*zombie noise*

[secondlina]

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

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

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

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

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. )

[auriga]

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!

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

Woof. Woof woof woof.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

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! :-)

[gullwhacker.livejournal.com]

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.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

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=

[vovat.livejournal.com]

But did that Chocobo have candy inside?