Yay! So, yeah, I just got back from Akon literally 5 minutes ago. It was a blast! Sure, the hotel was a basket case, and the arrangement of lines was...more than a little hectic. But it was still awesome: I got to see old friends, make some new ones, and listen to 3 great music artists!
Friday, Day 1(1):
We got to the hotel around 3-3:30. This by itself was a bad move, waiting for my friend to take us instead of having m dad just take us and go. But we got there, and it was a parking lot of luggage carts and people walking around trying to find their rooms or friends or whatever. Here's where I made some new friends: this guy, Zieg, and his friends (and mom? o.O I'm pretty sure it was his mom...). They were fun, and we kept joking that if we didn't get to our rooms soon or get food soon we'd maul the pizza guy. Yes, there was a pizza guy v.v Poor guy, having to wait in that sea of people for the right person...
I met up with
and our friends. She wore a Mrs. Lovett costume that was DA BOMB! ;D She's so awesome. I think I still owe her money. ^3^;; I love you, liebe! Hehe...*sweatdrop*
After wandering the Artist Alley for a little while, we got in line for the concert. THAT was a taste of hell. >-<* Grrr, the wait was unbelieveable, but the bands were pretty good. ^^
Friday Night-Early Saturday morning, Day 1(2):
Budo Grape was the opening act of the concert, and I must say that in my opinion they were pretty good. The guy in our group thought their music was weird, and that he might've enjoyed it more if he was high o.O The music did get pretty out-there, and the went for SO LONG (DX). It was kinda sad, because the moment they got offstage people started chanting for Versailles (AWESOMENESS 8D), and pretty much nobody left when it was mentioned that Budo Grape was doing autographs.
Before Versailles came onstage, the Con Patrol made us "take two steps back", like, 20 times. And I thought it was because the people in the front-ish area (in front of my "row") weren't moving back much/at all. And Versailles took SOOO LOONG to get onstage! We ended up just sitting on the ground and waiting until the lights went out, meaning the band was on stage. Side-note: Passing water back is a wonderful thing, and can help keep people from passing out/fainting.
When Versailles came on stage, everybody screamed/yelled, depending on their gender XD Our group pretty much lost our voices from screaming so much. But can you blame a girl? Those guys are HOT!! XD And they only took breaks every now and then between every 2-3 songs. Then when the concert was "over"
and I lined up for the autographs, and on our way over to the line we heard the band doing an encore, in which they apparently played Revenant Choir, which is like my most favorite song of theirs. -.- My mom ended up getting moved to the front because she had 5s, and she begged to let them let her buy a 2nd CD if I could be pulled out of the line (one for me and one for
). They were supernice and let her do it and now we both have our CDs! Fun-fun all around! ^-^
After that
(a.k.a. Kenny ^-^), who was actually staing with me and mom, and I went up to the room and crashed @.@
Saturday, Day 2(1):
Yesterday got up and when stright to Artist Alley> I'd bought one or two things there Friday, so I was mostly looking. Kenny was a little upset over the fact that one of the artists she wanted to buy from wasn't there yet, even though I told her several times that and artist who is at their booth until 2 in the morning the night before is probably not going to be up and ready to sell and 10 in the morning that day. She ended up buying some pictures for me (which I paid her back for) and we oogled over
's books that she bought. We then stood in line for the Versailles Q&A.
OMG the Versaille Q&A was SO. MUCH. FUN!!! The guys were really nice and answered pretty much every question. They even spoke some English! OoO That was fun. 3 of my favorite answers were all said by Kamijo, the lead singer.
1) Q: Do you know the effect your voice has on your female fans? (my comment: If you don't we'll show you ;D)
A: (translated) Does your heart go "pitter-pat"? (my comment: it does a LITTLE more than that! XD)
2) Q: Say something you admire/like about the band member to your right. (whole band question, but I feel Kamijo's answer was funniest XD)
A: *turns to Teru* Stand up. *motions to Teru's exposed abs/stomach* Teru: *squirms*
3) Q: Pirate or ninja?
A: *in almost perfect english* I love Johnny Depp! (pirate XD)
IT. WAS. AMAZING. 8D
Saturday night, Day 2(2):
Cosplay night! The cosplay was fun, but the waiting to get in was a REALLY BIG pain in the @$$. First they'd moved out part of the line somewhere, then they made another line in front of ours pointing TOWARDS US D: then started dragging people to form the 3rd "accessory line", totaling FOUR LINES D:< It pissed me off, but then we finally got to go and some lady was very nice and let us go in front of her in line because we'd waited longer than her and she'd gotten ahead of us. We got really good seats in the front row of the back section because of her. If she has a dA account and finds this, thank you so much! ^-^
Aaaand~ after the cosplay was the Emma Mae mini-concert and previewing of her anime Hope Notes. She dressed for the crowd (XD) and had Vic Mignogna singing a duet with her! It was totally awesome, and I even got her autograph in my sketchbook :3
Oh yeah - Akon beat the Guinness World Record of most people dressed as video game characters. Over 600! 8D
And I led ex-Hatter then-male!vamp cosplayer/costumer
around XD It was so much fun. I had a pet vampire! Luv ya sis! ^-^
Sunday, Day 3 (FINAL DAY/TODAY):
Basically, me and Kenny wandered through the Dealer's room and bought snacks, I showed mom the doll I'd like to get from Gina, and then Kenny and I went to Artist Alley, and I bought a LOT of art stuff XD I still don't know where I'm going to put it all >->; Then we had to leave ☹ But we were getting tired and there really wasn't much to do today except take advantage of the great Sunday deals!
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K, I think that's it....Yeah, that's it. I got to say "HI" to several people and dealers that I know. It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to see what next year has in store. Until then, I'm gonna be at Anime Fest in the fall. lol That's probably gonna be my next journal entry!
OHYEAH! Wish me a happy belated birthday. I'm 16!
When Life Hands you Lemons... 
A quick hello to anyone who may be seeing this. Yes, this entry it mostly just for the awesomeness of the free trial of sorts with the journal CSS. I would've filled this journal with an emo-tastic life dump, but I'm in too good of a mood right now, and don't really have the time 
Tired
(who's Harley I was thinking of) said they were going to AnimeFest, so I might've seen them. XD Either way, the costumes were impressive!
), and then a picture of Jack Skellington went for $1000!!! 8D It was epic awesome. Buuut then we left, 'cuz they were going to begin auctioning the adult stuff, and we just didn't want to see that XP
's art at the auction today, and I'm reaally happy about it ^_^ and I got to chill with the BJD people today as well, so I'm happy. :3
Excited
