ACen in a Nutshell

[evilhippo]

This weekend went waaaaay too quickly. Sparing you the gorier details of transit and hotel dumbitude, it was fun! I realized at some point on Thursday, perhaps, that this was my fifth ACen. Fifth! How much of an otaku do I seem?

I spent almost all weekend behind sketchyheart's art table, which was just as fun as it was last year (people come to me! I talk to them! It fixes most of what I didn't like about the whole con thing all in one fell swoop). And, remarkably, even at the times that I was at the table alone, I didn't have to deal with any of those really incredibly talkative awkward people. Just brief awkward conversations, and a few actual good ones.

The only actual panel I attended was the Power Rangers panel. And, er... yeeeah. I was only there for about ten minutes, but it was surreal on a really crazy level. I wanted to be a Power Ranger. So badly. And then, at 23... in the same room with three of them (and Lord Zed). So weird! And fantastic.

Oh! And I wore my Kaylee costume again on Saturday, because I fiiiiinally found a good shirt for it. And, and it must've been fate, because I also had the hair right until about noon on Saturday when I went outside and the wind uncurled all of it. I wish the only picture I had of myself in it wasn't blurry and taken in a mirror. If nothing surfaces (and likely nothing will, except from sketchy, because there were only about four people who took my picture because, you know... sci-fi at an anime con and all), I'll post the blurry one. Because I was all proud of how it looked.

Other than food, my only purchase at the con was a pair of papou fruit earrings because they were just that cute. I haven't even played Kingdom Hearts, and have no desire to, but the earrings? Yay!

And since this entry is so brief and detailless, if you want me to tell you a story, ask! If I don't have an appropriate story, I'll make one up.

Comments

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

What did you do when the aliens attacked?

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

You know... I was really surprised when I left the con that there wasn't more destruction. In hindsight, I guess I should've known better, because wherever there are Power Rangers, there's some kind of monster attack. Luckily for us, though, we had plenty of time to gather together weapons and fortify the artist's alley, since the aliens were stuck in the registration line with everyone else for six hours. They were pretty tough (I have a few armor scraps I saved, to see if I could make anything from them), but there isn't much that can stand up to unwashed fanboys and goth ravers with light sticks. I kind of wish there had been more explosions, but... well, I guess you can't have everything. Maybe next time.

[flutingfrenzy.livejournal.com]

Awesome; definitely post pics of whatever you make from the armor. I actually have some old shinigami battle armor lying around here myself, but I really don't know how to do anything but sew, and even the parts that I assumed were fabric can't be pierced with any needles crafted by human hands.

That registration line sounds like a bitch, man.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I was hoping to run into an alien seamstress and snag a needle, but no such luck. And given that I can't even find my pliers around the mess that is my room at the moment, it may be a very long time before I can make anything out of the armor. Next time we have a cookout I might try heating some of it to see what happens, though. You never know when evil writings are likely to appear and cause you to have a Destiny of some sort.

Oh yeah. I've heard so many horror stories. And a few about people who made the most of it, by bringing chairs and such (actually, in the case of the chair, it was an Urahara cosplayer, which makes it that much better). But... yeah. I ♥ sketchyheart so much for making me part of her "studio" because with my artist's alley badge I could just bypass everything. It's an awesome feeling. (And kind of makes me want to work for the con if I go again next year and she's not there.)

[sketchyheart.livejournal.com]

Tell me a story Carrie :D

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Gosh, you're going to have to give me some time, because I'll have to come up with one you weren't there for. (-;