Saturday, October 25, 2003

   Baby's First Con
I went to my first con yesterday! So I had a half day at school yesterday (as you would know if you, for some reason, choose to read my posts regularly), and I went online afterschool. Carie got online and asked me if I wanted to go to Anime Reactor w/ her, and of course I said yes. However, knowing we wouldn't be back to her place 'till 1 or 2 in the morn, I chose to tell my dad I was gonna sleep over there, so my parents have no idea about this whole thing. You'll see later in the story that this is a very, very good thing. On the way to the Rosemont center we went to BK for lunch and I got a Hamtaro toy, so this became a huge joke between Carie and myself. When we got to the con, I registered and got my very first con tag! (It was later lost...sniff). On it I put my pimped out name, Jess Jezz, and the catch phrase "Ham it up, yo!" The first thing we did was went to the dealer's room. Wow. Just. Wow. I was sooo overstimulated. I was going to buy a messenger bag because mine broke, but alas, I didn't have that much money. However, I did manage to spend the money that I had on an angry moose, a sushi keychain, a vibrating Totoro (of doom!), and others. We went to the game room and saw Angelina's con buddy, Walker the Stalker. We met his friend Chase, who tagged along w/ us after the rest of his group went up to their room to drink. We went to Straight Eye for the Queer guy, a panel which (unbeknownst to me) was a yaoi panel. However, I do love yaoi so, and so I stayed and listened to talk from some people including my new role model, Heather. Carie got little Mr. Right and Mr. Perfect things that you put in water and they grow (I got a prize for mentioning that they weren't anatomically correct) and Chase got 2 skeleton ones, or a "double boner" as it was...::shudder:: It was super fun, and I left very happy. Since the dance didn't start 'till 11, Chase went up to his room and Carie and I wandered around and talked to the other connies. I also started asking people what they would do for a Klondike bar, and when one girl wanted a prize, I gave her a quater. I do believe I have started a tradition, lol. Some people got a quarter and a penny if there answer was good, maybe even a quarter and a nickle. However, Hot Zell had the ultimate answer and got two quarters. His answer was...::drumrool::..."you." Drool. Carie's going again today and a told her to tell Zell that there will be a Klondike Bar waiting for him at ACen, hehe. Later we went up to Walker and Chase's room, and they became our (or rather really just my) alcohol liasons. They had a computer in the room and a PS2 w/ this really cool game. The Asian Guy and The Mexican Who Isn't Mexican were there too. Carie was a little focused on the game and failed to supervise me and my alcohol consumtion. Alas, it has been a while since I've been with my friend Jose Cuervo, so needless to say (I think) I got totally smashed. I remember Carie and Walker having a tickle fight, and from around 10 to about 1, I don't remember a damn thing. Now I used to go to my friend Jim's house and get smashed, but that was about 2 or 3 years ago. From about 10 to 1ish, I dont remember a damn thing. However, it is said that I am still a very happy drunk who likes to laugh and sing. I'm actually kind of glad I don't remember that part because I apparently got sick, then passed out, then woke up, then passed out. At that point Carie's mom came to collect us. Not cool, you might think. Wrong. Jan is a very understanding woman who has a wonderful don't-ask-don't-tell policy with people's parents, and also doesn't mind much if we do things that teenagers really ought not be doing. I woke up in the car at about 1, I remember singing the song "Tomorrow" from Annie, and then we got to Carie's house and fell asleep as soon as I layed down. Lucky for me, Jan gave me some ibprofen before I went to bed, so I didn't have a headache this morning. I was a little dizzy and queasy at first, but allin all not too bad. I had some oatmeal and kept it down and also took a shower. In closing, I think my first con was a total success...I think.
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