Katsucon 2009!
Everyone's saying this Katsu was "not the best Katsu ever, but..." But I'd say it went similarly to last year for me. I worked 10 hours on Friday, 10 hours on Saturday, and 5 hours on Sunday, followed by driving back to NYC. After breaking down the booth each day, I went to hang out/party with friends until 3:30/4am each night. IT WAS PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME. I've got no complaints -- this is exactly what I was looking for out of this con.
I would have liked to hang out with NA more, and meet some of Judy's new friends, but instead I hung out with some new people -- Jon and Patches -- and CUBE!, whom I don't usually hang out with at cons, but which I obviously must rectify because he's a ton of fun! And this was IMMENSELY enjoyable. =D
I also didn't get totally wasted, but I had a nice buzz going on Saturday night, thanks to Rymel and his delicious concoctions. My additional flask of gin did come in handy, though.
Thanks again to Yoshi, Jerry, Sean Kelly, Cube, John, and Rymel for helping out at the booth -- we couldn't have run as smoothly as we did without you guys! =D
Memories of note:
All I can say is -- NEXT YEAR, THE GAYLORD!
I would have liked to hang out with NA more, and meet some of Judy's new friends, but instead I hung out with some new people -- Jon and Patches -- and CUBE!, whom I don't usually hang out with at cons, but which I obviously must rectify because he's a ton of fun! And this was IMMENSELY enjoyable. =D
I also didn't get totally wasted, but I had a nice buzz going on Saturday night, thanks to Rymel and his delicious concoctions. My additional flask of gin did come in handy, though.
Thanks again to Yoshi, Jerry, Sean Kelly, Cube, John, and Rymel for helping out at the booth -- we couldn't have run as smoothly as we did without you guys! =D
Memories of note:
- driving to VA
- meeting Jon
- working all of Friday
- going out to that 24hr diner with the scary waitress with the shakes who kept holding the menu up between her face and Jim's
- conversations with Yoshi and Jerry
- walking back to the hotel alongside the highway, between the trees and the concrete, with Jim leading the way with his flashlight
- bumping into Jon, Cube, and Patches and acting silly, chasing each other around. I want some of those pics, Cube!
- working all of Saturday
- wearing those awesome rockabilly Penthouse shoes!
- killing Jerry at Uno at the maid cafe
- chatting with Jon, Cube, Jim and Peter at the Valentine Ball
- running into Peter again at the bar, mooching booze off of Rymel
- slapping Jerry on the ass to wake him up... with Jim taking pictures
- randomly talking to some army guy at the bar, and Nikkia, whom I know I've met, but have no idea where/when
- hanging with Cube, Judy, Anna in the bar area, and then tripping over nothing, slightly twisting my ankle, but not having anyone notice but Cube. ^_~
- stumbling back to the room, giggling and happy
- being really warm that night
- driving back to NYC on Sunday, getting lost for a while in DC, but then making up for it by going 80 later
- eating an Angry Whopper at a rest stop (which tasted 5x better than the one I had in the city)
- singing along to mid-late 90s alternative music with Sean Kelly *high-fives!*
- having Monday off from work, but making myself super-exhausted anyway
- literally spending less than $20 for the whole weekend
- not having to return Jim's car 'til last night!
All I can say is -- NEXT YEAR, THE GAYLORD!