Despite claiming that I would take it easy, I actually spent a good 12 hours at con today, getting there at around noon and not leaving until almost midnight (!). I probably loitered around longer than I should have...
I woke up after a pretty good night's sleep and after showering it took me about half an hour to do makeup and get ready for everything. I don't really terribly mind it too much but doing that for 3 days in a row might end up being a pain. If I'm not feeling into it I might dial it back and just do eyeliner only or something.
I got to con at around noon and grabbed a pita sandwich from Pita Pit to eat for lunch. This is only my second time eating food from there and I did a terrible job ordering from Pita Pit last year, but fortunately I did much better this year. The sandwich ended up being pretty expensive ($8-10??) but was actually pretty darn tasty.
I ran into Isabelle as soon as I got to con and we hung out for a while, perusing the Gaming Hall (which was the only thing open at the time) and wandering around a bit. (Here I also discovered that we had TGM3 not TAP set up!) At one point we went out to take some photos of me in my outfit because the weather was this gorgeous cloudy sky that felt and looked great, but as soon as we set foot outside the convention center the sun came out behind the clouds and ruined everything. orz Maybe tomorrow...
Eventually we joined up with Kotaro and made our way through the Artist Alley. Around this time I had also ran into a bunch of other people, including Lann, Alex, and their friend, Bleu, and even Poochy. Going through Artist Alley was pretty fun and I even picked up a new Journey print (which you can see later below). I think I felt this last year too, but this year going through Artist Alley I definitely felt myself glossing over so many of the more "cheap" art styles and the only things that really stood out to me were the ones that had good composition or just....were good artistically, haha. It was interesting for sure.
Me and Kotaro also spent a good deal of time in the Gaming Hall today, which was great fun. We played through the entirety of Metal Slug 5, which was pretty fun, though I'm not sure it was the funnest Metal Slug game I've played. I don't think I've ever played 5 before, as most of the stuff seemed pretty unfamiliar, but I think by far my favorite is still 2 (or X), for a lot of reasons.
I also stopped by the TGM3 machine to play a round of Master mode, where I got an S5 or something mediocre like that after dying at 6xx or something (eh), which was also when we ran into Allen! After that, we went and played the most awesomest game ever -- Bishi Bashi! It was even in English this time, which was neat, and made the roulette game MUCH easier. We did not too bad and I actually made it to level 17 before dying to the always-ridiculously-hard Sushi game. It was easier being in English, but....not by very much at all. RIP.
I also managed to get some relatively fun games of SF 3rd strike in against a Dudley player who beat me a bunch until I finally eked out a win. My skills were definitely rusty and all, but it was a good time and we both enjoyed it quite a lot. Me and Kotaro also played through most of this random shmup called Wyvern Wings, eventually deciding to leave it at the last level.
We also made our way through Dealers' Hall where we basically just skimmed over a bunch of stuff but didn't buy anything.
At this point we were getting pretty hungry so we met back up with Isabelle and Wendy (who had just arrived) to go grab dinner. We ended up going to HoM Korean Kitchen, which was not the place I was thinking of at all but was actually very good! After that nice dinner we headed back to con, said a brief hello to Jeremy, then went back into the gaming hall where I parted ways with Kotaro and met up with Eddie instead! Me and Eddie made our way to the swap meet where we did a pretty efficient sweep of the place and I actually came back with a pretty reasonable amount of stuff! I'll go through the items in the photos section below. One notable thing was that at one point a manga set of Kokoro Connect caught my eye and I was contemplating whether to buy it or not -- at $2 per book, it was only $10 total, which wasn't very much at all! I remember very much liking the premise of the show and how it started off but also remember not liking how it ended / the second half as much. I decided to walk away from it, but ended up coming back. Unfortunately either they had misspoke or I had misheard and it was actually $3 per book...so I said no. $15 is still pretty darn cheap for 5 books to be honest, but eh...it wasn't a manga I particularly wanted to have.
After that we thought about heading home but instead decided to stop by the ballroom for B&W ball staff private lessons. We both joined in on a WCS private....but it wasn't very useful as it wasn't actually a "private" as it was more of a small group lesson and we were way ahead of the rest of the group. So me and Eddie just ended up working on some stuff by ourselves afterwards, which was good! After that Eddie took off but I hung around with the WCS instructors to glean some extra knowledge (they recognized me!), and they worked with me individually on some things too! One thing that I've definitely come to notice with WCS is that (like a lot of other things) it's taught in so many different ways by different teachers, and it's really up to you to figure out what to "believe" and what you think is "right". I think it's good that I'm not entirely vested in WCS because I feel like I'd be a lot more frustrated by that if I were.
Here's the photos I got from today!
The Pita-Ten art book was $10! It was perfect because as the person was looking up the price I said to myself "hmm, I'll probably pay at most......$10 for this", and it turned out to be $10 =P Yay Koge-Donbo art~
The Nanoha booklet and pencil/eraser/ruler set was just $1!
The Sumikko Gurashi re-ment was $7...probably the most pricey thing that I got, but I feel like Sumikko Gurashi things make pretty good gifts ^^;. Also I like them a lot now too.
The 3 stationery sets were $1 each! And the one in the little book-shaped container has a few different designs in it. I always feel great taking other people's stationery off their hands because it's super cheap and I always get to tell the owners that they'll be put to good use :)
The Hello Kitty.....thing....in the middle we have no idea what it is yet. The Katakana says "Sanrio Chara 'Puchisurara'" which made no sense to me....or the other two people I asked, who verified that it does indeed say "Puchisurara". Wat. Well, in any case it was only $3, so I got it anyways.
Also right above that is a Cinnamoroll tape dispenser, only $1!
And the Journey print was my get from the Artist Alley -- $7 or $8 if I remember correctly. It's a nice one, featuring a Scarf Jelly~
All in all not a bad day, though I probably stayed longer than I should have, and got pretty tired. As always it was really great when people recognized and liked my costume. :)
Tomorrow my goals are mostly to hang out with Angela and Lann, and also perhaps to set up some private melee time with Eddie. And of course, after dinner, heading straight to Aivi & Surasshu's concert! And heading home straight after that.
Thinking of going to con around lunchtime again...should make sure that I get a good night's sleep still!
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Fanime 2017 Day 1 - A Full Day
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