My ~first~ convention! It was FANTASTIC! After some vicious convincing of the parents and a candy-coma the night before, I got to go to Youmacon!

My friend, KT, drove all the way to Dearborn, and when we saw the Hyatt, it was like a glistening black beautiful building of heaven rising out of hell! Kyaa! We got lost half-way there and stopped at a gas station for directions. A creepy Indian dude, with an accent we couldn't understand (smile and nod), said "I go there in my truck, you follow me." I was like "NOOO..." But we eventually made our way there, and it was the exact building that I pointed out and said "THAT ONE" and Josh said "No no, that's a factory."

I wish I dressed up, because we were looking for a parking spot, we saw a DUDE in a sailor usagi wig looking for one too. We found a great parking spot ("THERE! EMILY GET OUT AND STAND INNIT!"), and I think Kt and I were going to have a heart attack.

I could already see a group of Kingdom Hearts characters, and some Haruhi's and such. I just wanted to walk around and guess them all! But we got inside and registered. The place was packed! Every where you looked, there was somebody dressed up, posing, taking pictures, and I could recognize a ton of them! <3 I had a mission to take pictures with at least one character from each of my favorite animes. I FAILED! But I still got some great pictures. Only about 10 .... But every time I saw someone I wanted to take a picture of/with, they were busy and I didn't want to interrupt.

I really wish I dressed up! I don't have anything that I could have dressed up as... Maybe Misa Amane (there were so many!) plus I didn't have a blond wig. I could at least have dressed up as a school girl, but I think my sitter would have thought that a bit strange.... I just decided on my double-breasted black and pink jacket. Looked 'anime-ish' enough. Kt wore her Itaski (? black with red clouds?) coat, which a ton of people had on <3. She looked pretty cool.

I was armed with about 70$ for the convention. I was happy to walk out of there with cash still in my pocket! Yay, still had lunch money! I could have gone CRAZY in the Dealer's Room and the Artist's Alley. So much merchandise... but so expensive.... I bought 2 Ouran High School Host Club badges, an Organization XIII Roxas tee, the 2006 Youmacon Tee (cheaper and looked cooler), and a convention pass.

We only went Saturday for the Ouran High School Host Club panel. It wasn't as eventful as I thought. It was nice to be surrounded by fans of the same thing, but after awhile I found it boring (I have to be doing something!). So I left during a discussion about who should join the host club from other series and started wandering the lobby for pictures. I didn't get many... I'm too hesitant! I circled the lobby about 20 billion times. People must have thought "Is she lost? Weird..."

After I met up with KT and Josh in the Dealer's room, and they bought some stuffs... But apparently there was a last minute concert of LEMON DEMON!!!!! in the gamers room. Kt-"WE HAVE TO GO!" We went there, and 'NO BAGS ALLOWED'. So we ran out to the car and dropped our stuffs off. And the gamers room was an Emily~DREAM! 50 or so flat screen huge Tv's EVERYWHERE! PS2s and xboxes galore! Everyone was playing against each other in shooters, arcade games (ownage on DDR!), and everything! AMAZING! But in the corner there were about 30 chairs set up and LEMON DEMON! was starting to set up. They played great songs, although the lead singer (who was ... adorable) was completely muffled... Still. My love!

After that, I went and bought my souveniers and we met up with Autumn, who was a Misa Amane. She was a good one too ^.^ But sadly, it was getting late (five ish) and we left.

PICTURES
Roy Mustang from FMA and Me [link]

Canti and Haruko from FLCL [link]

Sailor Scout and Me(dedicated to Oliva) [link]

HYATT Regency Hotel [link]

Bezelnef with Nekozawa puppet (OHSHC) (irony!) [link]

Yuffie and Reno (FFVII!) [link]

FANTASTIC Sesshomaru (Inuyasha) [link]

Gamer's PARADISE! [link]

Lovely Skyracer Sakura and me (TRC) [link]

FFVII:CC Aerith and Me (ah the glare!) [link]


The recounting of YOUMACON! <3 NEXT YEAR SHALL BE EPIC! Everyone must go!