Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Sakura Con pt. 2
Lol....I dont think anyone will actually read this far ...but if you do BRAVO!!! =^.^=

Saturday began with me sleeping in (YAY!) lol. We had a nice relaxing morning in our room, as we all got breakfast and then headed out around 10am. Amanda had her Clamp photo shoot, as her second cosplay was Yuko (I hope thats right?) from XXXholic....she had a HUGE kimono on it was absolutly gorgeous! So I was bag holder and photographer lol but it was fun :)
Then I pretty much had to go and start standing in line for Vic Mignogna's autographs >.< I was on a mission to get his autograph for my friend :P But it ended up taking approx. 3 hours!!!!!
I dont know why his line up was so ridicuously long...(well thats a lie I do know why...FMA fangirls *cough*)rather dont know why he's so popular ...he is a really nice guy though, took time to sign anything you wanted and pictures etc etc for all the fans. Even still, he isnt my favorite VA *gets mobbed by vic fangirls*

I missed TheO meetup which REALLY made me upset...that was one of the things I was most looking forward to but by the time I got done with Vic Mignogna it was 3pm and I had no idea what to look for to find everyone *sobs* :P

I went to a few more panels, watched some AMVs and then met up with Amanda again. We went and got some food and then went back to the hotel so she could change into her third cosplay, which I dont know lol! She had another photo shoot and I went to get in line for the cosplay contest. I was WAY at the back of the line as I was only there a half hour early >.< haha....but still Heather doesnt settle for crappy seats 8-) I looked around and around and found an opening in the third row and asked if they were taken...JACKPOT...lol so Amanda came back just before the contest began.

The contest was one of the other things I was REALLY looking forward to :) I always watch videos of cosplays from cons on Youtube at home so was exicted to be there and watch it in real life. There were at least 4 really good ones that I knew were contenders to win. After the cosplay then the Dreamcatchers preformed the dance from 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya', which made me super happy :)
After cosplay Amanda and I were on the hunt for the Nintendo Wii....which escaped us that night, but we ended up attending the rave for a couple hours then met up with a group out in the hall who we hung out with until about 4:30am.
We went back to their hotel to eat bread! LOL! ....haha you had to be there :P

Sunday was a bit slow...nothing much going on (well still lots happening but compared to the other days, I wasnt in so much of a panic of what to attend and things overlapping)....I went to the DreamCatchers and Piano Squall performances, sat in the dubbed anime theatre for a couple shows, the AMV room was always a good spot....I was really looking forward to Liam O'Brien's dubbing panel...but they scheduled it the same time as his flight out :(
Amanda and I finally found the Wii and made fools of ourselves as we played tennis.

We went to the closing ceremonies which were delayed about an hour by the auction. I didnt mind watching the end of the auction for about a half hour but then began to get restless (I dont know if it was more anoyance at the amount of money ppl apparently had) *shakes fist*
Closing ceremonies was nice, however I felt bad for ppl that had wanted to see it and ended up leaving b/c it was taking to long to start....not so much of a smooth ending to the con for them.

Amanda and I went back to the hotel and met up with Max (other roomate)....Amanda fell asleep and max and I rambled on about nothing really....our conversation consisted of stupid things to really heavy religous debate LOL it was fun....I had wanted dinner for awhile and wanted to find the elusive take out menu that was supposed to be somewhere in our room but alas was not to be....so fell asleep with an empty stomach :( not having ate since 9 am *violen in BG* ....I fell asleep on the couch and remember someone putting a blanket on me around 1 am >.< lol And that was the end to Sakura Con.

I really didnt want it to end...I remember actually having the feeling of 'I want it to keep going' or maybe just didnt want to come back to the hell hole known as home :P lol either way I headed back monday morning on the 11am bus to Vancouver, I took a cab to the ferry (which I missed by minutes, arg) but luckily they were having a weekend special and there was another boat in less than an hour.
Got back to the island by 6 pm (wouldnt y'know we got the super old, super SLOW ferry). My mom and me got into an argument within 15 minutes and drove in silence for the rest of the way with me ticked off in my head, 'welcome home heather NOT!' lol >.<

Whelps back to life again....however as much fun as this all was...it deffinitly was not enough time!
Im looking forward to AX in LA at the end of June....Im going to make a mini-vacation out of it and head down for at least two weeks....maybe i'll feel a bit better then!

Anywho....I thought I should post something....wasnt going to go all out on the con details but as I started typing I couldnt help it =^.^=

And thats a wrap!

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