October Expo 2007 report
Oh wow. This was definitely the most awesome Expo ever. Usually I have to admit it's a bit pants, but I enjoyed every moment! What can I say, being in the Disney group was awesome. Having all the kids recognise who I was, was quite possibly the best thing ever! I have never got so much attention before, it was unbelievable and my dress wasn't even finished! I was like :O.
I also got to meet princess_mark, takuropop, lex_is_evil, ashechan, angelphie, odangochan, true_delusion, perrinashcroft and many others who I've probably forgotten (sorry!) I love meeting new people and making new friends. I know I often have an expression of contempt and irritation, but really I just always look like that. Honestly I enjoyed every minute. :P
Doing the skit in the masquerade was great, I'd done one walk on in my life and I was pretty terrified, but Holy Hell I was smiling so broadly in all of the pictures I looked like someone else. xD with all of the mad cheering we got though how could you not smile?
I was then off to China town with the friends I had mostly neglected during the day (due to the HUGE queing time of the masquerade ;_;) and we had dinner at Ikkusans which is always nice. I then managed to find Mark and everyone else (despite him IGNORING MY THREE PHONE CALLS :P). Lex has now convinced me to give X a try (I do like most CLAMP stuff but never really gave it much of a thought). I have so many Cosplay plans I probably don't need more, but nevermind! I then ended up at a party of one of Marks friends. By this point I was wondering where the Hell I was going to sleep, but I wasn't too bothered (okay, maybe a little bit.. damn my disorganised self). Ended up getting talked at by a bunch of Marks friends, one of which told me in so many words how I was too good for him (?!) by which point I decided to not care how this subject got brought up and made a quick exit for the bar. I bumped into one of my many alcoholic friends, and got talking to him which was nice as I hadn't had the opportunity the day before. By this point I had managed to get in contact with Ant and I had somewhere to stay, yay! went back to the Novotel, Mark and Ant were engaged in catching up and talking about old times (nearly sending me and my friend Emma to sleep). Finally got to a room to sleep in, bought some expensive ice cream from room service and went to sleep! Sadly Tom snores. Oh well. D:
By Sunday I was tired beyong belief, but it was all good. I ended up helping Hideki out on the Tokyo Toys stand for a few hours to say thanks for the prizes from cosplayisland. I ended up dumping these on Perrin as I had no idea what to do with them. :P Sorry Perrin! The prizes look good though, he gave us a nice Vaan figure from Final Fantasy for this months Final Fantasy competition. :) I do like Hideki, he's great. He asked me to help next expo, which I may do as Sundays always tend to be a bit slow. By this point I was exhausted and went back to my room and slept for a couple of hours, woke up and had a bath. x_x
On Monday I was wondering why the Hell I was still in London! I had barely prepared for one night, let alone two. Ended up being Dragged to Ant and his Trigun Photoshoot in a 50's Diner somewhere near Liecester Square. The guy who played Jafar in our Disney group was there but I don't remember his name (halp? xD), the milkshakes there were truely awesome though. Ant ended up missing his train so we ended up hanging around Victoria Station. We went to Starbucks and my 30% discount still works so I was like w00t! Haha I quit two months ago and I'm still stealing from Starbucks. They stole nearly a year of my life, they deserve it. I then got my train home and I was sads. :( And that's everything!
