AnimeNext report

[ladyofthethread]

Since AnimeNext is over, I’ve been catching up on paperwork and getting things washed the last few days. I still need to figure out what to do about my Cecelia dress though. I felt really icky from the heat by the time I changed out of it plus my frappuccino dripped on it so I need to give it some kind of cleaning before I put it into storage. Does anyone happen to know a good dry cleaner in the city? Or have other suggestions for cleaning silk shantung?


AnimeNext babble…

The con was okay although I felt like I missed out on seeing people. Considering I usually run into people more easily at AnimeNext than other cons and that I didn’t even do any of the cosplay contests this year, I thought I’d have more time to hang out with people but there were some I only ran into once the whole weekend or not at all. So, that was a little disappointing. :-/

Friday, I wore my tailcoat outfit for Count D and started off the con by attending sakuralenayuy’s cosplay panel. Checked into the Embassy Suites, wandered a bit, and talked to a few people before getting a call from novaraven that she and her sister were ready for our PSOH photoshoot. Met stillvisions who had made the trip down from Canada with them and we got into a very long shoot outdoors, in one of the glass walkways, in the Embassy lobby, in an elevator… >_>;; My brother tagged along, too, so we should have lots of pics.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to walk around together afterwards since the others needed to change and get some stuff from their hotel across the highway. So, I went through the dealer’s room and bought a stack of manga before changing for an early dinner with my Canadian friends since I’d completely missed lunch. (6:30… o_O I don’t think I’ve ever changed out of costume that early on a Friday night at a con before.)

We went to Uno’s and the wait staff seemed pretty scatterbrained this year. Like they forgot what drink I ordered and brought out a sundae right after serving our entrees. O_o (My brother went there later in the evening with his friends and he told me they got a different waiter who also made lots of mistakes, including giving them the wrong bill!) Was too lazy to change into costume again after that so I just hung out in front of the expo center for a bit, chatting with people before going back to my room to iron stuff.

Saturday was the YGO group and I came to the conclusion that Cecelia actually died of heatstroke after too many hours posing out in the sun for Pegasus’s paintings. >_>;; It was okay in the morning but walking around outside in that dress later was awful. x_x

Went to blackmarth and animeangel’s makeup panel and learned some useful stuff. Was supposed to join the rest of the YGO people for a photoshoot right after but it got pushed back an hour. Got into another long photoshoot which included ridiculous shots like this:


Eek! What is this crazy kid with pointy hair doing under my dress?!

Some of the others still wanted to take photos but I wandered off after a couple of hours to browse the artist’s alley (where I bought a cute fake cake) and look for food. (Somehow, I kept missing lunch this con.) Finally changed out of Cecelia around 6 although I felt like I didn’t get to walk around in it enough. Showered and threw on my blue brocade D robe to go watch the masquerade. Talked to some people a bit afterwards and then went back to the room to start packing.

On Sunday, I wore the tailcoat again since I hadn’t gotten to walk around in it that much on Friday. (I had the peacock dress with me, too, but that didn’t even get worn.) Only had a chance to see cosplay chess and ngmaster’s panel before leaving. I wanted to hang around longer and say bye to people but my brother and his friends were impatient and wanted to leave.

My brother has finished processing most of his photos but is still working on a few. I also put one up on cosplay.com: http://www.cosplay.com/photo/1586302/ And I’ll try to get the others uploaded tomorrow or this weekend. I have a few of friends list people that I’ll put up, too, since he usually only gives me my pics and doesn’t post the rest anywhere.

Comments

[vampricyoda.livejournal.com]

Aw. I'm sad I missed you.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm disappointed I didn't see more of people since everyone tends to be around at Next.

[blackjackie999.livejournal.com]

wow i didn't see you but i love the dress~!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-) Sorry I missed you! I feel like I was hiding away most of the time I wore that dress. ^_^;;;

[heartxofxlilith.livejournal.com]

OKAY WE WENT TO THAT UNO'S TOO AND HAD AN EQUALLY HORRIBLE DINING EXPIERIENCE. D:!!

It was awesome to see you, your costumes were stunning as always. I LOVED Cecilia, I hadn't seen her done before.

The YGO photo is priceless, I thoroughly enjoy the facial expressions. XD

Are you going to NYAF?

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

You, too? Boy, there must be something wrong with Uno’s this year. I’ve always eaten there at least once each year during AnimeNext and don’t remember any big problems with service before. o_O

Thanks. ^_^ I’ve never seen a Cecelia before either although I have come across pics of some other very minor characters like the Paradox brothers and one of Pegasus’s henchmen. Of course, given my penchant for rare cosplays, it figured that I’d do Cecelia since my friend had already picked Pegasus. That pic was her idea, too. But might as well take silly pics since I made the dress, right? XD

Yep, I’m definitely going to NYAF since it’s local and cheap for me to attend. No hotel costs so I just need to pay for my badge and food. :-D

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That's too bad that things didn't go liked you'd hoped, friends-wise. :( And ick about the dress! I've never had experience with that kind of material, so no clue.

Man, that restaurant sounds off the wall. XD; So inefficient!

LOL @ the shot of you and Yugi!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the restaurant was pretty bad this year. o_O; I usually eat there at least once each year during that con and don't remember ever having such problems before.