niikurakun

Anime Expo 2007

2007-07-04T17:47:57Z

Alright so, where to start about this year's AX. Well it ROCKED, but i'll do a general overview.

Thursday morning, Waru and I headed out to DIA and got through baggage check and security rather quickly and easily, that was nice. =) Waru spent the flight mouthing lyrics to Diru, and I was watching my anime episodes on my PSP. Once we got to LAX we were dissapointed to find out that our friend's boyfriend had bailed out on picking us up, so we waited for another friend, Theo, who was on his way.

Bummer, but Theo was awesome! We ended up going to Hollywood after the airport and eating lunch at Skooby's on the Starwalk. That was AMAZING food, by the way. And I don't even like hot dogs that much. After that, we all went back to his house, where we thought we'd be spending the night and dropped our stuff off. Then we went to a place called LIttle Tokyo. WHICH WAS AWESOME.

It's funny, because you almost HAVE to know a bit of Japanese to get anywhere/buy anything there. It was sweet, but I ended up not getting anything simply because it was so expensive. After a bit of wandering around and browsing, we decided to head home, only to find out that stupid people towed Theo's car! ;_______;

Regardless, we got it back after a long long delay, and about 200 down the drain, and I ended up getting a hotel much closer to the LBCC (long beach con center) simply because I wasn't loving the idea of going from LA to long beach early in the morning.

That hotel receptionist man SUCKED. He was like Arabian, and a mean old bastard.

The next morning, we checked out and Britt and her grandparents came to get Waru, Alicia and I to take us all to the Westin near the LBCC. We found out that we were on the VIP floor (*-*) with this gorgeous room. So we dropped off our shit with the nice bell boys and ran to go wait in the registration line.

That fricken reg. line was SO FRICKEN HUGE. We were actually rather close to the front, but that line ended up wrapping around Canada and back again by the time they opened up the doors. Sadly, once we were close to the front, I realized that I forgot my ID. The lady was really nice though, and my boarding pass from the plane ended up working just as good.

We ran SO FAST to get to the SKIN line that was forming and ended up getting in REALLY close to the front to get tickets. It was exciting. So there we sat for a good 4 hours or so. While we were in line though, we were interviewed by SKIN management for a video they were producing and showing to the band. Oh man it wa intense. After we all made asses of ourselves, we got our tickets and went to wander around aimlessly. The con didn't open that day though, so we kinda didn't do much.

On Friday though- we were in a mad panic rush all damn day. We got all ready early and ended up wearing Tsumi to Batsu, because we had to change into it later as well and we all didn't even care. We got interviewed twice more on Friday, once by Anime Network, and another time by... some random Anime show thing. Once the SKIN line started forming, we decided that we could take our sweet time since we had Premier seats and everything, so by the time we were all changed and ready to go inside the Arena, we went down to the line and were told that we actually had to WAIT IN IT. By this time, the line in total- was probably something towards a mile long. It was insane.

Everyone that had a premier seat was bitching and complaining. Hell, I was too. We paid $50 to see them and get in first, not to wait in a hellishly long line. That was NOT in the rules. Anyway, once the line actually MOVED, it was about... an hour late. We knew that our Jrock photoshoot was NOT happening. Getting into the Arena was weird, security was SO tight. But as soon as we got in, we bolted to our seats, which we found out was 4 rows from the stage itself, and in the dead center. Lets just say I was a little bit excited.

Plus I got to sit right next to the guy that looked identical to Kaoru >D Mmmm. And we were right behind Cutie-face! He was actually a good L cosplayer. =) SKIN messed with us for a good hour, maybe an hour and a half by playing with songs and tricking us that they were coming out. But the Kaoru next to me pointed out that he saw both of the guitars 'floating' behind the curtain and we all knew that the show was starting. Once that curtain fell and Gackt, Sugizo, Miyavi, Yoshiki, and yes Ju-ken were on that stage, Britt started crying, I screamed my face off, and the whole place erupted. They told us we could take pics, so I took like 400, and then the guys told us halfway through that we couldn't have them anymore. Stupid fucks. D< Oh well.

Thoe whole concert was fucking AWESOME. That's all I can really say about it. It was so amazing that I about peed my pants. Yoshiki's water bottle hit Waru and I, but the skanks behind us ended up taking it. And Yoshiki threw 3 drumsticks, and all of them went over my head and directly to the stupid bitches behind us as well, whom of which got all three. Grrr. Gackts water bottle got me soaked, but it wasn't anywhere near me. Sugizo and Yoshiki broke their instruments and threw pieces out to the crow after the last song, but Ju-ken morphed out and Miyavi wasn't dumb enough to hurt his guitar at all. They were all so sexy, I don't even care. Even Yoshiki. People were so stupid though, and were shouting encore afterwords. ONCE THEY BREAK THEIR INSTRUMENTS, IT'S OVER. So we left and sat to just think about how utterly awesome that whole experience was while Britt cried some more. I <3 her. Gackt is her lover, so she was freaking out.

Anyway, we ran up to our room to change into our Tsumi again for the Pop-Shock Masquerade and ran down there. Another interview happened, this one was actually very fun. Soon enough the Pop Shock started and Tadahisa Yoshida played a few songs beforehand. He's real good. There was a Nana who literally looked EXACTLY like her. =O And there was another group of Nana cosplayers, a Yu~ki from Malice Mizer, these two geisha girls, another Kyo who was really nice, an Olivia who was also wonderful and we loved her, and a few other people that I can't think of right now. We were second to last and actually ended up winning for best Group Performance! It was so awesome. After the show, during the judging, a band called Lo:Lita played, and to be honest, they really weren't good at all. But, the bassist, Jesse, was actually great, and really nice! Hope to meet him again.

The Pop Shock Masquerade ended up finally ending at around midnight, so we just head back up to our room and going to sleep.

Saturday was my birthday! =) So I wore my Ruki costume in honor of it, and a lot of people liked it! My hair was RANCID, but that's ok. I didn't have my wig. ._. Only a few people actually knew who I was, but I still love that costume, i'll post pics later. Hahaha. Not too much happened on Saturday really, but we got pizza that night and it OWNED. Mmmm.

Sunday though. Oh man, this was MY DAY. I'm drooling just thinking about it. Alright so. We were wandering the dealers room because we missed our chance to enter Anime Select's costume contest and we were about to leave when I spotted this guy. He was looking at one of the random TVs outside of some anime booth, and I thought to myself- boy does that look like Sugizo! So I stared a bit longer while Britt and Waru walked away, and I was like "Oh shit... THAT IS SUGIZO." So I grabbed Britt and ran after Waru and we chased after him in a walking sort of manner, accedentally lost Waru but found Sugizo signing some girl's SHOXX magazine. She was nice and let us use her pen and Britt and I asked him to sign our con badges and I kept the pen. >D I also got him to give me a hug and about cried. I was so damn happy. So we flocked after Waru and grabbed him to find Sugizo again. It was about right now that I realized that Sugizo's autograph had rubbed off of my plastic cover on my con badge. I'm such an idiot. So we ran through the con and found him again, and Waru went up to ask him for an autograph- in which Sugizo stated that he liked Waru's kimono. We all flew apart. I also asked him to re-sign my SKIN ticket stub, and he happily agreed. He was so nice to us.

Alright... so later that night, we went on the Arena stage to accept our Pop-Shock awards, which they showered us in. o_o I swear, we got so much shit. After that, we were kinda done for Sunday, so I think we went to sleep, not sure. Monday was a really boring day, the con closed at 4 so we just wandered, and I wore my MYV for a change. We took some photoshoots done by the lovely Alicia and just walked around. We decided to go down to Little Korea later though, so we changed our clothes and took an hour long Metro ride down there and ate some MAGNIFICENT Korean food. It kicked my ass. We got back to the hotel room afterwards and packed up, and went to sleep for like 4 hours.

God Tuesday was stressful. We couldn't find a ride to the airport so we called up a shuttle and then found out that our plane was 20 minutes earlier than I thought it was when I called. So we hauled ass to the airport and waited in this insane line- only to find out that there was a 45 minute window in which you have to check your bags before your flight. Well we were like 5 minutes away from that window. So we hauled our asses inside the airport and ruched to the front, and a really nice lady ended up helping us, but she told us that we had to run to the other end and give our bags to the security check people before we went through security, so we RAAAAAAN over there, which was very difficult considering I didn't have wheels on my suitcase. After we chucked our bags at the cops, we RAAAAAAN all the way to the other end of the airport and went through security as fast as we could and morphed to the OTHER fucking end of the airport to board our plane. We were SO close to losing it- we were like the last people to board. But we made it. Thank god.

Unfortunetly, once we got to Colorado, my mother regretted to inform me that my car was broken into and all of my CDs, my stereo, and Waru's keys were stolen from it. She must have left my doors open. I swear to god. None of my windows were broken though- luckily, but I was still so upset. ;_; And then in the parking lot of DIA, my mom lost my car and we sat there for a good hour and a half while she looked for it. I was sooooo angry, I thought i'd turn super saiyan.

All in all though- it was SO worth it. Thank you SKIN, thank you Sugizo, thank you Pop-Shock, thank you FRIENDS. =D

Damn that was long.

Meh.

2007-06-12T05:06:54Z

It's journal time.

So i've been working on shit for AX like MAD. Except things aren't working out too well and it's upsetting me largely.

Such as the fact that my corset was like 14 sizes too big and made me look RETARDED, but now that I fixed it, it's way too small. Well, kinda. I have a goal now though- FIT INTO IT.

Work pissed me off today 'cause closing shift didn't do SHIT, so us 3 girls were running around like chickens with our heads cut off, trying to do order and helping like 400486734987 customers at the same time, just ugh. It sucked. But I got a slight raise, still getting paid shit money though.

I'm totally ready to just fucking leave this state and chill in lovely Cali. That would make my damn day. And night, and probably summer. And I might actually move out soon. o_o I'm SO sick of living at home, and i'm ready to be out.

I wanna go to Otakon. Totally not sure if i'm going to have enough money for that shit- but WHO KNOWS.

Hmmm... Tried to re-vamp my LJ into something cute, but lookit what happened. THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

Oh well. I don't think I have anything else to talk about. Except that I need some white dreads. Or white yarn that looks like dreads, that'd be nice. =)

Adios.

Oh my god. Yesssssss. =)

2007-05-21T04:38:43Z

I've bitched about this for awhile, begged for money, worked for it, and now it's paying off. My god damn tickets from speeding and running a red light have haunted me for a good while and prevented me from getting adequate sleep.

So I finally just fucking asked my mom to help, and get this. SHE AGREED. WTF. I'm excited. I can pay her back this weekend and I don't actually owe her that much, since my lovely friends decided to help me out quite a bit. I'm haippy.

Work didn't suck today, AT ALL. New guy Luis is damn cool. I like him a lot, and he already thinks he's allowed to sprout an attitude with me. HELL NO. But nah he's cool. I'm finally not the new kid at work. But Luis is like... weird. He's a model and he was a backup dancer for Beyonce's 'Upgrade You' video. o____o' WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WORK AT QUIZNO'S. REALLY. Oh well whatev. He's part black so it's all good. Lmao.

SO CRYSTAL IF YOU'RE READING THIS. I about flew a-fucking-part at work today. Some lady came into work and she said; IN YOUR VOICE- "I don't EVEN care." And didn't stop there. She even added your little "Myeh." At the end. I about peed my pants. It was creepy though, she looked like you too. Like your mom or something. I dunno. Wieeeeeeerd.

I need a new hair color. My friend Chris gave me an old color I bought a long time ago- my hot pink. I was a little sad, considering that I haven't had that color in SO long. My roots are a good like... 3 inches long now, fucking work. I'm tempted to test the Russian communist powers and see if I can like... gradually work my way up to some wierd color and let them like... not care. It'd be amazing- really.

And to top off my good mood- Spilled Milk just came on. God I love it.

I'M JUST FUCKING EXCITED THAT I CAN FINALLY SLEEP. I HATE not being able to sleep, waking up like 467 times in one night, or feeling like you didn't sleep AT ALL when you wake up. I live on Monster.

My grades are amazing too. Almost all straight A's. Which means I get paid an ASSLOAD of money once I graduate. I'm glad my dad likes education and rewards for it.

I gotta file a police report on my phone getting stolen though, just so that I can get a damn new one. KSUfgybsauidygsfh. I HATE not being able to talk to anyone. @__@

Some person bought my other Jrev ticket finally, but they're not responding to my emails on ebay and i'm about to punch a hoe. That's not even cool.

-Niiku

And i'm officially done blabbering about nothing.

So.

2007-04-23T05:31:27Z

I've decided to compile a rant/list about work.

Never piss off someone that works in the food industry. Especially if they're making your food. You might not know it, but you'll regret it. Plus, half the time, our job sucks so much worse than your's- so shove it.

You don't really NEED what you eat there. No matter how much you think so, you really don't. Go get a Slim-fast bar.

The drains don't need to be cleaned. It's a fucking drain. That's like cleaning a pig-stye.

Our prices aren't outrageous, you're just dumb for eating there.

Read the god damn expiration dates on your fucking coupon. They're there for a reason. Call me a bitch, but i'll call you stupid and tell you to learn to read.

Also, mop buckets don't need to be cleaned. Wtf.

$6.85 is NOT enough to be paying someone in the food business. They deserve as much as you fucks working in your cubicles do.

Tip us for god sakes. We're not there to look pretty.

If you can help it, work ANYWHERE except the food industry. It blows to no end.

All of you who have never had to deal with it- you don't know what a job IS until you do. So don't bitch.

Working 3.5 hour shifts is totally pointless and stupid. Stop doing that.

And finally, I hate Quizno's. Can I just take the people I like and let us all move to somewhere where we DON'T have to come home smelling like 40 different kinds of meat, and 50 kinds of nasty?

Russians suck. Call me racist. Everytime I hear the accent, i'm afraid i'm going to be told to clean something. Ugh.

HURGH.

2007-04-21T17:32:08Z

So Ticketmaster fails, and instead of being able to get a 2-Day pass, cause it KEPT FAILING, I bought 2 seperate tickets which costed me a DAMN ARM AND A FUCKING LEG.

But boy howdy, I have the damn tickets. I'm totally going to be a douche though and re-sell them on ebay, since I only got one pair anyway.

Plus... think of the PROFIT. o_o This has gotta be the biggest thing since Hot Topic for JRockers and they'll sell for an INSANE price. =D

A real post? NO WAYZ.

2007-03-11T07:36:31Z

Alright so I think i'm going to copy my friend and actually POST. Oh my gosh.

So... today was really dull. Like REALLY dull. Work called me and I had to come in like... an hour early because my friend was feeling sick so I covered so he could leave. It felt like I was there for fucking EVER. 3 to 9:45 give or take. Meh, no huge deal.

I need more hours though, money's hard to come by and I need a lot of it. ._.

And my hair grows effin fast. It's already too long for Drain Away Kaoru- and it was JUST cut. So I have to cut it and re-dye it, because now my roots are way too long. God damn it all.

My tattoo looks awesome though, and if I cut my hair short enough so you can SEE it more clear, it'll rock even more.

I smell like death. Working in teh food industry really makes you smell horrible, let me tell ya. And it's like no matter how many times you wash your damn uniform, it'll always smell like it.

I've had this sick urge to go to another concert lately, which isn't good because i'm saving my money. Have you ever noticed that it really sucks when you have a job and you ask for something? It's like the answer is always- "You have a job, so why don't you pay for it yourself?" Yeaaah.

I really need a new job, speaking of which. Anyone got any ideas? I want sales. ;_; Like... i'd KILL to work someplace like Circuit City. That would rock so hard.

Anyway I guess that's it. Not much of a post. I'm itching to watch porn, or read fanfics or SOMETHING though. And it's killing me. Maybe i'll read old role plays.

I hate my job.

2007-02-10T21:18:11Z

I really do. There's nothing I like about it, except for some of the people I work with.

And that's of course minus Gopher and Vladimir.

I'm beginning to hate Russians I think. At least the ones i've met. ._.

Yesterday at work, I was told that I could be easily replaced. ;_____;

Regardless- it didn't make me feel too good.

I need a new job. Anyone have any suggestions? -_-;

;_;

2007-01-08T05:56:14Z

Alright, i'm a fan of snow sometimes. Don't get me wrong.

But once you've had 2 blizzards now, and another one rumored by the end of the week, with 'light flurries' all week until then, it gets old.

You think you've had cabin fever? You have NO idea.

PLEASE LET THE SNOW STOP. T_____T

New haircut~

2007-01-05T01:40:04Z

Sooooo, it's about time that I get a new haircut guys!

My hair's getting way too long. At least for what i'm used to. So i'll probably be getting a new haircut very soon, maybe tonight, if I decide to do it myself.

It'll be something like The Final Kaoru + Obscure Kaoru.

After all, that's what i'll be wearing to the concert. Might as well sport the haircut!

Plus... I can't spike my hair anymore. ;_; It's too heavy.

On a totally different and more random note, I counted my manga yesterday! I have 122 now. >3 I'm so proud.

And I need to finish my stipple for Graphic Design. Maybe i'll post that when i'm done too.

<33333

It's my first post!

2006-12-29T21:35:10Z

Woooooo! It's my first post. Yay for me.

Hopefully i'll be able to post often in here, who knows!

And I also hope this god forsaken snow goes away before it ruins my New Year's weekend! ;_;

So this is what it USED to be, like near Christmas time.

And this is what it is now. A lot has left, mind you. But it's still lame. D<.

That last one was taken from inside my apartment, where it's WARM. Thus the screen.

Love to all- Niiku