PSA and Con Report

[soc_puppet]

Back from Anime Iowa ^_^ Had a great time. Will tell everyone about it shortly.

But first a quick announcement. My home computer access has been cut off. I'll be stuck posting and reading from the library for a while--though once school starts, I'll probably be setting up camp in the building's computer labs. On the plus side, this should help me get into shape again (which the con helped convince me of even more than recent blood donation trips--not being able to walk up twelve flights of stairs without a rest unlike my friends kinda drove the message home). It should also help in making me get a job, so I can pay for my own access... and modem, and router. I was going to start right away, because going cold turkey for an internet junkie to the extent that I am is not really a good idea. (I was going to avoid the library, too, but quickly decided otherwise.) Then I took a look at my bank account, and changed my mind. I'm going to need that money to buy books by the 22nd, especially if Mom and Dad don't reimburse me for 'em like last spring.

Will mostly be going around today trying to catch up with my friends list (though probably skipping most of the CFUD stuff until tomorrow) and saving fanfic to read at home (thank God I found my flash disc, is all I'm saying). I'll probably try to tackle what amounts to five days of absence at CFUD tomorrow or something.

And now, the con report.

* The company was good, the activities were fun, and I managed to get a little sleep (ten to twelve hours, total) and eat every day. Go me!
* I also managed to spend all my money. It went to: food the first day, Bleach plushies (Hitsugaya! Yoruichi! EEEE! (But they were out of Gin, and there's still no Orihime DD: They're so going to wait on her until they finish with the SS charas, I just know it)), tip for the maids, pre-reg for next year (Super Early Bird Special, $25.00!!1!), and inside-out pocky. I wanted a Ramune, but there was none left by the time I went to buy one ;_;
* I was reminded why I like to cosplay. Not just for the pride that goes into making a costume and making it well (though I probably fail at that, as compared to some of the other people in Pat's room), but for the recognition involved. I mean, if you go in a costume, you are guaranteed to be able to bond with anyone who recognizes and likes that character. Especially if you do it well.
* I did not, as expected, run into any CFUD fans. Or if I did, they didn't notice/recognize my T-shirts or didn't speak up. I am teh sad ;_; I am all the more determined, however, to go to a larger con now so I can meet some (more) of them. On ten minute meeting with Excel-mun last year was not enough!
* ...Wow, hey, being hit on by guys totally freaks me out. I'm going to wear a costume next year so I can at least pretend it's cuz they like the character.
* Speaking of being hit on by guys, if they do the "How To Talk To Girls" thing again next year? I am so going to stand up and tell people not to be intimidated by tall girls. Because I didn't this year and regret it. I mean, I may be freaked out, but I'm sure there's plenty of tall girls who are sick and tired of being ignored.
* I'm sure I had more, but I don't remember it? I didn't really do a lot that didn't involve walking around with people who were staying in the room.

Anyway, off to save stories I go.

Comments

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Ha~ I know your pain about the limited internet access >.> Had to suffer that sort of thing for months. D:

But anyway >.>;;;

Glad that you had fun at the con and...uh...I'm sorry I spammed so much! *FLEES*

[soc_puppet]

The horror DDD: I need a hotel job. Mostly so I can be a better Hostess Bates for CFUD con, but also for the money.

XD I'll live, I'm sure. *will be catching up tomorrow, really; didn't have time today, oops!*

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a good time! Glad to hear it!

*crawls over to corner for further pouting* Perhaps next year, I will be able to gather a couple friends and go as well...that would be most awesome =D

[soc_puppet]

Yup ^___^

I hope so! :O It'll be in Coralville next year, at the new convention center, from August 10 - 12. I'll try and get a room so you can have a place to stay, but I make no promises at the moment.

We'll meet someday, I know it!

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

August 10-12...hmmm...depending on how things go (i.e., graduating from college and finding a job in the real world *cringes*), I think that might be do-able. I've never been to a con before, so that would be so awesome! Coralville...I think I've been there before, at Linn-Marr! [/random]

*strikes victory pose* We will! And then you'll probably think I'm a total freak in person >_< *tends to babble when nervous or excited*

[soc_puppet]

Ouch >_O I still have a ways to go before doing either of those. Not that I don't want the job, I'm just terrified of everything. Anyway, Coralville is right next to Iowa City, and debates rage as to which one is actually eating the other.

XD Okay, that might be true, but I'll be thinking it in the best possible way, I assure you.

[sleepfighter.livejournal.com]

Agree with you 100% on the tall thing. Talking about gender at traning and personal expirences reminds me that male = tall for some reason. This is also, I supose what I get for be ing 5'11. -_-;

[soc_puppet]

:O You've got an inch on me, then. Though Neji-mun still tops us both at six-foot-one. ...She also promised me brownies if I made six-foot-two, since Mom seems to think I'm still growing :DDD

Anyway, my planned speech goes like this: "Guys, don't be intimidated by tall people. We aren't mean, or scary, and even if our heads are really far off the ground, it just means we're used to bending over. Besides, it's the short ones you really have to watch out for."

[sleepfighter.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Also! "Girls, don't be afraid to date short guys. The others bitch because they are jelous of your man." Or words to that effect.

[soc_puppet]

I will definitely be sure to add a note along those lines. Because total agreement on this end.

[materia-indigo.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good time at AI, and I'm sorry I had to miss it this year. I'll try to go next year. Any chance you can come to AD?

[soc_puppet]

I dunno yet. I'm hoping to go, since I need to get more anime conventions in me (one a year is apparently no longer enough), but I'll have to see how circumstances play out. Maybe if I can bum a room from someone.