Me+Katsucon=Snow?

[rkold]

For those who didn't know, I went to Katsucon this week end, and amazingly enough managed to *NOT* get snowed in, despite the fact it did snow, again. I do have some digi-pictures but I am lazy and haven't gotten them off my camera yet cause I spent the day scanning.



Let's see... first, muscatlove and I were being obsessive compulsive neat freaks in the room we shared. I am sure we drove our poor roommates insane. We weren't staying in the actual con hotels, but I'm sort of happy we weren't cause 1) quieter and 2) no elevator waits! *big hugs* to muscatlove for making the reservation and for just being herseslf.

I got to meet in person emilychan, sailorstarsun, chibihiku, caffeineaddict, konoha and ladycosmos (I thought you were still in Japan ^^;; ) and definitely other people whose LJ names I don't know, lol. *waves to all of above*

I got to see sumeragiskank, though we also spent a lot of time missing each other. Feel better soon!!!! *huge hugs*

I am (in)famous for running Penal-tea and it REALLY will get updated soon. I spent 5 hours scanning and editing doujinshi scans so I now have 30+ doujinshi to add to the for sale page and 10 new zips for Penal-tea. Truly! I'm also (in)famous for my rather passionate dislike of TezuFuji, lol Now, to become (in)famous for my even greater passionate dislike of Yuuta/Mizuki. *insert evil witch cackling here*

Amtrak stopped at various times for no good reason but had plugs for my laptop so I could spend the entire trip playing with my computer. Risk and watching the 2nd CCS movie were activities of choice. I adore RISK. I love naming the other players and then annihlating them. It is most amusing and a great stress relief.

Now con things...

I got a piece of YuuYuu fanart commissioned lol. Cause I adore YuuYuu and my art skills are the suck. I skipped all the video presentations cause 1) they were in another hotel and 2) they never said which episodes they were showing. I mean, 5 episodes of FMA are all well and good but not all are equally amusing and the schedule did not SAY which episodes were being shown. I missed all the panels I thought about attending cause they had crappy times. BTW SDs at an anime con, wow, that is all I have to say. I wonder how many of those SD people follow the groups on Yahoo.

I was clever and actually brought food, which was nice though there was a Starbucks! Caramel Frappucinos!!! I muchly enjoyed the Cosplay competition. I loved the Utena skit. I loved Mario golfing. There were some really talented people. I also went to karaoke which was a mix bag. My heart belongs to the 5 guys who did Initial D. They're antics made the whole karaoke viewing worth it. I of course also babbled to people and went to the dealer's room. Another highlight was seeing AkuAto cosplayers. Yes, AkutsuxAtobe, I kid you not! And they didn't even know about the AkuAto of RWT!!!!!!! *too amused*

I bought a really wrong smutty TezuRyo doujinshi. Yes, TezuRyo, even though I prefer RyoZuka. It's the wrong smutty circle that does NanjirohxRyoma and so I could not resist.



What else have I been doing? Well, I went to the Gates like around 4 million other people and even got a piece of fabric. Two words on my view of the Gates: "Fushimi Inari"

I am still attempting to draw a picture for Yuuta's birthday. I have some rough sketches but didn't have a decent picture of Yumiko with me. I shall do it by this week end though. *nods*

I am also testing word processors for my Mac. The hubby is on an Anti-Microsoft kick so I need something simple, easy, preferably cheap, and which works. So far the rejected pile includes Abiword and Open Office. I'm not sure Pages is what I want, and I am currently trying Mellel. So far, I like Mellel. It does all the things I need and it's $40.

And finally two links that I found amusing:

The Sommerville Gates (Make sure to read the viewers comments XD;;;

Fun with Peeps!

Comments

[dilettantka.livejournal.com]

AKUATO!! that is beautiful!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I have pictures of them making out. XDDDD AkuAto! <3 They said there is a community even, lol When I said I was a fan Atobe gave me a red rose. Also there was a great Hyoutei group with a Sakaki even! The Atobe and Gakuto kept bitching at one another and the Oshitari was molesting the Gakuto, you would have loved it.

[chynoi.livejournal.com]

AkuAto was VERY interesting.... xD

Waa~! Glad you had fun at Katsu! ^^ Perhaps I'll see you around at another con! I'm mostly West Coast though... only started going to East Coast cons last year!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I like you LJ icon!

I had so much fun meeting you! I've never been to a West Coast con, mostly I use to go to Shoujo-con which is now defunct, though I might try for Otakon this summer if I don't have to go to wedding. ^^;;

[setra.livejournal.com]

Totally unrelated to your post: I uploaded the Backstage stuff from TeniMyu 3 to your streamload account. When I can settle in on campus for several hours (probably tomorrow), I'll try to send the whole Musical (I'm assuming that you still need it... feel free to laugh at me if you got your dvd and I missed it. ^_^)
I get very nice upload rates through school, but I need an actual wired connection rather than my slightly flakey wireless card.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thankees!!!! I actually got my DVD and probably forgot to mention it because not long after it, my finger got infected and then I slipped and so it slipped my mind. ^^;;;

Go read rwt_chats, now, shoo!

[setra.livejournal.com]

^__^ I'm reading, I'm reading.
Actually, I'll be studying Japanese in a bit here... but then I'm reading.
I got as far as Fuji's text message and am now tormenting myself with the suspense of how this will all end.
I'll comment again when I finish it all.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

So does it count for suspenseful then? XD;;;

[chocolate_chip.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I was so glad to finally meet you! <33333333

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Me too!! I really adore having the chance to meet people in person.

[isachi.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha XD I thought the same thing myself. It's so Fushigi Inari without the pesky getting lost :3

[rkold.livejournal.com]

So is that the main purpose of Fushimi Inari, to trap foreigners on it's winding paths like some sort of shinto pitcher plant?

The Gates also had a lot fewer steps XD;;;

[konoha.livejournal.com]

It's a bit late, but I just wanted to say I had great fun meeting you at the con. Maybe we'll both go to the same one again sometime soonish :)