Make-up

It suddenly occurred to me

      that it's past midnight and I still have to do all this shit to my hair.

Have I mentioned that I dislike hair maintenance? Contrary to.. actually I'm not sure about this but when I decided to get my hair locked I was completely unaware of how much work it would take to maintain it. Way more work than unlocked hair, that's for sure. My solution? Shave off half and just work with what's left! haha

I found a hair chick that has a salon nearby who specializes in locks. This might become a priority at some point. I've only been to a salon once in my entire life. Hilarious, right? Actually no, I'm lying. Twice.
Once in Peru for my quinseñera. The second visit was in Harrisburg to have my roots tightened. This was back when I had a full head of locks with a count of 95. I was there for 4+ hours. UGH. Such a crock of shit, I hate putting that much time into my hair, lol. The only time I'm cool with it is if I have dye in my hair and forget about it while I play Portal 2 or watching a movie on Netflix or something.

Make up... I always do the same thing. Just about. The only thing I ever change is the shape of the liner around my eyes.
Shadows are eh. I'll only really go out of my way to wear white shadow. Or a little bit of lilac but nothing theatrical. Ew. Also I suck at it so there's that. Dunno, never liked how shadow looks so I guess I didn't bother experimenting. It looks cartoon-y... said the girl with the clown eyebrows who played World of Warcraft.
Eyebrows... optional. The great thing about eyebrows is that most people who've seen me without em have grown accustomed to it and it's not a big deal. I think I can pull off not having em in. It's funny that I'll wear em for special occasions at this point. They're like accessories almost.

I like red accents. Not like lipstick or whatever but having a red hue to stuff. You know when you cry and your face reddens, your eyes become puffy and red and your lips get puffy and red too? I LOVE that. When I mimick the colors on my face from crying I get many a compliment on how well it goes with my skin tone. Combine the cry-eyes with blushing cheeks and slightly pale lips and BOOM.

WTF is bronzer?
 Sorry. That stuff looks like powdered piss caked on chicks faces. rofl

Speaking of cake...
I get told a lot that I have good skin. Thing is... I don't use a lot of stuff on my face. I dab liquid foundation under my eyes and around my cheeks so the blush stands out more. Other than that... bare. Skin likes to breath. When you layer all sorts of shit like...

• Lotion
• Concealer
• Primer
• Foundation
• Powder
• That spray shit to keep make up in place

 that's.... 6 LAYERS of SHIT on your FACE.
That CAN'T be good for it lol.
And then to put the other make up on top of all that? :( Poor skin

But... I also use a scrub wash. That apricot stuff from St. Ive's. The grittiest one because tough love works great in all roads of life.
Also genetics has influence, but there isn't much I can explain there.

Also I like using contacts. In the first one I'm wearing black contacts.
In this one I'm wearing circle lenses that make my irises look larger.

Those are always fun to play with.
 Whoa.
This completely turned into what stuff I use and do for make-up appliance.
Sorry, boy readers. =\
With that said... I'm procrastinating even more from lookin presentable for Jason's shows. I should just show up in jeans and a plaid button up shirt and sandles. Get sent home so fast lol.
Psyche. Jason lurvs me he wouldn't do that! ... I hope. >_> ha

Rot's a cranky face and is making me go to bed.
NIGHTY NIGHT.
PS: Mashed potatoes and rice = yummy and easy meal :3

2 weeks

  I very much don't feel like writing but it's been a little while. I feel as though I should.

About 2 weeks ago I went on a trip to go visit a long time friend of mine. I've mentioned them here before a few times. It was a nice vacation to get out of L.A. for a few days and leave the messiness of it behind. I had forgotten how calm and quiet places can be. I miss that. While there I didn't think to take many pictures.

The moms had this cool brewing machine called a Keurig. It makes great apple cider. Makes me wanna invest in one myself, however buying the pods to restock it may be an expense I don't care to bother with. AH, LUXURIES. RIGHT?
I stayed there for 4 days. It was chillier which was great because I love the drastic temperature change as you enter a house. It's all warm and stuff and you're like PHEW and it feels like winter.

My friend was adamant about making sure I wasn't bored during my visit. We both live vicariously through our pixelated sanctuaries so... yeah. lol. Instead, that night we went out for sushi!!
Delish! ^^

The sushi on the left is Eel - my favorite. The sushi on the right is squid. Normally I like squid, it was my first time eating it raw. I almost threw up from the consistency. It tasted like sea.

mmmmmmmmmmm... so gurd.
Funny story: I thought I had vacation time. I didn't. The end!

For most of the trip we just layed around and watched stuff on Youtube and movies. I was introduced to Haado Gei (Hard Gay). Thank you Japan, you are pretty much wtf.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

OKAAAAAYYY

- yep and we watched Brave. It made me wanna work on my Scot accent. I can only say a few convincing phrases- it's hilarious. We also watched Flight of the Navigator OH MY GOD I LOVED IT. Such a great movie lol.

American foooood! There was this super cozy restaurant that was decorated in retro stuff all American-y and stuff. I felt so hispanic being in it. Is that weird? I ended up saying "Oh so THIS is American culture?" There's no way of knowing if I was serious or not. I don't even know.

We also went to go see Wreck-it Ralph. Cuuuuuuute. I love how they incorporated video game glitches. Very very cute! The theatre was in a mall so while we waited for it to start we walked around and found these bad boys in a candle store.

This immediately made me think of Hank Hill. 

MAN TOWN.

It smelled like some expensive European mens cologne or body spritz or whatever. Pretty incredible.

I wonder how the market is on these 'manly' scents, haha. 

*nods*

If I was rich I would've bought all the patchouli candles and taken them to a landfill, burned it with all the other garbage and then bury it somewhere in Haight & Ashbury in San Francisco where the smell wouldn't bother the locals much like it naturally does the rest of the human species inhabiting the planet.

  

 

  Puppies up for adoption!

It was so nice to just not have to work for a few days and not have to worry about money (because I had already paid my bills). lol. Sigh.

Coming back home to L.A. was bitter sweet. But also good because Thanksgiving was approaching and that meant I got to try out a new recipe.

Once I got back my friend Jason asked me to join him for a 'hang out' session at the 1337 Lounge. It's where some of the Jace Hall show is shot at I think, and they've been regularly having people on a livestream thing. It was pretty cool, I'm glad he asked me. Getting used to the fact that there were random internet people watching my every move and hearing everything I said was a little weird at first, but later I learned to relax a little more. 

I met up with him at his studio before we split. He made me listen to this intro song he was working on for a film about an 88 year old secret agent. LOL

I've never seen real alligator shoes before. Ewwwww =\

We got there and were introduced to Xavier and another friend of Jason's, Jake. Jamison was there too. And, one of the hosts, Jenn was incredibly sweet.

Jake (left) kind of looks like Ewan Mcgregor. He'd make a great young Obi Wan imo.

The evening consisted of trying to plow through Dragon's Lair. Impossible. Hardest game that ever existed.

Laptops and cameras EVERYWHERE

OH HULLLLOOOOO

Good times ^^

They have a stream every day with a new guest if anyone cares to check it out. 

http://tinychat.com/1337loungelive

T H A N K S G I V I N G |

 I bought so much shit, omg. I didn't ask for my roommates for $$ because I absolutely hate it when one of them corners me and springs shit up on me expecting me to pay him for something I didn't even want. Treat others how you like to be treated is something I take seriously. This also gave me room to do whatever the shit I wanted with my food. Which basically I brought in to work so my co-workers could have some. I remember a long time ago another co-worker brought in her leftovers the next morning, and I was like omfg that's so amazing of you and it's so good thank you so much. 

So. Yeah. That made me feel super thankful and wanted other people to feel good too.

We had a ton of food. Rot prepared and roasted the turkey with stuffing and dressed it with beer. Yummy! He also made candied yams and mashed potatoes. Josh made baked macaroni and cheese.

I made causa and papa rellena. They're Peruvian dishes. Causa is kind of like mashed potatoes but kinda spicy and seasoned. You layer them with tuna salad in the middle, it kinda looks like a casserole. And papa rellena is kind of prepared like mashed potatoes, but the potatoes are kind of treated like a dough and you stuff it with seasoned ground meat with eggs and olives and stuff, and deep fry it. It's traditionally served with white rice, but I figured we already had enough food that the rice wasn't necessary. 

Lesbian turkey.

Drunk lesbian turkey.

Ready to be fried.

^^

nom nom nom

I was so proud of this. It came out sooooooooo good. The papa rellena was good but not as good as my moms. There's room for improvement but everyone that tried the causa agreed that it was amazing. GOOD JOB, ME.

I have a second job now, kind of. A little extra $$ for the holidays will be nice. I also am gonna start selling charms again. Except... I have to find a supplier thing for little packages to mail them off in. Also since Rot used up my black and red acrylic paints for a Psyclon show I have to wait for him to go out and get me replacements. 

This weekend I'm gonna be doing merch for Jason on Friday and Saturday. He's got two shows coming up, one in San Diego and the other here in L.A. So that extra $$ can go to like gas or something. lol

I also am up for a review at work. Boss says I did well. 

GOOD. I KNOW I do well. I do AWESOME. 

Modesty will never bleed into my work ethic ever again.

Confidence at work never mattered in the past but... considering how shitty someone was to me behind my back over a juvenile attention whoring turf war I wasn't aware of, I don't mind being a dick as much.

It's cool I guess. The weekend Dnd guy and I were in Long Beach he said they do it because their own lives are boring. I don't very much know much about that person's life, or care, but I trust that he's right. haha

All my other co-workers are great though ^^

They get Thanksgiving foods! 

Ranting feels good! I've been bottling that for a while. :3

 The thing is my life really isn't all that exciting. It seems like there's a lot going on but really there isn't. That's the best though. I like being boring. Unconventional at times sure but pretty docile most of the time. 

EXCEPT FOR WHEN IN JANUARY THE WEEKEND THAT NAMM WILL BE GOING ON I'M GOING TO DISNEY WITH MUH FRAN. More details to come... eventually. 

On a super exciting note... Rot made me mashed potatoes yesterday. And today I had Chipotle again.

This weekend is gonna be fun. 

Bath and Body Works had a sale. I don't think I've ever hauled ass that fast to get to a mall. Ever. It was buy two 3 wick candles for $20. Normally they're $20 EACH. 

I KNOW RIGHT!?

So I mean... I had to go. I had to go get some. and so I did. 

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood x___x

mmmpf. 

K I'm lighting my frosting candle and passing out.

Tool

 It's that time of year again where we all feel obligated to buy things for people and deaths happen in Wal-Mart! I think actually... the latter was Black Friday. And I could be mistaken... I'm unsure if it was in a Wal-Mart or not. POINT BEING...

Rotny bought me the Rift expansion as an early xmas gift. I got home today and was eager to play it, but when I sat down I remembered I had somewhere to be at 2PM. Did that, got home and started feeling sleepy.
I wish I had the motivation to go in the kitchen and prepare myself coffee but I avoid the living room/kitchen if I can help it. Why?
There's always a weird tension or cloud of resentment when bumping into one of my roommates because while Rot and I have similar personalities, he's the complete opposite and it can be quite overbearing.

Today Rot and I were having a talk about some of the things that have yet again made things uncomfortable. His desk is set up in the living room because of his music projects, and my bizarre sleep/work schedule has me napping in the middle of the day. But he feels he has zero time or space to himself. I'm always in my room you see, however our roommate is... not like he and I. And it can be... mentally exhausting for our quiet, solitary comforts. I wish there was more that I could do, and I've suggested he mention it to him again, but that's all that we can do. Culture shock of clashing personalities is rather bothersome because it's quite easy to solve - once all parties are self aware of their influence.

I just went off on a completely different thing all because of coffee. Writing, why you so therapeutic?
Also today I learned why someone would smell like copper.
Check yo'self. Because you're slowly suffocating those around you, and will eventually kill them.

BACK TO RIFT THINGS yeah... 
What about GW2?
I liked it but not enough apparently. It was great and all but there was a lot about it that was just kinda all over the place. Mainly that the classes you pick really don't matter. There aren't roles. People just go in and zerg everything. There's no real synergy to anything is what I'm saying. You grind and grind and grind ... and grind and grind.. and grind some more. And then grind some more. And then... grind some more. And that's pretty much it. Oh, I forgot.. you farm stuff in order to grind through more stuff faster. It seems brainless. I got bored of the repetitiveness that felt never ending of just... constant grinding and farming to level. There were different ways to complete quests... like.. instead of going off to kill 12 monsters for some guy you could travel somewhere and collect 20 of some rare plant instead. I can appreciate that- the variety. However, it's all still the same in theory. And there were random "events" where a bunch of monsters spawned somewhere with a boss you fought at the end. Eh.
It's a good filler, but not enough.        I just went off again...
It's good to be back to Rift. I miss traditional mechanics. Trion added one more soul to each class in this expansion, and they're so... experimental. O_o I shall clarify.

4 Classes:
Warrior - Cleric - Rogue - Mage.

They all had 8 different sub-roles you can elect 3 at a time to play as. Some compliment each other well, but it's really up to you.

As a warrior you could choose to be a "tank" class.. so you'd pick the 3 'souls' that gravitate towards that role, or you can be a warrior who just does damage.. and pick the souls that suit that role best.

As a mage you could be a healer or a damage dealer. Support roles are also there depending on how you chose your 'souls' that gave you a bit of both.

Same with Clerics and Rogues. So there's a lot of flexibility in the game as far as customizations in play style and even pace of combat as weird as that sounds. In this expansion they gave all the classes one more subrole (or soul) to choose from. THEY'RE SO WEIRD.

Warriors got this ranged damage thing now...
Mages got a melee thing... which is earth shattering because I've never heard of a wizard doing melee combat
and... I don't care about Clerics or Rogues. So I don't know. But I'm sure it's something just as bizarre. Actually I just looked at the new Cleric soul. Basically a warlock that heals. Sounds ... interesting >_> hmmmm....
and Rogue.... ah, a ranged spell casting soul. Basically a mage with heals. HMMM.

Well there ya go. That's some serious flexibility. Cleric's new one sounds cool though...  "Defiler" it's called. I might, ahem, experiment with that more once I return from my trip.

As of right now I'm lacking in the image department. But here's a little something.

My pet bat :3

I have a level 50 on both factions, and 3 mages all together. I haven't decided what I'm gonna play yet. I also have a Cleric that I wanna level and was undecided on up until tonight. And I wanna delete my lower level mage but she has a crafting skill that my main character could benefit from. Grr! lol
I don't think I'll be playing Guardian side again though. I think Azuarak has retired for good.

Rot woke me from my nap and my sleepy butt demands cereal!

Long Beach Comic Con 2012

       
         This weekend  taught me that I still don't know how anything works. With that, it also tested my ability to remain optimistic, as I am naturally a pessimist... as some would say. I think that's a bit exaggerated. I just like to be brutally honest with myself about absolutely everything so as to not disappoint myself. Ever. But whatever... pessimist fits.

This trip was planned in advanced a while back and even though I am a dumbass that doesn't understand anything or how adults do things, it was still pretty awesome. One important lesson though... never, ever, ever attend a convention without any money whatsoever. Even if you were dying, don't do it. It fucking blows.

Friday Morning:

I worked. Going home and napping seemed like the smarter thing to do since I was leaving early, but it turns out that I am unorganized as shit and had to do a bunch of last minute things. The plan was to go pick up DnD guy by 2:30 and try to get there in an hour, as our hotel check-in time was 3PM. The idea was to go over there, drop off all our shit, get some food, maybe walk around, pre-party? WHO KNOWS. THE POSSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS. It was a Comic convention after all.

That's pretty much how it went. We left on time-ish and the ride over there wasn't bad. Except for the part where we got to the convention center and instead of it being a 2 minute drive to our hotel, it was more like a 20 minute where the fuck is it drive taking us further and further away from the convention center. Many confused u-turns and gps tinkerings later, we came to find our hotel. It was approximately 18 minutes away. Why? I dunno. I'm a dumbass.


 WHATEVER, IT'S COOL. We'll just drive there, np. Walking is for dicks anyway.

We walk up to the check in counter and give him all my things to bring up my reservation and whatever.
"It's 164.00"

 wait no... wat.

I already paid it... on the website...

"No, it was just reserved"









........ OKAY..... SURE


And that's the story of what happened to all of my money. Like forever. Until I get paid again.

It was a test of how long I can hold my shit together without breaking down and dying.
DnD guy was forced into gentleman mode, and he offered to buy me food. I am eternally grateful.
The most I had on me was literally 4 one dollar bills and 3 dollars and some change in my bank account. I knew he had his savings set aside for this so I didn't wanna alter that, but he was amazing. I am really thankful.
 We went to our room and go all our shit out of the car. Everything I had imagined just.. wasn't gonna happen. lol
We were hungry and bored. We were gonna die.
Just kidding, they had cable. It almost killed us though.
The incessant commercials ... I can't believe people still watch cable. What poisonous garbage.

So yeah, we chilled in the hotel room that night with cable television.
The plan was to stay there and get settled in so we wouldn't have to make the trek down early morning the next day with all the traffic and actually be rested and whatever. HAHA. yeah.
But we did discover a new show about some rich hick family who became millionaires through a duck call business. Like selling duck caller thingies for hunting. Weirdest shit ever.
And then we saw some news thing about a family that accidentally came across a lottery ticket, and they won. That was infuriating.
At some point we braved the streets and walked over to the Jack in the Box that was a block away. He treated me to dinner, bless his little heart. Then we went again because we're just hungry all the time. But this time we drove because we didn't wanna die. I bought myself a large soda with my 4 dollars. He said he wanted to buy but I felt bad enough. =\ .... THANKS BOO.

It sucked that Devon wasn't there. It could've been the Little Tokyo crew... but in Long Beach.. for not Ramen things but convention things.

The next morning

 We were supposed to be up by 9 to get ready and split. It started at 9:30 and figured... that sounded okay. But instead we woke up at like.. not that. And went later. They had continental breakfast so we literally went down there and grabbed as much as our hungry asses could. We looked like thieves. IT'S FREE THOUGH, SO.
We got ready and drove to the convention center. Parking was funny. We didn't know it was gonna cost $10, and DnD guy only had $6. The guy was cool and let us in anyway.
The only things I had equipped to survive this weekend was my little phone's camera and my aesthetics. I made it work.

Side story: 

When I was in San Diego, I had asked Alan if he was going to the con. He said he wasn't sure but might check it out. This turned into a lets all go together thing that I wasn't fully aware of and became awkward.

Once we got there we went inside and wandered around the lobby going IS THIS IT?
Yanno.. because I'm a dumbass. The only other convention I've ever been to was Blizzcon 2010. I thought it should've been.. bigger. There was no way it was just a hall with rooms and panels... and that's IT. There were stairs that led to a lower level, but the signs were confusing. They said press only. So we're walking around totally clueless to the show floor at the end of those descending stairs.
It took us a while... we got it.
We were like omg are we trespassing into the professionals only area? lol.
OH THIS IS THE SHOW ROOM THAT MAKES SENSE.
COOL.

And taking it all in was like omg. Where do we even start? Which direction do we go? LOOK AT ALL THESE BOOTHS, AND THINGS, AND PEOPLE IN NEAT COSPLAY. ALL THIS STUFF TO LOOK AT HALP

Josh was there. And Alan was able to make it after all! He stayed the night at our place and he and Josh ended up going together. I didn't really see much of them that day until way later.
I was kind off doing my own thing, as was DnD guy. Every now and then we'd walk together and brainstorm my plan of attack to track down the joker cosplayer who goes by "Harley's Joker."

That was my mission. To track down "Harley's Joker" and take as many pictures as possible with him. I saw him almost immediately a few rows down, his form slightly obscured from my view by posters, booth guys, and other attendees eager to meet him. He was also with his gf, and I know how that goes.
Dating a musician for 5 years that's in the industrial version of the backstreet boys? OH I KNOW HOW THAT GOES. This might be a little tricky. But I got this. I'm like Steve Irwin. I got this.
It wasn't even that big of a deal, but it was more fun that way. And I now totally understand the vibe I gave off when Rot and I were out at a show and someone wanted to approach him. It sucks. SORRY FANS, IF I LIKE.. INTIMIDATED YOU OR WHATEVER. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND NAO  Look at this shit, it's ridiculous.

Dear god it was all so overwhelming. We literally just kinda stood there and didn't even know where to begin.

I should've taken a picture of the show floor.. but I didn't think of that at the time. I'm stupid. And omg... Rotny just walked in my room with a grilled cheese sammich. Awww...

This shirt made me think of my friend Deadponies. He likes the tofu.

They also had these neat cars outside that were all decked out in Star Wars shit.

And then out of nowhere I lock eyes with Chris Vrenna. OH HAY... RANDOM MUSICIAN GUY THAT I'D NEVER EXPECT TO SEE HERE and his colleague friend. I can't remember his name :(
We had literally just met the weekend before at the Cleopatra Records show. Clearly he remembered me. I was only the idiot girl bouncing the massive pink balloon around like... an idiot. At a goth show. With Dubstep.
He was like I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HERE lol. They were asked to attend for an interview with... I forget :( God I'm awful at this shit. But were staying to check it out. I got a vibe that he's not super into that stuff, considering how he called the attendees "virgins" which .... deep down made me D:
but it's cool. I hope he enjoyed himself! Geek stuff is great :D Virgin or not! haha

Look at this fucking apron.

Look at it.

I wanted that Star Wars Coffee t-shirt so bad. 

A testimony of that one time that I AM A DUMBASS.

*boner*

Legit.

*double boner*

Apologies in advanced for some of the blurrier images. I care too much about the blockage of traffic and try to avoid causing a bottleneck because I'm that fucking considerate. So... yeah.

Sweeeeeeeeet.

OMG It's Alan! :D

mmmpf.

Searching and more searching. Still no luck finding Harley's Joker. He was probably outside being photogenic or something.

I actually had passed him again, but just didn't have the balls to approach him. I thought that was it. I blew my chances of ever seeing him. EVER. It sucked. 

fucking SICK AS FUK

You GO Fradel. YOU GO, MAN.

Who the shit ever said legos are for kids? 

And then just as I was losing hope... I found Alan again by the bathrooms waiting for Josh, when he told me Josh had come across something that he wanted to show me.

Josh is a man of many a-showin'

Sometimes good. Often... sure, okay yeah. 

This time he surprised me.

He took DnD guy and myself to Marco Galli's booth.

What's the significance of this booth? 

ONLY THIS.

He did ink art for the Drizz't comics. omg

And look at Jarlaxle. That sly motherfucker.

omg.

SO AWESOME.

HOW DID I MISS THIS BOOTH!?

omghad.

The sad thing was that no one had approached him all day. He was so happy that someone recognized his work and appreciated it. I felt so bad for the guy but shit his work is amazing. I feel like a total dumbass for not having noticed the sign that clearly said FORGOTTEN REALMS right on his table. He just didn't have the stuff I recognized out on display, but I'm so glad Josh told me about it. It was amazing.

We gushed like fangirls.

YOU GO, MARCO. YOU GO, MAN.

That's the cover art for the Sojourne comic.

 So yeah, Marco Galli. YOU SIR ARE THE SHIT.

After some more searching for Harley's Joker with no luck, we all went in search of food and came across a Sharky's.

Josh and DnD guy both offered to pay for my meal. I felt bad... frickin embarassed.

Josh ended up paying for it which I preferred because I could always pay him back, and DnD guy had put aside a certain amount just for this weekend. SO MUCH GENTLEMEN-NESS.

He also gave me money for gas. I was afraid that I wasn't gonna be able to make it back in fear of traffic. Oh Josh. Him and his money having ways. 

Then we headed back to the convention and branched off. I searched... but still capturing stuff :D

This guy was SO CUTE. I asked him if I could photograph him, and he of course said yeah. Then as I started walking off he goes
"uh miss? Miss?"

"yesss?"

"Can I take a picture with you?" pointing to the woman with him holding the camera

"ooh, yea sure!"

*pose*

"could you..like... hug me?"

"yeah!"

 He was so soft spoken, it just was really cute. His suit was awkward to hug though. It was massive. Looking back I should've just thrown myself on him. lol

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE. IT MADE THE NOISES AND EVERYTHING

Sandeep! He was chillin at the "The Guild" booth. 

He tried to get me to go to an improv show that evening and said he'd get me a nice discount, and I considered it... but then remembered I'm a dumbass. :( 

I wanted to sit on his lap so bad. omg.

The one on the right... mpf.

I kept looking for him.
IS THAT HIM?! Psyche. It was the other one.
 Damnit.
 ^ That was pretty much me the whole time. I'd see green hair in the corner of my eye and go OOH.
damnit.

And then... and then.. I spotted him. Circled by camera phones and cameras alike.
I approached cautiously like a young, hungry hyena sneaking up to a fresh corpse being picked by vultures and seasoned hyenas... to try to get a bite.
In the midst of people photographing him. I waved at him... and when he saw me he looked at me.. like with this face of "oh god is that chick"
Or maybe it was just my social anxiety telling me this.
He pointed at me and did his grin thingy. I took the opportunity to capture this moment and cursed myself for being so far. Others were also taking his picture so I didn't wanna just jump in and go OMG LEMME TAKE YOUR PICTURE PLOX

but then he goes

"You. c'mere! Get over here!"

I DID. 

YEP. 

I DID. 

I WENT OVER THERE.

JUST WALKED MYSELF RIGHT OVER THERE.

I SURE DID.

PRETTY MUCH WE LOOK AWESOME. Just kidding.

This doesn't do him justice. And my camera doesn't focus well unless you tap on the little square that pops up in the center if it doesn't auto-focus. BUT STILL.

Mission accomplished.

I went to find DnD guy... to let him know my mission was complete of course.

It turns out that he had acquired a mission for himself as well. 

To buy a weapon. Which one? He had his thoughts on a sword. The problem was finding something... and committing. It's okay. We had the rest of the day, and the next day to figure this out.

BUT... I saw Harley's Joker guy again.. and decided to ask for more pictures. 

I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

These didn't turn out as good, BUT... I have them.

^_^

The convention that day ended at 7pm. We were so ready to split. Tired, sore from nonstop walking for 7+ hours, sort of hungry, and just ready to drop. Josh and Alan said they were only there for that day. I know Josh was looking forward to meeting an artist but he wasn't there. He was gonna be there the next day though. =\ Boo.

We all walked back to the parking lot together and said our goodbyes. 

DnD guy drove us back because I'm a bad driver when I don't know my way around. And it was night time.

We got back to the hotel and crashed. He woke up around 2AM I think. I got up briefly, then fell asleep again.

So exciting.

 

The next morning we were up around 9. Weird.

Check out was at 11 so we got dressed and went downstairs to grab breakfast. This time we didn't grab everything in sight. We sat down at the little table and talked about Haiti's gross national product and how African tribes don't care how many times you explain AIDs to them, they'll still think they need to sacrifice cows to some god of theirs in hopes that AIDs will just go away. And other worldly stuff.

We packed up all our shit, checked out, and split.

Those are my boots and lolita mary janes he's carrying.

WHAT A GENTLEMAN :D

"I was walking to the car with your boots and these two guys looked at me, looked at the boots, and then looked at me again and I was like... yeah."

This time there weren't as many people cosplaying. I'm assuming the second day is the day people just chillax and enjoy the event... but ironically... the cosplaying is part of the event. Isn't it? So like... ??? It was still cool though :D

There were still some really cool costumes. 

This guy was wearing.. like.. legit LARP armor. The expensive kind that's made out of real... whatever metal they use to make it. He was clanky as shit, it was awesome.

 Everyone is beautiful. 

There were two panels I wanted to see. The voice over panel and the anime voice over panel, lol. 

I was only able to make it to the first one. We lost track of time and missed the anime one but the one I did see was really insightful. Basically what I got out of it is... you need to have money in order to be a voice actor. Otherwise you're pretty much fucked.

The chick in the pink shirt did the voice acting for the female Blood Elf in World of Warcraft. :O

Alison... something =\

 He really liked those. 

Eventually he decided on getting the Sweeny Todd straight razor replica. It's super cute, but really sharp. 

That day we left early. We had achieved our con goals, and I even saw the Joker cosplayer again without his get up. I would've liked to have talked to him a little more, but I'm sure he appreciated being left unbothered to enjoy the rest of the convention. 

DnD guy drove us back. We got back around 3ish with hungry bellies, but opted to just go home instead. Aaaahhhh home ^_^

I had a few dollars left... so I got these little light saber hair chopstick things. They're Mace Windu replicas xD

And Josh bought purple furred cat ears.

I have to pay him back for so much stuff >,<

But I guess that's what happens when you go to a convention unprepared. Or just really clueless as to how anything works.

DnD guy made me listen to his music on the way home.

Never again.

THAT WAS FUN ^_^

I'm hoping to maybe attend Wondercon in March. We'll see! :D

omg I'm gonna go pass out now