Quick LA and AX2013 Recap (IMAGE HEAVY)

It's been a month oh my god. As previously mentioned, I traveled to Los Angeles for Anime Expo 2013! I'll just do some quick recaps because I've uploaded pictures onto my Ameblo blog already. Super delayed but here it is anyways!

My trip was from July 2nd - 8th. AX was July 4th - 7th.

Day 1:
- Arrive at LAX around 10:30AM, wait for friend from Vancouver who arrived an hour after
- Check into first hotel (Stayed for one night only)

Daiso swag from my Vancouver friend

- Roamed the area we called 'Downtown LA to the left' (Read: slightly ghetto) and downtown LA
- Went to massive City Target to buy some booze and bathing suits. Left with $120 worth of junk food, and some booze

Sprinkles cupcake I decided to eat before kbbq

 - Ate Korean BBQ for dinner (Which was really good, had an awesome server)

- Random explosion outside our hotel??? Probably fireworks
- Lazed around cuz we were tired.

Day 2:
- FREE BREAKFAST! Pancakes, but no maple syrup...just regular syrupヽ(´□｀。)ﾉ
- Rented a car, then checked into the JW Marriott!

Our view of the LACC!

The bootiful room

Obligatory hotel bathroom selfie

- Went to Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. It was so delicious *(*´∀｀*)☆

Best fried chicken + waffles NA

 - Walked around The Grove (Bought stuff at F21 OTL)

 - Killed 6 hours walking along Hollywood Blvd. Stared in awe at Hollywood and Highland

- Got back to JW (With many GPS troubles lol) around midnight
- Ordered margherita pizza from room service because hungry and lazy
- Worked on cosplay while watching the first episode of Free! 

Day 3 (AX Day 1):
- Got changed into Morgiana cosplay

Morgiana + Inori!

- Waited in line for 3 hours to get pre-reg passes (」゜ロ゜)」
- Visited friend at Funimation booth
- Went back to hotel to change into galaxy seifuku because too sweaty from waiting in line

- Roamed dealer's room for a bit
- Met up with people for dinner
- Worked on cosplay...again

Day 4 (AX Day 2):
- Changed into OTT gothic lolita coord (Unfortunately, no photo of this one > <)
- Went to LIZ LISA, Tralala and LIZ LISA Doll fashion show for a bit

Sorry about the shit picture, couldn't get close enough @_@

- Went to Cosplay Photographer's booth to visit friend
- Ate lunch at the Pantry Cafe
- Walked to City Target to buy more stuff
- Went through dealer's room thoroughly
- Met up with people and we got bombarded for pictures when we walked together
- CHANGED OUT BECAUSE TVXQ CONCERT AHHHHHHHHHHH 

HOLY SHIT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING

MY TICKET AHHH pleasedon'tlookattheprice

HOLY SHIT LOOK HOW CLOSE I AM

HOLY SHIT THEY'RE REAL

THEY'RE REALLLLLL

- Went for dinner and then worked on cosplay againnnn

Day 5 (AX Day 3):
- Woke up late and ran to George Wada's Attack on Titan panel

Lol at the folder names

- Went back to hotel to change into Mikasa cosplay
- Get pictures taken at Cosplay Photographer's booth

Mikasa cosplay!

- GOT A PICTURE WITH THE TALLEST COLOSSAL TITAN 

DREAM COME TRUE

- Change out because IT WAS TOO GOD DAMN HOT
- Dinner with new LA friends
- Tried to look for room parties and failed OTL (It sucks not knowing many people in a different city)
- Got haircuts in our rooms from new LA friend???

Day 6 (AX Day 4):
- Change into Ayanami Rei cosplay and checked out

With a Shinji!

- Dealer's room, BOUGHT THE $50 OFFICIAL K GUIDEBOOK TO MEET KANAME
- Went to Evangelion photoshoot, then left because I lost my phone OTL OTL OTL
- Found phone and then met Kaname and took a picture with him

MY FACE WAS TOO DERP OTL

- Last minute dealer's room shopping
- Closing ceremonies
- Bummed at new LA friend's place, went to awesome Korean cafe for dinner
- Watched Karneval and Cabin in the Woods

Day 7:
- Caught a cab to LAX early in the morning :(
- Flight to San Fran gets delayed 3 hours
- Get to San Fran, connecting flight already left
- Get rebooked to 10:00PM flight back to Toronto
- Flight to Toronto gets delayed to 12:30AM due to flood and rain

Day 8: Finally arriving home after almost 24 hours OTL OTL OTL

THE SWAG

K Official Guidebook: A MEMORY OF KINGS

Look at dat Mikoto

Cute Korilakkuma headphones!

Okita Souji figurine <3

I didn't really buy much because I already spent too much money...

And that's it pretty much.
Last weekend was Atomic Lollipop so there will be a short post about that soon!

Anime North 2013 Recap & Anime Expo prep

And I said I wasn't going to neglect this blog. Whoops!

Well in the time that has passed, I have graduated from makeup school (Yay!) and went to Anime North 2013! (●´∀｀●)

It's not going to be a long post because my entire AN2013 weekend was basically: changing into cosplay, walking around in cosplay and getting pictures taken, walk around artist alley, AWOI AND UMBRELLA, Sunday showcase. Pretty much.

To start off, Friday and Saturday morning I cosplayed Morgiana from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.

Photo: Viewtiful Design

My favourite picture because 1) it's a nice photo and 2) it looks like I'm kicking some guy's ass!

Saturday afternoon I cosplayed default skin Caitlyn from League of Legends along with my friends. We had a group of about 8-10 people maybe? It was awesome! We got so many pictures taken! At one point we were stuck outside the Congress Centre in one spot and booked it out when we saw an opening!

Sadly I don't have a full outfit shot of myself (´Ａ｀。) Too busy doing other things and I had to change out quickly for the AWOI and Umbrella concert.

Photo: Noznom Media Expressions

Picture-less rants about Jrock stuff (Skip if needed):

As for the Awoi and Umbrella concert...IT WAS AMAZING. Ahhhh I suffered such a bad case of post-con depression because of these guys! Basically after the concert, I left my card key in my hotel room and the only other person with it was at the masquerade. My friend needed to go home and had left her stuff in my room so we sat in the lobby waiting. Shou from Awoi came out in his bathrobe + PJs (And red crocs...he has no shame). He ended up pulling a chair next to us and we chatted for while. Turns out he also left his card key upstairs and was also waiting for someone to find him!

Later on that night I ended up going back and forth between rooms (5th floor/12th floor) and gathered up my friends who needed to practice dancing for the Sunday Pop Idol Dance Showcase. Our 12th floor room was next to the bands' rooms so we kept running into each other in the elevator at 2AM (They were getting wasted obviously). We decided to practice in the lobby...where they were winding down from their party. Basically Jrockers watched me and friends dance Kpop in pajamas in a hotel lobby. Awoi's manager kept talking to us because she likes Kpop and got Shin (Awoi) and Hal (Umbrella) to join us and they tried to dance with us! It was the funniest thing in the world haha!

On Sunday, after the Q&A, I retreated back to our hotel lobby to have some noms. Both bands came back to the hotel to take off their makeup and such. Shou could recognize us from a mile away by now OTL After coming back down to the lobby, Shou came over to chat with us again, followed by Ryo shortly after. My friend showed off his yoyo skills (He's a yoyo player) which amazed Shou and Ryo, who ended up calling over the rest of the band members! We were in a massive circle just freaking out in Japanese and English. Hal came forward and asked to try, to which he started whipping out all these yoyo tricks! Turns out he was a yoyo player for 15 years! 

You learn interesting things about people in these situations!

END OF JROCK STUFF RANT :3

By the way, here's the link to the Pop Idol Dance Showcase videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PopIdolDanceShowcase


I performed Like This by Wonder Girls (As Yubin) and I Got A Boy by Girls' Generation (As Yoona)

ANIME EXPO 2013

Now this year I took a leap and decided to go to Anime Expo! Flights and hotels have been booked, 4-day pass has been bought, and now all that's left is to wait (And finish cosplays)!

I'm planning to bring Morgiana to AX2013, as well as Rei Ayanami (School uniform ver.), an OTT gothic lolita coord, and hopefully Mikasa Ackerman from Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). Hopefully because I haven't started and I really need to! ヽ(´□｀。)ﾉ Money is just tight from the flight and hotel expenses so I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish it by then.


Wish me luck!