ACEN 2005 - THE REPORT <33333

YAY!! Acen report fin~ I'm like...so happy that it's finally done O___O it took forever to type up. it's CRAZY long, too XDD it ended up being 11 pages in word ^_^;;;; I hope that SOMEONE actually reads all of it XDDDD but don't feel bad if you can't ^_^ i'll understand. really. OH AND IF YOU HAVE SLOW COMP WATCH OUT!!!!!! I have MANY pics and they are HUGE ^_^;;;;;;; just a heads up. anyway, let's get this started, shall we?!?


THURSDAY:
AACK thurs was awful ^_^;;; I woke up late and rushed off to school where i had an awful history exam that i was NOT ready for *sobs* so awful so awful. after that HORROR i came home only to find that Jan-chan was not at my house yet!! i realized ONLY TOO LATE that i had NO way of getting in contact with her ^_^;;; i decided to just work on my pikalita underskirt until i had to go to work and hope she'd call or show up or something. I worked and worked and still wasn't done when it was time to go to work!! i asked my mom to finish it for me and she did ^_^ what a doll! so just as i'm about to go, i get a call from DAVI <333 he's like "workin hard? almost done? are you ready?" and i'm like "ACK nos! i's not readys. omglolz spaz etc" and he was like "good work snugglebuns! see you tomorow" and i'm like "WOOT" (ok...it went NOTHING like that XD but you get the idea) and as i'm about to hang up with davi, i get a beep and it's JAN-CHAN!! i was so happy ^_________^ but also sad because i had to go to work ;_; and i knew i wouldn't see her until i got home.

work was suck - par usual. so i get home from work, try on the underskirt - it fits great!! then i pack and am slow XD we FINALLY go to leave at like 11:30 or something?? and as we're sitting in the car i realize i forgot to print out directions *palms face* so yeah ^_^;;; you can see how the night was XD so we finally get on the road and i drive right past our exit XD we go like an hour out of our way before we're back on the right track ^_^;;; it was fun driving with janet!! we just talked and listened to random music (with taht AWFUL car adaptor thingy for my brother's cd player >.< ick). so we'd been driving for a while and were getting pretty close to Jessica/Psy's place. we're going through this tiny town and all of a sudden - BLUE AND RED LIGHTS FLASHING OMG *spaz* i was freaking out XD i'd never been pulled over before!! i had only been going like 5 miles over the spead limit ^_^;;; so i had no idea what the problem was. so we pull over (i couldn't find a place for a mn, though, which was totally awful) and janet puts in this children's cd i have in the car XD and we sit there looking like teh nicest girls ever, i swear XD though it was like...3 am? hahaha XD so he walks up to my window and i had the driver's thingy and insurance all ready to hand over and he takes it and asks where we're headed and junk ^_^;;; then he starts going on about drunk actors and how he thought we were drunk XDDDDD i guess i was weaving a bit?!?!?! *don't think i was* and he totally thought i was just drunk XD so me and janet are like "nonononononot us hahaha " and he just let us go ^_^;; he was really nice. i was surprised ^_^ but then...we did have creepy childrens' music playing...and i had a hello kitty wallet XD hahaha. so yeah. adventure of the night!!!

ah but that night was freaky o_O while the police guy was looking at my insurance and crap in his car, it sounded like someone was hitting the side of the van. we're looking around and we don't see ANYONE!! then as we drive away, the kids music gets all CREEPY and weird O_O like...it was making warbly noises?? so we just turn off the radio XD hahaha. and then we get to fort wayne and we're driving along and we see this REALLY creepy guy (well, jan thought it was a lady XD) with these 2 little kids walking down teh road. IT WAS FREAKIN 3 AM?!?!! i was freaked out hardcore XD i wanted to call the police and junk ^_^;;; but I DO NOT HAVE A CELL ;_; sucks so bad. so we finally get to Jessica/Psy's place at like...i dunno...4 am? well, it was like 4 am our time!! so there it was like 3? we end up staying up for a bit talking to them and junk ^_^ then we finally just crash *it felt sooooo good to sleep*


FRIDAY:
ah friday!! we got up at like 6:45 and hit the road a little after 7. We talked for most of the way (about CRAZYNESS) and listened to a bunch of Psy's random mix cd's XDD until we got really close to the con ^_^;;; then i HAD to hear some shiina!! it was pretty stressful driving in Chicago - i'd never been there before or anything, either. when we FINALLY get to the con i am SOOOOOO tired o_O seriously. so we head inside and we decide to just go reg first since the line's probly going to be huge. I'm kinda worried because it was pretty close to the time to when i was supposed to meet davi by the big ugly statue (which, by the way, was really REALLYugly). We walk into the hotel and the ugly statue is like the first thing you see XDD so as we're walking toward the con center (from the hotel) i see a blonde head coming towards us and i just stop like "ooh. i know that hair" XDD and davi just throws his bag down and stands there. then psy runs out and hugs him XDDDDDD i was like "ah ok XD haha." and then i gave him a hug. he comes with us to the reg line. when we get there we see that it's CRAZY long O____O so jan gets in line for us and we all go to check into the hotel. we run into davi's people and tell them to go get their stuff and meet us back in line. i think psy and jess went out for a smoke at that point ^_^;;; so we get the room - NO PROBLEMS at all *very happy about that* and we go to bring some of our stuff in there.

after that we go back down to the reg line and we're like "oooh where's jan?!?!" so we just got in line XDDD the next 3-4 HOURS were crazy o_O we were by some really cool people in line, though ^_^ so that was good. but OMG the line was just neverending. I WILL NEVER EVER NOT PRE-REG AGAIN O___O this is a promise. it was TOO awful! Ah I still feel awful for making davi wait with me...even though i didnt exactly make him XDD i even told him he could leave like a dozen times ^_^;;;; because I FELT SO BAD!!! the line was freakin NEVERENDING O____O i was already REALLY tired to begin with and then just standing there, hardly moving for all that time just made it worse. i don't know how much of what went on in the line i want to type up ^_^;;; so let's just say it was interesting and the people were cool ^_^ there were these 2 random guys (i don't think i even asked them for their names o_O) who kept wanting to group hug with us. and there was an uber cute (she was SOO tiny O_O) CardCaptor Sakura cosplayer ^_^ and this friend of hers (who i guess she only met that morning??) who drew some pretty wacky art – i actually bought one of his drawings for 2$ ^_^ i felt so nice!! so yeah, it wasn't ALL bad....but like...i never ever want to do it again XD hahaha. i should mention the most retarded part of it, though. i'm like RIGHT towards the front of the line. SOOOO close. and they kick davi out o_O we were like "WHAT??? he's been in the freakin line for all this time, though!!" and they just made him leave because he was already registered o_O it was nuts. but like i said, i was towards the front of the line, so it wasn't that bad ^_^;;; when i finally got out of the line, i was so excited i just ran away, grabbed davi, and went to get pillows tickets ^_^;;; i TOTALLY forgot to pick up one of those bags of crap they give out XDD so lame!! *sigh* though i somehow ended up with 3 program books?!?! no idea how XD

after we got all of that taken care of, i honestly don't remember what we did XDD um...we ran into janet? i was super happy about that O_O i was freaking out because i thought she wasn't going to find me and we'd never see each other again and all would be lost!!! O____O but we ran into her somewhere XDD shortly after that, davi and i were starving so we went to get pizza! We went to this place right down the road ^_^ it was REALLY yummy!!! even though i only ate one piece ^_^;;; we also got cheese stick things * loves cheese*

then we came back to the room and were like...chilling XD i tried to call shannon a few times because i was starting to get worried because it was like 7 or so and she wasn't there yet O_O we chilled for a while more...but i started to get worried about being late for the pillows concert. Davi wasn't feeling too good either. when i finally left, i ended up being like 15 mns late for the concert ;_; i walked in and tried to find janet but yeah. that was pointless XD so i was walking around the back of the room and i saw Davi, eddielee, and richie!! i was under the impression they weren't going to go ^_^;;; so i sat down next to davi, feeling bad because i couldn't find janet ;_; they played a song or 2 that i wasn't very familiar with so i was like "meh" about it. but then...they played funny bunny XD i was like "OOOH yeah i like this one" and then they played "one life" and...i kinda flipped out a little bit XD I STARTED TO FREAKIN CRY!! i can't help it, though ^_^ ONE LIFE is my sad song. whenever i get really depressed or something, i turn on that song and just cry ^_^;;; so i've been conditioned! i had no control ^_^;;; i was so happy to hear it, though! then sawao yelled "COME ON..." and i knew he was about to say "little busters" and i couldn't take it anymore XDDD so i was like "davi, do you mind if i go jump!?" and he was like "ah no. i'd go with you" and i was like "AH good i'm going XD" so we went and it was awsome because i freakin LOVE "little busters" XDDD then they played FREAKIN HYBRID RAINBOW and i thought i was going to DIE O____O no seriously. i have MUCH love for that song. gah i was so happy right then ^_^ for about the past 3 years, that song has been on my list of songs to hear live before i die XDDD so this year i've been able to check off Area AND Hybrid Rainbow!!! ^_^_^ woot! they also played Advice for an encore <333 much love for that.

after the concert, davi and i were both pretty sweaty XD hahaha. we tried to wait for any of our people to come out of the concert outside, but none were to be found so we just went back up to the room ^_^ Jan was in the room when i got there AND SO WAS SHANNON and her people!!! first i started rambling to jan about how sorry i was but she was totally cool because i guess she'd been with katie *woot* and some other girl (who i never got to meet ;_; ) and then i started rambling to shannon about how worried i'd been XDD seems they had some pretty crap luck with their car ^_^;;; like...it died!! so at that moment, all was pretty well ^_^ we didn't stay there for TOO long, though, because anime hell was going to start soon so me and davi changed clothes and headed down. it was ok ^_^;;; i'd already seen a fair bit of what they played...but fish fight, the GI JO things, and Heino were awsome as usual XDDD we ended up leaving before midnight madness, though, because we were both pretty tired


SATURDAY:
saturday was a special day <333 some pretty freakin sweet things went down that day ^_^ i had to get up *not too* early to go sign in for cosplay ^_^ i had never done it before and was like "NO IDEA" but shannon had to get up early to go reg, get pillows tickets, etc!! so i was on my own O___O it wasn't exactly hard, though ^_^;;; i just went to the room and told the guy who i was and he was like "OK" ... and that was it XDDDD so i go back up to the room and find out it only took shannon like an hour in line >.> i was jealous. i get into my PikaLita *MUCH LOVES* we decided to go to teh dealer's room until the GG tourny (at 2). Jan came with us and we looked for crap. we get into the dealer's room and head straight over to the Jpophouse table...i, of course, had my eyes wide open for SEEK ^________^ i spot his grandpa hat a mile away and i'm like "EEEK look it's seek! right there! it's him!" so we walk over to the booth and i was actually REALLY shopping >.> i swear *got ror-chan some mags =P* and john was like "oh hey! we didn't think you'd make it" *felt special for being remembered again* and i asked about where all the mags were and he was like "we've sold out of pretty much everything" and i was like "CRAP!" so i got the newest bible and some random cure mag for ror-chan ^_^;;; and then the translator lady (i can never think of her name GOMEN) recognized me and told seek i had been at katsucon and backstage both times there and he was like "oooh"*nodnodnod* you know ^_^;;; and i was like *pulls out backstage pic from friday concert and hands it over* and seek looks at it and goes "OOH yura-sama cosplay!" i was like "SQWEEEEEEEE yes" hahaha XD and then i give him the Ai no uta finger puppet of him i made and he was like "oh did you make this?" and i was like "yeah!!" and he was like "ooh cool" and then he tried to give it back but i was like "NONONO KEEEEEP IT O___O" and he was like "sank you" so cute ^_^ and he put it in this little bag he had XD then i was asking the translator lady if he was only autographing cd's and junk that you bought from their booth and she was like "ah yeah pretty much" and i was like "ooooh ;_; i was hoping he'd sign my magical box" so she asked him if he would!! i was like "OOH you don't have to ask! it's ok! i understand" and then he was like "oh yeah i'll do it" ^___________^ so he took it and was like "where do you want me to sign it?" and i just pointed to the front (near where it says PLC) and he signed it!! *spaz* i was soooooo happy <3333 then i bought a "seek fan" shirt for joanna and teh translator lady was like "wanna have him sign this too?" O___O i was like "OOOH HECK YES" because i knew joanna would flip XDD (which she totally did) I told her to tell him it was for my sister who was a REALLY big seek fan ^_^ he was like “oooh” (he goes ooooh a lot, i think....) so he signed it and I thanked him like 3 times XDD then i asked the translator lady how long he was going to be there that day and she was like "no idea" and i told her that i would be in my frontiers SEEK cosplay later and wanted to show him. so she said something to him about it and he was like "oooooooooh" XD so then i was like "SEE YA" and we wandered off =P i got a Zoro (from One Piece)plushie for rachel and while i was at the JPH booth i got a Daishi pin for Kath because he's her fave ~_^ so 3 down, 2 to go XDD

after dealer's room, Jan and I decided to go get some Pillows merch!! I wanted some T-shirts and she wanted MORE T-shirts!! so we go down near where the concert was and get in line (it was a pretty short line) and we wait and wait and wait and we couldn't figure out why the line wasn't moving!!! then we're told that the booth doesn't open until 1 ^_^;;; so while we're chillin there i take some cosplay pics. I was totally happy about that too because i felt SOOOOOOOOO lame for not taking ANY pics on friday. I hate myself for it, actually. Taking pics at cons is like...a MUST. I can't believe the lack of photos i have on my camera *shakes head * shamefull. Eddielee and richie walked up at some point too and got in line ^_^ i thought they didn't like the pillows AT ALL so i was lke “eh!? Well...cool XD” so me and jan just examined all of the shirts and picked out which ones we wanted ^_^;;;; and i took a pic with an ash cosplayer (awsome) and i saw lionel (sp!?! gomen ;_; ) and we talked for a bit and i gave him my business card ^_^;;; but he didnt have one!!! oh well. He's super nice. So finally it was 1 pm XD so they let us go and i buy 2 shirts and a keychain/cell phone strap. The shirts were so awsome O___O one says “BUSTERS: thank you very much i like you” omg it rocks XDDD i've worn it like 3 times already since i got home ^_^;;; so after that, jan went to go somewhere (i think like a fanfic panel?) and davi and i headed down to the GG tourny ^_^ AAAH i love tournys *spaz* it hadn't started yet so we just wandered around the room. i hadn't had too many pics of my pikalita taken yet but as soon as we got in that room i had like 4 people come up and ask for a pic XD i felt so cute in that dress XDD honestly. i hardly ever feel really pretty or cute ^_^;;; but i TOTALLY felt cute in that outfit XD i watched the para para fanboys bustin some moves out ^_^ ah they'r so cool but so scary XDDD i can only do PLC para para ^_^;;;; so yeah...anyway! we found out that GG tourny wasn't going to be console so Davi was like "screw that" so we go back up to the room...but shortly after that, katie came up and was like "GO BACK NOW IT IS ON CONSOLE AND THEY ARE RE-REGISTERING EVERYONE O___O" so we went back down XDDD and he signed back up and we didn't know if richie and eddielee knew about it so taht was worried?? they did eventually show up...a little late ^_^ but oh well. the first few matches were really one sided and not all that awsome to watch. actually, davi's match was the first one taht was actually...NOT lame XDDD he lost, though. the tourny was only single elimination *sucks* so we just left. eddie, richie, and katie all got eliminated shortly after and followed us up. Davi had a panel to run at 5 but i had to be at cosplay at 6 so i wasn't going to be able to stay for the whole thing. I started freaking out when i was getting all the stuff for SEEK out of my bag because I FORGOT THE FREAKIN WHITE SHIRT I WEAR UNDER THE FUR THINGY O_______O aaaaah i was so upset. i didn't know what to do and i was like a spaz case and davi was leaving soon and i was pretty upset ^_^;;; but then i went into like everyone's bags (aahh sorry everyone XDD) looking for white long-sleeved shirts BECAUSE I WAS DESPERATE!!! i finally found one in Katie's bag ^_^;;; it wasn't EXACTLY right...but it would work ^_^ so i ran back down to teh tourny and asked her if i could use it. i think i freaked her out a bit because she was like "DID YOU GO IN MY BAG?!?!" hahahaha XDDD it hadn't even occured ot me taht she wouldn't want me to ^_^;;; i'm so retarded. *note to self: ask BEFORE you go through everyone's things. SO ANYWAY: i'm feeling MUCH better after i had that shirt ^_^ so i was getting ready but Davi had to go before i was done ;_; so i told him i'd show up a little late. Shannon was also getting into her Hilda cosplay (which i was very impressed with, by the way. The grapes came out PERFECTLY ^_^) so it was a moment of bonding...kinda?? anyway, i got finshed before her so i told her i'd meet her in the cosplay green room at 6 ^_^ then i ran down to davi's panel room to watch!! sadly, when i got there, they were having major technical difficulties ^_^;;;

At around 5:45 i left – on the spur of the moment, i decided to run to the dealer's room one more time just in case seek was still there so i could show him the cosplay ^_^;;; i know i know...it's so retarded XDD i mean, he already saw it at katsu ^_^;;; but STILL!!! so i'm walking like AS FAST as i can because i only had 15 mns to get there and get back! I'm sure it looked totally funny, too XDD i have to walk all weird in that thing. And i kept getting stopped for pics, too ^_^;;; these two huge german guys both took turns getting their pics with me XDD it was too funny!! so i finally get to the dealer's room with seriously like 7 mns before it closes!! i rush over to the jpophouse booth and just kinda...stop. Seek was outside of the booth looking through posters XDDD IN HIS GRANDPA HAT!!! * gotta love it* so i kinda go “aaah” and he looks up and i kinda smile or something and he's like “oooh” (AGAIN XDD) and then i just stand there....pretending to look at crap...cause i felt silly. * sigh* so as i'm standing there...like 2 ft away from him, about 3 girls (also cosplaying seek) were like “OOH can we take your pic!!!” at the time, i thought they were interested in my cosplay ^_^;;; but looking back they were totally just taking pics of SEEK while he was right behind me XDDDD hahaha * i would totally like copies of those pics, by the way >.>* so after that a moment or two passes and seek kinda wanders back around the corner of the booth and i'm like “ah i have to go ;_; so sad” and i didn't see the translater lady there and i was bummed cause i wanted to say bai to seek and thank him for coming and junk ;_________; but then...right before i was finally convincing myself to go, she shows up. Out of like NOWHERE XDD she sees me and i wave and she's like “OOOH hi!!” and she tells seek who i am and he's like “oh yah her i already saw her thanks not interested” hahaha XDD well, i doubt he said THAT...but he didn't seem too impressed ^_^;;; so then i walk around to the other side of the table (not like behind it...just around to the corner side? Make sense?!?) and i say to the translater lady “well, i have to go!” and she was fumbling with a video camera and was like “AAH WAIT A MN!!!” and she started taping O____O i was like “eeeeeeh ok. No pressure XDD” so i say something to seek like “ah i just wanted to show you my cosplay. I have to go soon because i'm in the cosplay contest” and he was like “ooh cool. Are you aiming for the big prize?” or something like that XDD and i was like “no no i just entered for fun ^_^ i don't think i'll win” and then i asked him why he didn't have his piercings in (because all of his lip piercings were gone!) and he was like “i just ate” haha XD and then i said that all of mine were glued on and he leaned in really close and was like “AH REALLY!?! they look so real!??!” * DEATH* yes. He totally was shocked by my mad fake piercing skills ^_^ i rock. Then translater lady was like “ok let me take a pic” so while she was backing up and moving away, i lean over to seek and say really low “thank you for coming” and he says something back...may have been your welcome...may have just been “aaaaaaaaah” XDD no idea. Can't remember ^_^;;;; but anyway, then she took the pic. She tried to show it to me, but couldn't figure out how to work it XD she was just like “well, maybe it'll be in shoxx or something?” O___O ah i'd be so happy if it was!! 1) because i feel so L337 that i already got in shoxx ONCE...2 times would be UBER L337!!! and 2) because i'd really like to see that picture ^_^;;;;;;; haha so then i thanked them both a bunch and said i was sorry but i had to go or i would be late for the contest ^_^;;; and then i ran away!! it was so wonderful to talk to him like that. I felt all special * smiles*

so i run (literally) back to the hotel to find the green room! It was SOOOOO windy outside O_O i went outside because i thought it'd be faster then the walkway (which i didn't talk about before...but it's CRAZY long O_O) so i finally get inside all out of breath and freaking out and then i couldn't find the green room XD luckily, i found this other girl who was going there and just kinda followed her ^_^;;;; as soon as i got inside, i started looking for shannon. I can't wear my glasses with that cosplay, so i was like “ah i know she's here...somewhere??” then i finally saw her and ran over and plopped down XDD not even 5 mns later a familiar face comes rushing over to me all smiling and stuff ^_^_^_^ MISS TADANO!!!! you know?! the character designer for Sailor Moon who made a HUGE deal about my cosplay at her panel at SugoiCon!?! yeah, her ^_^ she was like "OOOH IT IS YOU!!!" and i was like "OOOOH HI OMG TEEHEE" and her daughter(i think?) was translating and saying that she was so happy to see me again and how much she liked my costume and she wished me good luck in the contest and hoped we'd meet again at another con *SPECIAL* oh heck yes. i was happy ^_^ I'd kinda forgot she was going to be there! I wanted to go to her panel, too. just for old time's sake ^_^;;; we didn't get a pic together this time, though ;_; but it was ok cause we totally recognized each other ^_^ ah yeah. sweetness. after that, i was feeling so tired. But nervous, too, because i was about to walk on stage in like...an hour!! it was nuts!! i didn't get to see the line (except part of it as i ran inside) but i heard it was like...over a mile long or something crazy O________o so yeah. No pressure!!! i meet this really REALLY amazing Macabre Die cosplayer O_O i mean really amazing. Her cosplay was awsome. And she totally liked mine, too XDD poor thing couldn't sit down, though ^_^;;; we took pics of each other and then i went back to sit by shannon. we wait and wait and wait and they start calling out people's numbers and crap to line up and i end up sitting like 3 chairs down from shannon (;_____;) and right next to this hello kitty cosplayer ^_^ she was uber nice! She even shared her chicken fingers with me * yums* her boyfriend was a really good FMA cosplayer who actually one like first place for solo skit or something like that?! It was all about getting drunk or something?? yeah well, she was nice ^_^;;; so we wait and wait some more and finally the cosplay starts at 7 (right on time) and then BING BANG BOOM everything is moving really fast O______O they're moving the walk-ons out the door toward the stage in groups of like 7-10. since shannon was in the group that wen before mine, i was in the backstage hall-type area while she was going on ^_^ i could totally see, though, and i cheered as loud as i could!! when it was my turn to go up, i was like “BWAH i have no idea what pose to do!!” so they say “and now jessica harvey as frontiers seek from psycho le cemu” and i just walk out and do this little * hands in the air* kind of thing and pretend to blow a kiss XDDD i think a lot of people cheered for me ^_^ at least it sounded like it!! so i felt loved <333 so then i walk off stage and thats it. I go back to the green room and chill for a little while ^_^;;; my head was starting to pound, though, like it usually does whenever i wear that cosplay for more then like...an hour XDD so not too much time passed before i decided i needed to go get out of it ^_^;;; i tell shannon and then head back up to the room. When i get there i find out that everybody was having a room party XDDD i guess davi invited some people from the fighting game panel up and then jan brought some guys from the fanfic panel XD i walk in and i'm like “who're you guys?!” and everyone is like “OMGOMGOMGOMG WHAT ARE YOU!?!?” hahaha XD i always forget how crazy i look ^_^ so i could see that davi was busy so i thought it'd be a good time to go visit Maple FINALLY ^_^ and bring her the dvd's i got signed ^_^ while i was in teh room, i totally saw richie throw a phonebook off the balcony o_O i was like "WHAT ARE YOU DOING O_____O" haha XD and i guess they'd been throwing a bunch of junk ^_^;;; jan was like PISSED because they threw her oranges (those were good, too ;_______; ) and they threw a manga thing and a cd so yeah. crazy. XDDD so i only stay in the room for like 10 mns tops. Jan decides to come with me because she's had her fill of video games for a while XD so we head down to maple's room (which i found out the number of by asking psy and jess when i ran into them earlier that day by the seek table) and i just bang on the door a bit...or maybe jan did because i had my seek hands on? I don't really remember and it's not like it's important XDD so then maple comes to the door and i'm just like “MAAAAAAAAAAAPLEEEEEEEEEEEE” and then i notices that all the lights are out and she looks totally sleepy and i'm like “oops..were you guys sleeping?!” and she's like “yeah...” hahaha XD so i hand over the DVD's and she talks about how they're all wiped out from working on Yui's Nightmare cosplay (WHICH GOT DONE IN TIME AND I DID NOT GET TO SEE!!!!) and how they'd probly be up around 10 or so? So i was like “ah that's cool” and i let her go back to bed ^_^;;; so after that me and jan were like “let's go catch the end of the cosplay” since it only had like 20 mns left or something? So we head back over to the cosplay green room and there's already a line forming for anime hell O____O it was crazy!! so we get inside and go sit by shannon ^_^ and i talk to the macabre die again and have her come stand by us! I decide to stand too because i felt bad for her not being able to sit ^_^;;;; so when we first came in some lady was doing a concert...she wasn't too good ^_^;;; but whatever. Then they still had time to kill before the judges were ready so they started playing crazy disco music o_O and the MC's were just...dancing XDDD a lot of people in the audience were, too. And a conga line got going too O__O i mean, it was nuts. So then the YMCA comes on...and yeah. I had to dance a little XDDD i had jan get some shots of me and die doing it cause i knew it had to look funny XD anyway, after all the awards (of which me and shannon won nothing ;________; ) it was like 10 PM and we were heading back towards the room and the jrock photoshoot for sat was about to start by the ugly statue ^_^ so OF COURSE i'm all over that. But then it moved up to the second level and i was worried because i knew the awsome Macabre die would be along soon and she'd be lost. So as we're all getting ready for the shoot i run over the ledge and sure enough XDD i see her walk by the statue and i even hear her ask someone where the shoot is XDD so i start yelling “DIE DIE DIE” and the girls she was talking to pointed up at me and i was like “WE'RE UP HERE!! HURRY UP!!!” so she gets up there and the next like...i dunno, 45 mns?? we just took lots of pics XDD unfortunately, mine were all really dark ;_; i was so sad. After we took a first set of pics, everyone wanted to wait for a malice mizer group so while we were waiting i talked to Maple a bit (FINALLY O___O) and we took an AWSOME pic involving kaoru and cashews XDDDD hahahaha. I felt really special because i was like...off doing something?? i don't remember XDD but i heard everyone yelling “SEEK SEEK!!!” and i was like “oh yeah, that's me!” ^______^ i love that cosplay so much. It was uber fun hanging with all those jrock people and i kinda bonded with this one kyo cosplayer XDD we kept doing funny poses during the shoot ^_^;;; and there was this really cool mana cosplayer who was being all in character and wouldn't talk ^_^ that's sweet. So yeah, good times.

After that, we went back up to the room. Most of the people had left and davi was about to go to a KoF tourny he'd organized ^_^ i was like “OOOOH let me get ready i'll go too” so while i was about 1/2 way out of seek, richie thinks it's a hot idea to wear the thing XDD so he does!! and he and janet head out for some photos XDDD i followed a bit later but couldnt find them and kept asking people if they'd seen my top half XDD i finally gave up and was going to go to teh tourny, but then i ended up running back and forth between the game room and our room for like 25 mns getting stuff for davi and trying to get ready XD we finally had everything in order, so i got changed into my black skirt i made for anime boston and i took off my makeup XD and went down to watch the rest of the tourny ^_^ it was pretty good!! there weren't a lot of people ^_^;;;; but it was still fun.


SUNDAY:
we woke up sunday and tried to get packed and junk. Davi and i ended up heading down to check out while everyone was still pakcing – or in katie's case, SLEEPING O___O she slept so late!!! hahaha XD so we go check out. If i don't mention this next part, davi would probly have something to say about it XDDD While in line i saw this guy with a PLC tour shirt on ^_^;;; so i was like”hrmm i shall get davi” so i ask the guy which shirt is cooler: my yura-sama OFFICIAL cospa shirt or Davi's Jpophouse hide shirt. The answere to me would have been OBVIOUS but that guy was all NOT hardcore and said the Hide shirt was better >.> Yura-sama is so much cooler then hide (did i just blaspheme!?!?) but then...i'm just not that much into X or Hide ^_^;;; not really my thing. so after that we checked out and then go back up to the room and try to get our stuff out. The next hour or so sucked as we tried to take all of our bags down to the car...we had to take the stairs down because the line for the elevator was freakin MASSIVE O_O but going UP in the elevator was no problem ^_^;;; which rocked because i can go down stairs a LOT easier then i can go up them. *i'm so out of shape * at one point we were standing by shannon and her people at the elevator but decided to take the stairs and i totally didn't say ANYTHING to shannon O___O AND THEN I DID NOT SEE HER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!! i was so sad ;_; and i felt uber lame for not even saying goodbye!!! *sigh * oh well. It was pretty funny when we were taking the last load out, though XDD our room was SOOOOOOOOOOOO trashed. Like crazy bad ^_^;;; and the cleaning lady was right outside when we were leaving and she was like “oh did you check out?” and we're like “yeah. Have at it” then we walk as FAST as we can towards the stairs because i just knew she was going to walk in the room, look around, and come screaming after us XDD i did see her step back out of the room but she didn't yell anything after us as we walked away XD which was good......

So after we got all of our stuff down to the car, it was like 11-12 or something? We decided to leave at like...3:30? Is that right?! XD i don't remember now...so me and davi headed back to the dealer's room so i could pick up some last min gifts for jared and april. I got them both posters ^_^;;; aprils' was freakin AWSOME! It was like...the biggest johnny depp poster ever XDD and it was of him playing the piano while smoking which she once told me was her fave pic of him ^_^;;; so yeah. I rock. And i got jared a funny simpsons poster cause he loves the simpsons. While in the dealer's room we walked by the jpophouse booth where a HUGE group of girls was just waiting around for seek XDDD they were playing random clips from the different PLC dvds and davi was a jerk and being all "i hate this" i could tell he was TOTALLY not enjoying himself...so we left. It was still ultra nice to get to para a bit, though. it was the only time all weekend ^_^;;; i was in crazy need of some PLC dancin XDDDD after that we went and sat in this...um....cube space?! Cubby!?! what're they called XDD they're in teh lobby and they're like these squares and you sit in them hahahahaha omg nevermind. i was in a pissy mood because i wanted to stay and see seek and we didn't >.> but we just...sat there...for like 2 hrs *SO LAME* then we finally left!

The ride home went really well. We didn't have any problems. Psy and Jessica slept like the ENTIRE time, though XDDD Jan and i just talked and talked and talked and ate cheese and carrots ^_^ good times!! when we got to jessica's house, jan called her dad and we were both really sad to hear that he was going to meet us at my house THAT night to take her away ;_; we were going to watch the incredibles because she'd never seen it and i'm IN FREAKIN LOVE with that movie ^_^_^_^ but oh well. Some other time, perhaps?!!? so we say our goodbyes to jessica and psy. We give hugs and i'm like “sorry we didn't hang out as much!! i was ..... busy “ and Psy was like “yeah you davi stealer” XDDDDDD omg i cracked up ^_^_^_^ those two are so funny. Poor jessica, though O___O she looked SOOOOOOOOOOOO tired. She must not have slept like AT ALL that weekend XDD Psy said she didn't either but she totally looked great O__O when i don't sleep enough i get HUGE bags under my eyes and crap. Anyway, so jan and i hit the road and after a short stop at Dairy Queen (which we actually did again later...) we were on the way!! that ride went well, too ^_^ we just talked and talked and talked and it was so fun!!!! i forgot how easy jan is to talk to =P it made up for not being able to spend as much time with her at the actual con as i wanted to – at least it did for me ^_^;;;;; so yeah. Bonding and good times were had by all on the drive home XDDD so we pull into my house a little before 11:30 and i had JUST enough time to pop in the incredibles DVD before her step-dad showed up ;_; so sad!!! but i totally want to hang out with her again soon ^_^ so maybe anime weekend atlanta?!! hahaha XDDD we shall see, dang it!!! ^_^ after she left, I wanted to call Davi to let him know i got home ok...but i couldn't use the phone ;___; so i emailed him and crashed. THE END ^_^

Final Thought: ACEN rocked. It rocked hard. The pillows concert was coolness. Seeing SEEK again was sweet. Hangin with Jan-chan again after so long = the bomb ^_^ so yeah, great weekend.

and now for the GOOD part! The only part most of you will even look at XDD THE PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Jan-chan, Katie and some FREAKIN AWSOME sun chips XDD I LOVE SUN CHIPS!!!!!!!


Kinda fuzzy pic of Katie, Richie and EddieLee ^_^ woot for Davi's friends!!!


Me in my PikaLita and ASH <333 woot woot!!! I totally can't wait until Otakon cause that Ash from Anime Boston said he'd be there and I am bringing my PikaLita so we BETTER get some photos O_____o woot


SUPER FLY MACABRE DIE O________O this pic came out kinda dark...BUT OMG SHE WAS AMAZING!!! seriously. and so nice *hugs*


YMCA, yo <333 priceless


Shannon in her Hilda ^_^ SEE?!?! didn't the grapes come out good XDDD


AAH I really like this pic ^_^;;; I thought Shannon looked totally pretty in it ^_^


Heck yes. You're a funny funny girl, miss maple XDD kaoru totally digs cashews...


These two were totally sweet <333 i felt so loved *squeee*


one of the many SUPER DARK pics taken of the Jrock photothingy with my camera ;_; JAN IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT!!! the lighting was just bad and my camera sucks!! *hugs*


Davi looks like a total freak in this photo o_O which is good...


Yeah, i had NO idea i looked so freaky without the head on o_O like...i've seen it before. but this pic is straight up FREAKY O_________O


NO ONE CAN RESIST XDDD everyone wants to try those on ^_^;;;;;


uh huh....that's totally not me XDDD it's totally RICHIE!!! in my freakin SEEK XDDDD


SLEEPY TIME GOES TO BED O________O (katie and jan slept way late XD)


RULES: find a phonebook, a manga, 3 oranges and you win!! WOOT

And if you want to see the rest of the pics (mostly random cosplays) you can go here to my photobucket account:
http://photobucket.com/albums/y249/kaohotplate03/ACEN%202005/
should be public, but if not, the password is yurasama ^_^

OH HOHO you thought this entry couldn't get any longer??! you're CRAZY wrong ^_^ I have to upload the pics my sisters (april + Joanna) took for me in my PikaLita!!! ready!? OK!


The first set taken in my backyard were done by April ^_^ She did a really good job.


I love this pic. it's sooooo pretty ^_^ doesn't my backyard look like it's out in the country, too?? Aprils a good photographer, ne?! O___O My sister Joanna did all the ones of me at the playground ^_^ And the one of my face with the peace sign...I took taht one myself ~_^ woot woot


























**i'm so sad taht sunlight thingy is there ;_________; that pic is uber cute







^_^ aren't they cute?!?!? *loves that dress so much* I can't wait to wear it to Otakon <33333333

and one last thing: the day before yesterday on that LJ com where you do something everyday, the thing was to be a tourist in your own town day!!! So I totally did something touristy XDDDD check it out:



um yeah, i was totally wearing my ugly work clothes still XDDDD so don't mind that....


you gotta admit...that thing does look pretty cool ^_^;;; and it's like...right behind Target XDDD hahaha

today i'm totally supposed to write a short story from the point of view of a comp harddrive ^_^;;; i'm actually going to pass on taht one, though. I'm freakin sick of typing XDDDD


And you know what?! I'm finally going to shut up now XDD I swear, if anybody actually reads EVERYTHING I wrote in this entry, I'll bake you some freakin cookies ^_^ no joke. BUT BE HONEST!!! haha XD

~JeSsIcA~