ZOMG

Goals I've completed:
...NONE! OMGGG.

I've already tried making this blog, but my power went out when I was like halfway done. And it was so long! Man, I was mad.
So two days ago, I went to Anime Evolution.
ZOMG, IT WAS AWESOME. I already can't wait until next year. I've also gotten my siblings excited about going. ;P
I slept over at Tas' house on Friday night. I got there at around 8:30pm and we chilled in her room for a bit. Then we played Rockband on her Wii. Tas' little sister, Taye, joined us. I usually like playing the drums the best, but you had to hit these drums really hard to make them hit the note in the game. So it wasn't very fun. I really enjoyed singing though. And I'm good at it too. :P I liked playing guitar too. But somehow, I just prefer playing Rockband on the PS2.
After we finished playing, Tas and I jumped into Tas' pool. It was COLD. Tas jumped in with her shorts on by accident! And with her $60 in them! AHAHA. It was so funny. We only went in up to our waists. No deeper. We listened to Tas' Asian urban techno music. Ahaha. It was pretty neat. We danced and splashed around and acted like tards basically. Also, there were these two little waterproof plastic things that flashed disco lights. They were awesome! There was also a watergun thingy. After about 10 minutes, Taye joined us. She took so long to get into the pool that I sprayed her with the watergun thingy. She didn't like it obviously. Ahaha. I'm so evil. >:) After about another 20 minutes, we got out of the pool and dried off.
Back inside, we got into our pajamas and then I straightened our hair. Tas was faster then me, whether it's because she has mad hair straightening skills or I have little experience or I was trying a new way to straighten my hair or my hair is longer so it takes more time to straighten I don't know...
After that, I went on Facebook to see if Tanner had replied to the message I sent him with the info about AE. He replied that he couldn't go, although I couldn't really tell what he was saying about the reason why. So we called him and he said he couldn't go because he had only one piece of ID. We told him that Tas had gotten in one year with only one piece of ID, but neither he or his parents wanted to risk it. So we finally gave up trying to convince him to come. Both Tas and I kind of got the drift that he just didn't want to come though. But whatever.
So at like 2:30am, we decided it was time for bed. Tas and I both slept in her bed. It was big and nice. Tas is a really great person to share a bed with actually... I just realized that. Lol! She doesn't move at all during the night. Unlike Anne. Gawd. XD AHAHA. Don't worry, Anne. I still love sleeping with you. ;D Tas has some kind of fear of silence or something like that, so she kept her music on when we hopped in bed. I listened to it for about half an hour, then fell asleep. It turned off after another half an hour.
Our alarms went off at 6:00am. I got dressed first into my Misa costume and then I put on my makeup. I fixed my hair and put the little Misa ponytails into it. I definitely looked like Misa! ;D I then ate a bowl of Mini-Wheats. I packed all my crap and put it by the front door. I then waited a little while for Tas to finish up with her Manba costume. Manba is a Japanese fashion style.
When we were both ready, Tas' mom drove us to Gateway. We skytrained to Granville. Along the way, we saw a few cosplayers who were obviously heading to AE also. They got off before Granville though. It made us kind of nervous and we wondered if we should follow them, but we decided against it. After we got off at Granville, we looked in vain for a bus stop. Eventually, we asked a man how to get to UBC and he pointed the way to the bus stop. We got to the bus stop and saw that the number 4 bus went to UBC. Then we noticed that the 4 had just left! D: So we waited for about 10 minutes, getting nervouser and nervouser. Tas asked a bus driver when the 4 would arrive and he said soon. So we relaxed. About 5 minutes later, the 4 arrived. Hooray! We got on and there were four other cosplayers! As I walked past, I heard one of them say, "Ooh, Death Note!" They were talking about me. :P One of them was dressed as Naruto, another as Itachi, another as a female Naruto, and another as a colourful Misa. We talked with them and made friends. :)
Finally we arrived at UBC! We walked with our new friends for a while, then left them, saying a hearty goodbye.
It was amazing the instant connection that you feel with all of the other cosplayers there. It's like... you're all there for the same reason and know that you have something in common... it's just incredible. You can ask any person if you can take a picture of them and they will say, "Sure!" and drop all of their things and pose for you. It's AWESOME. :D I loved seeing all of the cosplays. Almost everyone was dressed up. And some of the outfits were AMAZING.
The first thing we did was look at all of the art in the Artists Villa. I think I'll get a table with Tas next year. That'd be sweet. :) We'd make a lot of $$! Ooh, I'm so excited already! I didn't buy anything because I couldn't choose! Everything was so good!
We walked around a lot and just checked out the cosplays and chilled.
We also watched a cosplay contest, in which people did stand-up, skits, poses, etc.
We ate sushi for lunch at 1:30. Tas was a beast! Ahaha. She ate twice as much sushi as I did in the same amount of time! LOL.
People stared at Tas a lot. And they didn't even care if she noticed. XD Two or three people recognized that she was Manba. Quite a few people asked to take her picture. People asked if they could take my picture too. About 5 or 6 people asked. They would come up to me and say, "Misa, can I take your picture?" I thought it was really cool how they recognized who I was, because Misa doesn't have the most outrageous outfit, but it's still pretty out there I guess.
In the AMV room, there was a game show like thing going on. They would show funny anime clips that were made and then these three people (one named Senor Cupcake and another Taco XD) would answer questions about it. It was entertaining. There, Tas' friend Katy met up with us. She is really pretty and funny and nice. I like her a lot. :)
So we finished watching the AMV thing with her and then looked at the art again. I first bought a couple of 50 cent drawings of Naruto and Sasuke for Erik and Jess. They were cute and funny and cheap! I couldn't resist. Next, I bought a 50 cent button/pin/thing with Ichigo on it. Sooo coooolll. Then I bought a couple of keychains of laminated drawings of Sora and Roxas ($4 for two).
Then, we went to the dealer's room. This was where they sold items like books, costumes, stuffed animals, etc. that are related to animes or mangas. Katy bought two stuffed classic emo teddy bears. Tas bought a yaoi badge. The last one there... ahaha.
We then went to a Japanese restaurant off of campus. It was a nice place. I liked the tea a lot. Tas and I weren't very hungry, so we shared one order of Gyoza (dumplings). But Katy was also a beast! She ate so much! I'm not even going to try to name everything she ate.
After we finished eating, we walked back to campus and chilled on a staircase for a while.
Katy walked us to the Final Fantasy Fight Tournament. But then she had to leave, so we said goodbye. The tournament was so funny! Teams of three people would fight video-game style on the stage. I wish I could have seen who won, but it was still brilliant.
After that, Tas wanted to look at the art again, so we went back to the villa, but they were packing up already. It was about 7:15 at this point.
So we left to the bus stop. We got on and sat down, waiting for the bus to leave. It was waiting for more people. A couple of shirtless guys got on and sat down behind us. They must have been on drugs or something because they were acting like idiots.
My interpretation of things:
GUY #1: So what's going on here???
LADY IN THE CORNER: It's a convention.
GUY #1: A Halloween convention???
RAVEN'S THOUGHTS: Those only happen in October, idiot.
TAS: No, an anime convention.
GUY #1: So what are you dressed as?
RAVEN: I'm a character from an anime.
GUY #1: And you?
TAS: I'm a Japanese fashion style called Manba.
GUYS: LOL.
US: *attempting to ignore*
GUY #1: So how long have you been down here?
RAVEN: Um... we got here pretty early.
TAS: Yeah, at about 9?
GUYS: Woah!
GUY #1: So what's your name?
RAVEN: Sarah.
*handshakes*
GUY #1: I'm Nigel.
GUY #2: Nice to meet you. I'm David.
GUY #1: And your name?
TAS: Michiko. Nice to meet you.
*handshakes*
So they were basically creeps. When the guy asked my name, I was like oh hell no! In my head. Aha. Didn't want him finding me on Facebook or anything. I'm glad Tas followed my lead. Her name pwned mine though. I should have said my name was Misa. :P LOL.
So we eventually got back to Gateway, where Tas' mom picked us up and drove me home, which was very kind of her.
Overall, I had a really really really great time. It was definitely worth $45. :) Next year, I hope I can go for all three days!
P.S. This blog took hours to write... because of watching Avatar episodes in between paragraphs. ;D