I can’t usually sleep the night before a trip. My sister and I usually go to Otakon on Friday. The plan is for me to get to her place by 7:30AM so we can get to Baltimore by 10AM, spend a couple hours in line, buy a hot dog from a cranky vendor, and be in around noon. It never actually works out that way, of course, and there’s no real incentive to get there much sooner. I really can’t see spending an extra $150 to sleep over Thursday night and be able to get in on the very first panel. Guess I’m not hardcore enough.
Like every year, I do plan on getting up at 6AM, but this time I kind of want to get in the con by twelve, since we’re both dubbies and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn has a panel at noon. She plays Major Kusanagi and is an ADR director (Wolf’s Rain). I’ve already seen her the last time she was Otakon, but my sister hasn’t and The Major is one of her favorite characters. She’s got a cool voice, particularly in person, and would sit through another panel.
To avoid it being my fault that we’re late, I’ve actually packed ahead of time: two each of shirt, shorts, boxers, pairs of socks, plus a pair of pants; a box of granola bars that are both sweet and salty; a box of Cocoa Puffs cereal bars; mandarin oranges in gel; snak paks of cherry jello and sugar-free chocolate pudding, no refrigeration necessary; one cup of instant noodles; a tooth brush; some toothpaste; a flannel for my face; shave gear; travel pack Immodium and Motrin, both which come with a folded up drink cup — how thoughtful; a hair brush; and twenty-four plastic spoons. Obviously, my priorities lay with not going hungry.
As far as what I plan to do? I don’t really plan ahead. I will likely hit a number of the voice actor panels, especially the “after dark” one which is usually funny and a couple of fan panels. Other than that, hopefully bump into some of the people I met at AnimeNEXT. Plus, it seems like half of the Internet is going. I broke my change jar this morning and it yielded $234.87, so I’ll spend some time in the dealer’s room searching for pins mostly — somebody’s got to have a random Etna pin and maybe, just maybe, get a Figma, but probably not as I don’t imagine Drossel’s been made available to dealers here in the US just yet and that’s the only Figma where I’ve caught myself actually wanting to buy it.
Sadly, this filler post has not made me any more sleepy — too much anticipation. At least it’s good that I’m still excited about going to Otakon after all these years. Might as well watch some Galaxy Express 999, which I’m digging.
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Nice, are you like really famous there? Do people recognise you?
Only a handful would know what I look like and half of those probably don’t remember. :p
yea me too, can never sleep properly before a trip ^^
too excited! and that k-on pic is lovely :3
Since I’m a Ritsu fan, I thought it was especially nice.
You’re famous to me AND I remember what you look like!
Wish I could be there, I missed you last year.
I would love to go but Otakon is too far for me
Did you take any pic’s of the Con? I’d like to see something other then Cosplay, but that’s just personal preference…..
What happened!?
BTW, super rats. That’s the most amazing K-on! wallpaper I have ever seen….. Ever!
Just look at Yui!, Awh! I want to poke her. : )
Yeah it is.
Cant sleep before an important trip? I thnk its natural. You are excited and wtih tons of enthusiasm!! ^^
You went to Otakon also? Nice. I could only make it to Saturday, unfortunately missing Kikuko Inoue who voiced Aina (08th MS Team) and Sanae (Clannad)…two of which are my favorite in terms of voicing. I tried to make it to Mary’s autograph signing but they started and closed it early, another misfortune since I was hoping to get her to sign my Code Geass DVD since she voiced Cornelia. Also missed the AMV screenings because it was full-capacity and Staff weren’t letting anyone in despite people leaving. Eva 1.0 screening also had major technical difficulty issues – though watching the laser pointer war while Staff was fixing the problems was fun. I ended up leaving for the DR then came back basically where I had left off as they started it from the beginning again.
The only guest on my list that I got to see and have sign some stuff was Yamamoto. I brought one of my Lucky Star DVDs to get signed, making sure it was the episodes that he directed.
Didn’t buy any figures, only art books. I’m moving off the figure scene as I was more of an art book aficionado.
I was at the EVA screening on Saturday with the lazer pointer war…GO GREEN!
Whoah, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. Wish I could meet her, I love the way she sings in the Silent Hill tracks.
She has a great voice. Gives a good Q&A panel that’s worth checking out if you’re at a con.