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Oh, I slept like a log last night. I was sound asleep until around 9:30 AM, when my parents woke me up.

I'm trying to form a coherent convention report. But I'm still tired and being Mr. Radio takes a lot of my brainmeats.

Saturday is when I debuted my artbook!Lust cosplay. And I was never mistaken for Envy! In fact, I have to say, this con holds the record for 'How Fast Someone Asked for a Picture'. I was barely out of the car in the parking lot when an Envy cosplayer spilled out of the car next door and asked for a picture. :D And I got lots of compliments on the outfit, and a couple people actually knew where the outfit came from. Most people assumed it was from fan art. And then there were the men who had no idea who I was, but wanted a picture anyway. One of these men compared me to Jessica Rabbit (most especially the scene involving her boobs) and one of them actually asked if I was jailbait or not.

There is a grown man in this world who entertained the idea that I could be under 18. That sort of made my day. Also was sort of creepy, but it happens.

I found two action figures that made me pretty much cream my panties, and ended up buying them. One: A Bome ComicCon exclusive, from 2005. She was inexpensive as is, and then she was 20% off. And then... Eri. My beautiful, beautiful Eri. And she was on sale at the booth of a dealer I've been giving business since I started going to cons in the Southwest - the one who recommended Saikano, the one who always gives me a free story image figure - so she let it go for 30$. Only 30$ for my beautiful Eri.

I took her out as soon as I was home, and her craftsmanship is amazing. There is motion in every line, and the detailing is incredible.

Uh... What else? Oh! I went DDRing with nijawial! The nice people in the gaming room put it on beginner for us, and I took off my shoes and I didn't pop out of my dress. We hung out on the grass outside, because it was a beautiful day - Brother Unit was in the Gaming Room, kicking ass at Smash Bros - and we ended up wandering over to a panel that some Marvel artists were doing. I found it extremely interesting - even though the Lolita teaparty was drowning it out half the time and one of the poor guys had to move really close to our tables. But they were all cool, and it was neat to see what goes in to professional comic art.

I didn't go to the tea party, because I ended up forgetting one essential bit of my Lolita outfit, and if I'm not going to do it right, I'm not going to do it at all. We hung out back at the hotel for a while, watching bad movies, avoiding Comma Drama, and trying to find food.

We wandered over to the dance, and again, spent maybe five minutes then wandered off. At this point anna_daae had to get Brother Unit home, and nijawial was catching up on sleep. So talia_speaks and I did pictures, and got some awesome ones that aren't uploaded yet.

Sunday... I will update on later.

( And Now, Pictures )

Of course there's more pictures, but not uploaded yet. So...yes! And after I've unpacked, I shall post my swag!

Obligatory Swag Update!

My swag post! anna_daae is off back to Phoenix, and I am doing the unpacking thing. Which will segue into the cleaning thing. I need to sort of organize my closet, I've realized. And invest in some hangers.

ANYWAY!

( Some Of This Came From Goodwill, Hard As It Is To Believe )

I almost, almost bought the FMA artbook I'm missing - the very first anime artbook - but I passed, and I'm glad. Eri and Sui are much, much more coveted than that.

AND! THE BEST THING JUST HAPPENED AS I WAS UNPACKING! I don't know how it got in there, or how I didn't notice it the last three or four times I packed and unpacked my suitcase, but I found my panda earring! I was devastated when I lost it, and thought it was gone forever. But he was in my suitcase! Now he's back in my ear, where he belongs. :D

NOW! BACK TO CLEANING!