secondlina | *zombie noise*

Oh my god, i'm still alive!

As most of you know, I spent a weekend and a day in Toronto to visit friends and attend Anime North 2009. That weekend was fabulous. It's a shame that upon my return my boss would unleash 13 hour days (I kid you not) on me. As a result i'm kinda tired, have not yet unpacked and had no time to draw a con recon. :(

But enough with the bitchin'

It was great to see my friends

zenavvy ,

earthstar_chan and

gullwhacker . I wasn't able to find free time to see

neshel , which made me sad. The stories of our aventures are hilarious though. I looted plenty of anime boxsets. Strange, now that I am reading less manga, I seem to be watching my anime then ever! I also got Gargoyles as a b-day present from the gang. Not knowing was Gargoyles WAS, I responded to receiving the boxset by saying *I don't like furries.*

Johanne responded fairly quickly that this was la creme de la creme of tv animation and that I had to watch it. Link also geeked over upon seeing the said boxset when he joined us in Toronto. Looks like the present is indirectly a present for him too *laughs*

Aside from the boxset loot, I was also able to score a zel keychain, an awesome leather classy packman themed bracelet (CLASSY!), a mini top hat (to match Link's con wear - a larger top hat), some plushies and of course the body smell of a massive amount of people (eek). With the gang, I had a ton of fun watching Dragonball Abridged, attempting to steal Zen's heart (much in the way of Crow!Mytho in the Anime Princess tutu. God, I love crows!), assaulting Toronto and making up a funny version of a Slayers play. Yes, it's an idea loosely based on the Avatar episode on Ember Island. Naga, back to her old self, and remembering the stories that Amelia told her of the Slayer's adventures while she was Nama, decides to sell the story to some theatre troupe for money and the opportunity of humiliating Lina Inverse. Lina was already the theme of a play in season one, but this play would have everybody in it. It would basically be Naga's version of Amelia's version of the facts, and it would be damn ridiculous. And of course, Zel would get a musical number containing as many rock puns as humanly possible.

I really think this is my last con. I'm getting to old and i'm definitly more motivated to see my friends rather then attend the actual con. So we though next year we should do like they do in the webcomic Something Positive: We should hold our own personal mini-con complete with watching of series, video games, D&D and generally drawing at somebody's home somewhere in North america. That way, we can still all cross the country to meet.

In the way of cosplays, there was a few interesting ones. One of the recurring ones was these two cheshire cats and their wonderland crew. Eventually, I was hoping it was a new wonderland themed anime! So I asked one of the cosplayers where it was from. Apparently, it's from a special episode of Ouran Host Club. Darn! No alice Anime. Oh well, if anything, this will encourage me to watch Ouran.

Don't forget to ride your chocobo...

That's all for now. I gotta go to bed. Another long 10 to 13 hour shift awaits me tomorrow! Yay...

Isa

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Oh wow, furries? You really don't know anything about anything Gargoyles, do you? XD The DVDs were actually my scheme since I was so horrified you'd not seen the series at all, since it's right up your alley of interests. Plus, the animation is amazing, considering it's over a decade old now. (Disney's then Japan-based animation studio trying to prove its worth. Very very amazing to see and compare to typical Japanese animation from the same time.) Whenever you get the time to actually watch it you'll have to let me know what you think.

I agree with bagging the convention. I can find most everything that would be at an anime convention in the international district of Seattle anyway (all without dealing with rabid fans - except when a few happen to be in the area) and it's so much cheaper...and not nearly as smelly. Still, if it had been possible I'd have loved to go visit Toronto again. Nevermind I've been sick, I'd have liked to been up there anyway! :(

Good luck surviving those crazy work hours. XP

Me too. I'd love to go back to Toronto and do what we did last year, even if not visiting the con. I just really loved the city itself!

So far, Gargoyles is not bad. I'm kinda wondering where it's going though (i'm at episode 3). I'm amazed by the animation. Link also spend a lot of time explaining stuff about Gargoyles to me. It was funny to see him and johanne talk and then suddently stop to say

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Gargoyles takes some time to set itself up and introduce you to the cast, but soon after that it picks up a lot. You'll probably be thrown for a few loops though, so consider yourself warned. (And be so glad you get to see everything in order! I only ever caught random episodes when it aired on television so I didn't have all of the dots connected until much later.) I ought to go watch the series again myself. I adore the animation and really love the characters. One guess as to which of the main cast is my favorite. You'll earn more points if you can guess which is my favorite episode from the first season.

Three episodes in... Has Elisa (the human female cop) fallen off the castle yet? ^_-

That poor Appa cosplayer, she had probably been hearing that from fans all day. XD

The con will definitely be the last con for me too, I think we had more fun just hanging out and shopping with Stu trying to herd us. XP Is it wrong that I'm already making a list of places to take you guys whenever you come to my town? ^_~

By the way, remember the clips from the Princess Tutu amv that weren't from the anime? I've solved the mystery! They were from a promotional trailer for the DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZPMaI550tU

I found this on youtube, but atlas I could only find Spanish subs. (Also, curse you, since the trip I've been drawing Ahiru/Fakir fanart. )

Oh, neat! I KNEW those images weren't from the series! HAHAHA! You can put a blindfold on these eyes!

Yergh. Good luck with all that work! O.o

It was a lot of fun, though I think I can look forward even more to touring everybody's homes. Sounds like Joanne will have plenty of things for us to do! XD

Suddenly Link's rattail reminds me of Ahiru's hair, ha.

Sorry Isa, I have split my heart between three kitties!

...Hey, Ahiru's braid kinda is like a ratail.

(steals the kitties)

It is, actually. A really big one! O.o

(They'll eat all your work creatures!)

Woof. Woof woof woof.

*squeals and runs into formation*

Looks like you had fun! I love the Chocobo girl!

I sympathize with the Appa cosplayer. I had a bad experience with a creep when I dressed up for Comic Con last year. I thought I wouldn't have to deal with that since I chose a conservatively dressed superhero for my cosplay. Guess I was wrong. >_<

Gargoyles is an AWESOME show and totally worth your time! Though sadly, like Avatar, it has some weirdo fans that can scare newcomers away from it.

BTW, happy belated Birthday! :-)

Yeah, as Hawk girl, i'm amazed you didn't get too many fanboys running after you (I love hawk girl btw, my favorite Justice League gal!)

Oh, yeah. I wonder if we weirded anyone out on the bus when we were coming up with that song.

Also I need new icons. Hrm.

Dude, the whole busload was weird.

True enough. True enough.

So what of our plan to have the playwrights think Xellos is a girl, and write couplings appropriately?

I had fun at Fanime, too. But I'm never gonna stop attending conventions! At least not as long as I continue seeing all my friends there. xD

Thankfully I don't get abused in cosplay, that would be traumatic. o_0

Oh, man, I love Ouran High School Host Club!

It sucks that Anime Boston falls on the same weekend as Fanime, I would love to give it a shot one day but since you say you aren't attending anymore....D=

Bah. I don't mind attending cons, but I don't think I would go to faraway cons for a whole weekend anymore. One day is enough.

D: Fair enough. ^.^;

But did that Chocobo have candy inside?

I know this is random and pretty late and VERY off topic, but I read all your posts and thought I'd ask :P

I was Lina Inverse at AN'09, and I was wondering if anybody has taken or come across any pictures of our Slayers group online? :) It would be awesome to add them to my folder of memories, cause, you know, Slayers rule. Thanks!

-Jazz

Oh, and if you can, to e-mail them to jazz_317@hotmail.com
thanks again for your time

Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera on me when I saw both slayers groups...My camera is rather large you see, so I left it at the hotel on friday. Where you in the group with the redhead Lina or the Blonde Lina? Because some of my friends might have caught some photos...

Either way, good job on being Lina!

And thanks for reading! It's supr flattering! *is blushing*

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