get out once in awhile. Although, once Paul leaves for school in Cali this fall, what minuscule social life I do have will be pretty much nonexistent. Thems the breaks I suppose.
I'm still debating on Youmacon. Yeah it's close, but eh. It was boring last year. If I do wind up going I may just commute everyday and not bother with a badge to save myself some money.
Ookies I think I'm going to see wtf is up with dinner since I'm hungreh. Lata~
Woke up decently early on Friday, put on Luc again, went to get Paul's badge with him, had someone actually recognize my costume, perused the dealers room, said hi to Eddie and co, bought the Human Error Processor book, lost my badge, someone was nice and turned it in, went back to change out of my costume, went to Hot Dougs, waited in line for over an hour, got sweet hot dogs, went back to the hotel, put Luc back on, walked around a bit more in that, had a few more people recognize it, changed, got ready for Hardcore Synergy, drank a bit, went downstairs, danced like a fool, came back up to change my shoes, went back down, danced some more, then came back up and wound up going to bed semi early again because there was nothing to do. Cried a little too because of that.
Woke up later than I wanted to on Saturday, wore Zerase for awhile, went to the Suikoden shoot with the whopping 5 of us there, changed, got pizza, drank some, wandered around, ran into Travis, went back to the room and drank some more, hung around downstairs, went into the dance to see Jeff's set, managed to get backstage, hung out there a bit, wound up in Jeff and Rich's room, did some things, threw fireworks off the balcony, came back to the room and crashed around 6-7 am. I probably embarrassed myself and was annoying as hell that night, but meh.
Went to Mitsuwa on Sunday. Saw just about everyone, felt awkward, did some shopping, hung around outside for awhile, went back to the hotel and hung out with Paul while Nick went for food with Leslie and her bf, packed up as much of my stuff as I could, then relaxed the rest of the night. Went back to Mitsuwa on Monday, got yummy Gabutto burger, then headed home.
All the pictures of my costume are on Ryan's camera, but I did manage to find one of Zerase that someone took. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v04cXPAZ1Mk/S_MOQE2x_mI/AAAAAAAAAtA/r_FWrr4ufbg/s576/Acen2010068.JPG
I dunno, I had an alright time I guess, though I really felt like it wouldn't have mattered if I was there or not. I refuse to drink the kool-aid, so that means I'm excluded from just about everything since I'm disliked by so many. I've come to expect it at this point and really don't know why I continue to subject myself to it, but I guess it's just nice to get out once in awhile. Although, once Paul leaves for school in Cali this fall, what minuscule social life I do have will be pretty much nonexistent. Thems the breaks I suppose.
I'm still debating on Youmacon. Yeah it's close, but eh. It was boring last year. If I do wind up going I may just commute everyday and not bother with a badge to save myself some money.
Ookies I think I'm going to see wtf is up with dinner since I'm hungreh. Lata~