013011 --Brain Mush
Jan. 30th, 2011 04:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
memorialrainbow My brain is still not really functioning from all of the AWESOME that has happened over the past few days. I didn't really want to get up this morning to go to work...rolled out of bed and was thankful that I took a shower last night, instead of today. Work won't be quite so bad today...I hope. I had a really bad week at work last week, so I'm hoping this week is better.
Ohayocon was *awesome.* But I didn't need to tell you all of that. It was the first time that I had ever experienced more than one day at the con. Me, Dylan, and Korinne stayed at a local hotel. Which, by the way, it is a pain in the arse to move from 71S to downtown. My GPS had me going from the way right lane to the way left lane of 670...within fifteen seconds...across five lanes or so. Thanks. (Dylan took another way. I know Columbus, so it made more sense to me.) On that note, I need to call somebody because the stinking ticket machine ate my $20 and did not give me my change. I wouldn't make such a big deal if it weren't sixteen dollars worth.
So I ended up parking in the Chestnut Street garage, which is actually a really good idea if you're planning on walking from your car without your coat on. If you dress up for Ohayocon, you obviously don't want to be wearing "big arse coat" like I have all day. It's like, hey, where's your costume? Oh, it's underneath this big, heavy coat so nobody can see it -- but do you like my boots? So after parking in the garage, I assumed I'd have to walk out in the cold without a coat on (and once you see my costume, you'll see why I was so concernicus) but then I found the skywalk. While it was still cold -- it wasn't really heated although parts had heat lamps -- it did provide shelter from wind. I'd say it was about 40-45 degrees in the skywalk, and it went straight to the con through the Crowne Plaza. If I ever go back to Ohayocon, I will definitely park in that garage again (save for that machine that ate my money).
Friday was all about events. The wait through registration wasn't so long because I just kept playing White. Dylan and Korinne didn't get there until much later, so I went and did the first Pokemon photo shoot. It's funny -- I saw other White cosplayers there, but I was the only one who showed up to the shoots. Since Dylan wasn't there yet, I just posed. It was actually a lot of fun -- a lot of people showed up, including two N's. We did a picture where they were all "Pokemon are friends!" and I was all "I'm gonna kick your butt because I'm the player character and that's what I do"...and then they both glomped me. It was great.
I changed into my more formal gear for the ball -- yes, I did go to the ball in combat boots, but I wore a dress I got from Goodwill for four dollars (hahaha!). Dylan finally showed up, and we went to the ball for a while. I'm kind of glad it was just for a while, because we danced our feet off. I basically suck at any sort of fancy dancing -- Lexie, I need lessons! -- but other than me tripping over Dylan's feet half the time, it was great. I have a feeling that if I ever got good at that type of thing, I could really catch some attention.
Then came the rave. This is the event I took off of work to go to. I changed back into my cosplay costume and did some karaoke first (I'll have the video of that), and then went to the rave once the line was thankfully gone. While there, I met somebody that I had never seen before -- a raver who was, in a word, crazy. Most people weren't really ravers and danced on the dancefloor, but this candy kid was all over the place, jumping through the air with his fancy footwork. He reminded me a lot of me, when I play piano or other music. My eyes glaze over, and I am no longer seeing the world as it is, but I am weaving color and sound together to create an experience not only for myself but others. This kid was doing the same thing with the rave, lost in his own world. He had found that place where he could truly be, and it was really beautiful.
(It doesn't help that this raver moonlights as a fifth-year theater major from Oxford. Thanks, Militia Spectacle.)
Due to me sleeping in and other factors -- like we couldn't find the room -- I ended up being pretty late to the one panel I wanted to go to, the one on ikebana (Japanese floral arrangements). I was anticipating just going and talking with people, learning more about it, but they were able to get me some supplies (which surprised me). I think the person holding the panel was a little stressed, but she was still super-nice and I learned a lot.
From there we walked around, did different things, and I eventually ended up at the second Pokemon photoshoot. This one Dylan took pictures of, and I'll have some of those up here. We also went to the Dealers Room, which I'm glad we did when I decided to because it closed earlier than I had anticipated. Oh, well. I got a CD as a gift from one of my favorite singers, the show I've been looking for for some time, and I ran into this wonderful doll from Precure!
It made me slightly sad that the dealers' room was closed earlier than I thought it had been, but it gave me a chance to go home a bit earlier, which we all needed. We went to Hilliard for dinner and then I drove home.
I was sitting in bed last night, thinking to myself about all that has happened. And I realized that if God wants me in some place like Tokyo, He will put me there in His time. Until then, I just need to keep doing what I'm doing, and to understand what He's got me doing right here and now. God is teaching me how to live in ways that I could have never imagined before, and I know he needs me here right now in order to be able to do that. That doesn't make me a horrible person because I haven't left my hometown yet. I will be leaving my hometown, and I know how I'm going to do it. It's not always going to be easy, because I don't always have the confidence to face life (like this morning when I hid underneath my blankets). But someday I will find the one place where I belong, and I will not stop until I find that place where I can exist -- both the light and dark parts of me.
Oh, and I beat White today. Seriously, people, play this game when it comes out. I am very tempted to make Dylan dress up as N, just to do a WhiteXN photo shoot XD
Ohayocon was *awesome.* But I didn't need to tell you all of that. It was the first time that I had ever experienced more than one day at the con. Me, Dylan, and Korinne stayed at a local hotel. Which, by the way, it is a pain in the arse to move from 71S to downtown. My GPS had me going from the way right lane to the way left lane of 670...within fifteen seconds...across five lanes or so. Thanks. (Dylan took another way. I know Columbus, so it made more sense to me.) On that note, I need to call somebody because the stinking ticket machine ate my $20 and did not give me my change. I wouldn't make such a big deal if it weren't sixteen dollars worth.
So I ended up parking in the Chestnut Street garage, which is actually a really good idea if you're planning on walking from your car without your coat on. If you dress up for Ohayocon, you obviously don't want to be wearing "big arse coat" like I have all day. It's like, hey, where's your costume? Oh, it's underneath this big, heavy coat so nobody can see it -- but do you like my boots? So after parking in the garage, I assumed I'd have to walk out in the cold without a coat on (and once you see my costume, you'll see why I was so concernicus) but then I found the skywalk. While it was still cold -- it wasn't really heated although parts had heat lamps -- it did provide shelter from wind. I'd say it was about 40-45 degrees in the skywalk, and it went straight to the con through the Crowne Plaza. If I ever go back to Ohayocon, I will definitely park in that garage again (save for that machine that ate my money).
Friday was all about events. The wait through registration wasn't so long because I just kept playing White. Dylan and Korinne didn't get there until much later, so I went and did the first Pokemon photo shoot. It's funny -- I saw other White cosplayers there, but I was the only one who showed up to the shoots. Since Dylan wasn't there yet, I just posed. It was actually a lot of fun -- a lot of people showed up, including two N's. We did a picture where they were all "Pokemon are friends!" and I was all "I'm gonna kick your butt because I'm the player character and that's what I do"...and then they both glomped me. It was great.
I changed into my more formal gear for the ball -- yes, I did go to the ball in combat boots, but I wore a dress I got from Goodwill for four dollars (hahaha!). Dylan finally showed up, and we went to the ball for a while. I'm kind of glad it was just for a while, because we danced our feet off. I basically suck at any sort of fancy dancing -- Lexie, I need lessons! -- but other than me tripping over Dylan's feet half the time, it was great. I have a feeling that if I ever got good at that type of thing, I could really catch some attention.
Then came the rave. This is the event I took off of work to go to. I changed back into my cosplay costume and did some karaoke first (I'll have the video of that), and then went to the rave once the line was thankfully gone. While there, I met somebody that I had never seen before -- a raver who was, in a word, crazy. Most people weren't really ravers and danced on the dancefloor, but this candy kid was all over the place, jumping through the air with his fancy footwork. He reminded me a lot of me, when I play piano or other music. My eyes glaze over, and I am no longer seeing the world as it is, but I am weaving color and sound together to create an experience not only for myself but others. This kid was doing the same thing with the rave, lost in his own world. He had found that place where he could truly be, and it was really beautiful.
(It doesn't help that this raver moonlights as a fifth-year theater major from Oxford. Thanks, Militia Spectacle.)
Due to me sleeping in and other factors -- like we couldn't find the room -- I ended up being pretty late to the one panel I wanted to go to, the one on ikebana (Japanese floral arrangements). I was anticipating just going and talking with people, learning more about it, but they were able to get me some supplies (which surprised me). I think the person holding the panel was a little stressed, but she was still super-nice and I learned a lot.
From there we walked around, did different things, and I eventually ended up at the second Pokemon photoshoot. This one Dylan took pictures of, and I'll have some of those up here. We also went to the Dealers Room, which I'm glad we did when I decided to because it closed earlier than I had anticipated. Oh, well. I got a CD as a gift from one of my favorite singers, the show I've been looking for for some time, and I ran into this wonderful doll from Precure!
It made me slightly sad that the dealers' room was closed earlier than I thought it had been, but it gave me a chance to go home a bit earlier, which we all needed. We went to Hilliard for dinner and then I drove home.
I was sitting in bed last night, thinking to myself about all that has happened. And I realized that if God wants me in some place like Tokyo, He will put me there in His time. Until then, I just need to keep doing what I'm doing, and to understand what He's got me doing right here and now. God is teaching me how to live in ways that I could have never imagined before, and I know he needs me here right now in order to be able to do that. That doesn't make me a horrible person because I haven't left my hometown yet. I will be leaving my hometown, and I know how I'm going to do it. It's not always going to be easy, because I don't always have the confidence to face life (like this morning when I hid underneath my blankets). But someday I will find the one place where I belong, and I will not stop until I find that place where I can exist -- both the light and dark parts of me.
Oh, and I beat White today. Seriously, people, play this game when it comes out. I am very tempted to make Dylan dress up as N, just to do a WhiteXN photo shoot XD
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