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September 7, 2008 at 11:16 pm · Filed under Movies, Fandom
charmed the heck out of me.
There’s a small dent in my forehead from my hand smacking myself, but my god.. This movie was just plain charming. The fact that they managed to pull of a certain convincing New York sensibility to it really made it even more enjoyable.
Oh, and I uh.. was a huge fan of Alan Menkin’s Disney soundtracks.. CD ordered..
Damnit. I can’t deny it.. Its even got me thinking… just how cool would it be to duplicate certain dance scenes at the Dragon*con parade?? XD
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Holy shit. Am I talking about costuming? Oh dear god! *falls over*
September 1, 2008 at 9:53 pm · Filed under Photo Post, Conventions
Sunday at Dragon*Con really threw me off, being used to a 3 day convention, having a solid second day of con threw me off.
The Marriott is over 40 stories tall, and immediately triggers my brain’s “AHHH I’M REALLY HIGH UP AHHHH!!!” sensations. Its also structured in such a way to really feel like you’ve been eaten by some sort of large animal..
A friendly and creative homeless man was trying to sell flowers to girls for a dollar a flower, or three for five.. (flowers he probably picked up from a random shrubbery..) I actually gave him a dollar for one, because he was persistent, and fairly friendly in how he tried..
Sunday night brings out all of the casual (and not so casual) costumes.
This young man really worked his lightsaber in the open areas at the Marriott.
I didn’t shoot too much, since I had my lightweight rig and there were plenty of people out there taking photos already.
The con itself? I’ll post some more photos later, but it was fun. Hanging out with everyone was good, though I very much find myself wondering if the cost of attending the convention is worth it. I think if I *were* to go back, it’d have to be because the right batch of people were going. I’d like to see some places in Atlanta, didn’t have the opportunity to do so this time around. Also really *don’t* know how to NOT be staff..
Anyhow, decent weekend. Sleep time tho. Very very tired, as usual. *faint*
August 31, 2008 at 11:31 am · Filed under Photo Post, Conventions
Kimmie’s Duck is made of Win — and peers over edges!
Don’t blink. Really. DO NOT BLINK.
If only it worked for Doctor Horrible..
Oh look I am Random Victim #15723 for the Dexter group. oh damn.
August 30, 2008 at 12:40 pm · Filed under Photo Post, Conventions
Yup. Got here. Plane flight went by in a blur. Plane flew over a small storm system on the way. That looked fun. Wanted to jump out of the plane and make snow angels in the clouds. Of course, that would have ended badly..
Spent much of the rest of the day in a half asleep haze. Linked up with some people here and there, hey there people! By the way, Crochet Duck is full of win and cute. Double-shot Expresso + Energy drinks from Starbucks are crack. Didn’t find a poker game. Kat got in at 2am. Sleepy. Sleep. So tired. SLEEP!
Struggled out of bed at 9:30, ran over to the parade. Got to the curve just in time to see Jon and Becky’s Little Mermaid costume, yay! Jon.. Don’t let go of that rolling rock. 
Hey, its Todd! Oh, and stormtroopers. Lots of stormtroopers. Are they allowed to wave?
Okay. Taking nap now. Bye!
August 14, 2008 at 11:34 pm · Filed under Otakon 2008, Photo Post, Gallery, Conventions
Otakon 2008
I find it difficult to sit down and write about Otakon 2008 – it was such a fast paced con that much of what happened was a blur of epic proportions. A week of sleeping less than 4 hours a day tends to wear hard, and I’m certainly not 23 anymore. Still I wouldn’t have it any other way – I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was addicted to the pace of running an event.I’ve said that running any con, especially one the size of Otakon, is like surfing the wave of disaster. Every year is a test to see just how well you can ride the wave and guide everything to safety and success. We managed this year to have a fairly smooth wave.If I really wrote everything about the con, I could go on forever. So, here’s a fairly rambling write-up that will probably shorten as I start to forget things, and as the pace starts to blur things may get.. fuzzy…
Oh yeah, if you want to get to where I list people, go to the end.. If you just want to look at the behind the scenes pictures, go to the flickr gallery. And if you want to listen to me cluck the Robot Chicken Theme Song, that’s fine too.
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May 23, 2008 at 11:21 am · Filed under Otakon, Conventions
Announced today - Otakon has Kappei Yamaguchi. Also known as Ranma, Inu-Yasha, L from Death Note, and Usopp from One Piece.
Wheee!
May 20, 2008 at 9:33 pm · Filed under Photo Post, Pimpage, Fandom
JNWedding-227
Originally uploaded by Ugusensei
So I was told a little story while at the wedding. Seems that way back in time, when I was still going to other cons and actually doing things like emcee’ing cosplay auctions for charity… Three girls went and bought John. This was the subject of much amusement as they were busy outbidding each other, and then eventually pooling their money to make a final bid.
Knowing this, we had to post for this particular picture. .. It was these three girls who bought him at auction. He ended up getting married to one of the people I auctioned him off to!
This made this wedding all the more amusing to be at. XD
April 28, 2008 at 10:04 am · Filed under Photo Post, Rants, Anime, Jibber Jabber
I had to throw myself off the NJ Transit train today, literally. See, I fell asleep. I fell asleep with headphones blasting in my ears, to drown out the sounds of a screaming child unchecked by her apathetic parent. I woke up to the realization that my stop was right outside the window. I did NOT manage to jump out the train before the doors closed. I managed to throw myself between the closing doors. Thankfully the auto-sensors triggered..
Its raining. The sky is leaking. So did my coffeemaker this morning. So did I, but my leak was controlled and aimed at least. The coffeemaker was not.
I’ve got an awful lot to do this week.
In other tidbits - I bought myself one high(ish) ticket item while at the Studio Ghibli museum. I love this tie. From a distance it just looks like a mostly normal office tie. I think I’ll wear this if I do the speed dating thing again — I think it’ll be a nice way to screen the mundanes from the less than mundane.. 
April 23, 2008 at 3:44 pm · Filed under Photography, Video Games, Fandom
Humm.
I need a WoW or other Fantasy mmorpg costumer, to pose for a random goofy little photo. This is not for pay or anything serious, just a funny little thought that just crossed my head.
I also need an office location, preferably a cubicle of some sort.
*rubs hands together and snickers*
April 20, 2008 at 11:02 pm · Filed under Photo Post, Gallery, Cosplay, Conventions
A few quickies from NYCC Day 1 and 2.. A Flickr Gallery is here, with “real” edits and posts to come when I have some free time. (FREE TIME??!)
Day 1
Day 2
Flickr General Gallery is here…
A few more I particularly like under the cut.
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