But actually in Ontario, California and not in Los Angeles.
Haaaaay, hiiii.
I'm so behind lol.
YO. I can't stay home lately. And it's been really awesome, but like, I miss being in my room all the time lol. I feel like I haven't had a lot of that time lately. that room time.
BUT YOU KNOW. Here we are. So here we go.
The following weekend after Canadaland, there was another con: see title of post.
It's actually my first ALA. Never been, idk why. I guess it was far enough away that I just didn't wanna bother with another far away ass con with the driving and the hotel and whatnots. But I did wanna check it out.
Eventually Doge was like, yo I live like 20 mins from there, you can crash at my place and I was like YO. I LOVE YOU THAT'S SO NICE OF YOU.
And yeah.
Also, he was gonna go as Kyubey and I was gonna do a half-assed Charlotte--both characters from Madoka Magica.
She's hard to describe kinda.
Basically, Charlotte is this little doll that's a manifestation of a girls favorite toy, who used to be a Magical Girl, but fell to despair and turned into a witch. The little doll manifestation is one of two forms of the former Magical Girl. The second form is a huge, black, polkadot caterpillar thing with a crazy clown face that eats everything in sight (so, me basically).
And Doge went as Kyubey who is basically this cute little white cat alien thing that manipulates girls into agreeing to become magical girls to save the world, but leaves out the part where they might hate their lives and then become witches if they get sad enough.
So basically dream team.
I packed all my shit, including my trusty Kyubey backpack, and headed to the convention center.
Doge was at work until almost 6, so I was gonna meet him later.
MEANWHILE IN ONTARIO, NOT LOS ANGELES
Ran into omg is that theJAYKID?!
first person I run into here.
Actually, he spotted me 3 miles away as I was walking up to the con probably trying to find something.
(that's a thing. i'll wander, trying to find something in the air or whatever and somehow "CYNTHIA!" just ... is heard somewhere and i see colors and noise and dead things, and i'll turn to look somewhere all confused and frightened, and it's a friend who spotted me.)
i totes follow him on instagram
SO PRO
I heard tell that I may find some body pillow covers that were to my liking.
That was quest numero uno.
Quest numero dos was to find some dope ass Symmetra stuff.
LEZGO
First thing I spotted. Wasn't disappointed.
Overwatch was alive and well.
This booth tho.
*buys Fallout stuff at an anime convention*
This image tho, basically sums up the con.
D.Va, Mei, and Traver EVERYWHERE. Especially D.Va
There was barely any Symmetra stuff.
Anthem; "Do you have anything with Symmetra?"
Hi Jarod :)
Should've gotten that your waifu sucks necklace and worn it all weekend because that's how I felt
but, food trucks, so I got over it
Did end up finding a cool keychain and pin for my bag tho.
My friend Eric found me too.
And Jasuuurrnnn ^_^
Dude let me have this Espeon plushie out of his photog case. Can't say no to that!
Just realized I wore almost that same outfit to another con lol
OMG you guys Genji was EVERYWHERE
Don't tell Hanzo >_>
SO once 6ish came around, I headed out to Doge's.
He graciously invited me to spend Chinese New Year's dinner with him and his family. Like.
dang. The feels.
Wub dis guy.
Won't let me date asian boys
he's the best.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEA CUCUMBER?
Well that's what that dark thing is.
It took 3 weeks to prep. THREE WEEKS.
Craziness.
Tasted good though.
And this soup was so good omg
she made it with like 14 chickens or something crazy like that
am i being serious? who knows
i don't even know
but it was awesome
So we ate, took selfies
lookin FRESH
and split back to the convention center
all the alcohol I consumed the entire weekend
i get down at parties guys
Found this fool
Existential Mr. Frodo
Omg so we ended up going to this afterparty in someone's suite and it was weird
People were so drunk and there was this chick who kept trying to straddle this dude on the couch and it was awful and someone's dog shat in the corner and people were gone and just omg I can't
We didn't stay long and ended up going to the lobby.
BTW this wasn't at the con, it was at a hotel. if you haven't already gathered.
I forget which one but it was like, across the street or whatever
She saw me earlier and said I was purdy
She's purdy tuuuuuuu ^_^
Dude working hard.
OMG okay so at one point
We all went up to Mr. Frodo's hotel room, and just hung out for a bit.
I can't remember how it came up but Mr. Frodo was like omg you should let me shoot you and boudoir came up and I was like ya I'd totally do boudoir. and he was like wat really and I was like ya. but like in a trash bag rofl and he was like LETS DO IT and I was like omg it's a joke and the more we talked about the more I wanted to make it happen, and Doge was like YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DO IT and I was like ughhh omg.
so .... YOU'LL SEE.
Friday was awesome tho.
Was pretty beat when we got back to Doge's place.
I was a good weeb and brought my kigu. Got into that and passed out almost immediately
The next morning, Doge put his Kyubey mask together in like 3 seconds.
I let him borrow my ears because I have an infinitey Kyubey hats and plushies and things in my room
BOOM.
I also fell in love a little bit.
Look at this gorgeousness
And the man next to it
In all seriousness tho, next time I see him I'll probably propose.
And I have that Reinhardt skin, and it's beautiful, and I can't even imagine seeing this cosplay in its entirety
I don't play Reinhardt often, but that skin is one of my favs in game, and he gave me his instagram where you can see the work he put into it and HO HO HOOO
He's out of my league.
Did you see his hair? scroll up look at it
jesus
okay I'm done
Reinhardt guy is my dream guy
Doge, pls don't kill him
BUT LOOK AT THIS LUCIO THO
Wasn't kidding about Genji.
Also, one of these Genjis really really likes my legs.
CONS ARE FUN
Hi bb.
Bulldozed through like 60 people to get to her so I can take her picture shit you not
There was an Overwatch meetup
and a bunch of them grouped up for a shot in Dippy's video
I ship it
Seriously tho, If I find a Hanzo that's like.... mppf
I'm stealing him to shoot with me as Symmetra i don't even care
And it'll be the cutest thing ever
Because they're so opposite
But emotionally blunted kinda
ugh
I wish Reinhardt guy would cosplay Hanzo.
wait no.
no. I don't.
MOVING ON
Dippy and I were talking and I totally forgot his name I fetl so bad but Joe spots me from 4 miles away and goes CYNTHIA and I see colors and noise and dead things and turn to him and vaguely remember him from Bats Day black market. He's at like every event ever and is a photog for... yeah. It's on the photo.
And he's like POSE and we're like OKAY
and this happened. lol
Eeeeew, I hope my skull isn't that oblong. Gross.
OKAY. So I run into Joe later and we're hanging out, and this dude here, in his picture, approaches me and he's like oh you're from that magical girl anime right? I go, yeah want some candy?
My character likes candy, so I offer some to him, and he looks at me and goes
Does it taste like pussy?
I can't tell you how insanely flustered I got
All I could do was inhale, glance to the side and just turn around and walk away
because i could feel myself blushing ... what the fuck do you say to that?
So I walk back to Joe and his friend and told her what that kid said to me and she's like ARE YOU SERIOUS HE CAN'T TALK TO YOU LIKE THAT
And she starts walking towards him fuming and I'm like oh fuck and she calls him and is like did you just say so and so to her? And he's like whaaaaa?
Blah blah she's pissed right trying to get an answer from him, and he's looking at me and he finally says yeah I did and she's about go off on him so lol I'm like FUCK not here so I do that thing where you stick your arm out all like, neutral with your hand extended waving it kinda all calm like, right. and go hey man you can't talk to people like that it's way inappropriate and she's next to me calling him a pervert saying don't talk to girls that way all pissed off right
and the guy apologized said it was something his character would say BUT LIKE :\
ew.
that was weird.
crisis averted
i appreciated her standing up for me like that tho. she went into super mom mode. I think I would've probably reacted similarly if I felt the chick was uncomfortable enough. Which I was, so she did. huh. funny.
definitely didn't wanna draw attention to it tho because he was with a group of friends and nooooooooooooo
do not want
so yeah, that.
:D
There wasn't a lot of Symmetra stuff, but the cosplayers made up for it!
I appreciate this guy
RIGHT!?
This was $16 I hate myself
Most comfy cosplay of my life
FOUND A DANIELLE
AND A KYLE
So Danielle and I hung out for a bit before we came back to this panel where our friend was in.
We went back to Danielle's hotel room, and her sister was there and 2 other girls in this cosplay group. and they THANKED ME FOR HAVING NOT GROSS LOCKED HAIR LOOOOOL
It was really flattering lol. Coming from the sistas, that means something because I GET IT. Like, there are just some white dudes and chicks with the nastiest fucking DREADS. Do you, and go with what you wanna do, but my chicks and dudes... that shit's RANKY.
Those beaver tail things? Damn.
They ranted to me for a little while and all I could do was nod with the biggest grin on my face because it means something to people, having locked hair, right? And when you see it made into this like, thing that gives it a bad rep, it sucks. HIPPIES, MAN. jk lol.
but they liked my hair a lot, and I was like.... yeah man. I feel you. thank you.
GUYS.
If you're gonna get your hair locked... PLEASE.
Please.
take care of them
it's a commitment! and it's not easy
so do some research and be aware of what you're getting yourself into
because it's a long process that demands a lot out of you, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
BOBA THO
Hotel con was lit, as the kids would say.
Didn't get back until like almost 4? Gah. It was crazy fun
SUNDAY
Resistance Auntie was in full regalia, ready to flip everyone off
It's perfect because Doge is basically Resistance Auntie already
This hurt me.
It wasn't mine, but I saw it from like 5 miles away and ran towards it, crying
Should've bought this pin =\
because yes little boba milk tea, i would absolutely do that for you.
Hans is my one and only casual fuckboy Genji
False.
bought a weeby shirt. My weekend was a success
best
She was such an awesome Ana omg
Papi! ^_^
aaayyyyyyyyeee
HER PANTS THO mmpf
out of cosplay Genjis booty blessin
(his butt is unreal)
I CANNOT LIE
OH.
SO.
FUNNY STORY..
Dude thought he could get away with sniping shots of girls, in addition to getting panty shots while they shot with other photographers.
He was called out by a cosplayer, who pointed out that one of those girls is underaged, whose dad was there. The dad looked through the guys camera and called the cops. They confiscated dude's camera and arrested him.
MORAL OF THE STORY: don't be a creepy perv, because people are sick of it, and will call you out on it.
And of course, after a con it's always important to go stuff your face.
And stuff we did.
Good times, for realsies.
And as soon as I got home, this happened.
I enjoyed it. Was scary for a RE game. Probably wouldn't get the DLC for it tho, but was cool.
Sup
Oh hi Mochi
no it's fine just lay on my shit that I'm neurotically trying to make perfect and ruin it, it's fine
SO.
Remember the trashbag thing? the trashbag boudoir nonsense?
Well.
I put on my best gettup and made my way to sort of Koreatown kinda where THIS FOOL LIVES SORT OF
And I got in a trashbag and he shot me lol
And this poor guy....
oh my god I still feel bad.
See, I don't pose very well. Like, I don't know my body angels other than my right side being my 'good' side. And I can't look into a camera seriously without laughing. I can't pose, or look off into a yonder all sexy like because there's nothing there and when i see people doing that all i can think about is what is on the wall they're staring at to look at it so longingly
i can't
i'm awkward
so he had to direct me
and i still did it wrong
This.
This is what I excel at
And selfies.
I can take selfies, but that's because there's no one around and I can see what I'm aiming at.
But I'm actually just an insecure little potato that feels weird in front of a camera.
BUT HE DID IT. HE MADE MAGIC AND ... HE SHOT ME.
LMAO
omg you can see my veins loooool
YEAH.
It was supposed to be satire. If that wasn't made clear already.
His patience made the whole thing happen lol because I had no clue what I was doing.
Some of these, actually, where I'm curled up and stuff, I just do that already with a pillow and it felt easier, and he made it look good lol.
my hair fell in my face and everything felt right in the world
so yeah. laying curled up felt most natural to me lol
tis my potato pose
also what i do when i'm in bed, except with a pillow.
AND THAT WAS MY SHOOT. with a trashbag
so i can look at this
and say i was trash
:D
and then I had to take a selfie of myself wearing my Kinji baby hat.
because it's too big for me but I love it
And afterwards we went to get pho :D
And then I had work at 4am but didn't get home til almost 1
YEAH.
ALA time was a good time.
A lot of stuff's gone down since then. Lots of catching up to do with photooooos and I feel bad because some of you guys tell me you enjoy reading my blogs I sowwiieeess I get way behind lol.
I'M SORRY THIS POST WAS WEIRD???
If it wasn't, then idk. it was weird for me. lol
and I'm probably never doing a shoot ever again
(that's a lie, because some of my photog friends keep asking me to)
maybe in a potato sack.
IDK. WE'LL SEE.
and now I want donuts