CN Report
Blargh. Here is my CN update. I went with Carol (13 year old family friend), who I think many people assumed to be either my girlfriend or my sister. It was good to have her along because she carried my stuff sometimes and I was pretty much never alone throughout the con (except during washroom breaks...) Also, it was good for her because she's too shy to do a lot of the things she has me do for her. We share a symbiotic relationship (lol).
Friday was filled with waiting. My Anji Mito wasn't finished yet and I pretty much wanted the day to end just so I could go home and work on the costume. I cosplayed as Meijin Eguchi (Rockman.EXE) and hung out with Pam and her group for a while. I didn't get a very good group feeling from hanging out with Pam so I eventually wandered off on my own to look at stuff in the dealer's room. I think some people mistook me as Isshin Kurosaki (Bleach) because they looked disappointed when I put on the goggles and pulled out the PET. Despite his English name, Mr. Famous is not very famous... Friday dinner was pretty awesome. Ate with Pam, Janice, Jenna, Carol and eventually Kristy and Sheena at East Side Marios. That was essentially day one of the con. That night, I stayed up until 6 working on the small details of Anji's costume (yellow belt ends, shoe covers and the yellow parts of the fan).
Saturday, Carol and I arrived extra early to catch the FMA movie (because we weren't able to catch the one on Friday). We missed out on the first few minutes of it but we could pretty much guess what happened. The whole thing was very awesome with many touching moments that forced me to keep from crying - I'm too sensitive sometimes.
I put on my Anji costume, took a few steps forward and then hid behind a pillar because I didn't realize how scared I would be being bare-chested in public. I tried calling my friends while behind the pillar but couldn't reach them so I took off the sleeves, put on my orange shirt and walked around to look for them. I couldn't find them so I took off the rest of the costume and continued to walk around. I saw a trio of people I was mildly familiar with and put the costume on for them. As I was putting it on, two of my non-con friends approached me and were shocked at my... Being at the con/being a cosplayer/being shirtless. They had to go meet someone before I could 'explain' myself. I sat and talked to the three people while I was in costume for maybe half an hour (an hour at most) before I had to wear regular clothes again. We went to go catch the AMVs at this time, a few of which I slept through and later had Carol tell me were boring. Then I think we found Sheena and Kristy so I threw on the costume to hang out with them. I kept it on for much longer and walked around with them for a while. Desmond and Albert came and saw me in the costume in all its shirtless glory. I tried to enter in the masquerade but failed. So in the end, the masquerade wasn't awesome as usual and the most fun was spent in the green room talking to people and watching them prepare. Also, my Guilty Gear group didn't show and I was very disappointed in that although there was a Faust and a May that I got to talk to.
Sunday was very much a mix of being very happy and being very sad. The black suit Bleach cosplay photoshoot rocked my socks. I was so pleased with how well it went that it very much made my con. I didn't have to deal with the other Isshin, there were a bunch of sexy pictures of me and there were some pretty funny Ichigo vs. Isshin pictures. I need to find them. Also, I had to draw on my Isshin beard with eyeliner. I can grow it normally like that too. Ironic?
The sad part was after the photoshoot where I wanted to hang out with Sheena and Kristy but I guess they just wanted some alone time. I asked if Sheena was okay and she said no and that it was partially my fault. I didn't realize it at all and had to have Sheena tell me to go away (more or less). The rest of the day I spent wondering what I did wrong and I thought of a few reasons
-Following them around too much.
-Not wearing the Anji costume for a proportional amount of time equal to the effort put into it.
-Having her make my hakama and consequently using up all the time she wanted to spend working on her bow.
-Not complimenting her on how nice she looked. (She looked really nice, I don't think I said anything about it though)
I honestly can't think of any other reasons. It's very likely more than one of the reasons listed above. I feel terrible about it and I don't know how I could make it up to her. Hell, even Carol was telling me that she noticed Sheena seemed very depressed during the black suit Bleach photoshoot and wondered if she(Carol) was the cause of it. She said, "Maybe Sheena was angry at me for following you(referring to me) around so much... I dunno." There was no chance of that being the case. I just wanted to stab myself for not being able to figure out what I did wrong. I'm sensitive but also dense; I'm slow to pick things up but feel strongly towards every emotion I experience.
Afterwards, we went to return the tote bag that Pam lent me for the duration of the con and hung out with Daniela, sharing silly stories and anecdotes about random things. Occasionally I'd think about Sheena. I saw her one last time as we were leaving the con for the day. She was about to have dinner with Kristy and Pam. I didn't want to intrude or go into discussing any unpleasantness and tried to leave as soon as possible.
So... That was CN2006 for me. Don't know if I'm coming back to it next year. Maybe I'll just hang in the lobby area and bum around with the other cheap cosplayers.
Friday was filled with waiting. My Anji Mito wasn't finished yet and I pretty much wanted the day to end just so I could go home and work on the costume. I cosplayed as Meijin Eguchi (Rockman.EXE) and hung out with Pam and her group for a while. I didn't get a very good group feeling from hanging out with Pam so I eventually wandered off on my own to look at stuff in the dealer's room. I think some people mistook me as Isshin Kurosaki (Bleach) because they looked disappointed when I put on the goggles and pulled out the PET. Despite his English name, Mr. Famous is not very famous... Friday dinner was pretty awesome. Ate with Pam, Janice, Jenna, Carol and eventually Kristy and Sheena at East Side Marios. That was essentially day one of the con. That night, I stayed up until 6 working on the small details of Anji's costume (yellow belt ends, shoe covers and the yellow parts of the fan).
Saturday, Carol and I arrived extra early to catch the FMA movie (because we weren't able to catch the one on Friday). We missed out on the first few minutes of it but we could pretty much guess what happened. The whole thing was very awesome with many touching moments that forced me to keep from crying - I'm too sensitive sometimes.
I put on my Anji costume, took a few steps forward and then hid behind a pillar because I didn't realize how scared I would be being bare-chested in public. I tried calling my friends while behind the pillar but couldn't reach them so I took off the sleeves, put on my orange shirt and walked around to look for them. I couldn't find them so I took off the rest of the costume and continued to walk around. I saw a trio of people I was mildly familiar with and put the costume on for them. As I was putting it on, two of my non-con friends approached me and were shocked at my... Being at the con/being a cosplayer/being shirtless. They had to go meet someone before I could 'explain' myself. I sat and talked to the three people while I was in costume for maybe half an hour (an hour at most) before I had to wear regular clothes again. We went to go catch the AMVs at this time, a few of which I slept through and later had Carol tell me were boring. Then I think we found Sheena and Kristy so I threw on the costume to hang out with them. I kept it on for much longer and walked around with them for a while. Desmond and Albert came and saw me in the costume in all its shirtless glory. I tried to enter in the masquerade but failed. So in the end, the masquerade wasn't awesome as usual and the most fun was spent in the green room talking to people and watching them prepare. Also, my Guilty Gear group didn't show and I was very disappointed in that although there was a Faust and a May that I got to talk to.
Sunday was very much a mix of being very happy and being very sad. The black suit Bleach cosplay photoshoot rocked my socks. I was so pleased with how well it went that it very much made my con. I didn't have to deal with the other Isshin, there were a bunch of sexy pictures of me and there were some pretty funny Ichigo vs. Isshin pictures. I need to find them. Also, I had to draw on my Isshin beard with eyeliner. I can grow it normally like that too. Ironic?
The sad part was after the photoshoot where I wanted to hang out with Sheena and Kristy but I guess they just wanted some alone time. I asked if Sheena was okay and she said no and that it was partially my fault. I didn't realize it at all and had to have Sheena tell me to go away (more or less). The rest of the day I spent wondering what I did wrong and I thought of a few reasons
-Following them around too much.
-Not wearing the Anji costume for a proportional amount of time equal to the effort put into it.
-Having her make my hakama and consequently using up all the time she wanted to spend working on her bow.
-Not complimenting her on how nice she looked. (She looked really nice, I don't think I said anything about it though)
I honestly can't think of any other reasons. It's very likely more than one of the reasons listed above. I feel terrible about it and I don't know how I could make it up to her. Hell, even Carol was telling me that she noticed Sheena seemed very depressed during the black suit Bleach photoshoot and wondered if she(Carol) was the cause of it. She said, "Maybe Sheena was angry at me for following you(referring to me) around so much... I dunno." There was no chance of that being the case. I just wanted to stab myself for not being able to figure out what I did wrong. I'm sensitive but also dense; I'm slow to pick things up but feel strongly towards every emotion I experience.
Afterwards, we went to return the tote bag that Pam lent me for the duration of the con and hung out with Daniela, sharing silly stories and anecdotes about random things. Occasionally I'd think about Sheena. I saw her one last time as we were leaving the con for the day. She was about to have dinner with Kristy and Pam. I didn't want to intrude or go into discussing any unpleasantness and tried to leave as soon as possible.
So... That was CN2006 for me. Don't know if I'm coming back to it next year. Maybe I'll just hang in the lobby area and bum around with the other cheap cosplayers.