In which Jeanette hits DC for a day
MY SMART BUTT decided to take a day out of my FL trip to fly up to DC to go to Schwarz Stein's live at Anime USA xD
I got to DC safe at around 10am. I opted out of taking a cab and took the Metro instead. I stopped by Chinatown and had DELICIOUS FREAKING RAMEN at Daikaya omg. Spicy miso ramen is soooo good. Afterwards, I hoped back on the Metro and got to the con. After getting my badge and poking the dealers room a bit, I met up with Roger from Tainted Reality and decided to help him with some booth coverage. I worked the booth practically all day until it was time for me to meet up with Schwarz Stein for my photo with them thanks to having VIP. After the photo was the concert, which was great! I can't believe Kaya sounds so perfect live. Poor guy though, he accidentally broke the platform off of his boot, lost his balance, and fell straight on his butt. Thankfully they had a replacement boot backstage but ow... and embarrassing. During the autographs, I asked if his ankle was okay because it looked like he twisted it but he said the worst of it was how scared he was when he was falling ^^;
After autographs and food I got to meet up with my friend Nick, who I first met and hadn't seen since Nekocon 2011 (BORN's visit). We hung out in his friend's hotel room sipping some whiskey and chatting a bit before we disbursed and people went to bed. I, on the other hand, did not have a hotel room. I couldn't find one even though I bugged friends and posted on AUSA's fb. Oh wells~ I had the leave the hotel around 6am for my flight back down to Ft. Lauderdale and it was already midnight.
I went to the rave because Roger was DJ-ing and hung out with my friend Eve a bit. Eventually though, security walked me out of the rave because I had my purse and plastic bags from the dealers room. They weren't allowing bags in the rave, ugh. I didn't have anywhere to put my stuff because no hotel room! But Eve actually was the one who organized the rave for AUSA so when I texted her to tell her I was just gonna hang out in the lobby instead because I got kicked out, she escorted me back inside and straight backstage xD; I got to put my shit down and go out to dance a bit here and there. During the rave, I tweeted about the con and the awesome music and they broadcasted my tweet on the big screen xD That was cool.
The rave ended at 4am and I helped around a bit, taking some stuff up to the rooms, and shit and then I just chilled in a hallway charging my cell and taking a 30 minute nap before I took Uber to the airport. I got a promo code from Anime USA so YAY! Free airport ride!! I passed out at the airport for an hour before boarding because at that point, I had been awake for over 24 hours and I felt MISERABLE. Boarded and I got to sleep on the plane for the FULL ride xD;
~End con loool
I got to DC safe at around 10am. I opted out of taking a cab and took the Metro instead. I stopped by Chinatown and had DELICIOUS FREAKING RAMEN at Daikaya omg. Spicy miso ramen is soooo good. Afterwards, I hoped back on the Metro and got to the con. After getting my badge and poking the dealers room a bit, I met up with Roger from Tainted Reality and decided to help him with some booth coverage. I worked the booth practically all day until it was time for me to meet up with Schwarz Stein for my photo with them thanks to having VIP. After the photo was the concert, which was great! I can't believe Kaya sounds so perfect live. Poor guy though, he accidentally broke the platform off of his boot, lost his balance, and fell straight on his butt. Thankfully they had a replacement boot backstage but ow... and embarrassing. During the autographs, I asked if his ankle was okay because it looked like he twisted it but he said the worst of it was how scared he was when he was falling ^^;
After autographs and food I got to meet up with my friend Nick, who I first met and hadn't seen since Nekocon 2011 (BORN's visit). We hung out in his friend's hotel room sipping some whiskey and chatting a bit before we disbursed and people went to bed. I, on the other hand, did not have a hotel room. I couldn't find one even though I bugged friends and posted on AUSA's fb. Oh wells~ I had the leave the hotel around 6am for my flight back down to Ft. Lauderdale and it was already midnight.
I went to the rave because Roger was DJ-ing and hung out with my friend Eve a bit. Eventually though, security walked me out of the rave because I had my purse and plastic bags from the dealers room. They weren't allowing bags in the rave, ugh. I didn't have anywhere to put my stuff because no hotel room! But Eve actually was the one who organized the rave for AUSA so when I texted her to tell her I was just gonna hang out in the lobby instead because I got kicked out, she escorted me back inside and straight backstage xD; I got to put my shit down and go out to dance a bit here and there. During the rave, I tweeted about the con and the awesome music and they broadcasted my tweet on the big screen xD That was cool.
The rave ended at 4am and I helped around a bit, taking some stuff up to the rooms, and shit and then I just chilled in a hallway charging my cell and taking a 30 minute nap before I took Uber to the airport. I got a promo code from Anime USA so YAY! Free airport ride!! I passed out at the airport for an hour before boarding because at that point, I had been awake for over 24 hours and I felt MISERABLE. Boarded and I got to sleep on the plane for the FULL ride xD;
~End con loool