I'm totally going to keep a sort of record here of the faggotry that goes down at Anime Expo. This will probably be as close as it gets to an AX report so, umm...if you enjoy AX reports then this is as good as it's going to get from me. I'm mostly doing this to spite Bob who's all like "omgpost@ffml-axljcommunity" and I'm like "heheno^____^" I'm a fucking rebel like that.
So anyways, it's currently Friday, July 1st, about 9:49 am. The dealer's room doesn't open till 12 on the first day. There's some shitty opening ceremonies right now. Believe you me, they suck shit. It's the first and most avoidable big event at AX where they crowd a lot of people into a room for subpar and unorganized entertainment on stage. Not to be confused with where they crowd a lot of people into room for tickets to subpar and unorganized entertainment.
Do I sound bitter? I'm sorry. I'm really not. I'm not trying to be one of those angsty fat anime kids who bitches about how everything is done at AX. Rather, I just don't care. Actually, I guess that's where I'll start my daily recap of yesterday. Don't ask me why. It's "early" for me and I didn't get much sleep at all.
Showed up in Anaheim at about noon or so yesterday. Only Leland was in the room. At this point I should note that this may become confusing to anyone who's not affiliated with the ffml or ffml-ax, but if you wish to continue on please do so. Also it will be sort of journal/narrative-ish, since the point is to sort of recall what happened, even if it wasn't particularly interesting. Again, my apologies in advanced.
So anyways, only Leland was here. Arty was around but not in Anaheim yet. We just hung out for a while, played DS and PSP like the fucking geeks we are, and cruised. We got ahold of Jesse and Jason (the ffml-ax newb, who had his name forgotten by leland countless times, right, james...john...?), they were at the airport waiting for a shuttle. Getting ahold of Jesse also allowed us to get ahold of Arty, and Paul and Bob weren't expected to arrive until a bit later (although it turned out to be a lot of a bit later).
We decided to venture out to try and find food. It was about 2 by now. What we ended up finding was the line for badge pickup. And holy shit it was some line. So at the ass of the line we went. The picking up wasn't supposed to commence until about 4, which meant a few hours of waiting. As much as I'd like to detail the whole 4 hours of waiting, let's not and say there was a lot of gaming and waiting. Goodtimes. Towards the end when we got towards the front, Jesse, Jason, and Arty joined us, as we had of course been saving their place in line.
We get to "the place" only to find out the place is a huge line for picking up the badge. Again. Only this time it seperated into "Prepaid prereg" and "unregged". Every stupid faggot and their mother (myself included) prepaid, so that line for the "smart" people was fucking long and slower than shit. Arty, the only guy in the group who hadn't preregged, got to go in a different line and was out in about 5 minutes. Us being the sadists we are made him hang around us for a while, but since everyone is getting pretty hungry at this point we ended up letting him leave if he agreed to go to In-n-Out and pick us up some fucking food. Arty's pretty good at taking orders and would make a good waiter if anyone's interested.
At this point it should probably be noted that earlier in the line I received the first text message from Bob and Paul, stating that their plane was delayed, and not expecting to be here around 8. Bummers. But anyways, for us, the line continues. It fails to move. We just fucking sit there okay. There was a pretty decent asian girl in line in front of us though, not terrible. And no guys, I'm not talking about the fucking 10 year old, goddamn pedos. Her older sister was a hottie.
Okay, give me a fucking break, it's me, you have to expect me to post me about this shit. I'll be talking about the asian girl in the line for the next 4 years. Anyways, get to the counter. Show ID as required. "Ummm...what's your last name? Morrison, Hunter, or Dean?" I guess it's a legitimate question since my driver's license says "Morrison,Hunter,Dean" but shit. Then, they print out the badges with the names already on it now. Also no lanyards. Leland totally hates no lanyards. Eh. Also AX staff has a hardon for telling you to please "move along" even though we're in a giant uncrowded area now that we're done with the line, and we're also waiting for one of our group members.
Go back to room. Arty's just leaving, so we all end up going back upstairs to decide the plans. Jesse also needs to go to bestbuy so he can buy a new camera to take pictures of 13 year old girls cosplay as Whoreina, the stripper whore from the anime series Majhoounika X313. Yes that was my lame attempt at humor ok. Fuck.
So we decide to pile into arty's tiny car. A 4 seater. Maybe 5 people if they're small in the back. Come on, we're at Anime Expo, you expect "small people"? Leland and Myself, not exactly the tiniest bodies, y'know. Crammed in the back. Poor jason was the middle seat bitch, but truth be told we were all fucking dying. Eh.
We get to In-n-Out relateively hassle-free. Double double meal. You know, it's always smart to eat more fucking food when we can't even fit into the car as it is. But we did. After that, the original plan was to drop those of us who didn't want to go to bestbuy off at the hotel, since it would lessen the load and would also act as a central point for arty to find driving directions from. Also leland had to make it back by 9 to sign up for some Karaoke stuff. Goodtimes. But for some reason, it ends up being that we all are now going to Best Buy, straight from In-n-Out, bummers.
Blah blah blah blah here, insert a bunch of driving around, switching to the 22 from the 5 and ending up in residential neighborhoods while being very uncomfortable. No fucking best buy in site. Lots more driving. Cocks cocks cocks. Oh well, Arty found the five and we're gonna get back on...OH SHIT LELAND SPOTTED A FUCKING BEST BUY. Oh no. We made it there, Jesse starts looking for a camera.
Now Jesse, if you end up reading this, you're a great guy and all, but you really need to learn to just buy a damn fucking camera. He was very unwilling to part with his money on any old camera, and indeed he had to apparently call up everyone in his entire family including his cousins who are twice removed or whatever, and have them read reviews of the camera to him. Yeah, that's pretty intense. I know maye I'm crazy, but hey, when I buy shit I just look for features I want from a nonshitty brand and you know, go for the best. But eh, I guess some people like taking the opinion of uniformed anonymous people online into account when making a purchasing decision.
I ended up buying a new memory card for my camera, and I did it ALL BY MYSELF. Holy shit I know. Then we piled back in the car. Got back. And hung out. Basicaly, a lot of video game playing. I started a 99-Stock meteos game. Goodtimes. It should be mentioned that I forgot to mention that Bob had updated me with a new message after we got our badges that they were still on the ground in dallas. Bummers.
So, let's skip to like, midnight or something. That's around when they get here. Apparently, the nose dome was fucked on their plane and then the flight attendant didn't have her own 02 mask or something. Apparently they can delay you for 4 hours for that. The more you know. They show up, of course they didn't get their rental car so now who knows how we're going to get to Magic Mountain.
Bob Paul and I go to Denny's. They go because they're hungry, I go because I'm a fucking fatass and also I kind of just wanted to get out of the room and go do something. Went back. Mostly everyone was asleep. Arty bob paul and I remaining awake. Okay I guess that only puts Leland Jesse and Jason as asleep, but fuck I'm not very coherent right now ok. Jeeze.
Totally restarted the tamagotchi that I'm currently neglecting. Arty recommended the name Shinjuku. Ok. Played some multiplayer Meteos, and generally made a lot of noise that probably irritated those trying to sleep. Haha. sleep at anime expo.
Eventually, everyone crashed around 3:30 or so. Woken up several times this morning but really got up around 8:30ish. Not bad. It's 10:30 right now. Bob and Paul are picking up their badges that they missed yesterday. Leland is back in the room, even though he was so in love with opening ceremonies. Everyone always eventually sees the truth about opening ceremonies, even if they use the excuse of "I figured I should practice [karaoke] some more". Suuure. As it stands, as I type this, Arty and him are watching some anime. I don't know which one, because as you may or may not know I don't watch Anime (except for Azumanga Daioh because fuck that show is awesome ok). Which again raises the question as to why I'm here. I dunno. Jason is currently reading some of the free stuff they put in our reg bags. Jesse is currently at opening ceremonies or taking pictures of cosplayers or something completely foolish like that. And I, well I'm typing this shit up. I'm getting bored with it as I'm sure you got bored with reading it quite a while ago, so I'm going to end it, take a shower, and get ready to hit the floor at noon. More updates as events warrant.
Holy shit, scrolling around, that's a lot of words.
also pic of the day:
This is jesse having a very good time!!!!!!
2 Comments:
Heh...actually, I rather liked your take on the events. It was pretty funny.
By , at 7/01/2005 08:06:35 AM
HE WAS MASTERBATING!!
By Locke, at 7/02/2005 01:57:08 AM
