So yeah, here it is.


This is totally random, but I hated that Otakon was during the 8th-10th! I wanted to go to the Tokio Hotel concert in NJ on the 8th! T_T

But anyways, I'll start on thursday.
Since nobody was there or busy on thursday I just hanged out with my mom. We ate at the awesome japanese restaurant, we got my badge and then we went to go see Pineapple Express (which was awesome!) at a movie theater like 2 blocks away from the Inner Harbor. It was awesome! Then after the movie was over we just walked back to the hotel, organized our stuff and went to sleep.

On friday I woke up some what early to meet people in line. I changed into Ai and then headed out. The first people that called me where, Nadia and u_ate_my_bento so I went to say hi to them first, and then I saw tinmaninacan and ended up hanging out with him during the entire line. It was fun catching up :) The line was pretty long, but I got away from it for a little while because hatchiko called and told me that she was already at the hotel. So I helped her take her stuff to the room and then we went back to the line. She just went with u_ate_my_bento and Nadia, and I went back with tinmaninacan. Then they all got their badges and we decided to go change. I changed into Kanda, Nadia changed into Linalee and hatchiko & u_ate_my_bento changed into their Mai Hime costumes. They looked great!
After that I really don't remember what we did >.< I think we went to eat, then we took pictures. After that we went back to the room so hatchiko and u_ate_my_bento could change into their DGM outfits. After that we really just hanged out in our "corner", took pictures and walked around. By then it was already like 7 when me and hatchiko changed into our Gakuen Heaven cosplays. After that we just ate, then Nadia and u_ate_my_bento had to leave so they went back to the room with hatchiko to get their stuff. I changed into Ai again and hanged out with tinmaninacan again XD We walked around mostly and then stayed in the Otacafe until it closed. Then I just went back to the room and died.
I would have gone to the rave, but I wasn't feeling well >.<

On saturday me and hatchiko got up like in the afternoon. I got a call from Nadia that they were coming to the room so we started changing into Konata and Miyuki. Then once they dropped their stuff and changed we headed out to get some food. I actually just drank a smoothie lol. Then we just walked around, took pictures and hanged out. At some point Nadia and u_ate_my_bento tried to teach me and hatchiko the lucky star dance, but we never got it so we just gave up lol. We did try our best though. While we were learning the dance I remember that I was sitting down looking around and then all of a sudden I saw someone cosplaying Sano from Ueki, and I was just like O_O. I ran up to her and was like "can i have your picture" And she was so surprised that I knew who she was. Then we talked about how nobody knows or cosplays Ueki and then I told her I did Ai, and then she told me that there was going to be an Ueki shoot on sunday. I was so excited! We then exchanged phone #'s and she told me she would call me tomorrow. Her friend was also there, and she was going to be Ueki XD
Then after being in lucky star for a while we decided to change again. I changed into Ai again, since it was really comfortable and hatchiko changed into her Yuuko outfit, which looked amazing! I can't wait to be her Watanuki at AUSA! Then we just kinda walked around the convention center. At some point I also went to the artist alley with u_ate_my_bento. Overall the Artist Alley was ok. There really wasn't anything that caught my eye though. Then we went back to change into Gakuen Heaven once again. Although I changed into Hideaki for nothing. Since I didn't really want to go with them to get something to eat I just stayed in the room. For some weird reason though I felt extremely depressed, so I cried for a couple of minutes. And then once I was better I texted tinmaninacan to see if he was already in his Manager cosplay, and he said he was, so I changed into Azuma and met him by the fountains. We then walked around, and found Ben or Takumix (the other awesome Azuma cosplayer from Katsu) and talked with him for a while :3 Then we went to the Otacafe again. We also met up with Ben again and we got to meet an awesome friend of his who was cosplaying Captain Falcon. He was funny XD While we were at the Otacafe, tinmaninacan and Ben signed up for karaoke. Although what I didn't know was that they signed me up too. I was ok with it, but I was really nervous. We were going to sing the 2nd Yakitate opening, Promise, but since we signed up kind of late we never got to go. So I got lucky lol. But next time i'll definitely do it! Then once the Otacafe closed I called it a night and went back to the hotel. I packed up all my bags, took a shower and then went to sleep.

On sunday I woke up kinda early, I changed quickly into Ai, and then just waited for other people to get ready and stuff. Then I helped my mom bring down some stuff to the car, and then I was on my way to the con.
The first thing I did was get something to drink at starbucks because I was extremely thirsty. The line was sort of long, but it went by somewhat quickly. Once I got my drink I headed towards the dealers room since Ryan was going to buy my yaoi. I met up with him, Mireille and two other friends of his at the bandai booth. Then we went to search for yaoi. Luckily the place with all the good yaoi was only a few steps away. I just glanced over a few and knew exactly which ones I wanted. In the end Mireille was nice enough to get the yaoi for me XD I only bought three. After I had my yaoi we opened the one with the funniest title and then Ryan started looking for random lines to read out. He found some good lines, but it was his friend who found the hot steamy whatever you want to call it scenes. We tried to force Ryan to look at them, but he wouldn't lol. Then I got texted by the Ueki from Saturday, so I had to run out of the dealers room to get to the fountains near the inner harbor. It took me such a long time to figure out how to get out of the dealers room, so I got there later than I wanted too.
When I got there the first person I met was another Ai cosplayer. She was really nice. Then I met the rest of the group XD Along with the Sano and Ueki I met on saturday, there was a Kobayashi-sensei and Wanko!!! They were so perfect!!! We all took some pictures, then decided to get some ice cream. I got green tea ice cream lol. Oh and while we were still by the fountains I got to see donatella_foxy and Kathy! They both looked AMAZING in their Anemone and Eureka cosplays! Then after the ice cream we went back to the con, and that's where we separated. Overall I was extremely glad to be part of that group. It was tons of fun! Hopefully one day i'll be able to organize an Ueki group XD
Then once I said goodbye, I headed back to the dealers room to buy some more yaoi. At first though I kind of just wandered around, and then I ran into donatella_foxy and Kathy again. We talked for a while. It was fun chatting with them :3 Especially about AUSA! I can't wait for the CG pizza party and cosplaying Gintama with them! It's going to be epic. Then I said goodbye to them and met up with Ryan, Mireille and their friends again. They were advertising for a booth by dancing to caramelldansen and holding up signs and such. It was funny hehe. I think it was a hentai booth too lol.
Then Mireille went to show me were there was some good yaoi, and I bought another one. Although the one I bought was a little intense in my opinion lol. But it was still good. By then the dealers room was going to close so we went out, went to the artist alley for a sec and then we went outside the convention center. And that's when I met up with hatchiko, u_ate_my_bento and Nadia again. We said goodbye to Ryan and Mireille and then just waited for my mom. While we were doing that I showed hatchiko the yaoi that I got, hehe. Then it was time to go so we just got in the car.

So now on to some pictures (I don't have many >.<)





They had a 16!!!! XD


This reminded me of Chiyo-chan LOL



















I died when I saw Pierrot!!! He even had bread!! I hate that this pic turned out blurry T_T




From Nadia's camera, and the only picture of us 3 together.


I need a new kanda wig >.< But here's the only pic of all of us together! It was taken with Nadia's camera as well.


Me and Ben :D


the rest of my pictures are here: http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x74/sakurasaku_15/Otakon%202008/


Honestly I have to say that I didn't really have a great time at Otakon this year. It was pretty boring, I felt bad and depressed most of the time and there wasn't much to do. Plus zoisite_willo wasn't there! Which made me feel sad :(
I guess some high lights would be: being part of the Ueki group, hanging out with tinmaninacan, seeing a lot of my friends that I hadn't seen in a pretty long time, chatting with donatella_foxy and Kathy, thursday night, and all the amazing Silent Hill and Dragonball cosplayers!
And the costume I enjoyed wearing the most was Ai. It was extremely comfortable and I had a fun time in it! I know i'll be wearing Ai a lot for future cons even though nobody will know who I am XD I'll probably be mistaken for Rei again lol.

So I would be saying that my next con is going to be Matsuricon, but sadly it won't. Apparently my grandma and cousin won't be leaving until the 23rd, so there's no way I can go T_T So huge apologizes to ohariko! I was really looking forward to hanging out with her again! T_T
My next con is most likely to be T-MODE, unless nobody decides to go, then I will be going to New York Anime Fest for like a day or two.

Now all I have left to do is enjoy the rest of my summer vacation. I'll probably try to get my driver's permit, finish a bunch of anime or start new ones (like Okane ga Nai XD) and play a bunch of Silent Hill! I still have to finish the 4th one and Origins >.