Geek.Kon 2008

Geek.Kon Cosplays:
Myself: Sakura Haruno (Naruto, Sat & Sun)
Crimson: Itachi Uchiha (Naruto, Sat) - Zolf J. Kimblee (Fullmetal Alchemist, Sun)
Serra: Furher Jacket (Fullmetal Alchemist, Sat) - Chinese Style Long Jacket (Sun)
Asuma: Chunin Vest (Naruto, Sat & Sun)

So, Geek.Kon is over and done with for this year and I have to say, it was a blast. ^.^ Saturday was totally rockin' and Sunday, though quiet, was a plesent end.
With the small delay of waking up a little late on Saturday, we made it in and after finally figuring out where we could park we dove right in. The first panel we went to was "Alchemy for Idiots" which for me was quite entertaining as I ran a FmA panel in 2007 at Detour. It was fairly similar, percent wise, on who'd read the manga, who read the scanilations, and who'd seen the completed anime. However they chose to run theirs as close to spoiler free as possible where mine was full of them.
After that we spent a good amount of time wondering around through the artist alley rooms and the dealers rooms as well as just con space in general. And during our wondering we bumped into a friend of mine so she joined our little jumbled group and now we were traveling with Inuyasha as well. There were a lot of really good cosplayers and since it was Serra's Birthday on Sunday we had a few group glomps to celebrate. ^.^
Then it was time for the Masquerade, we arrived about 5 minutes early and got some really good seats. The costumes entered totally rocked and the "waiting for the judges to return" show was hilarious, for the most part.
After making our way back outside Serra and myself were more then ready for some down time so we were going to meander our way to the van and head home... well that was when The Ninja snuck up behind me for a hug. So I got a picture with him, chated a little, and said goodbye. Inuyasha then spoted some other friends she knew so we took a moment to say hello to them as well before packing it in for the day.
We returned for Sunday, this time bringing Inuyasha with us, and were slightly surprised at the lack of people who were around but the ones who were ended up being really friendly so it was totally made up for it. Inuyasha and Asuma went ahead and tried out the foam sword battles, which ammused the rest of us. We then wondered over and took a look at the table top gaming rooms, which were pretty well emptied out at the time and we weren't really sure what they were playing but we needed a breather so we took a seat in one of the rooms for a little while. After that we wondered some more, glancing in at the artist alley once more and then made our way to the "Sub VS Dub" panel. It was interesting to hear the different reasons for people taking sides, I enjoy both. After that there wasn't much left to the con and we were all really tired so we waved goodbye to Geek.Kon and headed for home.

And finally, a few words from me:
I'd like to thank the Geek.Kon for putting on an awesome convention and being so attentive to their attendies needs. Nicely done. I also want to thank the couple different cosplay groups who were involved with the "Group Glomp" for helping my group make Serra's birthday an awesome one. And I must say: Ninja, you were awesome!
Finally I'd like to say thanks to my crew! So thanks to Asuma for all the driving he did, and to Serra for taking so many pictures. Even more thanks to Crimson for putting up with me dressing him up as Itachi even though he's not a Naruto fan. ^.^

[crossposted at my MSN Spaces blog]

EDIT: Geek.Kon made the news and so did the backs of me and my crew: WKOW 27 News Cilp (I would have embeded the video but it auto-plays and that's annoying.)

Cause Pandora Did It And More

And there we have my results. Not sure if it's a good thing but it's a thing and since Pandora said to do it I did. So there.

Yes! It's time for DtB! ... Soon... From what I can make out of the pre-trailer "transmission" their's going to be an announcement about Darker than BLACK at New York AnimeFest on Friday. To bad I'm no where close to New York. Then again that's the weekend I'll be going to Geek.Kon in Madison, Wisconsin.
I know I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for any bit of news they give us via the web though. ^.^