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Ashy's Katsucon 2010 Adventure!! |
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SO! I attended the Saturday of Katsucon 2010, the "sweet sixteen" of this particular convention. I have many a story to tell, so sit down right there and let me tell you how I became the Fresh Princess of Bel Air...
It all started out on Martin Luther King day when I went to the mall with my friend and we brought up the idea of going to Katsucon together. I got all excited and worked up and "OMG I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!1" and the like. So Friday comes. No school. I go home, and get my stuff together for the con. Saturday morning, February 13. I get up at 7:15 (grooooaaaaaaaaan), get myself all spiffed up, pack a few last-minute items in my backpack, and head out the door to wait for Tora to pick me up. She said she was coming at 9. ... She got there at 9:30, as Mom and I were walking back home, me feeling extreeeeemely dejected and emo. Took about an hour to get to DC from my street, and then when we got to the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, we were like, "WHOAAAAAAAA." It was kinda overwhelming at first. We went to the bathroom and added the finishing touches to our outfits. That's us, the damn crazy ravers we are. (Tora's in the black-and-red, I'm in the smiley shirt and Tripp pants and kandi.) We got out of the bathroom and went to register. The registration line was really short! I accidentally almost stole the badge-writing sharpie, but I gave it back. Then we hit the dealers' room. We spent a good deal of this con shopping. We walked in there, and lo and behold, CAPITALISM! Within the first five minutes I found $5 yaoi sale bins (believe it, ladies and gents!). I also saw Left 4 Dead pills, some spiffy steampunk people, and an adorably in-character Chii. She took my glasses off my face with a soft "Chii?" and started poking at them as if she'd never seen a pair of glasses before in her life. Holy. Crap. She was too cute. I gave her a huge hug. So I shopped. I won't lie to you, I spent over a hundred bucks and I don't regret it. (Yet. I might later, being a college student.) I left the Dealers' Room to find Tora's friend Sito, who was cosplaying Cloud. I lost the game (sorry!) many a time due to this cheeky b*****d. We then went into the Artist Alley, in which I conducted my first kandi trade EVER, swapping one of my bracelets for a pretty pink one. I almost bought a knitted, functioning, rollable-and-stickable magnetic Katamari ball, but I resisted the impulse buy. I also encountered a Witch, a rather cute Hunter, a crack pairing, Ezio with pop out hidden wrist blades, and a pretty tiger-girl. Then we went to get some noms because we were hungry as hell. I got a muffin. We got a seat by the fountain, where we found a lot of awesome cosplayers, including but not limited to Quail Man, Sailor Moon silliness, a pretty hot Bayonetta, this big group, and... Lady Gaga?! Whoa, I didn't see that coming! I went back into the dealers room, where I saw another Witch. I yelled "WITCH!" and she jumped. I apologized, and a few seconds later I walked away snickering, "Heheheheheh, I startled a Witch..." Lucky I didn't get clawed to death. During my shopping adventure I saw this awesome chick who reminded me of Tank Girl (she's not though, I get the feeling she's some other character, I just dunno who) and L and B. Oh my God, I flipped so badly when I saw them and -had- to get their picture. I'm glad they didn't mind my dorky fangirl moment. Along the way I picked up a friend, a kitty-boy, and I chilled with him for awhile. He was really nice, I feel dumb for not getting a picture. Found Tora again. Also found this Ceil cosplayer who honest-to-God looks like a life-size BJD in this picture and Captain Hook. Went back into the dealers room, bought stuff, and saw... Fanta girls. Except the yellow one was a guy. WTF. There were also a few more Lady Gagas and a Ghostbuster with the perfect "Ohhhhhh s**t" face. And, for some reason, Elmo too. ..... Yeah, WTF. We stopped to rest for a bit, contemplated ordering pizza, and got some unexpected fanservice. We decided we wanted to go to the Masquerade. So we got in line. And that was the biggest line we stood in all through the con. We got some not-so-decent seats, Kamina used his glasses as a mustache behind us, and we only stayed through thirteen or so skits because it got kinda mediocre after the first few. The beginning was funny; there was a con staffer who was MCing, and then Darth Vader usurped him, and then Vader got pwn'd by these girls from Dead or Alive, who -actually- did the MCing. (Domo-kun wasn't an MC though; he just walked by at the right moment and I wanted to include him in that picture.) The first skit was pretty funny; it was Soul Eater, I think, and they did Thriller. There was a Hetalia skit in which Chibitalia gave the Holy Roman Empire a pair of panties and a red string, a rather dirty Hellsing one, an awesome pirate one, a Loveless one with some awesome dancing, a Kuroshitsuji one with Grell and Sebastian doing the tango, a skit with DDR characters and "Evacuate the Dance Floor" by Cascada, and "A Concise Summary of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children," which consisted of Tifa singing "It's Raining Men" with the FFVII men behind her. Those are the ones I remember. After we left the Masquerade we hung around for a bit. We saw this awesome steampunk aquarium-pack, this really tall Willy Wonka who was at Otakon, a cute Pokemon hug, more of the Sailors, and the lightshow fountain. That was cool. I did a few more kandi trades, took some more pictures, and then we headed out. While we were waiting for Tora's parents to get their, Tora recognized Vic Mignogna! I couldn't resist the opportunity to take a photo of a famous person, so I went over and said hi, took his picture, gave him a hug, and plopped next to Tora feeling kinda starstruck. I mean, he's done some pretty big roles in the anime-dub world. And he was pretty nice to me! Not five minutes later he was getting something from a UPS person and he seemed to be complaining about something. I'll never know what that was all about, but I was still sitting there going "Whoaaaaaaa I hugged that guy less than five minutes ago and he's a big-shot voice actor. DUDE. WHOA." So then Tora's parents came, and since we were hungry, they kindly took us to Wendy's. We recalled some of our adventures to them on the way home, and I got home somewhere between 9:30 and 10. All in all, AWESOME DAY.
Total pictures taken: 137. Photo Album: Here Purchased: Black cat ears, purple fuzzy leg warmers, three pins, two fanarts, Ravenclaw tie and scarf, a giant red d20, a $15 grab bag, a Zydrate Support Network t-shirt. I feel like I'm forgetting something though... Kandi trades: 4 Time spent at the convention: About 10-11 hours, ish. Fun?: OH ABSOLUTELY!!!
EvFaerAshlynn · Tue Feb 16, 2010 @ 01:10am · 0 Comments |
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