Otakon stuff and the weekend

[ladyofthethread]

Finally registered for Otakon today since pre-reg ends tomorrow. I had asked my brother about it but he didn’t seem that interested in going so I guess it’ll just be me. And I think I’ll be switching hotels since I managed to get a room at the Inner Harbor Marriott the other evening. It’s a bit more expensive than the reservation my father made for the waterfront Marriott but it’s within a couple of blocks of the convention center and will be much more convenient than calling my father each time I need to go back and fourth. (The other hotel was about 10 blocks away, not a distance I’d want to walk each way in most of my costumes. ^_^;;)

The costume is moving along as well. I’m now in the middle of the last front panel for my Terra dress. Along with the flowers on the armwarmers, I now have 22 flowers and about 17 left to do. So, I’m a bit more than halfway done with the sequined flowers. Yay! ^_^ If I can keep moving along at a rate of about a flower a day, I figure I should have about a week and a half left before Otakon to actually cut and sew the dress plus do some more accessories. Must order my wig soon. I think I know which one I want and I have a $25 Cosworx gift certificate which will help. That was my favorite part of the prize from the AnimeNext masquerade. ^_^

Went to the mall yesterday with my family but didn’t buy anything. I browsed in the bookstore for a while and read volume 3 of Pet Shop of Horrors. I’ve been making my way through the series a chapter or two at a time while browsing in bookstores although I missed a couple from volume 2 (they didn’t have a copy of that one).

Count D, the owner of the pet shop, is certainly a mysterious guy. He doesn’t seem very threatening at times with his child-like fondness for sweets and habit of dressing in Chinese robe type outfits. (The detective investigating him makes fun of him for always wearing “dresses.” XD;) But he is definitely involved in some rather shady and sinister things. The brief mentions of his grandfather and father intrigue me. It seems like the grandfather was the one who started the pet shop and looked exactly like Count D. And he seems to resent his father. I'll have to read some more of the series sometime since I'm curious about those two.

Don’t know what my family is doing for tomorrow. We might just end up being boring and stay home and watch fireworks on TV. XD;

Comments

[neoangelwink.livejournal.com]

^_^ yay on going to otakon

[sakuralenayuy.livejournal.com]

I'll be at the Inner Harbor, so if you want a walking buddy we can walk together. I'll be alone this time around.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Hmm, is it the Inner Harbor or the Waterfront because I thought I saw you mention being at the Waterfront in the Otakon section at cosplay.com? Having multiple Marriotts in the area is kind of confusing. @_@ (I think the Rennaisance one is a Marriott, too.) The Inner Harbor one is supposed to be the yellow 1 on this map and the Waterfront Marriott is supposed to be 14. http://www.otakon.com/images_content/location_map.jpg

My father had a reservation for Waterfront but we'll probably cancel it since I was able to get a new one (somewhat more expensive) at Inner Harbor, which is only like a block from the convention center.

Well, either way, I hope to see you there! :-)

[sakuralenayuy.livejournal.com]

Your right I was confused on the thread (I have to fix that) the one I'm at is the Inner Harbor. I swear I saw someone wrote about the Inner Harbor but I could had been wrong.

But for the record I'm at the inner harbor.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay then. Perhaps, I'll see you around the hotel. :-) Not sure if the walking thing would always work out since I've found there are times when it takes me longer than expected to get ready in the mornings. We could try but I wouldn't want to hold you up if I happen to be running late, especially since the convention center is so close. ^_^;