Anime Expo?
Jul. 17th, 2005 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockMy parents saw a picture and short article in the locla section of the newspaper last week about a cosplayer who won a contest at Anime Expo and the prize was a trip to Japan.
My mom asked me why I hadn't tried going to this convention if it was so nearby.
You should have seen my face. I almost cried. There was definite wibbling, anyway. I had to remind her that A) I had absolutely no funds at the time, and B) I don't know anyone in Southern California who likes anime and would go to the con with me, because all my friends I made so far down here are the exact opposite of anime people. Two of them are/were dating gamers/movie fans, which is kind of similar, but not similar enough to be able to get them to spend at least 150 dollars to get a hotel room and entry fee for an entire anime convention.
My mother nodded sympathetically and said there was always next year.
That didn't make me feel any better.
So... peeps on my friends list...
Anyone going to Anime Expo next year? Want someone to go with and split hotel room costs? I only require that you not be a serial predator and that you be willing to help me run away from particularly skeevy fanboys when necessary. I can promise the same.
[Poll #534333]
My mom asked me why I hadn't tried going to this convention if it was so nearby.
You should have seen my face. I almost cried. There was definite wibbling, anyway. I had to remind her that A) I had absolutely no funds at the time, and B) I don't know anyone in Southern California who likes anime and would go to the con with me, because all my friends I made so far down here are the exact opposite of anime people. Two of them are/were dating gamers/movie fans, which is kind of similar, but not similar enough to be able to get them to spend at least 150 dollars to get a hotel room and entry fee for an entire anime convention.
My mother nodded sympathetically and said there was always next year.
That didn't make me feel any better.
So... peeps on my friends list...
Anyone going to Anime Expo next year? Want someone to go with and split hotel room costs? I only require that you not be a serial predator and that you be willing to help me run away from particularly skeevy fanboys when necessary. I can promise the same.
[Poll #534333]
