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So I arrived on Thursday, and was struck with a sudden feeling of continueation. This was my third year in Artist’s Alley. And it had the same bizzare feeling of coming home that I get at Pennsic. Pennsic- which I have attended for the LAST THIRTY YEARS. Sorry, it just seems weird.
So now i am acutaly going to talk about it. Let’s start with the fact I’m avoiding wheat and Dairy this month which makes eating out intresting.
I dressed in closetplay for pack in and reg, a white tanktop a black miniskirt and anckle boots wit ha black jacket and my hair pulled up in a ponytail- Winry Rockbell’s travelign outfit. IF I wanted recognition I would have put on Rhyme’s sweatshirt. The line started outside, and doubled up alot. My sister was all like ‘ARGH THERE’S SUN ON ME AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME’ but it wasn’t that long a wait. Once it got moving. If we’d eaten and THEN got in line instead of getting in line before Reg opened, we probably wouldn’t have been outside at all.
Checked into the hotel; it was huge. Got first pick of the beds. Checked into Artist’s alley, (so much space behind the table! We set up extra cubes to store backstock. IT WAS AWESOME) The elevator that the artist’s use to load was out of service. If you needed the elevator, you had to walk to the other end of the convention center, take the elevator up, then walk back down the length of the hall. Not fun. I am disappoint Prudential. Chatted with Raye and Joanie while we set up, but it takes a while and they were done first.Chatted with Cloe- who got there lateish, and went down to get dinner at the foodcourt quick before it closed- we hung out with Raye and Joanie there some more. They’re awesome. Tehy make sitting in a food-court awesome.
When we got back to the room KAt remembered we really should have spent some time in Saphora because she needed eyeliner. whoops. Hung out with Seriphita and her roommates in their room chatting, and went to bed around midnight. That was really pleasant but I didn’t sleep well and was woken up by our roommates getting in at like one. Not alot, since I tried to sleep through it.
Woke up at 7, got up, got dressed, I like wearing Jem. She’s fun, and I’m getting better at applying her makeup, (I printed out a reference this con, and stuck it in the wig bag). Helped our roommate braid her hair and loaned her a wig cap. Other roomate shaved his bead for Wild Tiger. Mad Props.
Experimented at getting breakfast at starbucks. Well, they had fruit salad, which made a fine breakfast for me. Kat very disappointed in their capachino.
Sales good, lots of blankets gone including the most asked after ones- Rainbow Dash and the Hyrule crest.
Kat drew alot
there was some drama because she’d forgotten her cravats, and motehr mailed them and the mailroom was being kind of a jerk, but we got them for saturday.
Everyone said I was truely outrageous and whenever they recognised me, they seemed tickled as pink as I was.
When the alley closed, the food court was already closed. We tried shaws but there wasn’t anything to feed Kat. Finaly she ordered pizza with our roomates, and I ate her leftovers from the night before- burbon chicken and frenchfries.
Saturday morning for me was a disaster. I had to tear apart my coslay shirt and pin it into place. I apparently looked cute, but didn’t dare look at myself anywhere by the face because all I saw was massive boobs.
…thus far, uploaded pictures have not disproved this.
Sales were good and at noonish, I went off with Joanie and Raye to the Dissida group shoot. IT was cold. I had fun being Yuna but… I’m not really suited to the costume. Everyone looked fabulous. I felt like I’d been photoshopped in at the wrong scale.
OMG RUE’S TIDUS. SHE WAS SO FUCKING AMAZING HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE NO IDEA UNLESS YOU SAW HER.
KAIN’S ARMOR I CANNOT CAPSLOCK ENOUGH. CECIL THE SPARKLES, THE WEAPONS. KUJA. *dies* BEST KUJA EVER.
anyhow, itwas kind of cold so eventually we moved inside and did our dead level best not to block teh halls while Allison took pictures of us. She’s so awesome. she made me feel like I was pretty. She was all professional and efficient and awesome. I feel like apologizing for not photographing well.
Anyhow, the day ended with a loud, wonderful meal at the Cheesecake factory where I finaly tried their miso salmon. I don’t usualy like meals that have rice, but soooo good. almost worth the ‘we have too much whipped cream what are we going to do with it’ torture at the end of the meal. We had so much fun! Cloe got her table moved so she could come over and chat with us too! I love these guys. So much.
Got back to the room, wiggling past the rave crowd and stripped out, appauled at how wrinlked my sash ahd gotten. my bra was not holding my boobs up enough and it like.. crushed the obi. How do other Cosplayers always look so neat with smooth wigs and neat makeup?
But I did look cute with girly makeup and brown hair. Stupid boobs. *pokes them*
Didn’t get enough sleep. was so greatful we could leave our bags in the room untill after the alley closed.
Sales were pretty good for a sunday. pack-down blanket count was fifteen- out of thirty seven I’d brought. That’s pretty awesome. Parking was, as always outreagous and if I’d thought of it, I would have seen if I could have gotten it a little validated by buying expensive tea at Teavanna. Maybe next year.
Came home, discovered I’d left my jacket with my flash drive with all my RP files on it in teh hotel room- Serephita found it and will mail it to me, but worst part of the con, hands down.