Alright, so most of my updates for Otafest can be found on
which is my cosplay groups account. Basically the entire thing is my POV on the convention but yeah, I'll try and write a bit more here.
So I stayed over at
house on wednesday night, that way it was only one stop before the convention and kind of made stuff easier on everyone. Thursday we got up, went to school (I'm not in school, but she still is) and hung out there for like two periods before her mother came and got us, and we headed off. Mind you, we had to squish all of our stuff into the car (because they didn't think to clean out the trunk for us) and so even though it was only two of us in the back, the ride was still crowded.
Friday
came over, and we were all excited, minus one who was still sleeping. We weren't expecting her until around noon, so when she showed up at like 8am we were all surprised to say the least. Eventually we got into cosplay and headed off to the convention by transit. Oddly enough, our costumes ended up being fairly popular, and lots of people took our pictures before our red link went home and changed.
Saturday we got up early, quickly got ready, then headed off to the convention. The first thing we did was head to the vendors, because, you know, swag. Pretty much right after that we headed off to get changed into our homestuck cosplays for the homestuck panel, then I changed back into my pandora outfit, because I really did not like the idea of being grey the rest of the day. I also forgot my belt for my Aranea cosplay, so the inaccuracy was bothering me quite a bit. We also got lost on the transit on this day, because our usual route was closed. We hopped on the bus, and saw some cosplayers, so when they got off we thought following them would be a good idea. Little did we know if we'd continued to follow them, we would've ended up at our destination sooner than we had. We ended up not getting on the same train as them because we couldn't make up our minds about wether or not that was the train we needed. It was.
Sunday was kind of a blah day. We still got lost on transit (mind you, we got off a stop late, hopped on the wrong train, had to catch a train back, and then get on the proper train), but we ended up going to a lot more panels than the previous days. We hardly got any pictures, but in the end, I'm kinda glad for that. I think it was nice to have had a break from all the hulla-ballo that had gone on the previous two days.
So my swag from the convention includes the following;
-Volumes 21-27 of Tsubasa (I seriously couldn't find 28, which made me so mad cuz that's all I need now)
-Volumes 5+6, 10-12, 15-17 of Shaman King (It was buy 2/$5 so I just got what they had)
-Nekomimi ears (purchased for me by Omaru)
-4 t-shirts (Angel Beats!, DRRR!!, Madoka Magica, and Blue Exorcist)
-Ravenclaw scarf
-Miku Hatsune shoulder bag (we were running out of room in my bag, and I'm really liking this one)
-2 packs of Pocky (the big packs. 2/$10 was cheaper than the 1 for $6 deal)
-Asuna and Kirito Cosplays (Asuna was purchased for Cookie, while the Kirito was purchased for myself)
Yup, pretty sure that was everything I purchased. Now for updates!
is currently styaing over at my house until Saturday, to which she will be returning home. She's only here because of the convention, and we figured it would be better if she got to stay somewhere between the travelling thing to relax a little. Work is blah, but I still enjoy it.
So today I got woken up at Midnight, because my friends were panicking about another friend (who will remain anonymous for their sake.) because of something they wrote on Facebook. Turns out, it was a good thing that they did, otherwise they probably wouldn't be here right now. Needless to say, I didn't sleep so well last night, because the last thing I wanted was to loose another person that meant a lot to me, especially over text message in the middle of the night. I'm glad they're doing ok right now, but I'm still a little numb feeling about it. Maybe if I go and visit them tomorrow I'll be able to talk to them. They were kind of out of it, due to the amount of drugs in their system, and what was trying to counter-act it. Still, they kind of need to know that their friends are here for them, and will listen and help them through whatever is troubling them as best as they can. Some of them wont know what they're going through, and none of them will understand exactly what they are going through, but we can all still try to make it a little bit more easier to bear.
But just remember kids; suicide is not the answer, and never will be. Please, please, PLEASE, get help if you feel like this. Talk to someone, anyone, when things are making you upset, and/or bothering you. Talk with people you trust, who you know will at the very least listen. I know its not easy, and I know the people you talk to may not be able to give you the answers that you want, but trust me when I say that it does help to get stuff like this off your chest.