Sakura Con 2017
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rennae I never wrote about LA/AX last year....or kumoricon (actually I lost a whole bunch of photos from kumoricon too while trying to back it up, sob)
BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SAKURACON INSTEAD!!! it is my favorite convention....!!!
THURSDAY
Amy made me take an earlier bus with her....I mean it was just 11:30am but all our friends were taking the 2pm bus instead? Anyways I got to the station at 11:00-ish and found amy in A&W getting food....and also got food. Then I asked amy why we were still in A&W?? shouldn't we be...waiting for our bus? and amy gives me this Look and said it was fine. (IT WAS NOT FINE, AMY THOUGHT THE BUS LEFT AT 11:45. IT LEFT AT 11:30!!! AMY!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !) but it was ok, we made it on the bus just fine, though we got shuffled to the VERY BACK of the bus. Like. last row possible LMFAO.
This bus was Full of Weebs, and some losers was streaming a movie or something on their switch and talking very loudly and the bus driver called them out and to them to shut up. Thanks driver LOL uneventful ride because amy was....writing her final? right next to me? while I was just trying to have a good time...wtf.
WE GOT CALLED OUT AT THE BORDER! a border guard was like "ok all of you going to that anime convention, get into this line" ASDJASD how dare they??? 85% of the bus....got into the line....but in all seriousness, it was great because the line went so fast once they know why all these nerds are here, though the border guard that was checking the line called amy and I out a SECOND TIME wow. "so going to that anime convention, huh. Are you dressing up?" OK FIRST OF ALL!!!!! yea thats why our suitcases are so big lol.
but blah blah blah got through border just fine, though I was worrying about my more fragile pieces of armour and props (most of my other props were with Jason who drove them down for me, thank you friend....you saved my life TAT). There was a stop in Bellingham and amy and I went to the grocery store across the street where THERE WAS WINE FOR $5??? WTF? but neither of us had our wallets because we were Fools, so we vowed to get it on our way back....
We nyoomed to Seattle until we got stuck in some traffic as usual. but amy and I got to seattle, checked in, went to kino and uwajimaya (where amy got the most expensive loaf of bread I've seen in my life?? we both got.....alcohol.
LOL amy got a white moscato and I got some soju) and ate some ramen! We ran into many friends along the way! it was fun! but also I ran into a former colleague and I TURNED AWAY SO FAST AND FURIOUSLY DID NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT (argh). The rest of the party also rolled in by this point, and we sent them off to the hotel with a key while we went off to scope out target :')!!! I did some damage at target...LOL for necessities. (and scoped out the wine??? idk man, wine is so cheap in the states...)
AND THEN WE WENT SHOPPING OMFG I bought so much stuff?? my new favorite jacket? for 7 dollars? THANK YOU F21 LMFAO I actually thought it was 14 dollars until I was at cash, and they're like huh so its actually another 50% off. N O I C E.
AND YOLANDA GAVE US SO MANY COOKIES, confession time; yolanda left some for the other ppl in my room....but they forgot to eat them , so I did them a solid and ate them all ^___^ I'm a good friend you see.
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FRIDAY
we all got up to get to registration at 8am to get our passes, it was very fast....then lisa, joanne and I went to set up the artist alley table. yea that took a while because the clamps were still with someone else LOL so we eventually left lisa to finish up and wait for the clamps while we went to change!
I did Scathach from Fate Grand Order for the first part of the day! its actually really comfortable and also the most revealing cos of the weekend LOL
anyways, I went to the fate shoot and played with CHIRA!!! CHAS!!! FERRIS!!!!! aka the cali fates crew *A* who I can finally play with because I'm finally into FGO LOL
Mike and Devin came to play later! Then us, the Irish(+Scottish, because Scathach is actually more of a Scottish folklore figure...amazing) went for a shoot with some new friends I met during Harumatsuri!
Here's some photos, they did such a good job! *A* (Lok Leung on facebook!)
my shoulder armour broke during this shoot, so I took it as a sign to change out into AKARI!!! MY DAUGHTER!!!! I LOVE!!! I should have done my makeup differently (aka not had been a lazy butt and just used the same makeup as scathach LOL) so I'll rewear it at some other time.
(the second photo is also one of my fav selcas from the weekend because I told maru to take a selca with me and she CRAWLS UNDER MY ARTIST ALLEY TABLE??? LMFAO thank u friend)
Then we had dinner at Yardhouse, yum. Lisa had the biggest puff pastry covering on her dish I've seen in my life.....wao.
then it was time to prepare for day 2.....
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SATURDAY
LMfaO I did nier today. a lot of things fell apart? but I guess its fine....its fine, FINE!!!!!! (it was not fine, I'll fix her up and wear her one last time before I retire 2B and make lisa wear her for me while I play as A2!!! :')!!)
JC was about 1.5h late, but I guess I can forgive him bc he looks so good as Adam? (jk he always looks great, I hate him LMFAO) I haven't seen JC or Arisla since AX SO IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM!!! *A* *A* Bel was such a cute 9S!!! my friends are too good....TAT
we did a shoot but honestly, I feel like we goofed off a lot during the shoot LOL but we still got some nice shots!
we wandered the con together for a bit, and this one photog wanted to take us to steamworks park for a shoot, but we all felt uncomfortable going off with them to uber to a park....sorry pal, thank you for offering, but none of us are from seattle so we have no idea where you're taking us :'(;;;;
but soon we had to split ways....as JC and I were changing out into different things.
I changed into Easter Camilla!!! which I pretty much sewed in one day because I have no chill lmfaosjfiaosfdasiofasdi I also had to....find....a lot of tiddy....from somewhere??? (I?? have? none?) but ok I managed it...some how LASDFMSAOFJ I kept joking that I was cosplaying amy.
I actually stayed at my table for most of the time I was camilla! I literally booth babed......stood in front of our artist alley table and told ppl to look at our stuff LMFAO then I did a shoot with Lok again! Thank you Lok!!!
OH YEA AND MIKO CAME BUT MY TABLE??? I missed absolutely no time in asking her to pick me up like a princess :') I have priorities ok, (I love miko...thank you miko...TAT)
I liked being easter camilla a lot, and want to rewear her! but I have no idea when I would do that, its weird to be easter camilla when its not...easter. LOL
(with Hana!!! who is such a cute Alisha TAT I wish we got to double Alisha....since before I SLAMED MYSELF INTO CAMILLA PLANS I was going to bring Alisha as well! :'(;;;;)
then artist alley ended!! and my whole hotel room (sans jenni) changed into FateGO!!! well amy didn't change either, but thats because she was FGO all day anyways...LOL I did Gudako!!! I AM THE MASTER!!! SURROUNDED BY HOT 5* BABES!!!! and hans anderson....because joanne didn't get the Hot Babe memo...and missed the 5* memo too....hello 2* little boy LOL
BUT LOOK!!!! everyone is so good, all my friends are so good.....TAT but it was fun doing a group cos with everyone again!! jenni is an excellent cameraman, she did good too! I'm excited to see the pics :') I bet I'm blinking in 90% of them, I'm sorry.
Emii was slightly drunk the whole time during FGO because she drank most of the bottle of pink moscato she got while she was changing? ALSDAS Wild. it was really funny lfmaodifja
then we ate at cheesecake factory!!! the steak and chicken was so good as usual TAT and the bread was also delicious!! then we went back to the con and made a stupid video before we striped out of our anime skins for the night LOL
amy, chira and I tried going to the yaoi panel, but it wasn't 18+ so the panel was full....of children probably? :'(? idk we couldn't get in....
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SUNDAY
LAST DAY!!! Aaaaaaaahhhh I did Selena again today! *A* with Yume as Laslow and Amy as Easter Camilla (which is hilarious because somehow people got the two of us mixed up LMFAO)
we made more dumb videos, and took a million selcas!! and then a Spring Chrom and their buddies gave me and yume some bunny ears as well!! THANK YOU FRIENDS!!! now I too get to be bunny ^__^
And we ran into an Owain too!! THE GANG IS ALL HERE!!
Then amy and I went to have lunch with JC and Arisla before they left to go home, I'm so sad they had to leave so soon TAT
after the sad farewells, amy and I went back to the con to meet up with yume again! then I nearly fought a guy for Amy's Honour (but its not like she needed my help, or has any Honour for me to defend tbh 9__6)
but I ran into Lok again and shanghaied him into shooting me and yume (again, I'm sorry Lok, thank you so much ASDJASfijas)
Then it was the end of the con...and I had to help take down the artist alley table....THEN I RAN INTO FRIENDS AT MY TABLE!!! because I was finally...back at my table omfg I ALSO MISSED 439058435 FRIENDS BECAUSE I SAY I'M AT MY TABLE and then....I'm...not??? LFAASDOJASD I'M SORRY FRIENDS.......next year...I'll do better TAT actually. sushiyou said she'll make a twitter to play with me??? WHERE IS SHE??? I'm offended wtf COME PLAY!!!
friend from AX last year!!!
here. Important Selena selcas......^___^ amy and bella....and their bosoms. LOL
we ate at Din Tai Fun for dinner and I spent way too much money on...dumplings Lmgaofoisadfj.
Then amy and I went to see casey/hen's room asdafjasf we nearly got lost going because google maps took us down a side alley wtf. but ok we made it in the end and casey gave us hard lemonade coolers....AND CASEY AND I UNKNOWINGLY GOT THE SAME JACKET!!!!! space babes unite :')
we went back to our hotel, but on the way amy spotted an alleged aoba cosplayer 2 blocks down the road and kept trying to catch up to see if it was actually him....
Jason came to pick up our props for the trip back to Vancouver...and that was Wild LOL. we bought down the hard lemonade in (clean) starbucks cups like true rebels....
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MONDAY
amy, jenni and I were leaving on an earlier bus, so we wanted to go to pike place extra early like we do every year before we leave. Our whole room came with us too, that was fun! we ate a lot, I bought so much at the bakery, I'm a little embarrassed but its so good???
PIROSHKY!!
and also we hit up target to get...more....wine....(LASDASFJDIfjasi wine is so cheap in USA I'm so mad)
Our bus stopped in Bellingham for 30mins because we were AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? I know, its unheard of? but there we were. AND AMY AND I ZOOMED IN TO THE GROCERY STORE to buy the wine we didn't get to the first time asDKAODSFJAFS but jokes on me, bc only I got wine...I got 2 whole bottles.......RIP
then we were at the border and I tried to fight the border guard, I've never been so insulted in my life?
border guard: what were you doing in seattle
me: at the anime convention
border guard: oh sakuracon
me: yea....
me: have you been there before?
border guard: no but I've been to PAX once....
amy: what for?
border guard: I like Overwatch and League
me: oh so you're one of us, how nice---
border guard: I'm not at your level ^__^
me: wow, WOW you get off that podium RIGHT NOW we need to FIGHT
another border guard, from across the aisle: HE'S A BIG NERD,
me: yea you heard me.
how dare he???? aSDKAOSFJAfd but we got through etc etc etc, he was pretty cute, too bad he GRIEVOUSLY offended me.
but eventually.....we made it back to Vancouver....a good thing too, because the later bus with the rest of our friends got caught in a giant traffic jam caused by an accident
YEA THAT WAS SAKURA CON.
Wild. I love seeing my friends, I miss them so much already TAT
on the ending note. here are my two fav photos from sak.
nyooooom
BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SAKURACON INSTEAD!!! it is my favorite convention....!!!
THURSDAY
Amy made me take an earlier bus with her....I mean it was just 11:30am but all our friends were taking the 2pm bus instead? Anyways I got to the station at 11:00-ish and found amy in A&W getting food....and also got food. Then I asked amy why we were still in A&W?? shouldn't we be...waiting for our bus? and amy gives me this Look and said it was fine. (IT WAS NOT FINE, AMY THOUGHT THE BUS LEFT AT 11:45. IT LEFT AT 11:30!!! AMY!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !) but it was ok, we made it on the bus just fine, though we got shuffled to the VERY BACK of the bus. Like. last row possible LMFAO.
This bus was Full of Weebs, and some losers was streaming a movie or something on their switch and talking very loudly and the bus driver called them out and to them to shut up. Thanks driver LOL uneventful ride because amy was....writing her final? right next to me? while I was just trying to have a good time...wtf.
WE GOT CALLED OUT AT THE BORDER! a border guard was like "ok all of you going to that anime convention, get into this line" ASDJASD how dare they??? 85% of the bus....got into the line....but in all seriousness, it was great because the line went so fast once they know why all these nerds are here, though the border guard that was checking the line called amy and I out a SECOND TIME wow. "so going to that anime convention, huh. Are you dressing up?" OK FIRST OF ALL!!!!! yea thats why our suitcases are so big lol.
but blah blah blah got through border just fine, though I was worrying about my more fragile pieces of armour and props (most of my other props were with Jason who drove them down for me, thank you friend....you saved my life TAT). There was a stop in Bellingham and amy and I went to the grocery store across the street where THERE WAS WINE FOR $5??? WTF? but neither of us had our wallets because we were Fools, so we vowed to get it on our way back....
We nyoomed to Seattle until we got stuck in some traffic as usual. but amy and I got to seattle, checked in, went to kino and uwajimaya (where amy got the most expensive loaf of bread I've seen in my life?? we both got.....alcohol.
LOL amy got a white moscato and I got some soju) and ate some ramen! We ran into many friends along the way! it was fun! but also I ran into a former colleague and I TURNED AWAY SO FAST AND FURIOUSLY DID NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT (argh). The rest of the party also rolled in by this point, and we sent them off to the hotel with a key while we went off to scope out target :')!!! I did some damage at target...LOL for necessities. (and scoped out the wine??? idk man, wine is so cheap in the states...)
AND THEN WE WENT SHOPPING OMFG I bought so much stuff?? my new favorite jacket? for 7 dollars? THANK YOU F21 LMFAO I actually thought it was 14 dollars until I was at cash, and they're like huh so its actually another 50% off. N O I C E.
AND YOLANDA GAVE US SO MANY COOKIES, confession time; yolanda left some for the other ppl in my room....but they forgot to eat them , so I did them a solid and ate them all ^___^ I'm a good friend you see.
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FRIDAY
we all got up to get to registration at 8am to get our passes, it was very fast....then lisa, joanne and I went to set up the artist alley table. yea that took a while because the clamps were still with someone else LOL so we eventually left lisa to finish up and wait for the clamps while we went to change!
I did Scathach from Fate Grand Order for the first part of the day! its actually really comfortable and also the most revealing cos of the weekend LOL
anyways, I went to the fate shoot and played with CHIRA!!! CHAS!!! FERRIS!!!!! aka the cali fates crew *A* who I can finally play with because I'm finally into FGO LOL
Mike and Devin came to play later! Then us, the Irish(+Scottish, because Scathach is actually more of a Scottish folklore figure...amazing) went for a shoot with some new friends I met during Harumatsuri!
Here's some photos, they did such a good job! *A* (Lok Leung on facebook!)
my shoulder armour broke during this shoot, so I took it as a sign to change out into AKARI!!! MY DAUGHTER!!!! I LOVE!!! I should have done my makeup differently (aka not had been a lazy butt and just used the same makeup as scathach LOL) so I'll rewear it at some other time.
(the second photo is also one of my fav selcas from the weekend because I told maru to take a selca with me and she CRAWLS UNDER MY ARTIST ALLEY TABLE??? LMFAO thank u friend)
Then we had dinner at Yardhouse, yum. Lisa had the biggest puff pastry covering on her dish I've seen in my life.....wao.
then it was time to prepare for day 2.....
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SATURDAY
LMfaO I did nier today. a lot of things fell apart? but I guess its fine....its fine, FINE!!!!!! (it was not fine, I'll fix her up and wear her one last time before I retire 2B and make lisa wear her for me while I play as A2!!! :')!!)
JC was about 1.5h late, but I guess I can forgive him bc he looks so good as Adam? (jk he always looks great, I hate him LMFAO) I haven't seen JC or Arisla since AX SO IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM!!! *A* *A* Bel was such a cute 9S!!! my friends are too good....TAT
we did a shoot but honestly, I feel like we goofed off a lot during the shoot LOL but we still got some nice shots!
we wandered the con together for a bit, and this one photog wanted to take us to steamworks park for a shoot, but we all felt uncomfortable going off with them to uber to a park....sorry pal, thank you for offering, but none of us are from seattle so we have no idea where you're taking us :'(;;;;
but soon we had to split ways....as JC and I were changing out into different things.
I changed into Easter Camilla!!! which I pretty much sewed in one day because I have no chill lmfaosjfiaosfdasiofasdi I also had to....find....a lot of tiddy....from somewhere??? (I?? have? none?) but ok I managed it...some how LASDFMSAOFJ I kept joking that I was cosplaying amy.
I actually stayed at my table for most of the time I was camilla! I literally booth babed......stood in front of our artist alley table and told ppl to look at our stuff LMFAO then I did a shoot with Lok again! Thank you Lok!!!
OH YEA AND MIKO CAME BUT MY TABLE??? I missed absolutely no time in asking her to pick me up like a princess :') I have priorities ok, (I love miko...thank you miko...TAT)
I liked being easter camilla a lot, and want to rewear her! but I have no idea when I would do that, its weird to be easter camilla when its not...easter. LOL
(with Hana!!! who is such a cute Alisha TAT I wish we got to double Alisha....since before I SLAMED MYSELF INTO CAMILLA PLANS I was going to bring Alisha as well! :'(;;;;)then artist alley ended!! and my whole hotel room (sans jenni) changed into FateGO!!! well amy didn't change either, but thats because she was FGO all day anyways...LOL I did Gudako!!! I AM THE MASTER!!! SURROUNDED BY HOT 5* BABES!!!! and hans anderson....because joanne didn't get the Hot Babe memo...and missed the 5* memo too....hello 2* little boy LOL
BUT LOOK!!!! everyone is so good, all my friends are so good.....TAT but it was fun doing a group cos with everyone again!! jenni is an excellent cameraman, she did good too! I'm excited to see the pics :') I bet I'm blinking in 90% of them, I'm sorry.
Emii was slightly drunk the whole time during FGO because she drank most of the bottle of pink moscato she got while she was changing? ALSDAS Wild. it was really funny lfmaodifja
then we ate at cheesecake factory!!! the steak and chicken was so good as usual TAT and the bread was also delicious!! then we went back to the con and made a stupid video before we striped out of our anime skins for the night LOL
amy, chira and I tried going to the yaoi panel, but it wasn't 18+ so the panel was full....of children probably? :'(? idk we couldn't get in....
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SUNDAY
LAST DAY!!! Aaaaaaaahhhh I did Selena again today! *A* with Yume as Laslow and Amy as Easter Camilla (which is hilarious because somehow people got the two of us mixed up LMFAO)
we made more dumb videos, and took a million selcas!! and then a Spring Chrom and their buddies gave me and yume some bunny ears as well!! THANK YOU FRIENDS!!! now I too get to be bunny ^__^
And we ran into an Owain too!! THE GANG IS ALL HERE!!
Then amy and I went to have lunch with JC and Arisla before they left to go home, I'm so sad they had to leave so soon TAT
after the sad farewells, amy and I went back to the con to meet up with yume again! then I nearly fought a guy for Amy's Honour (but its not like she needed my help, or has any Honour for me to defend tbh 9__6)
but I ran into Lok again and shanghaied him into shooting me and yume (again, I'm sorry Lok, thank you so much ASDJASfijas)
Then it was the end of the con...and I had to help take down the artist alley table....THEN I RAN INTO FRIENDS AT MY TABLE!!! because I was finally...back at my table omfg I ALSO MISSED 439058435 FRIENDS BECAUSE I SAY I'M AT MY TABLE and then....I'm...not??? LFAASDOJASD I'M SORRY FRIENDS.......next year...I'll do better TAT actually. sushiyou said she'll make a twitter to play with me??? WHERE IS SHE??? I'm offended wtf COME PLAY!!!
friend from AX last year!!!here. Important Selena selcas......^___^ amy and bella....and their bosoms. LOL
we ate at Din Tai Fun for dinner and I spent way too much money on...dumplings Lmgaofoisadfj.
Then amy and I went to see casey/hen's room asdafjasf we nearly got lost going because google maps took us down a side alley wtf. but ok we made it in the end and casey gave us hard lemonade coolers....AND CASEY AND I UNKNOWINGLY GOT THE SAME JACKET!!!!! space babes unite :')
we went back to our hotel, but on the way amy spotted an alleged aoba cosplayer 2 blocks down the road and kept trying to catch up to see if it was actually him....
Jason came to pick up our props for the trip back to Vancouver...and that was Wild LOL. we bought down the hard lemonade in (clean) starbucks cups like true rebels....
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MONDAY
amy, jenni and I were leaving on an earlier bus, so we wanted to go to pike place extra early like we do every year before we leave. Our whole room came with us too, that was fun! we ate a lot, I bought so much at the bakery, I'm a little embarrassed but its so good???
PIROSHKY!!
and also we hit up target to get...more....wine....(LASDASFJDIfjasi wine is so cheap in USA I'm so mad)
Our bus stopped in Bellingham for 30mins because we were AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? I know, its unheard of? but there we were. AND AMY AND I ZOOMED IN TO THE GROCERY STORE to buy the wine we didn't get to the first time asDKAODSFJAFS but jokes on me, bc only I got wine...I got 2 whole bottles.......RIP
then we were at the border and I tried to fight the border guard, I've never been so insulted in my life?
border guard: what were you doing in seattle
me: at the anime convention
border guard: oh sakuracon
me: yea....
me: have you been there before?
border guard: no but I've been to PAX once....
amy: what for?
border guard: I like Overwatch and League
me: oh so you're one of us, how nice---
border guard: I'm not at your level ^__^
me: wow, WOW you get off that podium RIGHT NOW we need to FIGHT
another border guard, from across the aisle: HE'S A BIG NERD,
me: yea you heard me.
how dare he???? aSDKAOSFJAfd but we got through etc etc etc, he was pretty cute, too bad he GRIEVOUSLY offended me.
but eventually.....we made it back to Vancouver....a good thing too, because the later bus with the rest of our friends got caught in a giant traffic jam caused by an accident
YEA THAT WAS SAKURA CON.
Wild. I love seeing my friends, I miss them so much already TAT
on the ending note. here are my two fav photos from sak.
nyooooom