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setsuntamew) wrote2023-07-27 08:12 pm
setsuntamew) wrote2023-07-27 08:12 pm
Otakon 2023 - Day 0
DAY 0 WAS SO FUN!!!!!
We made the very smart plan to go down today and get our badges, instead of wasting a chunk of Friday in the pickup line. And it was a very good idea; it went sooooo smoothly and quickly. I got all my accessibility stuff taken care of, too, so waiting in line for the Studio Orange panel on Saturday should go smoothly :D
So after picking up badges, we sat sorta near the entrance and watched people go by. I love watching cosplayers go by and seeing everyone's stuff, and I'm always impressed by people who get fully in cosplay for Thursday of all days. I ended up wearing my Millennium Ring because I wanted something fun, and I also wore Thief King's coat until I was too hot.
We eventually got hungry and went to dinner, which ended up being an exercise in pain because it was so fucking hot sobs. Maybe I shouldn't have been wearing a long sleeve coat in 97 degree weather, but maybe I'm just not smart XD Pat found the place and it was only about 10 minutes away, but I was cursing him out at about 2/3 of the way there because I was so overheated ;w; It ended up being really good, so all was forgiven. Pat had a particularly good mango margarita!!
On the way back to the con center, we stopped at CVS so I could get a 5 hour energy - because I left all of mine in Baltimore - and I got fucked carded at the self checkout. Apparently you have to be 21 to buy them??? So that was funny to me XD
ANYWAY. We finally get back to the con center and see the Legato cosplayer I was trying to meet up with...having a photoshoot outside the building, as you do. It was really nice to meet up with them!!!! I got to share my millionsummers fic booklets and Liz's Legato zine :D And then one of their friends recognized my XiYao ita bag and mentioned that they liked SangCheng, and Liz was able to produce a SangCheng fic from my bag of mysteries uwu We're gonna see them again tomorrow (hopefully!) at the Trigun shoot *w*
It looked kinda overcast, so I made the decision to head home. Which was good! It started raining as we are trying to get into the parking garage XD
Tonight, I'm gonna try to tone my hair and maybe fix the printer? And rest up for even more excitement tomorrow!!!!!!
I'll try to add pictures when I get home; it's such a pain to do on mobile ><
My fit for the day, featuring thief king coat, millennium ring, and two (2) ita bags :D
CON CENTER!!!!! I love that they have huge banners on the building now~
The theme this year is TRAINS, which Pat loves. It's also sponsored by the Japanese company that desperately wants to build America a bullet train of its own XD
The badge this year is super cute~! Also, one of the lanyard options was Bleach, which Pat and I both absolutely had to go for :D
We made the very smart plan to go down today and get our badges, instead of wasting a chunk of Friday in the pickup line. And it was a very good idea; it went sooooo smoothly and quickly. I got all my accessibility stuff taken care of, too, so waiting in line for the Studio Orange panel on Saturday should go smoothly :D
So after picking up badges, we sat sorta near the entrance and watched people go by. I love watching cosplayers go by and seeing everyone's stuff, and I'm always impressed by people who get fully in cosplay for Thursday of all days. I ended up wearing my Millennium Ring because I wanted something fun, and I also wore Thief King's coat until I was too hot.
We eventually got hungry and went to dinner, which ended up being an exercise in pain because it was so fucking hot sobs. Maybe I shouldn't have been wearing a long sleeve coat in 97 degree weather, but maybe I'm just not smart XD Pat found the place and it was only about 10 minutes away, but I was cursing him out at about 2/3 of the way there because I was so overheated ;w; It ended up being really good, so all was forgiven. Pat had a particularly good mango margarita!!
On the way back to the con center, we stopped at CVS so I could get a 5 hour energy - because I left all of mine in Baltimore - and I got fucked carded at the self checkout. Apparently you have to be 21 to buy them??? So that was funny to me XD
ANYWAY. We finally get back to the con center and see the Legato cosplayer I was trying to meet up with...having a photoshoot outside the building, as you do. It was really nice to meet up with them!!!! I got to share my millionsummers fic booklets and Liz's Legato zine :D And then one of their friends recognized my XiYao ita bag and mentioned that they liked SangCheng, and Liz was able to produce a SangCheng fic from my bag of mysteries uwu We're gonna see them again tomorrow (hopefully!) at the Trigun shoot *w*
It looked kinda overcast, so I made the decision to head home. Which was good! It started raining as we are trying to get into the parking garage XD
Tonight, I'm gonna try to tone my hair and maybe fix the printer? And rest up for even more excitement tomorrow!!!!!!
My fit for the day, featuring thief king coat, millennium ring, and two (2) ita bags :D
CON CENTER!!!!! I love that they have huge banners on the building now~
The theme this year is TRAINS, which Pat loves. It's also sponsored by the Japanese company that desperately wants to build America a bullet train of its own XD
The badge this year is super cute~! Also, one of the lanyard options was Bleach, which Pat and I both absolutely had to go for :D