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Cori: That's so much money when you're a kid.
Me: Wow...now that's like, a Psychology book.
Perspective changes.
Heilei
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On Saturday, August 9th, 2008, Cynthia, her brother and I took a trip to San Antonio, TX to attend the San Japan 1.5 Anime Convention. We left Sugar Land, TX / Katy, TX at around 8:45am and arrived at San Antonio at 11:40am. The drive was pretty peaceful. Considering that I was driving my new 2008 Honda Civic Si, it was a piece of cake. The navigation system of my car helped us get around town. We also brought along MP3 CDs of Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop for our listening pleasure, but eventually tuned in to my XM Radio's comedy channels.
It was pretty easy finding the Auditorium. Once we saw a bunch of otakus in costume, we knew that we finally made it. We went in, we registered and we roamed around for a bit. Now when I saw the dealers area, I came, I saw, I ^_^!!!
The Auditorium, San Antonio, TX
About 90% of the people there were in costume. It was a totally different world for me, but I knew I was going to enjoy this! Once we got to the dealers area, I started taking pictures. Here's a few pictures I took while I was down there (Dealers / Artist area):
Great Manga artists, but forgot their names.
I bought a "badge" from them with a Mooninite saying
"I hope you can see this, Boston because I'm doing it as hard as I can."
The Dealers Area, lots and lots of merchandise I can't afford!
More merchandise
How to draw Manga books
My girlfriend, looking at the "How to draw Manga" books
Misty from Pokemon?
Pikachu!!! (Pokemon)
A figurine I wouldn't mind having
More figurines I wouldn't mind having (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Master Chief (Halo) and Counter Strike dude...?
A Jedi or a Sith? I learned that it is typical for Star Wars / Star Trek people to visit anime conventions in costume.
Sakura (Naruto) and Kite (.hack)
(Thanks beccaface)
Rikku (Kingdom Hearts)
OMG, it's Jenova (Final Fantasy VII)
Just a 1upper... ;) Toad
Dunno, but that costume is pretty awesome!
I want this T-Shirt!!!!
Ok, so I purchased a few things: [adult swim] t-shirt, a Shinobi Bladerunner ninja sword, and a sterling silver cross (from Hell Girl). After this, we went to the other side of the Anime Convention, which was held at the Holiday Inn Tropicano Riverwalk. On our way there, I took some more pics:
...?
Otaku invasion!!! ;)
Once we got into the Holiday Inn El Tropicano Riverwalk, here are some of the pics I took:
Jet and Julia (Cowboy Bebop), BEST Cosplay!!!
Mugen (Samurai Champloo), not the best, but I give this guy lots of credit
(I was wearing a Samurai Champloo shirt)
Rikku (Final Fantasy X2)
After that, we went back to the Auditorium to find my girlfriend's brother. We ran into a few interesting peoples:
Gendo Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Then we found her brother. We went back into the Auditorium to watch the Chibi Project, no comment... Then we ran into these people:
Chun Li (Street Fighter)
My girlfriend with some girl dressed like Edward Elrich (Full Metal Alchemist)
Reno and Elena (The Turks, Final Fantasy VII)
We decided to take a break from the convention and decided to walk to the Alamo and to the San Antonio River Center:
A random picture of me (yes, I shortened my hair, stop laughing)
The Alamo (me on the left)
Me and my lovely girlfriend
The River Center
After that, we returned to the Holiday Inn to get a glimpse of what's left of the anime convention.
American Tail?
Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop). BEST Cosplay!!!
A character from .hack (left) and someone dressed in a halloween costume (right)
The longer we stayed, the more it felt like home was closer... but it wasn't. We drove for about three hours to get back to Sugar Land, but the drive wasn't all that bad.
Here's a list of the Anime Conventions that I plan to visit:
- Oni-Con: November 21-23, 2008 @ George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
- Ikkicon: February 6-8, 2009 @ Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
- Anime Matsuri: April 10-12, 2009 @ The Woodlands Waterway Marriot Hotel @ Convention Center, The Woodlands, TX
(this is going to present a bit of a problem because...) - KamiKazeCon: April 10-12, 2009 @ JW Marriot Hotel Houston, Houston, TX
(...I planned to attend this one.)
This barely even leaves me any time for one last update on a first person… Errr… ‘Novel’, I suppose you could say. (Even though I have one last scene to go; I’ll have to take a Saturday off and finish it before the last week of August...)
But yes, curious about the title, are you? Guess what Emily got to do today!
I got to take part in assisting a big role in watching around ten kids today; for my mom’s camp. It happens every year, where kids register and participate in small crafts, games, songs, a (very) small movie split into parts (featuring a puppet chipmunk named Chadder). – And all this comes down to a very special theme that is featured everyday; and leads community kids closer, or to know God for the first time.
This year – was a science theme. All the ‘crew leaders’ (this is what I’m doing) get to wear LAB COATS! =D It’s so fun! (And I’m spiking my hair up with gel for the rest of the week JUST for the occasion…!)
We have around 125 kids signed up now, though – holy cow!
When we went to the story (basically, this is where the daily bible story is acted out) – today was when “Jesus heals ten people infected with Leprosy” ((hope I spelt that right)). So they stuck red stickers on our faces and told us we were ‘infected’. You know, young ‘uns these days – their imaginations can make something so easy seem so realistic.
Today’s theme of the day was “God has the power so we can be thankful” (AHA!)
“Aha!” – We have to say that whenever the “theme of the day is mentioned” – and that changes everyday. (You know, say it with enthusiasm! Like a scientist getting a sudden spark for a new invention!)
I’ll stop now – I’m just really excited, and really bushed and tired at the same time.
But… With kids so young; the best place to interact with and fiddle around with is their imagination. …Sooo…
“Okay; let’s all put our goggles on!” (Even though I never got a pair because we had SO MANY KIDS…) Two boys (around 10 and 11) just rolled their eyes at me; but I didn’t care about how ridiculous I acted. I just wanted the young ones to look forward to seeing me tomorrow.
“We’re going to go underwater and swim to the crafts!” (There’s a scene of Moses parting the Red Sea along the walls) – Most of them really liked the idea and participated; which made me happy.
(When we went outside to the games; I pretended we were in a desert – because it was warm and the sun was out).
Now, thanks to stuff like that – I have a young boy who’s seven who wants to be around me all the time.
Not that I don’t mind. =)
In other news… I beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Diamond on August 9th. I caught a level 18 Zangoose by inserting my Ruby Game Pak into the Gameboy slot and using the Poke Radar – and I also obtained the Eevee from Bebe (female on the SECOND TRY! =D). It took me about a half hour to decide what I wanted to evolve it into…
Jolteon – Pokemon XD
Flareon – Pokemon XD
Vaporeon – Pokemon FireRed
Umbreon – Pokemon Colosseum
Espeon – Pokemon Colosseum
I was left with Leafeon and Glaceon. I’ve never really raised a grass type before (and I rarely ever do), so I went for that… I levelled my Eevee up at the Moss Rock in Eterna Forest, boom, there’s the Leafeon (did I mention FEMALE?! =D) – it is now at level 9.
Now I have an empty slot in my team… I was thinking of raising a Shellos and evolving it into a Gastrodon?? I don't want my Empoleon - so I was thinking of raising that instead.
Meh, I’m tired – my legs feel like jelly, and I woke up at 8 AM this morning. I’m gonna go to bed for a while, catch up on some sleep, and get all refreshed.
Dixie currently feels:
Alone
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Currently playing:
- Pokémon Diamond
- Mario Party 4
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Currently listening to:
- Inhale - Stone Sour
- Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
- My Obsession - Skillet
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Times cried: None
Wounds inflicted: None
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Well, last night, as I was taking the last few turns on the Bowser's Gnarly Party board, whilst responding to some posts on my forum - I got the craving to start a new game of Pokémon Diamond.
So whilst I was waiting for the slow-as-shit computers to take their turns, I opened up Pokésav and Serebii.net - and started making a team of six hacked monsters that I wanted to be my main team throughout the game.
I gave them high-level moves and high levels of IV and EV points too. Of course, I made them look legit, giving them the right natures, correct areas and the right abilities.
I hacked the following:
Espeon - "Emily" - level 8
Jolteon - "Spike" - level 8
Grimer - "Sticky" - level 10
Cyndaquil - "Volvic" - level 8
Piplup - level 5 - shiny
And my favourite ownage monster:
Rattftratz! - Level 1 Rattata with a focus sash, quick attack and endeavor! :)
I also altered my ID number, so it was the same one as my LeafGreen game - 24606.
I love that number, and I think it suits me well. :)
Heh, I've just noticed, it starts with the first numbers of my birthdate too.
I've been playing it for about six hours now.
I've even gone to the trouble of hacking some Mew, Palkia, Turtwig, Piplup and Chimchar for the greedy bastards on the GTS.
It won't let me trade my Palkia though - which is typical, because I caught 7 of them at level 99.
Humph. Nothing ever changes.
Either way, Adam came over today - and we spent most of the day sat about, eating chocolate and drinking Cherry Coke.
Then we turned on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and played a few 2P VS matches - then I was asked to play with my Chao.
I don't see what's so interesting about watching someone play with Chao... But.
Yeah, I did a bit of that, and completed a few more missions - but I'm getting to the point of the game now where I proper can't do anything else - the missions I have left to do are sodding ridiculous.
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Anyway, I'm back on Mario Party 4 at the moment.
I've done about 10 turns of Shy Guy's Jungle Jam - responding to forum posts whilst I wait for the computers.
I'm getting towards the end of the board now, as I'm writing this as Luigi, Daisy and Mario are messing about with mega mushrooms, running over star spots because they're retard CPUs on Normal difficulty. :)
This time, I'm playing through as Waluigi.
I've done it with Peach, Daisy and Wario, so I'm onto Waluigi next.
Then I'll do DK, so I've done the bottom row of characters. :)
As we all know, the Mario Party music gets so annoying and repetitive after a while - so I've made myself a playlist.
OMFG... I JUST WON 100 COINS IN THE LOTTERY SHOP!!!
Yeah, the coin star is TOTALLY in the bag. :)
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But yes, as I was saying, the playlist. :)
I feel like making a big list, so I'll list the songs that are on it.
- My current favourite few, and they all run on for a combined total of 3:00:31.
Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck! - Anti-Flag
Grace - Apocalyptica
Trauma - Ayumi Hamasaki
GAME - Ayumi Hamasaki
About You - Ayumi Hamasaki
Red Flag - Billy Talent
Punk Rock 101 - Bowling For Soup
Somebody Put Something In My Drink - Chilrden Of Bodom
Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
Follow The Wolves - Demon Hunter
Hier Kommt Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Bye, Bye, Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Southpaw - Double You
Valley Of The Damned - DragonForce
(F)lannigan's Ball - Dropkick Murphys
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys
A Dark Omen - Fairyland
Parlez-vous Freezepop? - Freezepop
Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
Get Ready 2 Rokk - Freezepop
Ham On The Bone - GWAR
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi
Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God
Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura... - Maximum The Hormone
Koi No Megalover - Maximum The Hormone
Alive - P.O.D.
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Morgenstern - Rammstein
Reise, Reise - Rammstein
Benzin - Rammstein
Rosenrot - Rammstein
Mann Gegen Mann - Rammstein
Tier - Rammstein
Klavier - Rammstein
Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Only This Moment - Röyksopp
My Obsession - Skillet
Falling Inside The Black - Skillet
Wait And Bleed - Slipknot
No Life - Slipknot
Snot - Snot
Inhale - Stone Sour
Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch
Falls Apart - Thousand Foot Krutch
Just Like You - Three Days Grace
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - The Vandals
Let The Fire Fall - Virginia Creeper
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OMFG, LUIGI JUST STOLE MY STAR - THE LITTLE SHIT!
NOW I'M SECOND!
Not that it matters, of course... I'm going to win the mini-game star and the coin star, because Normal level CPUs are total retards.
Now this is multi-tasking at its finest. :)
I'm currently playing Mario Party 4, whilst listening to music.
I'm also on my PC.
For the past hour, and for the future several hours - I'm also going to be writing this blog, responding to forum posts, reading fan fiction, organising music, downloading stuff and maybe even doing a bit of writing and/or planning.
ROFL!
A MINI GAME STARTED WITHOUT ME NOTICING, AND I DIDN'T REALISE TILL 10 SECONDS IN - AND I STILL BEAT ALL THREE OF THEM!
Normal CPU retards! :D
Lmao, I have 218 coins, and it's the last turn. Eee. :)
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