Otakon Account!
Man, I'm glad all my odd fears were unfounded! Turns out Moe does not hate me and neither does Rhiannon! ^_______^; Yay! Well, now, lemme tell you my account...
Friday:
I woke up early and got ready to go to Tanin's house (my bags had been packed since the night before). Then my mom drove me to Tanin's house, where I said bye to her and my brother. I went inside Tanin's house and waited a bit for her to get ready and then her mom drove us to the airport (we left sorta lateish and I worried the entire way there that we might not makit in time ^_^; But we DID! YAAY!). At the airport, we checked in and got our neat seats and then we went to eat breakfast (well, Tanin and her mom did. I had eaten at home) and then it was almost time to board the plane, so we went to the gate and boarded first! OoooooOOooh! ^_^! And so we found our seats and saw they were an aisle seat and a center seat. The lady who had the window seat said she didn't mind if one of us switched with her, for she didn't wanna jump over us to get to her seat, so I begged Tanin to let it be me ^_^; *likes window seats* And so, the plane took off! And we flew through the skiiiies and it was neat. We got these neat thingies called Sky Mix! They were very yummyyyy! And my heart was glad. We drew and wrote in our notebooks the whole way. Then when we landed, I got REALLY nervous cause I was meeting Moe for the first time and I kept hoping she wouldn't think I sucked ^_^; So I nervously got my stuff and walked out of the plane and I saw Moe right away! She was TALL!! And pretty! And my jaw dropped internally and I wanted to turn around and get back inside the plane ^_^; But instead, I kept walking towards them (her mom was there too and so was The Rhiannon! Rhiannon took my picture right when I walked out of the gate ^_^; Heehee!). And we said our "Hi!"s and hugged and had that initial awkward moment where no one knows what to say as Tanin went to the bathroom (for she had to pee, as I had told Moe she probably would) ^_^; And then we walked to Moe's car (which was silver and REALLY neat!) and put our bags inside and we talked all the way to the hotel. I was kinda surprised cause I didn't expect Baltimore to be so crowded and narrow-streeted o.o (it reminded me of San Juan). So then Moe's mama made us promise her we wouldn't walk through any alleys or alone and we did, and then we left our stuff in the hotel, went to get our badges (mine was some show called Crest of...something ^_^; Tanin's and Rhiannon's were Gundam Wing badges, and I forgot what Moe's was ;_;), and then went to eat until it was check-in time, and then we returned and checked in! The room was neat and the beds were comfy, but the water bottle on the table was EXPENSIVE (and we later found out that the shower had a leak in it or something -.-)! And then we returned to the convention center! And went to the dealer's room and bought lots of manga and stuff. And took pictures and then we ate again and then we went to see Mystery Anime Theater 3000. They showed "Samurai Showdown: The Movie" and it was cheesy indeed >.< But the MSTing was FUNNY! And we laughed looots. The line to get in was loooong though. And then when it was over we watched some of the music videos, and then went back to the hotel and took baths, and talked till 2:00 AM and then slept!
Saturday:
Saturday was obviously the busiest day. We woke up at 9:00 AM and got dressed in our costumes (we cosplayed as the KareKano cast; I was Aya, Tanin was Kano, Rhiannon was Rika, and Moe was Maho!). We wanted to get into the autograph line for Midorikawa at least 2 hours before it started (and it was supposed to start at 2:00 PM), so we left quickly and didn't eat breakfast. We walked by, asking where the autograph session was and, by sheer luck, we found out his panel had been changed to Saturday and was about to start! So we quickly sat down and...THERE HE WAS! He came out shortly after we sat down and he was CUTE! I remember part of what he said but Rhiannon's account will probably be more detailed. ^_^! And afterwards we ran to the autograph session and got to be pretty close to the beginning of the line (though we had to wait 3 hours in line). ^_^; The line lady was very po'd and she was yelling at us but ehhh. Moe didn't want his autograph, so she went off to the dealer's room and we decided to call her cel phone when we were done to meet somewhere. Anyway, then we went inside and I already said below what he said to me *_*. But then, Moe's cel phone wouldn't work! o.o So we had a bit of a hard time finding her and by the time we did, we were all dying of hunger, so we went back to the hotel room and changed out of our costumes (we weren't gonna be in the contest and Barbara's was coming apart), and then went and bought hot dogs at the convention center (which we ate while sitting in line for the cosplay contest!). We waited about an hour and a half or so to get in, and once we got in, we had to wait like another hour and a half for it to start. Then it began and it was neat! But the skits weren't that great this year (though the costumes were) ;_; There was this funny skit with Edea, Sephiroth, and Mog!
Edea: *comes in with her creepy theme music playing*
Sephiroth: *suddenly comes in and snaps his fingers and changes the music to his theme music*
Edea: *frowns and changes it back to hers*
Sephiroth: *frowns too and changes it back to his*
Edea & Sephiroth: *keep this up doing it more rapidly*
*Suddenly, both songs are cut off and the moogle song from FF6 starts playing as Mog walks out on stage. Edea and Sephiroth look pissed and Sephiroth chases Mog off stage. Edea looks perplexed for a second, then changes the music back to hers, and then walks off stage.*
It was SO funny! AHAHA! That was my favorite! And then there was a neat X/1999 skit where the cast died in rhythm with the music (Nataku kills Karen, Yurisomething kills Nataku, Satsuki kills Yurisomething, Kamui kills Satsuki, etc. ^_^;) and it was neat! I believe it won first prize or something. Then we left after the skits (we didn't watch the crosswalk show or whatever). We went to eat more hot dogs ^_^; and then we talked at the con center for a bit. Moe and Tanin went to see a lil bit of the dance, and then we all returned to the hotel room (me and Rhiannon were still reeling from Midorikawa *_*) and made our bags and stuff. We fell asleep pretty quickly o.o
Sunday:
We woke up at 9:00 AM again, and put whatever was left around that was ours in our bags, got dressed and ready, and checked out of the hotel. We left our bags in storage there though, and went back to the con center to go buy more stuff at the dealer's room. We bough much stuff and took some last pictures, and then we went back to the hotel, where Moe's mama was waiting to take us to the airport. We got our bags out of the storage place (we almost lost em, man! Rhiannon lost the claim tickets, but the dude remembered us from that morning and gave them to us anyway! How nice!). So we put the bags in the car and got in and we had to take the long way to the airport cause the roads were blocked off cause of some game! And so we madit! At the airport we checked in and got our seats (the dude was NICE! Apparently we got there too early to check in but he let us do it anyway). Then we went to eat at the airport's Pizza Hut/Taco Bell/Cinnabon place. Then Rhiannon and Moe and her mom had to leave, so me and Tanin stayed at our gate waiting and we talked to this other girl who had also gone to Otakon! Then we boarded the plane and flew back (we had to wait a bit to land cause some other plane was still in the runway -.-). And then when we got off...my parents were not there -.- So I fretted and was nervous and called them a lot and they appeared 15 minutes later or so. And then we got in the car and we drove Barbara back home, and then we drove home and I rested and that was it! ^_^! TADA!
This has been my Otakon account!
Friday:
I woke up early and got ready to go to Tanin's house (my bags had been packed since the night before). Then my mom drove me to Tanin's house, where I said bye to her and my brother. I went inside Tanin's house and waited a bit for her to get ready and then her mom drove us to the airport (we left sorta lateish and I worried the entire way there that we might not makit in time ^_^; But we DID! YAAY!). At the airport, we checked in and got our neat seats and then we went to eat breakfast (well, Tanin and her mom did. I had eaten at home) and then it was almost time to board the plane, so we went to the gate and boarded first! OoooooOOooh! ^_^! And so we found our seats and saw they were an aisle seat and a center seat. The lady who had the window seat said she didn't mind if one of us switched with her, for she didn't wanna jump over us to get to her seat, so I begged Tanin to let it be me ^_^; *likes window seats* And so, the plane took off! And we flew through the skiiiies and it was neat. We got these neat thingies called Sky Mix! They were very yummyyyy! And my heart was glad. We drew and wrote in our notebooks the whole way. Then when we landed, I got REALLY nervous cause I was meeting Moe for the first time and I kept hoping she wouldn't think I sucked ^_^; So I nervously got my stuff and walked out of the plane and I saw Moe right away! She was TALL!! And pretty! And my jaw dropped internally and I wanted to turn around and get back inside the plane ^_^; But instead, I kept walking towards them (her mom was there too and so was The Rhiannon! Rhiannon took my picture right when I walked out of the gate ^_^; Heehee!). And we said our "Hi!"s and hugged and had that initial awkward moment where no one knows what to say as Tanin went to the bathroom (for she had to pee, as I had told Moe she probably would) ^_^; And then we walked to Moe's car (which was silver and REALLY neat!) and put our bags inside and we talked all the way to the hotel. I was kinda surprised cause I didn't expect Baltimore to be so crowded and narrow-streeted o.o (it reminded me of San Juan). So then Moe's mama made us promise her we wouldn't walk through any alleys or alone and we did, and then we left our stuff in the hotel, went to get our badges (mine was some show called Crest of...something ^_^; Tanin's and Rhiannon's were Gundam Wing badges, and I forgot what Moe's was ;_;), and then went to eat until it was check-in time, and then we returned and checked in! The room was neat and the beds were comfy, but the water bottle on the table was EXPENSIVE (and we later found out that the shower had a leak in it or something -.-)! And then we returned to the convention center! And went to the dealer's room and bought lots of manga and stuff. And took pictures and then we ate again and then we went to see Mystery Anime Theater 3000. They showed "Samurai Showdown: The Movie" and it was cheesy indeed >.< But the MSTing was FUNNY! And we laughed looots. The line to get in was loooong though. And then when it was over we watched some of the music videos, and then went back to the hotel and took baths, and talked till 2:00 AM and then slept!
Saturday:
Saturday was obviously the busiest day. We woke up at 9:00 AM and got dressed in our costumes (we cosplayed as the KareKano cast; I was Aya, Tanin was Kano, Rhiannon was Rika, and Moe was Maho!). We wanted to get into the autograph line for Midorikawa at least 2 hours before it started (and it was supposed to start at 2:00 PM), so we left quickly and didn't eat breakfast. We walked by, asking where the autograph session was and, by sheer luck, we found out his panel had been changed to Saturday and was about to start! So we quickly sat down and...THERE HE WAS! He came out shortly after we sat down and he was CUTE! I remember part of what he said but Rhiannon's account will probably be more detailed. ^_^! And afterwards we ran to the autograph session and got to be pretty close to the beginning of the line (though we had to wait 3 hours in line). ^_^; The line lady was very po'd and she was yelling at us but ehhh. Moe didn't want his autograph, so she went off to the dealer's room and we decided to call her cel phone when we were done to meet somewhere. Anyway, then we went inside and I already said below what he said to me *_*. But then, Moe's cel phone wouldn't work! o.o So we had a bit of a hard time finding her and by the time we did, we were all dying of hunger, so we went back to the hotel room and changed out of our costumes (we weren't gonna be in the contest and Barbara's was coming apart), and then went and bought hot dogs at the convention center (which we ate while sitting in line for the cosplay contest!). We waited about an hour and a half or so to get in, and once we got in, we had to wait like another hour and a half for it to start. Then it began and it was neat! But the skits weren't that great this year (though the costumes were) ;_; There was this funny skit with Edea, Sephiroth, and Mog!
Edea: *comes in with her creepy theme music playing*
Sephiroth: *suddenly comes in and snaps his fingers and changes the music to his theme music*
Edea: *frowns and changes it back to hers*
Sephiroth: *frowns too and changes it back to his*
Edea & Sephiroth: *keep this up doing it more rapidly*
*Suddenly, both songs are cut off and the moogle song from FF6 starts playing as Mog walks out on stage. Edea and Sephiroth look pissed and Sephiroth chases Mog off stage. Edea looks perplexed for a second, then changes the music back to hers, and then walks off stage.*
It was SO funny! AHAHA! That was my favorite! And then there was a neat X/1999 skit where the cast died in rhythm with the music (Nataku kills Karen, Yurisomething kills Nataku, Satsuki kills Yurisomething, Kamui kills Satsuki, etc. ^_^;) and it was neat! I believe it won first prize or something. Then we left after the skits (we didn't watch the crosswalk show or whatever). We went to eat more hot dogs ^_^; and then we talked at the con center for a bit. Moe and Tanin went to see a lil bit of the dance, and then we all returned to the hotel room (me and Rhiannon were still reeling from Midorikawa *_*) and made our bags and stuff. We fell asleep pretty quickly o.o
Sunday:
We woke up at 9:00 AM again, and put whatever was left around that was ours in our bags, got dressed and ready, and checked out of the hotel. We left our bags in storage there though, and went back to the con center to go buy more stuff at the dealer's room. We bough much stuff and took some last pictures, and then we went back to the hotel, where Moe's mama was waiting to take us to the airport. We got our bags out of the storage place (we almost lost em, man! Rhiannon lost the claim tickets, but the dude remembered us from that morning and gave them to us anyway! How nice!). So we put the bags in the car and got in and we had to take the long way to the airport cause the roads were blocked off cause of some game! And so we madit! At the airport we checked in and got our seats (the dude was NICE! Apparently we got there too early to check in but he let us do it anyway). Then we went to eat at the airport's Pizza Hut/Taco Bell/Cinnabon place. Then Rhiannon and Moe and her mom had to leave, so me and Tanin stayed at our gate waiting and we talked to this other girl who had also gone to Otakon! Then we boarded the plane and flew back (we had to wait a bit to land cause some other plane was still in the runway -.-). And then when we got off...my parents were not there -.- So I fretted and was nervous and called them a lot and they appeared 15 minutes later or so. And then we got in the car and we drove Barbara back home, and then we drove home and I rested and that was it! ^_^! TADA!
This has been my Otakon account!