We woke up like 30 minutes late because we were out at IHOP until like 3 AM the day before. Ken had been waiting in line for a few hours to get tickets for the Shokotan signing so we had to join him. When we got there, the security guard told him that we couldn’t come in with him because only he had been waiting. So, we had to enact plan B.

What was Plan B? Exhibitor badges. We had acquired 2 exhibitor badges so we used them to slip into the Dealer’s Hall 10 minutes early. Once...

We decided to get some glow sticks before the Shokotan concert and it ended up making us late, heh. We only missed one song, however, and when we walked back into the Nokia theater we were met with Shokotan singing “Cruel Angel’s Thesis” – cosplaying Rei Ayanami! The concert was awesome – she had the best crowd of anyone as everyone was on their feet cheering the entire time. She premiered a new song for the Gurren Lagen movie – cosplaying as Yoko! Definitely worth every minute of it.
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Staying out until 2 the night before made none of us wake up in time heh. We had to pick up another friend of Leara’s, Lou, on the way to AX and then try and get there in time for the Jyukai concert. Luckily, our source had us hooked up again and we didn’t have to wait in line. We went shopping again before the concert and I picked up a few more figures to complete the main 3 I wanted from the 1/4 Haruhi set. I’m going to try and pick up the other 2 on discount tomorrow since they weren’t selling...

Leaving for the con turned out to be a slight pain in the ass. So I showed up at the BART station in Fremont to pick up my hitchhikers. After the people cleared out there was no one there waiting for a ride so I called them to find out they were in the shower and still at home. IN VALLEJO! This is an hour north of Fremont and completely the opposite way from LA. They never called me back so I left after half an hour.

I got a text message about 2 hours later saying “the found a new...