Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 Swag Posts

X__X I have a lot of AWA 2011 posts in a row don't I? Well never fear this is the last post! XD Then it is back to blogging anime.

Usually I post the Swag Posts first since...well they are easier XD I usually take some of the pictures in the hotel room and have just the Sunday purchases to take pictures of. Somehow everything got switched around. Yay for messes in my living room.

This year's budget was about half of what last years was. Of course last year's budger was pretty insane given the average people tend to spend.....Otakon and the massive adventure into Arizona Land drained a lot of the usual funds. Oh and I think I went to Japan. But having a smaller budget means you are more careful with your money and you don't run around buy all the nendoroids in the world. XD In any event here are my lovely little purchases at AWA.

Here are all the random papers and the official guide for the convention. I usually walk away with way more random papers than this. Guess I am going to have to use lots of stickers for scrapbooking.

Close up of the badge. The 3 Day ones were kinda ugly with the HUGE 3 DAY written on it. XD

Better picture of the SuperHappyFunSale purchases. I spent more here than in Artist Alley. AND I got posters. I love me some posters. Currently wearing my nice and clean jacket that my friend is jealous of. XD

Here are my Artist Alley purchases. Not too much. :( I hope the artist works on making a Fuu and Umi next. I love my little Unicorn of the Sea shirt. I lost my mind and only packed enough shirts through Saturday. X__X What is wrong with me?

Closer view of my new jewelry. XD Love my little dinosaur necklace.

PLUSHIES! I can't walk away from a convention without buying some. But why don't dealers sell Mouton from Sentimental Circus? It is always the bunny and the lion. :( But the dealer with the Cinnamoroll had just gotten the plushie on Saturday so I was excited. His little hat is so cute in the back.

Manga purchases from the Dealer's Room. Again probably would have bought more had the deals been better. Decides to go to the Sanrio store than get more mangas. XO Is that bad of me?

Oppies this one was still in the backpack. I got a lot of random mangas now as I get them when they are on sale. XD Got some gaps now.

My one lone Nendoroid purchase. I thought she was mispriced at 45 dollars so I snatched her up. I didn't get a chance to blog my other Black Rock Shooter girls but now I have them all. Exciting.

My other figurine purchases. Priced at 6 and 8 dollars I figure I could get a few tiny nendoroids. Oh and one random CLAMP in 3D land. Me thinks though as the years go by I won't be seeing CLAMP in 3D land anymore and I am going to have to pay a pretty penny for the ones I don't have yet.

My lovely NOM purchases. I should have bought more of the mint Pocky when I had the chance. It is so good it tastes like Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies. Why didn't I buy more? Ramune tastes better in a can than in a bottle for some reason. But rest assured folks paying $2 or $2.50 for a ramune bottle is NOT a rip off. That is actually a really good deal so drink up. So excited for my Qoo. I only wish they had the purple kind. Well it tasted purply but was clear.

My lovely Sanrio purchases. I wish I lived closer to one...but that might be really bad for my wallet. My husband tried to be bad and suggest I buy the ghost purse instead since it was only 4 dollars more than the wallet. Because I need more purses! My plushies are so cute yes? And just in time for the holidays. That is the first Hello Kitty Thanksgiving plushie that I own. X__X Gobble Gobble.

I forgot to take a picture of all my stuff together. I just went WHOOSH and started putting everything away. So that sums up all my Anime Weekend Atlanta posts. Hopefully everyone had a great time and bought fun stuffs. Except for the people who paid 60 dollars for nendoroids. Maybe if we unite and refuse to pay high prices they will lower them by Sunday!!!

...Probably not. But I do want to know how much that dude spent on the Madoka nendoroid....

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 Day 3

What? Sunday? We have to go today? Sadness. You look forward to something all year and within 4 days it is gone. I guess that is better than Christmas though? XD Wait that came out wrong….

Also it would be easier to blog if something interesting was on TV. Boring trials full of lawyers acting like jerks. The judge should throw everyone out. Borings.

In the name of the Moon...time to spend money!

But lets focus on getting AWA all blogged and such. So we can move on to the terribleness that is Blood-C and maybe get to awesome shows or this season? Spoilers for…spending tons of money!! XD


Checking out is always X___X stressful. Why are we never prepared and left scrambling at the last minute? I did pack some the night before so I guess it would have been worse. We just had so much food/drinks leftover. My husband said I was a goober for bringing all these snacks when AWA allows vendors to bring noms. Silly silly me.

The check-out process didn’t take that long. But the guy behind the front desk seemed annoyed that we were not given the bill on our door. Like really annoyed. Sorry dude? The elevators were packed but since we decided to carry everything in one trip we weren’t making things any better. But the wait wasn’t that long so I am not sure why people were complaining. XD

Aw so cute!!!

The only event we attended today was the Pokemon Panel. Still kicking myself for not going to that panel when the ENGAGEMENT happened. I am glad we made it time despite trying to check out and all. I think during the trivia thing would have gone better had the panelist repeated the correct answer for all of us to hear. Plus it might have fun to have the person doing the battling sitting with their opponent. XD But I have never seen so many people in the Union Room before (in the Pokemon game) so that was fun. Learned some new things and was traumatized by the Jigglypuff American Idol song.

I managed to eat half the food and 1/4 the drink before I almost exploded.

After the Pokemon panel it was time for one last walk through of the Artist Alley and Dealers Room. Also we got some noms at the Chinese place downstairs. Portion sizes so big I almost exploded. What the heck is up with this drink?!

The Artist Alley was pretty disappointing this year. Sorry. It was. That is putting aside that the cake contest never took off. I am not blaming the director on that as people SAID they were doing so on the boards. Just I think ALL the tables in the back should have been dedicated to the cake contest and not have some random people on the walls.

No pics of the Artist Alley since that frowned upon.

But I don’t think we needed any more artists. Because some of the ones we had were really lacking in talent and skill. I stopped at every single booth because I don’t want to skip anyone and have them say WAI traffic was bad. But dirty table clothes, two prints, and a huge sign that says I take commissions does not scream serious artist to me. It screams lazy, lazy, lazy.

Maybe the rules on fanart have gone too far and people have to find different things to do in the alley. Which translates to poorly done jewelry and plastic….soda bottle holders? There were some truly tacky things in the alley and I had second hand embarrassment walking by some booths.

Pokemons do not approve of rudeness!

It was also these people who were rude to customers. They basically had junk at their table and their awkward sales pitches would lead to customers saying AW cute maybe I will come back later. It is better than just walking away right? But after the customer would leave the “artists” would complain about how people would say that and never come back. Which might be true. But gossip about that later in your own room/car/home. Not in front of me, another customer. Sometimes we say nice things to not hurt your delicate little feelings and you blaming US for your poor sales is just denial.

That being said I did buy some items from professional looking booths. People who took time to develop an overall theme and take pride in their work. The jewelry pieces that I bought were cute little critters that still had an anime type look and I bought two prints that were fanart pieces. I have way too many stickers already so I only bought a few sheets. But despite the fact that there were tons of booths there was not a lot of high quality work to choose from. Hopefully the professional people did well.

Prices keep on increasing making me a sad panda.

Onward to the Dealer’s Room. XO Where was my favorite T-shirt booth this year? They actually have woman style shirts! I would have bought the shirts I loved at Otakon had I know they were not coming to Otakon. So sad for me.

Putting that aside the Dealer’s Room felt more spread out this year. One aisle felt incredibly wide. But I guess that was a good thing as one could take pictures and not block the entire flow of traffic. XD Because hunting people down never works.

Vendors really hiked up the prices this year. It is hard for me to spend 60 dollars on nendoroids that are only 3000 yen and brand new AKA not hard to get. I really wanted the Madoka nendoroid but that is way too much to spend after being in Japan. :( So I only got one nendoroid that was priced at 45 dollars which I thought was reasonable.

Finding deals and cosplayers at the same time.

Deals were not to be had on the last day. I know one booth gave me at least 40 percent off mangas when I bought a ton last year. I actually think it was closer to 50 percent off. So I did not buy 483297 million mangas like I usually do. Which is probably good since I need to catch up on purchases that I made last year. But yay for Codename Sailor V.

That all being said I spent most of my money in the Dealer’s Room. Got quite a few Japanese snacks and drinks. Love the mint Pocky. LOVE IT! I also bought a few big stuffed animals which I thought were quite reasonable in price. Picked up a few petite nendoroids in the “discount” section of a booth. One booth had cute artist alley type stuffs (cute animal jewelry and shirts) and I hope they did well. Seems like the should have been in the artist alley as it would have been cheaper for them. Hope that didn’t affect their sales.

But where were my posters?! I don’t have wall scroll space. :( Such sadness. Also the vendors who had Tokidoki items last year seemed to leave them all home this year. There was also a lot more…no anime related booths this year. A lot of Steampunk booths (which my husband loved) and that random movie poster booth? More booths with pins, posters, and newer items please.

Snap Snap goes the camera!

So after a few more pictures and one last look around it was time to leave the convention. :( Always a bitter sweet feeling but my husband goes…why be sad didn’t you have a good time? Of course I did. XD I guess if AWA lasted longer or happened more often you wouldn’t be as excited when it came around right? When we left there were quite a few people still hanging around despite it being almost 5 0 clock.

After a quick trip to a nearby mall that has a Sanrio store (and tons of other cool stores we never get to see!) it was time to take the long drive back home. Despite the craziness that was the back roads we decided to take them again. Because we really want to be eaten in a Sci-Fi movie. We passed a sign that said “Incident Base”. Like um….what does that mean? An outbreak of crazy zombie people? DO NOT WANT!

Driving home in that might be fun....

And then we arrived home and it was time for sleeps. Another AWA come and gone. Despite anything non HAPPY that I said about this weekend we had a blast. There were tiny snafus (like inconsiderate attendees) that we tried to let roll off our backs and focused on the fun. I would like more sleep though as I am an old person who gets cranky when people are on her lawn.

Attendance seemed down this year but it did help with overcrowding. I got to attend almost everything I wanted with only a few things being overlapped. I managed to avoid My Little Ponies AND getting sick. Spent all my cash and had a great weekend with my husband. I would rate this a successful weekend. Always room to grow but I walked away happy. Thanks for reading! Up next is my Swag post!

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 Day 2

What? We are up to Saturday already? I feel like I am really pushing out posts yet…more and more animes are being subbed and there is still the EPIC episode that is Blood C episode 12. Can’t forget that hot mess. But I shall catch up, a little at a time of course.

But I would like someone to tell my cat she is not a crazy anime convention fan and there is no reason to wake me up at 7:30. You sleep 20 hours a day cat. Sleep when I am sleeping. You can even sleep ON ME. Just don’t get in my face and MEOW the angry meow of GET UP NOW. Am not amused.

Are ready for some fun?!

But despite the NOW sleeping kitty it is time to get things done today. Onward to the busy day that is known as AWA 2011 Saturday!

I shall gracefully stab you in the face.

Today’s schedule had a lot of meet-ups. Makes a lot of sense as Saturday is the costume contest and the biggest convention day of the weekend. So I tried to make as many meet-ups as possible. Sadly I did not get to attend any Sailor Moon ones this weekend. They always happened at the wrong time. How dare they not bend to my will.

Shouldn't you be poking out people's eyes or something?

Also do cosplayers find it weird for noncosplayers to show up to meet-ups? I like taking pictures and appreciate the hard work that goes into (some) costumes. Plus everyone seems to be having organized fun. I just wonder if we look creepy or something not being in costume ourselves.

Was there an Alice and Wonderland chapter in the manga?

Kuroshitsuji meet-up was first on the to do list. I was surprised not to see many characters from season two. Most of the people were season one and the “main” characters. Still they seemed to be having fun and were well organized. People don’t seem to congregate much at that part of the convention so it is nice to take pictures.

Very well done costumes.

The Hakuoki meet-up (sorta) was rather short. Given that the group was small they made their way outside before I made it to the actual spot. I think they were all friends so they were like time to go outside (which was kinda cold!!! X__X wtf is 55 degrees?!). But all their costumes were really done well. Quality work there. I hope they had fun despite the fact it was getting cold out.

Just a little bulky.

Represent Black and White.

Pokemon meet-up time WOOHOO! I love pokemon so there was no way I was going to miss this meetup. There seemed to be less pokemon type costumes and more actual characters in the show this year. XO and where are all my Eevee people at? I saw them walking around this weekend so why didn’t they show up to the meetup? I wish I had a better spot to take pictures, I think I assumed wrong what angle everyone was going to stand at.

Jigglypuff?!

But I took a lot of pictures at that meet up and it is nice to see that anime/game going on strong. XD The fandom that won’t die right? Also the Jigglypuff was hilarious and made the meet-up fun.

There were two How to Make Your Own Plushie Mascot panels. But since the second panel was going on at the same time as other things I wanted to do my husband went alone. XO He went to the make the peach since we made the turtle at the last panel. He said things went fine and I got a peach kit to make at home. Maybe I will make it next week when I catch up on everything?

Maybe one of you could monitor the line and two of you could stand around doing nothing? Yes?

h. NAOTO Fashion Show is what I went to instead of the plushie making panel. The people handling the line could have done better. You know..maybe actually running the line. Also they did something really unfair to those of us waiting longer to get in. They broke the line off to start at a second door and allowed them to enter the same time as the first line people. They did this one year in regards to the Dealer’s Room as well. Not understanding the logic behind that. Make a second line and make them WAIT until the first line has entered.

I wish more of my pictures turned out.

Also the Fashion Show started late and when we entered the room was set up exactly the same as for any other panel. I thought they were configuring the room to make it look like a fashion show, like the ones for Otakon. Nopers. So the runway was rather short and anyone not sitting on the end would not see much. I was sitting on the end but right before the Fashion Show started the jerk in front of me put on a wig that was the size of a Dragon Ball Z or Yu-Gi-Oh wig and blocked much of my vision. Can people stop being inconsiderate and take off big items during events?

I am 90 percent sure we saw a store carrying this line in Japan. XD

But for the actual Fashion show itself it was great. I hope the designers didn’t feel slighted that the room was not full but had it been the people on the ends would have seen nothing. But they had good music and the models did a great job of looking moody and what not. I really liked the clothes and hope they did well in the Dealers Room.

Dear staffers. When all the doors but one have signs on them like this don't get all pissy when we go out that one door despite the fact you are all STANDING IN THE DOORWAY!

The Costume Contest is always a must for me at any anime convention. We probably should have gotten there are 7:00 instead of 7:30 but we still got decent seats. Or so we thought. We were then asked to move because people can’t count and they needed more seats for the actual contestants. Had we all known that I think most of us would have sat somewhere else. I don’t understand how basic details like this get left behind. Why does everything start so late and yet things are still not done?

WTF is this?!

As for the costume contest itself….I found it lacking. The costumes for the most part were great but they were lacking in …you know anime and manga. Video games I do understand but original characters? Hello Captain Steam punk here is an award? Ravers get to walk on stage next to NCIS characters? What the hell does the Wizard of Oz have to do with anything? I mean people can wear whatever they want at the convention. But I think a line needs to be drawn at entering the Costume Contest and winning prizes at an anime convention.

Got way better pictures in the lobby. And they didn't run away!

Also to the rude people sitting in the front section. You are already sitting in the front. Why the hell did you continue to stand up to take pictures? So rude and staffers really should have told them to sit down.

Her weapon was so heavy she had to have a handler.

The second the event was over all the contestants ran out of the room. The next event was not scheduled to start so why did they all just bolt? Most of us are not sitting in a good spot to take pictures so afterwards is the perfect time to do so. Apparently some of the people were wearing their costumes for over 10 hours and were tired. Still I was disappointed because some contestants didn’t pose for any pictures. Glad I got most of the ones I wanted before the costume contest.

Moon Stream was playing during some of the costume contest so we decided to catch the tail end afterwards. Well we first went to another panel but decides that eating bugs had nothing to do with anime either. So onward to Moon Stream. I was disappointed in how rude some attendees were. Particularly one Doctor Who character. No one wants to hear you yelling to your friend about Subway. The reason you are yelling is it is hard to hear because there is a CONCERT going on. Go outside to talk to your friend jerk.

Rock and Roll in any language!

Putting aside the rude people I think the concert (the parts I saw) were great. They were getting tired but kept on playing and kept the energy up. I wish there was more people in the room. I don’t want our Japanese guests to get discouraged and not come to anime conventions. I do think the people in the front “row” kept up the WOOHOO concert vibe so yay for them. I wish I had bought a fan at their booth in the Dealer’s Room. Bad little forgetter.

Anime’s Craziest Deaths was last on our list of things to see today. I was actually surprised that most of the clips were “new”. Not new as in this year but as in I hadn’t seen most of them before. The panelist did play some classics/favorites of his but had a lot of new horrible deaths for us to freak out about. The room got a little cold though. I had no idea what that has to do with the panel itself but yes I was cold. XD People in animes are pretty awesome though. It is like they watched horror movies and know you got to aim for the head and keep on shooting. But they still aren’t dead so I guess it doesn’t matter.

Some people are partying a little too hard.

We decided it was time to head up to the room since the husband was tired. I took the time to finish my little turtle plushie and to do some packing. Other people at the convention took the time to go to 18+ panels and be loud. Also why do I see people complaining about getting carded at 18+ events? Common sense. Annoying once you are in your 30’s but they got to card everyone and why are you walking around without a form of ID anyway?

Tip toeing around the professional photoshoots to not get in the way.

In any event this was our Saturday at AWA 2011. Hope you enjoyed it. XD Up next is Day 3 and then our Swag post.

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 Day 1

XO It is Tuesday and I just now looked at the pictures I took at AWA? For shame. I am such a slacker. XD But despite the fact that we barely took any pictures at the costume contest we have tons of pictures. I still need to search the net and look at what pictures others took of that weekend.

Speaking of internet…..why are there hardly any threads on the Post AWA 2011 forum? On the official website I mean. I love going to forums after conventions to read what other people had to say. :( The only action I see going on is in the Artist Alley portion of the forum.

Where are all my Tsubasa cosplayers?! There are enough outfits in that series to cosplay until the end of time(loops). Don't give up on me now!

But anyway time for Day 1! Friday was full of events. I think I will leave the thoughts about the Dealer’s Room and Artist Alley for Sunday as that was our slowest day. For now enjoy the crazy that was Friday.

MOG for real.

I shall start off by saying….ya’ll. Ya’ll. People need to sleep. Probably people who are at this hotel and are not attending AWA. But I would like sleep too. Cackling while walking back to your room aka PAST MY DOOR is not appreciated at 2:30. I mean I like staying up late. But when I have a big day ahead of me I want to get some sleep. Also hanging out with friends is what conventions are all about. But when you are doing so LOUDLY on the ground floor in a building designed to make sound travel….just no. The over dramatic laughs are not appreciated once I am in bed and the head is on the pillow.

How are they up so early in full cosplay gear?!

So with that said…tired Tenchi. How can people stay up so late and get up so early? But it is time for noms, SHOWERING, and getting ready for the day. SHOWERING FOLKS!!!! Actually this convention there were way less….bathing challenged people. But maybe it was the fact it was not that hot outside and that the hallway was full of great smelling food.

The first thing on the list was the Opening Ceremonies. We decided that waiting in line for the Dealer’s Room was special given how late it opened last year so we decided to spend the time somewhere else. But I did see someone walking away from a booth with a Madoka nendoroid….I wonder how much they spent as that was rather early in the day and the 60/70 dollar ones were still around.

Voice acting for 30 years? Homegirl looking good...

But yes. Opening Ceremonies. Special. I guess I am used to something different….At AFO they usually have the first part of the RPG event going on and what not. I have never been to an AWA opening ceremony before so maybe it is typical for the head of Security to come out and say a few words? I don’t know.

Ready to ROCK?!

But a few of the guests were there to say hello. Some with longer hellos than others…..Very long hellos Matsui Naoko. But I thought Moon Stream was fun. And everyone mourned because Vic was not there yet. AWWWW!

Someone cosplay the ultimate witch!

After some walking around and dealer’s room it was time for noms and the Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica meet-up. Only apparently I got confused. See last year I printed out all the information out. Every single meet-up. This year I thought I would save paper but with that I didn’t print out where these locations were. I ASSUMED that Ballroom meant you know…the grand ballroom. But the other part of the convention had rooms labeled Ballroom too. So we made it to about…10 minutes of the photoshoot. XD But at least I got some pictures. Glad I decided to look around before giving up.

What do you mean WE are the baddies?!

I really liked the “cute” version of Charlotte. And what is Madoka photoshoot without MORNING RESCUE! My husband does not see the humor in that commercial…..
On my list was Japanese Street Fashion but sadly Madoka meetup was at the same time. Wonder how that panel went.

I guess I am old school too and shouldn't be all RARW on people who just happen to be older and their "old school" is ten years older than mine.

Engrish Jamboree II: Engrish Haldel was next on the list. AWA is not like Otakon at all. You get to a panel a few minutes late or right on time and you still can get in! Happy times. This panel was pretty cool. I think it was easier for the panelist to show music videos as there is way more Engrish to show rather than the random line here and there in animes. But overall I think it was a fun panel. I might be slightly traumatized by Hard Gay doing the YMCA.

I think the panel my husband was looking forward to the most was the How to Make Your Own Plushie Mascot. XD We did the smart thing and preregistered for the class. That way we didn’t have to miss the Engrish panel while waiting in line. And what a line it was X__X I don’t think everyone made it in.

I love this panel. I love plushies so of course I would love this panel right? Plus I have the basic (basic) sewing skills and I would like to think I am slightly creative. Other people in the panel (AKA the person behind me) got easily frustrated with the plushie making process. I think she thought it was going to be more of a walk through panel and not work at your own pace. Maybe that needs to be in the description, that basic sewing skills would be helpful in the plushie making progress.

Mine is the one with the spots.

We never seem to finish making the plushies in the allotted time. But we added a few extras and what not so that took a little while. But I did manage to finish my plushie Saturday night and the husband finished his Monday night. Here are the finished products minus the little tongue I am going to put on my turtle. What do you think? Special yes?

Truly outrageous!!!

So after the plushie making panel we caught the second half of Totally Lame Anime. And how correct that title is. X___X I mean most of the clips the panelist showed were dubs but even in their original Japanese I am sure they made no sense. Just awful, awful shows. XD Many of the main panelist at AWA are into old school animes so that is mainly what this panel focused on. Might be nice to mix in some new stuff right? Unless all the old stuff is bad. XD

Anime Hell was right after Totally Lame Anime. We managed to get seats as some people FINALLY left the previous panel. Yay for not sitting next to climbing babies and their over sized strollers. This panel was extremely LOUD. Not that people were talking but the volume on the videos. While we were having a good time we had to leave halfway through the panel as my husband got a headache because of the volume.

I guess I like classics too XD

The clips we did see were funny. The panelist…is special. I mean that in a kind way, not like oh look my turtle is SPECIAL. Like when he cussed it sounded like a 10 year old saying something naughty. Not natural and it added to the fun factor to me. Again not making fun of him as I am sure that is what I sound like to other people as well. XD And poor animes that make no sense. Also I am scared to go to work, drive my car, and basically go outside. Yay safety programs!

After that we headed up to bed. I took the time to read my new manga Codename Sailor V manga as my husband went to sleep. Obviously screaming crazy people are not enough to keep him awake. XD This sums up Day 1 of AWA. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for Day 2!!!

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Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 Day 0

WOOHOO! Apparently I was just having a case of the UGHS because after some Vitamin C, meds, and noms I feel fine. Maybe I am just getting old and need time to recover from a nonstop fun weekend? Kids these days.

As a sidenote that has nothing to do with this post…MOG Blood-C ended SO BAD. I almost want to blog it now but I need to blog AWA while it is fresh in my mind. The awful can wait. But it is so awful folks. SO AWFUL!

This year I am going to try something a little different. I usually get long winded and that turns into paragraphs of WORDS that go one forever. So I thought that I would break up the days into their own separate posts. That way it won’t seem so long and it won’t be so picture heavy? What do you think? Yay? YAY indeed. Onward to Thursday.


Traveling to AWA was FUN. Super duper fun. XD Of course when you are with fun people any situation can be fun right? Okay that is lies. But it was a fun time despite the rarw.

Civilization! At last!

Apparently traveling through the smallest counties in Georgia IS the fastest way to Atlanta from the husband’s work. You know because he can’t take any time off without there being major drama and his boss trying to call us despite the fact we had no reception. Yes folks. No reception. The entire way I had my eyes out for anyone who looked suspicious. Like carrying a chainsaw or mutated. I think what saved us was I was not wearing a tank top.

Wonder how traffic was during the Olympics....

So despite leaving at 2:15pm and not the 10:00 time I had wanted we got there at a pretty decent time. We arrived around 7:45. It would have been 7:30 had we not taken the wrong road and seen the BIGGEST HOUSES EVER. Seriously I thought I was in Beverly Hills or something. And this was right around the corner from the Convention Hotel. Just BAM huge houses that we could only wave at.

We has arrived!!! Feel bad for the people who got bumped from their hotels though...

Check in was very quick. Like wait I thought there was a line? Nope in and out just like that. Didn’t get a corner room but since other people had…you know…no rooms I really can’t complain about that. The corner rooms are huge though. And last year that room came with a free fridge. Can’t complain about getting something nice yes?

I love that the beds are so big. And the pillows were fluffy X__X

What would have been nice is if the TV worked. I brought my laptop thinking WEE free internet yes? Not. So sad. Since I didn’t want to pay 15 dollars for internet I thought we could watch TV in our down time and have background noise. I am a big fan of background noise. The TVs were all new and it appeared there were digital channels. Just the channels didn’t work for me. :( Oh sad for me.

Hungry anyone?

So after throwing all our crap in the room we ran downstairs to get our badges. I think the line looked longer than it was or the people behind the counter were working fast. I do know people in the group pick-up line were complaining about how long they were waiting. We got in the line around 8:10 so maybe the line had been longer before it officially opened? I don’t know. We waited about 20 minutes which I thought was reasonable.

Time to get some deals! Also....VHSs? Really? XD

Badges and bags in hand it was time to do some shopping! I do love getting my shopping on. So glad we got to leave at 2:15 instead of the 5pm a certain someone’s boss wanted. We would have been cutting it WAY to close to getting our badges and I am sure a room on floor 4 would have been a pipe dream. But then we would have missed all the SuperHappyFunSell.

The light in our hotel room wasn't that great for taking swag pictures. That or it was dark. One of the two.

Last year I sold stuff at the SuperHappyFunSell but I sold so much I didn’t have enough to justify a table. That and we wouldn’t have made it there in time…..But this year it seemed like there was a lot more people. Both booth wise and shopper wises. Not sure how people’s sales were but I certainly spent more money that the prior years at this sale. I do wish people were more prepared and had prices on their things. It is already an awkward experience what with the pleading eyes and what not. I just think it would make it easier.

Oh there is all my stuff!!! Yay for 10 dollar jackets!!!!

WOOHOO JACKET! So happy.

After all that shopping we decided to go upstairs and get situated. Apparently I packed way too much food. XD Just the two of us and all those noms. The husband went to bed while I read the program book. XO I had a game plan before leaving home but seeing it all in black and white made me go X___X. So many things overlapping. Better get to bed so I have the strength to do everything I have planned!

Stay tuned for Anime Weekend Atlanta Day 1 Friday!

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Return from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011

I LIVE!!!!

Another AWA come and gone.

Well sorta anyway. XD I guess it would be better to say I am back. I survived driving through the backwoods of Georgia! I managed to maneuver around a large group of crazy anime fans. I functioned on little sleep due to said crazy anime fans.

But sadly I have the telltale signs of a cold. Or ConFunk. My throat is slightly sore, I feel drained, and my own personal OH CRAP I might be sick symptom...my ears hurt. Bleh folks. Bleh. But I feel way more functional than after Otakon so I have hope. Gonna drink tons of water, suck down some NO DROWSY MEDICINE, and not push myself too hard at work. And sleep as much as possible tomorrow.

But putting aside the fact that I am a sleepy child right now I had a blast at the convention. XD At least I wasn't sick then right? That is all that counts. And that we made it home safely from the backwoods of nowhere land.

So I have a lot of catching up to do. Need to blog about my trip, do a Swag Report, and it seems that some Fall Animes have started to air. Oh and I need to finish Blood-C. Which I had a crazy yaoi dream about at the con. So I will try to do as much as possible in between sleep and being cuddled by my cat who apparently needs ALL THE ATTENTION. XD

Stay tuned for tons of posts and probably crazy talk XD Also :( No more anime conventions for the rest of the year.

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