Bishounen, Corn on the Cob, Bourbon, Azzurri, and figgy baby~! Or what I did at Shoujocon 2001 Impressions: Kakkoi! *sniggers* Erk x_X My first con and I absitively adored it! I didn't participate in any of the activities (ie pin the head on the x character, whack a thon, or karaoke) but I did sit in on some of the discussion forums, shop till I dropped in the dealers' room, and *glowed* through the anime screenings ^^. Oh, and I've given my 'ewwwww get away, yaoi!!!!' 'mouto - J - a new lease on the yaoi life style ^^ She is now thoroughly educated on ukes and semes, the bj's there of, the penetration there of, and some fairly err.. mind altering images ^_^. U~re~shi! There were also some fairly surrealistic moments as well as very very >.< frustrating moments *sighs* Skip the journal if you like ^^ I wasn't able to take any pictures, ;_;, not realizing how *wonderful* the costumes were.. not to mention I never realized so many people would cosplay... Baka ne... hai hai baka >.< And when I tried to buy film, it was nearly 15 bucks at the gift shop! @_@ oro... I'm sure if you check out the shoujocon main web site, you'll see many pics though ^^ Friday, 7.13.01 (m'cat's in heat, nice weather though -_-) aka In Preparation for the next two days. -Met figgy @ Book off *heartmark* (Bookmark is a *fab* used manga/book store just off of 41st and 5th ave; they also sell cd's and artbooks and videos and @_@). Natch, bought manga! Saved ourselves for Shoujocon though (v. hard) -Restraining ourselves took quite a bit of energy, got chinese food, went straight home. -Made all too true comment, which I was to look upon with *much* irony, about how crappy the nj system is. Esp. in N. Bergen aka n.e. jersey. There are 50 million and one ways to travel *to* and *from* NY, but about.... 2 ways to travel within nj itself. -Watched anime (kodocha, inu yasha, gravitation ova, etc.) -Went shopping for bento (food at Hilton's *expensive*) and supplies (milk candy, strawberry pocky, and koala cookies) -Tried sleeping early, didn't work. -Emergency call from kimmy (car confiscated). There went a best friend and ride to con. I would have preferred kimmy over the car anyway ;_; We got neither. -Went on line to find bus and train schedule. Crossed fingers. (We were to discard the plan anyway -_-) Saturday, 7.14.01 (ii tenki...) aka D Day or oretachi baka nan daze, kitto *sigh* -Woke up 10 min. before 6 am, still late for bus out to ny port authority *sigh* Took local shuttle bus to PATH, not even sure it would take us to E. Brunswick. Found that PATH *doesn't* when we get there. Instead we hop on down to Newark via PATH on the off chance that the train station will have *something* going to E. Brunswick. Ahah, success! Arrive @ E. Brunswick and find cab relatively easily. Cabbie is v. deaf and does not know about anime ^_^, gladly educate him (or try to). Total travel time 4+ hours. @_@.... -Arrive @ hotel in three pieces, one piece for each of us (and no bumping head on cardoor does not count!). As soon as we touch down, we watch as a Jap. lady slams her head against revolving door by accident. OUCH. Have suspicion that she might be/is a guest speaker *sparkle* maybe even Azzurri herself! (Suspicion later confirmed, target locked on, autograph received!! Su~goi~!) -Enter hotel revolving doors *cho* carefully. *winces* -Gape like starved anime freak and rejoices in her people!! Tally of cosplayers (or the ones we spotted ^_^ Sort of like Where's Waldo!) GW: Duo: 3 girls (one more later on Sunday) and one TALL guy Duo. ^_^ FUN... all within series, no ew Duo ;_; Quatre: 1 Preventer: 1 Trigun: Vash: 1 Wolfwood:1 (These two costumes were absolutely *gorgeous*... Wolwood carried a huge ass cross around all the time ^^;; Mou... tsukareta...) Eva: 3+ Reis, 2+ Asukas, 1 Brown pigtail girls who I totally forgot the name of maybe Hikaru who has a crush on one of the later EVA pilots... Slayers: 2+ Amelia, 2+ Lina, 1 chibi Zel *g*, 1 Valgarv, 1 Filia. CCS: 5+ Sakura (1 mad adorable chibi Sakura *squeals* sooo cute ^^), 1 kero chan T_T big..., 1 Syaoran, 1 Meilin (carrying an adorable Syaoran doll), and 1 Clow Reed. FF7- several Tifas and vincents. Kenshin - 1 + kenshin, 1 soujiro Goths: too many to count, we suspect some of them dressed as charas from Angel Sanctuary (or any of that mangakas charas for that matter.... ^____^) UTENA CON - need I say more? Lots of them... SM CON (no, not that way!!) - some very gorgeous serenity princess gown outfits, sparkling sailor suits, and spiffy boots ^^ FY: 1 Nuriko and Hotohori (together.. the horror... very cute though cause N. was guy and H. was girl... cross dresser and transvestite? *sighs* I think I read a fanfic along those lines... seriously ^_^;) Too many Miakas too count (only one in fuku though ) and many Yuis. The best ones were the ones we saw in the bathroom at the beginning of the con though ^_^ MKR: Lots and lots of those (esp. Hikaru) Digimon: Mimi and a few others (don't watch digimon, had to ask figs -_-). I'm specifically mentioning Mimi cause her pink cowgirl and hat outfit kicked ass. Pokemon: Only one misty o.O WK: 3 youji, maybe more (2f/1m<--- *nice*), 1 Omi, 1 Ken, and 2 Aya. Dragonball: 1 Goku (saiyuki *weeps*) Lots of ppl walking around in kimons, yukatas, hakamas, Chinese style dress, anime shirts, and every other outfit under the sun ^_^ -As soon as we registered/checked in we lined up immediately for the Dealer's Room! Two hour's wait! @_@ The Shoujocon staff was *super* nice. Went blitzo on djs (1x2 baby!) and there was even a table for soley Azzurri djs!! ^o^ Surrealistic moment 1: Wedding reception held at same time *sweatdrops* So we had tuxedo and fancy dressed people wandering around with the cosplayers and anime shirt clad people *cackles* fun ^_^ -Checked out forums! Fanfiction: Several noteworthy ficcers there *g*. Was ok, could've been longer and that would have allowed for more audience participation. First time at a non cyber forum so ... I was sorta disappointed at both the time/speaking constraints, but lots of fun! Points: FF.net bites, gw fandom HUGE, grammar/spelling/beta a must, concentrate on form as well as content. Theme Song: BNL's - It's all been done. Magic, Myth, and Mysticism. Several noteworthy ficcers there too. Very... boring? *sighs* Went over a great deal of stuff I already knew ie Asian religion (Buddhist, Taoist, Shinto), Christianity, etc. Would have liked to discuss a more variety of anime - we invariably got stuck on Clamp, Fy, and Earthian. Almost nothing on Yami no Matsuei, Slayers, Studio Ghibli<--sp? ie Princess Mononoke, Totoro, etc., Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Houshin Enigi, eva, and Inu yasha *weeps* I thought it'd be more about the legends surrounding anime... a great deal on Christianity and the role/fascination within the anime/manga genre. V. interesting ^_^ Point: Clamp is twisted (we knew that already ~.^), angels are not necessarily a good thing (Angel sanctuary or eva anyone?), Asian legend is pretty much a mystery to the average Westerner. Theme Song: Organ music. Baroque YnM -esque organ music *sweatdrops* Worst Uke and Seme: *snerk* fun. Was expecting more along the lines of fanfic ukes and semes, but they stuck to manga and anime established shonenai/yaoi characters. Point: Self lubricating ukes, CORN( to be explained later... wait for it), weeping ukes, evil ukes/semes, bodily fluids, tentacles, koji and riki: to love, to hate, too tooo?, sexual tension, sexual tension what sexual tension, etc. Theme Song: Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me. -Watched tons of anime. Angel Sanctuary - already had this on tape. Can we say X: Movie anyone? =p Fake: BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! poor Dee ;_; ... *snickers* RG Veda: Already saw ...snore... (quite literally in my case ^^;;) Patariro - oh yeah! Yami no Matsuei - Already saw... mad eye candy, anime annoys the *hell* outta me for some reason *shrugs* Then there was... Shonen ai fest!!! from 10pm-8am (and yes we stayed for nearly every minute *twitch*) Kidnapping Idol- (White poofy face president stole the show, anyone wanna cross this over with Gravitation? *cackles*) Kizuna (1-2/commercial - 3/fansub) - 1-2 already seen... 's all right. 3 kicked ass! As good a quality as FAKE and nearly just as hilarious with momentary slices of seriousness, sweetness, and angst ^_^ ...Teacher's Lounge (1-2) - Shonen ai/ YAOI with shots of CK commercial, existentialism, Independent film worthy o.o??? moments, wtf??? moments all served with mild LSD. Bad Teacher's Equation: Read manga already. Message to all: everyone is gay. if they aren't gay, they ought to be. If they aren't either of the above, they support it full out. HAH!! Life is beautiful ^_^ Zetsuai/Bronze - saw a few times already, fell asleep ...zzzz... izumi... zzzz... koji....zzzz... miaka... tamahome... errr... Boku no Sexual Harassment (3 OVA raw): Translated part of it for figgy; J made up her own stories *sweatdrops* We learn that yes! Corn, bourbon, bourbon *bottles*, et al. are fit to be thrust into human orifices to the great enjoyment of the one holding said orifice. (We already knew about the vibrating dildo) Everyone X uke (we can't remember the name. I call him nameless Japanese uke in hideous yellow suit or nameless Japanese uke with hideous screeching voice outside of hideous yellow suit). Had weird moments of shota con ness. The only thing missing in this was bestiality.. maybe in the next OVA? (speaking of bestiality and ukes... oi hairy Heero Lupine v. Duo. Guess who's on top? I love my djs T_T) WE LOVED IT!!! Ai no Kusabi - already saw it, we all fell asleep *sweatdrops* Woke up for juicy parts (riki in chains...) and left before anyone got a fatal dose of angst. (Riki: I'm no longer a man?! me: Hah! You're an uke, like you ever *were* one... Remember the orifice~~~~ Duo's seiyuu.. moaning... Iason: My legs, my god I can't feel my legs! *thwaps herself*) Sunday 6.15.01 7 am - Stagger off to find breakfast. Discuss in great detail and length bodily fluids and convenient household dildos. Scared elderly couple seated next to us. Yay. -Trudged off to watch anime music videos contest - died laughing at CCSlayers. -Dealer room! More Dj's!! -_- - ghosted into 'is you is or is you ain't my baby' for a few minutes. -skipped off to get Azzurri's sign~~~~! Kya >.< Stammered in Japanese, t-t-t-t-totemo tanoshikatta yo~ Arigato gozaimasu~~~. loser mea culpa *sighs* -Came up with idea for figgy to give Azzurri a piece of h/d fanart as prezzy! Azzurri was looking to leave and was delayed by the excited appreciation and picture taking of aforementioned excellent Vash and Wolfwood cosplay. Surreal moment 2: Ended up taking pictures for Azzurri, of azzurri and cosplayers while figgy frantically drew to finish up drawing *sweatdrops* - J chased Azzurri down with said picture when they were headed towards escalator. Had to drag bashful figgy forward, nearly had heart attack when azzurri tried to *sign* what figgy was giving them. They thought we wanted an autograph ^^;; explained it was a present from baka american fan. *g* -Head home. Surreal moment 3: J strikes up conversation with lone Japanese American lady who lives in NY w/o getting her email grrrrrrrr *weeps* A Jap. NY'er who likes manga and doesn't mind yaoi... opportunity missed. my heart weeps. - Decide to record events on bus, letters blurry, vision fading, awake for 48 hours, need sleep, need bathroom, need bus to stay still. - Is cat still in heat? -_- shoujocon site - http://home.golden.net/~katchan/shoujocon/home.html figgy's site - http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/duonobaka/ <--- advertisement-----> Figgy's *cho* sugoi sugoi dj Neko Wufei is done @ 69 pages!! She has plans to publish the doujinshi so be sure to check her site out, as if you haven't already been there, and vote at the poll! Also keep an eye our for her own account of shoujocon *g* which will be extremely less wordy than mine's ^_^ I plan to put some scans and html this sucker but anyway ^_^ ** reishin spndxmiko@hotmail.com 6.15.01