My Bed is a Battle Field

First off... Some of you, get your minds outta the gutter... You know who you are.

Anyway, for the past several days... I don't know what I've been dreaming. I can only recall quick flashes of battles and mechas and powering up... I dunno... But after I wake up and go get breakfast, when I come back... Great Beejebus!

I have 2-3 of my 5 pillows on the floor, sometimes a bit of a ways from my bed. Blanet and sheet are seperated. Blanket shoved down a corner at the end, sheet shoved down the side of the bed agaisnt the wall. Remaining pillows scattered about and shoved in crevices of bed. Matress has freakin moved about... It's like a war went on!

Sheesh... I want to record what I am dreaming.

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Too Early For This

I awoke at 8am today, headed for the shower. As I was washing my hair it occured to me... "Wait... I think I am off today." So I proceeded to be ticked at that thought, because I only work with two people and I do not have their home numbers to call. So I got dressed and headed out... Drove 30 minutes to the mall and went into my kiosk... Yup. I was off. It's Friday and Saturday that I open... Man~~!

So I left and stopped at Rion's place. He is in Mississippi for a week, cause his girlfriend is having a family reunion. So I am taking care of his cat. After that I went home and worked on Yuki. On my way to the mall, the battery light started to flicker to the beat of my music. That does not make me happy. So I got home and checked it. It was wet... So I figured all my "drifting" was sloshing the water out of it. I added more water to the cells. Then cleaned up the battery... things the wires conenct to... I'm not a car person. Leave me lone.

Then I checked my Power Steering Fluid. There is a line that says "Lower Level" and a line that says "Upper Level". The directions say to fill it to "Upper Level"... I had it filled to the rim which was 100% too much... And it's been making weird clicking noises when I turn. I am hoping it was cause of too much fluid. So I shoved paper towels in it till I got it to the right level.

Then... It was time. I took off all my neons and undid all the wiring... They just looked horrible. You could see them sticking out cause I have no body kit, and then I was tired of people laughing cause my wires wear hanging everywhere and frayed... Just wasn't worth it. And they only worked for 3 days and never worked again... Maybe now Yuki will feel better?

Got my new scanner on Tuesday. My A-Kon pictures have yet to be developed. Might be another week though... I plan on having Rion help me out with photo shoots... I will scan the good stuff. I have scanned some drawings of mine. I might post one or two to see what you guys think.

Btw, SCROLL DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!!!!

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Just A Bit Of Randomness

LAS PLAGAS~~~!!!!!

Hey, Who all reads this blog? If you don't mind, would you leave a comment to this? Even if you don't subscribe to Blogger, just leave on anonymously. Leave your nickname in the comment though. I was just curious as to who all reads this. Thank you!~

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Car Pictures Howl

I want to get my A-Kon pictures developed, but I want to do them all at the same time. I have 4-6 photos left on my roll of film before I can develop them. I've been trying to get photos of me with some friends that I have no pictures of. These people work at the mall and I see them almost everyday... Except for now. Now that I am TRYING to find them for a purpose, they are never at the mall... Son of a Monkey!

I did get one picture taken that was on my list. Sadly, I have a feeling it will not turn out. The flash didn't go both tries and we were inside Hot Topic, which is a low lit place to begin with... I hope they turn out better than I think they will.

Today just as I was getting off, a friend of mine and his girlfriend stopped by. He asked how I was doing and I asked the same int turn. He said he got a new car, Mazda X6 I think he said. I approved and he asked what I drove. I told him a Honda Accord EX. He suddenly asks, "White?!" I'm like, "Yeah." "With the purple..." "Decepticon decals and Japanese writing, yeah that's mine."

"Dude! I just saw that car a second ago. I saw all that stuff on it and was freakin out cause it was so cool. I was pointing out everything to her and she asked if I even knew who the car belonged to and I was like no."

Heh, that was amusing. He likes my car and what I've done with it. He thinks I am an actual street racer. I tried to tell him I am a street drifter that doesn't actually drift, but I guess he didn't get it cause he asked where I mainly cruise.

As I was leaving my ex-assistant manager was walking in. I asked for a hug and as she gave me one she complained she was all hot and smelt funny like Long John Silver's. I told her she didn't and she told me I smelt nice though. Always nice to be told I smell good. I felt sexy.

On the way home I hear this loud thud noise from my back driver's side tire area. I figure my tire kicked up a rock and it hit the underside of my car. 25 minutes later I am home and look and all seems fine. 30 minutes later my brother points out I have a flat. That exact tire was flatter than human a Transfromer stepped on.... Not happy. Everytime I turn around I am getting a flat or a tire blows up. And it's always a different one. So when it happens I have to pay for it to be replaced of fix. No, it can never be the new tires from Discount Tires so they can replace/fix it for free. It has to be another old one so I get to blow more money.... Gonna see if I can get it fixed tomorrow morning...

Nice note: I finally won a nice Scanner off of eBay. I should be getting it soon and I can start scanning my pictures from A-Kon once they develope. $35.50 for a new scanner never opened. Better than $120 at Best Buy... Now if I could only win one of those External Harddrives. Stupid Mother Kickers always outbid me. It's ridiculous. By the time those auctions end people spend more on one than if they had bought the same item at a store, plus the shipping/handling fee. Complete morons. Why are humans so foolish?

Oh yeah, and I am highly pissed now. I just went to the website for the company that owns both theaters here to see what times Howl's Moving Castle plays on Friday... Neither theater is showing it... Nor in any of the cities close by... I am so pissed. I've been wanting to see it on the big screen so bad. They showed Spirited Away here after it won the Academy Award... Why wont they give Howl's Moving Castle a shot?! Worthless Texas/Oklahoma Neighboring, Inbreed, Uncultured, Pieces of Slag!!

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Pissed

Was looking around at some sites with pictures of A-kon 16, and this girl had pictures of the skits. One was labled "I Really Hated This Skit." It was my skit. Now I am just... gah! There was no reason to label it that, and I don't see what her freaking problem was. She was porbably one of those lame skits that are jealous cause we got Best Skit. When you are good, people hate you. I know after the skit there was this group that did a skit dressed all as Yu-Gi-Oh! Villans and Rion's GF heard them complaining and whining. Stupid fraggers.

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Return of the Sexy - Friday

(Note: I got back from A-Kon on Sunday, but while I was typing this the power went out and the cable to didn't work for a couple of days so this is the first chance I've had to redo it.)

So I just got back from A-Kon... I have mixed feelings about it. It was good, and for the majority I had fun. Bad sadly, compared to last year it was not as fun. Friday was probably the most aggravating and today was probably the worst and Saturday was the saddest yet best.

Just so you all know, this is going to be a long entry. Please be prepared. I am a writer.

Thursday I worked in the morning, hung with Rion on his lunch at his new apartment, then headed home. Went to sleep and woke up at 9:20 pm so my sister could flat iron my hair for me. She went to bed and I created the symbol for my Ice Spikes that go with my Alchemist costume.... Finally! Then slowly I finish packing my bathroom supplies and get into costume piece by piece. Sprayed my hair white first off, to let it dry so it would not get on my clothes. Eventually I was complete.

Sat around waiting for 4am to arrive, when Maniac would pick me up. I watched Volume 3 of Samurai Champloo. Then I watched episode 12 of Gokusen Season 1. Tear jerker. I love that series. Thank you for introducing it to me, D.

4am comes, no Maniac. 4:15 I text him asking if he is awake. He texts back saying he is giving me the middle finger. See... it's an A-Kon tradition. I was told A-Kon 14 on a video they are trying to wake him up and all you can see is his Fro over the couch's arm. He stirs as if getting up then you see him flip everyone off and roll over to sleep. Last year I tired to wake him and he slipped me off. This year I was told he flipped off Sean and Chopstick, so he text me that he did to me as well....

4:30 I text again, he says they are getting ready... I tell Rion we will be late... after telling everyone to be at IHOP by 5am for the past couple of months. 5:10 they finally show up. I am already Highly pissed. We load my stuff up and head out. Maniac makes it to IHOP in 8 minutes where as it takes me 15...

Rion and his GF are waiting for us there. We go in and get a table. I get crazy looks cause I look like a punk. Silver hair, black shirt with strange gray cross designs, huge and heavy chain swinging at my side... Pictures later when developed. We sit down and order. I just get some chocolate milk. Skidd and his Cuz come strollin in late too. Dressed and Mario and Luigi no less. Skidd as Luigi.

Eventually we all head out on the road. Now it is about 6:30 and we should have left at 6... So not too bad at this point. I stick the new Gorillaz CD into the player and we jam to that on the way. In the town half way we make a pit stop, then it's back on the road. Meanwhile, I am looking back to Rion and making gestures and making my stuffed Plue doll dance for him and his GF. I am also text messaging them back and forth. So that was amusing.

Finally in Dallas, and oh by the way, I have had a sore throat the last few days and have a headache because of it. That's important to know. So now we are driving through crazy Dallas... Eventually we find the area the hotel is in. We wind up circling the hotel 20 times looking for a parking spot in the hotel, but they were all full. Then we checked the lots around the hotel. Eventually found a place... though it was a slight bit too far from the hotel for our tastes, but it was the best we could do. Not to mention it was now 9:30.... I told D I would be there at like 8.

Called my mother to let her know I got there okay, then we got out and headed it. I got in line to get my badge. I walk up to the dude and he tells me the letter of my last name it down on the other end next to letters that it has no place being next to! So I get in the LONGEST line out off all the letters. When I finally get to the table the lady tells me my last name was just now moved to the end of the table. So I go "Argh!" in frustration, thought I didn't mean to do that. I go back to the dude I just talked to and he apologizes that that happened to me.

While I was in line, I focused on my main concern of that morning. Calling my friend, D, I met on CosPlay.com. I tried and tried to call her but I was getting NO signal. After I got the badge, Maniac found out we could go check in now instead of waiting till 3pm. We go up there... the room is much nicer than it was the year before. I leave my 5'9", Green Sword in the room and we head back to the car in the hot, hot sun. I grab all my gear and everyone has to help me in addition to their own. I wanted to collapse. We dragged it all up to our rooms and rested a bit then headed back down. Convention time!

Wound up splitting from everyone but Rion and his GF...

So Rion and his GF go to get food and I walk off to find something to do. I did nothing but walk for an hour... I was trying to find Maniac. I hadn't seen him since 11am and it was not 4 pm. I figured at last if I stand near these escalators, Maniac is sure to come up them or try to go down them at some point. In the mean time I finally get asked for my picture. 3 in a row and the only 3 all day long. Apparently no one likes Groove Adventure Rave... So I settle against the wall and go into a trance as I stare at the escalators connected to the first floor. Suddenly D appears right infront of me and scares the bejeebus out of me. We talk a little bit, then she says she need to put up her dolls and get back into her Padme outfit.

I realize that my room is the only place I have not looked for Maniac. So I walk with her to her elevator. She said she would be back down in a bit and would call me if she couldn't find me. I go to my room and there is no Maniac... So I rest a bit cause the place is Hot and I've been sweating in all that clothing, not to mention carrying that sword. Eventually I decide to go back down. As I await the elevator it opens and Maniac comes out. He tells me he just found D on his way to the elevator and she told him to tell me she was heading for the Dealer's Room. Cool, cause I was going to go there too.

I go to the concerts with Rion and his GF. ZZ was on first, a rock band. They were really good. Then was Kumiko Kaito. She was okay, not bad. Then it was dream, with a lower case d. They were awesome! I loved the concerts, though I hated the people. I had a headache from my sore throat and were I was sitting is where everyone decided they needed to pass to get out and people standing infront of me wouldn't move so I kept getting kicked, bumped, stepped, shoved... I was about to shed blood. At one point theses girls trying to get by (I could not back up as a chair and a person in it were right behind me) would squeeze behind the people in front of me and get so close to me that another 2 inches they would be sitting in my lap. I almost told one of them they might as well sit down, we are so close.

I leave the concerts and come back with everyone to enjoy DJ Boss who is the BIGGEST name in the MOST popular Tokyo Night Club. I was digging it. He was great. But I had been awake for 28 hours now and could NOT speak and my head hurt. So Maniac and I got as close to the stage as we could to plan out our skit movements. Then we head out and go to bed. When I went into the shower everyone was talking and goofing off. When I got out they were all dead... asleep that is. So I watch some She's All That to let my hair dry then I get on my beach chair in my little corner and fall asleep.

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Return of the Sexy - Saturday

My cell alarm wakes me up at 8:30. I wanted to be first in the shower cause I take a while in showers and needed to be in line to sign up for Cosplay at 10am... I find someone else already in it and everyone else claiming a spot. Now I am pissed. I wind up having to go stand in line in my pajamas, unshaven, with a hat covering my messy hair. I felt so humiliated! About 30-45 minutes later I get in and sign up for a skit and head back to the room. Everyone is already out and about without me. So I take a shower and get into my Moonlight Knight costume.

When I come out someone let Rion and his GF in and they were waiting for me. So head out. I go get my weapon checked and as I am passing through Sign Whore Bridge we run into Maniac. He gets my picture and I get his. Then this guy wants mine, then this lady wants mine with Maniac. Wow, already two for this costume.

I go into the dealer's room and as soon as I step foot in, someone taps my shoulder. A girl wants me picture. Woo~! Couple of more pictures as we walk about. I find a girl dressed as Usagi (Sailor Moon when not Sailor Moon) and when she saw me her face lit up! So we got some pictures taken together. Through out the day I had numerous girls wanting my picture and a few guys. Several times I was told they have never seen anyone dress as him. That makes me happy. One girl even asked for a hug and every time she saw me since she smiled and waved. This costume was a hit and that I am glad for. Sadly all the Sailor Moon people were on Friday so there was only a handful on Sat. I did get a picture with Pluto and Jupiter though. 2 of my favorite scouts. But my favorite is Mercury and I never found one.

Maniac was going to be in the DDR tournament. They told him it was multi form competition. When it started he found out it was only Perfect Attack so he was pissed.

At 4:30 Mugen and I headed out. We had asked Rion's GF the night before to be the girl in our skit since D couldn't play the part without proper costuming, which I respect. She agreed but wanted something other than her jeans and shirt. She went through my costumes and pulled out me cloak for my Alchemist costume. Put it on with the shoulder down one side and wrapped it around her like a kimono... It actually resembled on. She put her hair up with my chopsticks and it looked great.

We get in line, expecting to do rehersals first. They were pressed on time so they gave everyone a quick run throw and let the audience in. It had begun! First there was a lot of... Nothing. Just music playing. Then people in the audience started to get on the stage and dance. Then I head laughter and looked at Maniac. He heard it the second time and looked at me. We knew what it was. Feel Good, Inc. by the Gorillaz!! Man~! That song ROCKS when played that loud in such a big room! Eventually Kumiko Kaito was back to sing for us. This time picture taking was allowed and I took many, just because it was the first concert I was allowed to do so... And Maniac sure took his share. Next were the skits.

When we got up there I wasn't nervous, just annoyed everyone was still unclear as what to do. Pleople loved my intro I made for our skit, especially when they heard it was Champloo spoof. Music starts...

We messed up many times. I knew we weren't going to win anything, but I didn't care. I was just having fun, but I at least wanted to do it right... The fight scene went great. Best we had ever done it! And the audience loved the lightsaber part. I say my last line and head to my seat. As soon as I sit down 5 people behind me tap my shoulder and tell me that that was sweet or awesome or we did a really great job!

Everyone but me leaves to go get food. I don't eat at Cons. So I was alone. The majority of the reamining skits were really good. Only one guy was cut off and kicked off. Same dude from last year who tried to be a stand up comediean dressed as Yohko Kurama and was kicked off last year too. He sat infront of me before the skits and was a jerk, he sat down in front of me again and was all whiney. Loser.

So after 30 skits and 70 walk-ons, the judges leave and we are herded out for a group picture then sent back in. I lost my seat at the edge to Joe and Viewtiful Joe. I can't sit right with my swords cause I can't take them out. So I sat in the middle of two chairs at the very edge. My butt hurt bad. After watching a really cool presentation from an actual Ninjitsu Master, there was a Q&A with the MC. The guy was funny as heck and I really liked him. Probably the second best part of that whole night was him. Eventually the judges came back and it was time for the awards. I was curious as to who won. So many were so good.

They start out by telling us it took them so long and that says something about the quality of the perfromances this year and to be proud. First was the youth award. Some young kid dressed as Tidus from FFX during the walk-ons won. Then there was 3 different Judges Awards. Happy with all them who won. On to the Skits. First was Omaj (sp?) Award. Not to clear on its meaning. Anyway, Joe and Viewtiful Joe stand up to accept it. Finally, I can relax. I put my swords up on the chiar and sit back. Aww~~ "For Best Skit: Skit 11 - Samurai Champloo!" WHAT?!

My eyes shot open and I was standing up without thinking and walking to the stage. I was thinking this had to be a dream. I feel asleep or something... Everyone is going to freak when I get to the room and show them... Can this be real? As I get on the stage I see Maniac running to catch up. I accept the trophy and take the prizes and the girl congratulats me and tells me we were awesome. I can't believe this! We won BEST SKIT!! Ahh~~~!!!!

So we go out and look through our awards. A few people ask for our picture and congratulate us. We finally go back to our room. When we FINALLY got back to the room (stupid elevators) we had a small party. Just went through our prizes and split them up. Shared the box of Pocky and had some sodas. I gave credit to D for being the one to talk us into doing a skit and reserved a prize for her... We realized Skidd and his Cuz has skipped out and went home on us. Oh well.

We goofed around for a bit. Having mock fights in the room. Then we started to watch the skits again since they were showing it on the Hotel TV. I was wanting to see what me looked like. When it came... I realized... What they didn't know, they didn't know. Our skit looked fluid and perfect. Fight scene was great. I only knew it was messed up cause I worked on it. No one else had any way of knowing. So cool~! As Maniac and Chopstick fell asleep, Sean and I stayed up to see us get the award, but they stopped broad cast just before the awards.... Pissed me off. Went to bed.

By the way, they all agreed I could keep the trophy as I wrote the script and planned the first version and worked the most on it.

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Return of the Sexy - Sunday

(By the way, Saturday I developed a bad cough with my other symptoms. Not to mention I was over heating like crazy.)

Sunday I awoke at 9:30. Time to get ready to go. My hair was still in Jin's style and since I had showered before the skit and didn't do much after I just went to bed. My hair was fine, so I figured I would just take a shower when I got home. We had to be checked out before noon. I got into my Alchemist costume but felt so horrible I had no energy to drag those spikes I made around. I feel bad too cause Coleman went through a lot of crap trying to get that symbol to me.

We took all my stuff to the car and packed it. Then went back for some other stuff. Now the elevators were in demand and taking forever. Everyone decided to use the stairs down 29 floors. I couldn't make that so Rion's GF stayed with me. We fianlly got on one and went down. Rion and her went off to his car and we were going to wait inside for them. So I went in look of my group. Found them at the food court. We then went back to the dealer room for one last look. Rion and his GF head off for home without us.

Maniac wants to play Initial D one last time so we watch him. I had been trying to call D since the food court to see if she was still there, but I could not get ahold of her... So we leave. We stop at Krispy Kreme to get donughts. A new A-Kon tradition. My first Krispy Kreme was last year after A-kon. So now we will do it every year. Things are soooo~ good. Then we head home. Getting there was quicker than coming, and sadded. I hate being back. I wish A-Kon was it's own country and we could live there...

Now I sit here with slight sore throat, slight cough, swollen glands, and an ear ache... But A-Kon was worth it.

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