A-kon part 1

[spoon9001]

Ok, so, it's Friday, first day of A-kon. It's also the day of the Inugami/Seikima concerts. O_O

Buzz Lightyear tells us 'good morning' at some ungodly hour (0730), and Kim's just about ready to go downstairs dressed as Italy Japan China some Asian country from Hetalia Axis Powers, and Kyoukotan and I were going to dress as Inugami Circus-dan. My outfit and makeup are easier so I went first and carted my artist alley crap downstairs. Kyoukotan was going to try to do her own makeup and then I would tie her taiko obi at the table (I can do it in five minutes!).

I think I had left my horns in the room, though, so the Cure booth didn't notice me, but boy did they notice Kyoukotan. They wanted pictures to send to the real Kyouko because she loves cosplayers. :D Anyhoo, the concert wasn't until 8pm and there was literally nothing that interested us, so Kyoukotan went to the Jrock video room and meandered. She ran into another group of Inugami cosplayers (a Kyouko and a Jyouji, though their Zin had a headache and said "screw it" to dressing up.) that were going to be part of the Masquerade. We trolled the Cure booth with them and then I went back to my table.

CONCERT
After putting my stuff away we went downstairs to the concert. We got front and center and Did Not Move. >) It didn't take long before the band came out and started. OMG seeing them live is so awesome. :D I don't even like their music too much (though after hearing them live and listening to them on the drive home, I do enjoy listening to them now). zombiequeens has their set list after we found it on Facebook, btw. Lalala, so as the show was starting, this tiny little Kyouko cosplayer from Japan came up next to me, her mother right beside her. I asked if she was part of the fan club, and indeed she is. She was literally a foot shorter than me, though, so when the music began playing I just about shoved her in front of me so that she could uh SEE THE SHOW that she paid $3k to see o_o;;; Her mom was a bit taller so she was able to see over some shoulders. So, front and center were two Kyouko cosplayers, an Akira right behind them, and off to the side another Kyouko and a Jyouji. Short of there being a Zin, I think the band was pretty happy to see that. ^^

After the first song I felt a tap on my shoulder: Another girl about a foot shorter gave me the puppy eyes and "You're tall :'(" so I made some room for her behind Kyoukotan. ........Turns out she didn't expect to get assaulted by hair during a METAL SHOW, so when Kyoukotan was headbanging and whipping her hair back and ultimately smacking the girl in the face, she felt compelled to retaliate. There was some intentional ear-drum shattering shrieking to be had from her. :| Not appreciated by either of us. I'm all for excitement and being stuck in front of a speaker when it comes to reasons for going deaf at a concert, but doing it purposefully is NOT COOL. Be respectful, especially when you were shown respect first.

Blah blah blah, Lots of hard songs were played, lots of headbanging, and Jyouji had a few solos. ^^ He makes the silliest happy faces with his huge mouth. And Zin was such a creeper on Kyouko, sneaking up behind her and such. He did most of the audience interaction (Clapping and what not) and with his striped socks and school boy shorts he looked so adorable doing it. Akira was... Akira? I think he made eye contact with me a few times, but he smiled a lot in general. They all seemed really excited to be playing their first American show. :3

At the end, Kyouko made introductions and.... Akira gave us a lick of his drumstick THAT HE DID NOT THROW OUT TO US WTFF. I'm always hoping to catch a drumstick, but I would have muscled out for that one. *purrs*

INTERMISSION
While we waited for SeikimaII to come out, staff brought out water. WATER. And asked if we wanted any. Hoh shit that was awesome. After hydrating, Kyoukotan decided that she wasn't going to be able to deal with another, longer, performance of a harder-loved band while front and center. Security escorted us out so that we could get to the back, and.... I discovered that my horn broke. :( The Model Magic is drying out a lot, so I'd resolved to make a new set and retire the first after getting them signed by Inugami.

Found a place to sit in the back by the water coolers and SeikimaII came out. Blah blah blah I'm tired and don't want to type it all up right now. XP Just know that BOYS LIKE MANKO and one of the guitarists likes the sound of swinging tits. Awesome performance.

Unfortunately Inugami's first autograph signing was during the Seikima show and so we didn't want to bring anything to get signed with us (I wanted my poster signed; not risking that up in the pit). Looking back, I figure that we could have gone and come back since we were wearing what we wanted to get signed, but whatever.


BACK TO CON TALK
Manny had showed a few hours prior to the show and we gave him a key to the room, so after the concert we went up and said hi and made introductions.

Kyoukotan and I were hungry and apparently a lot of the expensive booths (namely CURE) didn't take plastic, so we wanted an ATM that didn't cost $5. Well sure as shit, Manny's got a GPS in his rental! And it's awesome! Let's go.

We got out of costumes and got into his car and off we went looking for a BofA and a Wells Fargo that were both in theory on Main Street. The GPS did not agree with that, and after much circling (lots of one-way streets in Dallas), we FINALLY found ATMs and they were a block apart mysteriously.

Now...

It's 1 in the morning. What the hell is open? JACK IN THE BOX. Gee, Mr. GPS, how do we shot directions to JitB? Turn left. Turn right. Turn right. Turn left. You messed up but I won't tell you that, so just turn left. Etc. Ten minutes later we fucking find it, and where is it? A mile away from where we first started asking the GPS, and not around a corner. ON THE SAME STREET. And not only on the same street that we were on, the SAME STREET AS THE HOTEL. You literally turn left out of the parking lot of the hotel and drive straight, and there's the JitB two miles away. And the GPS had us driving in circles and squares to get to it. And the thing doesn't even tell you when it's Recalculating. It just does it and every now and then if you get a turn right, it gives you wedding bells. I shit you not. Worst contraption EVER. Don't buy Magellan. :||||

Got back to the room and chatted for a bit before going to bed.

Good first day! Despite crappy sales :(

Comments

[nelly-d.livejournal.com]

Zin was at the concert in full cosplay *does random wiggle dance* I wanted to buy some art from you, but I forgot to leave monies u_u Anyway...*stalks & adds* 8D bwahahaha

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

YAY! :D The full band was there! I wish we got to see you.

You still can buy art... *hint*hint*

[nelly-d.livejournal.com]

haha I fail. I forgot to add you until now ^^;; Oh well, but now than never.

And I shall sometime soon! I liked it~