audio: "shut off, curl up."

audio: "shut off, curl up." laika.

here's part two:

FRIDAY

after blearily stumbling around and getting myself together and showering and all that, a small group of us decided we needed breakfast. Rich kindly offered to drive, and Caleigh was quite sure there was a Denny's not far up the road.

problem was, she hadn't been there in about 10 years. since when she was 6. o.o;;; so, uh...we never quite made it there. we *did* find what we thought must've been a Denny's at one point (due to the shape of the structure and the shape of the sign out front), but which had since evidently turned into a Hooters. i realised we weren't far away from Sally's Pancake House, which has much better food and is much cheaper than Denny's anyway, so off we went...was Rich, Dale, Caleigh and i.

Caleigh didn't feel much like eating, but she was enjoying herself just the same. however, she *did* end up eating cos Rich's omelette came with a side of pancakes, and Rich apparently hates pancakes. Dale started guilt-tripping Caleigh ("oh, come on, those pancakes look so lonely! no one wants to eat them! don't you have any pity for them...?"), and so she ate the pancakes. i had nummy chocolate chip pancakes with a side of sausage links and a bunch of coffee. whee. ^^

boxed up what was left of my pancakes (no way i could finish them...i swear, pancakes are like sponges in your stomach!) and we drove back to the hotel. decided we all needed a little nap (Dale hadn't slept at all the previous night, it turned out), so we went back up to the room and all curled up in our various spots around the room to go to sleep.

after about half an hour, i was wide awake again. Dale couldn't sleep either, and Caleigh had been wide awake to begin with. Rich had been meditating again, but wanted to go out and explore...and Dale had wanted to paint his fingernails before the show. so Sarah, Caleigh, Dale, Rich and i went out to the chairs by the coffee machine and sat around painting our fingernails. XD (Dale wanted his to look like demons had been lapping at his fingertips, but it didn't quite work out that way...he just got stripes instead. XD)

Spaz showed up and we sat around a bit more. Dale decided he wanted to get a little more sleep and asked us to wake him up. we agreed...Sarah and Caleigh had gone off exploring and Rich had done likewise, so we decided maybe it was time to check out the dealer's room and try to get a program, to see if there were any events we wanted to go to.

saw a few people i knew, said hi...i believe this is when we ran into Juri in the hallway...? can't recall. anyway, was nice to see her again. ^^ she was on her way somewhere with some sort of beverage in her hand for someone else, so we didn't talk long. however, she did tell me a bit about the 3v33l Erasure sl0reage, so i of course had to tell her of the fount from which all 3v331 Erasure sl0reage in the world actually stems...XD

Anime Jungle came to the con! O.O;;; i was shocked! 'course, now they have that LA store...but they'd never been to Acen before! so dangerous and good! O.O;;; and Sasuga was there, and Kinokuniya...a bunch of people who hadn't been before. perhaps cos our con was always at the same time (or painfully close to) other cons in the past? who knows. anyway, 'twas exciting. i only bought one thing then, though...a used (but in REALLY EXCELLENT condition) copy of the special edition widescreen LD box of Perfect Blue. mainly so i don't have to give Mangle Entertainment my money, but still have a nice legit copy. XD the cel was of course missing from the box, but everything else was intact and in perfect condition, and i didn't really care. was $30. w00t. XD

wandered around a bit more...hit the con suite and saw that it was REALLY nice this year. ran into Heather and her friend Mara, and Heather was dressed up in kimono and was giving a tea ceremony demonstration...which i unfortunately missed the first time around, but as she was planning to do another on Saturday, i didn't feel too bad. the con suite was NICE this year, and Alison and CT were helping staff it, so it was fun to go and visit them as well.

after wandering around a bit more, tracked down Jon and went to go upstairs and change for the show. such lackadaisical congoers were we. XD

part three coming shortly...and my, aren't i a tease...? XD