"Vodkaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
-Russia
Hey all.
I won't touch much on Youmacon, since there are already a few posts about that, as well as videos and pics to come, which are far more interesting than this.
Thursday-
-Drive was pretty and uneventful, until the last fifteen minutes, where we couldn't find our hotel and got lost for an hour.
-Ended up staying in Hyatt cause Hotwire is a douche.
-Ate dinner with Kat, Kastom, and Nehs, and went on late night Meijer excursion for no particluar reason.
Friday-
-Dressed up in cosplay, packed, got badges, and moved out to Red Roof Inn.
-Picked up Nehs, headed back to con, walked around a little bit and checked things out, spent the rest of the day hanging out at the Inn.
Saturday-
-Got up, got into cosplay, had a free breakfest at the diner that was in an alliance with the Inn, headed to the con.
-Went to 'Original, Obscure, and Rare Cosplay' photoshoot, which was rather lame.
-Popped in and out of MSTK4 for the next 2 hours. I didn't really like it, the riffers were really annoying because they laughed a lot, made a lot of noise, drowned out the movie completely, and made too many riffs, which resulted in often talking all at once.
-Meandered around some more, went to the Little Kuriboh and Team Four Star panels, which were hilarious.
-Made the mistake of going to the Whose Line is it Anime? briefly. I stayed for about twenty minutes before leaving in search of food.
-Ate dinner with everybody, including latest addition, Hiko, at the food court, as well as being joined by Random Bruno. Random Bruno is Random. We didn't know him, and he was definitely addled in the head a bit, he just decided to eat with us. He approached us as such:
"I'm gonna eat with you guys."
"..."
"...you gonna move this Fender off the seat or what?"
I decided to not be a dick and moved it for him, and he talked to us for about ten minutes before we decided to go leave to meet the Captain at Nehs's house.
-Met the Captain, as well as the rest of Nehs's family. It was enjoyable enough; I talked a lot to the Madre in hopes of alleviating her suscpicion and prejudice against internet folk. It seemed to work.
-While the others retired at the hotel, I went back to the con for the rave. I have never seriously danced that much for that long, and I had a blast. Unfortunately, I got really into it, and took off both my undershirt and sweater, which I put a lot of time into making. I threw them into the corner, and when the rave was over, they weren't there. So I wandered around the Hyatt a bit shirtless (thank god I had some really sexy pants) looking for my clothes. I was going to go to the Mario Party After Dark initially, but it was so delayed (rave ended at 3:15 AM, MPAD was supposed to start at 2.) I decided not to go. I ran into Keiser of Team Four Star, who I had conversed with previously at the panel. He saw me first, and waved me over, asking what I was up to.
"Have you seen my clothes? Someone took my shirt."
"No, but don't worry, you look fabulous without it." [/gay accent]
Sunday-
-Went and bought all I wanted to buy at the very small Dealers room.
-Said good byes to Kastom and Schultzie, and drove home wonderfully uneventful with Kat.
-Popped in for MST chat halfway through.
Monday-
My saxophone teacher left me a message on my cell phone saying he will no longer be teaching lessons. This was a bad and a good thing. He was a really excellent sax player and teacher, and I owe a lot to him, but I fealt for a long time like I was letting him down. I wouldn't always come ready to the lessons, and it eventually felt like I was wasting his time. Still, I'm glad for all the wisdom he was able to impart to me, and I'll definitely start working harder once I start playing more.
Today-
Pretty good day. I went to an interview with Target, and left with the promise that I have a job as long as I pass the drug screen, which I went and did straight away. However, it will only be seasonal, but I'll still be getting a good income, and there is always the chance that they'll want to keep me. Also, in Anime Club today, my costume for last weeks costume party won the prize for Most Creative. If I had voted for myself, it would have won Best Overall as well. Anyway, I got a $25 dollar Borders card as an award, and spent that right away on the two mangas that sold out quickly at Youmacon: Gurren Lagann vol. 2, and Nabari no Ou vol. 2. And then I came home and saw that L4D2 Demo is ready to go. :D
So hopefully, things will start looking up for me as I actually start to make money soon.
This is the only item from the weekend that I am required to share. It's the official Youmacon Otaku Meetup photo.
"That Melvin is wiggety-whack, ya'll."
"You're not black anymore, Tristan."
"Sheeeit..."
EDIT: Rather ingenious update at http://www.lordgenomeshead.com.
I watched the first episode of GintS SAC just now, since I figured I ought to have a masterpiece series like that under my belt. I plan to watch the rest.
-Ryu
