Sakura-con #5!
Well, for me anyways. It's actually Sakura-con's 12th year. >.< Con was amazing (as usual.) I wish I had gotten to attend some panels, play more arcade games, and actually see the Girugamesh concert (instead of going and getting free staff food....so my own fault >.<) but what can you do, eh? My favorite part of con has always been seeing all the costumes, meeting interesting people, and the dealer's hall. The dealer's hall was amazing this year! I can't believe how much aisle room there was; although several of my favorite vendors weren't there :( (I was sooo hoping to see he kilt-sellers, and some others.) I got to see Studio Foglio again, and managed to get one of the two Jaegermonster backpacks left (which are amazing!) I got a very funny T-shirt and poster signed by Gabe and Tycho, and an original drawing from Gabe's son, which he was selling for 1 imaginary dollar a piece. He was absolutely adorable! I tend to only get shy when I care about someone else's opinion--say, someone I respect a lot, and think is very nifty. It gets worse when said people are also very nice. Needless to say I felt like a total dork at the Studio Foglio and Penny Arcade booths. *sigh*
Having Brittany and Emily come up from Oregon was pretty darn awesome, even if their train was late and we got confused. It's funny; Brittany's the more obvious and outgoing anime geek--but Emily is actually a bigger one. There are areas of Brittany's "classic" anime and internet education she needs to rectify, lol. Emily turned out to be a secret channer, which was great and provided much hilarity (including a fantastic picture with her and pedo-bear.) I only had two minor complaints about their stay--which basically boiled down to a lack of communication between all involved, and not so much of a big deal. Although holy cow the apartment is trashed! (Not from them, but from all 6 of us being too lazy to clean up after our selves for 4 days >.<)
So much more stuff happened at con than I can really write about. The whole weekend us just a giant jumble in my brain, and sorting it out into concrete, lucid chunks is hard, and doesn't do them justice. Soon I will post pictures!
Having Brittany and Emily come up from Oregon was pretty darn awesome, even if their train was late and we got confused. It's funny; Brittany's the more obvious and outgoing anime geek--but Emily is actually a bigger one. There are areas of Brittany's "classic" anime and internet education she needs to rectify, lol. Emily turned out to be a secret channer, which was great and provided much hilarity (including a fantastic picture with her and pedo-bear.) I only had two minor complaints about their stay--which basically boiled down to a lack of communication between all involved, and not so much of a big deal. Although holy cow the apartment is trashed! (Not from them, but from all 6 of us being too lazy to clean up after our selves for 4 days >.<)
So much more stuff happened at con than I can really write about. The whole weekend us just a giant jumble in my brain, and sorting it out into concrete, lucid chunks is hard, and doesn't do them justice. Soon I will post pictures!