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May. 25th, 2008 09:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruI am done with the con for another year! It was great fun, even though there was no musical, sadly, and I didn't get to go to the Japanese hair braiding panel like I wanted to. Parking was also INSANE, and at one point made me panic, as I got into a situation where some IDIOT had parked illegally so I couldn't go forward, and I couldn't see behind me well enough to go backward (and was also blocked a lot by cars). I eventually needed bailing out. I do feel somewhat vindicated in that the Idiot Van got some nice big orange violation stickers on it. Serves them right for making me panic horribly in the parking lot.
But there was still lots of fun to be had. The music videos were hilarious, using everything from the "Can-Can song" to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trailer. There was one using Coldplay's "Fix You" to Howl's Moving Castle that was really nice, and there was a video featuring the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" that got the entire room singing. XD
I also got copious amounts of SWAG. There was a booth selling soundtracks at a good price, which I raped and pillaged not once, but twice. I also got some awesome-lovely shirts, including "The Cake is a Lie" and a shirt with K-9 on it (Oh, on the subject of Doctor Who, I was tickled pink to see somebody go as the Tenth Doctor, complete with Converses. And as we were leaving, we were given a flyer that said "VOTE SAXON" which also tickled me endlessly. XD). New for me this year was that I bought art, in the form of really cool foil bookmarks. I also partook in the art auction, which was the first time I ever participated in an auction-like buying setting. SO NERVEWRACKING. I did manage to get the two things I wanted though--a set of two hand made bags (including one in sushi print! <3) and a really gorgeous peacock-themed picture featuring a random, but so well-drawn anime girl. I've actually been finding she's been getting my juices flowing regarding Crater. Makes me want to work on her some more. <3
Finally on the list of New Things Ru Did at the Con, I saw Anime Hell for the first time. Anime Hell is...interesting. It's lots of different and strange things that, well, I don't think most people would see normally. A couple of samplings from that that I found particularly awesome:
Sulphur! It's edumacational! By far my favoritest thing from the evening. It's apparently part of a series, and at first looked very legitimate. It isn't. XD It had me HOWLING. Seriously. I was crying laughing.
Danzing! NOT WORK SAFE. At least the video itself isn't. The song, however, is freakin' catchy and fun. I DARE you not to want to at least wriggle around while listening to it.
Christmas Cards! A bit of Terry Gilliam animation. The Three Wise Men are by far the awesomest. <3
Emergency Broadcast Network! I originally wasn't going to share this, but I decided to, so you all can share in the pain. This made me want to CRAWL UNDER THE CHAIR. I watched the first couple moments of it to make sure it's what I thought it was, and it still started to wig me out. I think the circles contribute a lot to the wig-outedness factor.
There were other things too, like old 50's educational shorts, Japanese professional wrestlers vs. the world champion: a ladder, the really kinda freaky Japanese rock video featuring MEAT, and scary Bill animation. Oh, and Super President and Hobo with a Shotgun. And the ever classic Godzilla vs. Bambi.
All in all, a productive and fun con. ^_^
But there was still lots of fun to be had. The music videos were hilarious, using everything from the "Can-Can song" to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trailer. There was one using Coldplay's "Fix You" to Howl's Moving Castle that was really nice, and there was a video featuring the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" that got the entire room singing. XD
I also got copious amounts of SWAG. There was a booth selling soundtracks at a good price, which I raped and pillaged not once, but twice. I also got some awesome-lovely shirts, including "The Cake is a Lie" and a shirt with K-9 on it (Oh, on the subject of Doctor Who, I was tickled pink to see somebody go as the Tenth Doctor, complete with Converses. And as we were leaving, we were given a flyer that said "VOTE SAXON" which also tickled me endlessly. XD). New for me this year was that I bought art, in the form of really cool foil bookmarks. I also partook in the art auction, which was the first time I ever participated in an auction-like buying setting. SO NERVEWRACKING. I did manage to get the two things I wanted though--a set of two hand made bags (including one in sushi print! <3) and a really gorgeous peacock-themed picture featuring a random, but so well-drawn anime girl. I've actually been finding she's been getting my juices flowing regarding Crater. Makes me want to work on her some more. <3
Finally on the list of New Things Ru Did at the Con, I saw Anime Hell for the first time. Anime Hell is...interesting. It's lots of different and strange things that, well, I don't think most people would see normally. A couple of samplings from that that I found particularly awesome:
Sulphur! It's edumacational! By far my favoritest thing from the evening. It's apparently part of a series, and at first looked very legitimate. It isn't. XD It had me HOWLING. Seriously. I was crying laughing.
Danzing! NOT WORK SAFE. At least the video itself isn't. The song, however, is freakin' catchy and fun. I DARE you not to want to at least wriggle around while listening to it.
Christmas Cards! A bit of Terry Gilliam animation. The Three Wise Men are by far the awesomest. <3
Emergency Broadcast Network! I originally wasn't going to share this, but I decided to, so you all can share in the pain. This made me want to CRAWL UNDER THE CHAIR. I watched the first couple moments of it to make sure it's what I thought it was, and it still started to wig me out. I think the circles contribute a lot to the wig-outedness factor.
There were other things too, like old 50's educational shorts, Japanese professional wrestlers vs. the world champion: a ladder, the really kinda freaky Japanese rock video featuring MEAT, and scary Bill animation. Oh, and Super President and Hobo with a Shotgun. And the ever classic Godzilla vs. Bambi.
All in all, a productive and fun con. ^_^