Obligatory Dragon*con Post
Are you ready for this? Cause I have a hell of a lot to Say.
I knew what cosplaying was before this. Of course I did, my primary fandom is Hetalia, for fuck's sake. But I had never seen them in person before. I didn't know how fun it was to walk around and just, oh look at Marty McFly over there! And this was Dragon*con, so every possible fandom that I wanted to see was there. There was a Mortal Kombat group that I saw several time that moved me so very much because they were the most perfect embodiment of my derpy childhood I can think of. My picture with Sub-zero will be a treasured memory. Forever. I know that these are just nerds like me, but with time and resources, but it was new enough for me to see past that, just for a moment, and actually believe that I was getting my picture taken with the Dread Pirate Roberts. And it helps tremendously when they were in character. I fel like most people in fandom have this moment early on in life, so that nice feling of "Oh God, this is so-and-so!" makes sense, but I'm a grown ass woman now. There is no reason for tears to be streaming down my face now because of a geek in a costume, but that seems to be the case. In short, I Love Cosplayers, and I think I always will. My first experience with them was Magical.
I bought a fuck-ton of stuff. I spend most of my money with surprising speed. My theory for this is, since this is my first time being a place with such a high concentration of Cool, my already crappy impulse control broke in half. I bought the stupid shit that serves no purpose but to say "This is what I like and am willing to spend money on". I'm pretty okay with that, because I have a pretty penny stashed away, but I can still realize how fucking ridiculous I'm being. Certainly enough to heap another load of guilt on my shoulders. I feel like I should skip meals for a week to make up for all that wasted money. I won't, of course, because that's a damn stupid way of saving money, but still. I think I actually will skip lunch a couple days from now on. I needed to lose weight anyway. No big deal. If it means that I can have my Umbrella corp patch and enjoy it, I'll do it gladly.
Another first for me. I have never been to a for realz Concert before. I had always thought my first would be me tagging along with Ben to a Gogol Bordello concert at the Tabernackle(which is Happening), and not standing in a packed ballroom in the Hyatt, listening to a band I had never heard of. But that's what happened, and I am so Glad for it. That concert was amazing. I feel so spoiled, because of the number of times I saw the lead singer, touched his hand, had him sing at me. It was breathtaking. At the beginning, I was observing more than listening, and that man is such a showman. I was close enough to see the veins in his neck standing out very clearlu, and to see the passion he has for his music. I have so much respect for him, I can't even articulate it. He truly loves his fans. And he is like, the sweetest person in the world. I feel honored that I got the chance to go to his concert. Another reason I was happy to go is because the overwhelming sense of community I got from the experience. I did not know about this feeling, and it is just as intoxicating as the Yagger bombs the guy behind me was drinking. Everyone was so nice, and shouting lyrics with everyone single person around you, it's just... Mmm. Those of you who've been to a concert know what I'm talking about. I want to feel that again. And the sight of one of my good friends shouting words without abandon made me so happy. Katty-kins enjoyed it much more than I, and it's so nice to see her happy like that. I loved the concert.
It's hard to spend an entire day with someone. It's not hard to spend a day at Dragon*con with your friends. My first day was Friday, and I spent most of the time with Gilly-bear. A little something about her, first. I love her. I don't know how or why I love her as much as I do, but I would be completely content with having her around me at all times. She is beautiful, and derpy, and just. One of the very best friends I have. And I'm really happy that I spent so much time with her this weekend. We could have been watching paint dry, and my face would be hurting from smiling so much. I'm not a lesbian, by the way, I'm just very passionate. After that, Saturday was mostly spent with Chrissie and Katty-kins. Now, I knew about Chrissie before, but I don't think we've ever spoke to each other. But we spent all day together, bonding over the wonderfulness of Dragon*con. It was so very adorable to see her geek out over every single Dr. Who thing we saw. The reason I spent nigh on twenty minutes looking for a cosplayer I didn't even care about? Because I knew how happy it would have made her, and I wanted to see that. I'm sorry if that's creepy, but like I said, I'm passionate, and I truly love a lot of people, with very little urging. Katty-kins, I love already. I live with her, and most of my shiny new GSU friends, I got through her. But, like I said in the Cruxshadow section, seeing her geek out over things is supremely cutesies. I'm very glad I had her around to help me with my very first con, and I pray that this won't be my last con with her. There is so more that I can say about others, Mo and Mizu to name a few, but I would be stuck here writing out this long, gay love letter to all my friends, so I'll pass on that.
I love taking pictures of myself. This is not a surprise. I am vain as all get out, and pictures of me are my favorite thing. The Yule Ball was last night, and I was super excited for it, so I dressed uo in my Pretty Purple Princess dress, and put on enough eye shadow for three and a half hookers, and went. It sucked. But I did get to have my own mini photo shoot at the dorm with me in make up. Some of the photos came out super super cute. I'll post a couple here once Katty-kins shows me how. I'm really glad that I got so many pictures of me taken. Like, no joke, I am /so happy/ that that happened. Eeee~!
I'm finished. I probably misspelled a ton of words, but that's okay, because people make mistakes.