I want to apologize for this post being so late. I’ve been
having some internet issues at my house but thankfully that problem has been
fixed. But anyway this post is all about mine and May-May’s trip to Houston
where we went to Anime Matsuri.
Starting the trip off right we went to bed early, for us
that is, and woke up around seven. We ended up leaving the house around ten and
began our five hour road trip. Now I love road trips but the only thing I hate
about them is that I see so much beautiful scenery. If I had my way we would
have stopped at least fifty thousand times to take a picture of flowers, trees,
puppies, hills, or roll down said hills, etc, etc. At one point in time our GPS ,
named Slagathor, took us on a random detour but it was still nice, very scenic.
And it no time we were in Houston .
After roaming around for a few minutes we found parking and then we lugged all
of our bags and boxes to get signed in.
(I told him I was going to post this picture)
After unloading we went to Registration. Now at this point I
thought I would have to buy a whole new pass. May-May was telling me that I was
supposed to print off my conformation email which of course I didn’t do. So the
entire way down the stairs (which is my only complaint about the Con but we’ll
get to that later) I was a little depressed. $45 wasted on nothing. But then we
get to the line, which was super fast, and I ask the lady if I needed the email
and she smiled and said no before handing my badge. At that point I knew this
trip was going to be golden.
So we began to set up for the show. As we’re getting ready
May decides to tell me that I’ll be doing the majority of my own hair and make
up. Instantly I began to panic. I had done only minor, and I do mean minor, make up before. But, according to May, I did a good job for my first time.
(What do you think?)
He did help my eyes.
I’ve always had an issue with eye make up but with the help of my Fairy Ho’
Mother we were off to perform a show!
(“We gonna make you look like a ho’”)
The turn out was smaller than we had hoped but due to the
fact we had to change times at the last minute we were just happy to have
people in our commandeered hotel room. And it was fun. There were plenty of
laughs and we attempted the longest awkward silence ever. I’ll tell May to
hurry up with that video because it was just perfect. Another thing that really
made was finally getting to meet a very special Sprinkle in person.
I’m pretty sure it was it was Anime Matsuri 2010 when
May-May met Alyssa and she fell in love with C.C. She was always so sweet to us
and she emailed me a few times asking if I was going to go to AM and the past
couple of times I just wasn't unable to. But finally I was and I am so glad I did.
She enjoyed the show very much. Especially when May sang her favorite song The
Raven.
With the show over and after we made promises to see
everyone again the next day, May-May and I went to go see our first Rocky
Horror Picture Shadowcast. Unfortunately we missed cast picking out all the
virgins
Virgin-Noun-1st
definition. Someone who has never partaken in sexual activity. 2nd definition
a person who has never been to a Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast
But we watched and laughed and then the show began. So much
yelling, so much cursing, so much toilet paper being thrown everywhere. Oh it
was magical. I loved dancing the Time Warp and even more doing Columbia ’s
tap dance routine with another girl. The show was spectacular. As we got up to
go to the rave upstairs a lady with incredibly long fingernails pulled us
aside. Her name was Claws.
“So what shadowcast are you two from?” she asked us.
“We’re not.” We told her.
“But you know all the words to the audience participation.”
“We’re Rocky Horror enthusiasts.”
And from there we began to tell her about our band and how
we too wanted to perform a Rocky Horror Shadowcast. She gave us some good tips
and told us that she wanted to see us at more conventions. For more on these
amazing people click here and like them on Facebook here.
So we went upstairs to the rave. May-May danced some but I
laid down with a few friends from previous conventions.
And so around 2 or 3 am
I went upstairs to shower, shave, and get some sleep for the next day. Then
around 10 am I got up and started my
rounds around Artist Alley and then the Dealer Room.
Then May and I stopped for a quick bite to eat before I went
back upstairs to take a short nap. Funny thing happened though, I slept for six
hours. It just hits you sometimes I guess. May and I got ready for the rave and
I had a lot of fun getting ready. Honestly I thought I looked pretty kick ass.
And we danced and danced till we couldn’t dance anymore. I had to sit down for a bit but watched all the lights and that was just as good.
Again we crashed at a late time but we got up before check
out, loaded up the car, and did one last trip around the con. We made 30 bucks
off of what we sold the whole weekend and gave out at least half of our
business cards. Plenty of people were asking us about future cons. I know I can’t
do A-Kon because I have previous engagements but I know A-Fest is extremely
possible.
Overall this trip was incredible and I can’t believe I
missed out on this for three years. I can’t wait to go back.
(My badge and my gift from Alyssa. Anime Matsuri, I'll be dreaming about you)
Icing kisses,
J.S.
