After my Philo class ended at 4:30, I rushed to the car to get to the SF&F con. On an empty stomach at that.
Ended up playing my usual role of playing the extra. Tanix dragged me to the Harry Potter booth in an attempt to join me to the look-alike contest. I didn't win, although they did take my picture, so I'm sure pictures of me will be circulating in some website any day now.
Also did see Sacha who got an early preview of Nemesis and said that the movie was depressing. She's as cute as ever though.
Bulk of the cosplayers are the same people who cosplay for anime. Robert came in as the Borg, Ria as Terminator 3, Hazel as Amidala, Terri as an elf in Lord of the Rings (forgot her name), Kestrel and co. as Lestat and co., Cathy as Buffy, Pau and Lea as Obi Wan and Anakin, to name a few. Pablo won the cosplay in his alien costume, for the nth time. When the event was nearly ending, I sat there, watching the staff of Digital Tour interview the various cosplayers.
I did get to see MM and Tin, as well as Arianna and Miao (who was in a hobbit getup). Did I mention Tin is getting prettier?
Jacob (Decipher's product champion and LotR CCG judge) won the Tolkien Society's trivia contest, but one of the organizers told me it was only by luck. She then told me that there were two reasons why Jacob won: luck, and that he wasn't nervous. Then again, we all know that Jacob knows no fear.
Benj passed me by to say hi then walked away. But he missed Kero who was behind me. Also saw Fed and kawaii Dice, but only during the first half of the con.
Strangely, the Harry Potter booth closed earlier (by 8 pm). Apparently, they have a curfew. And there were only two games out of six that Aegis ran: one for Harry Potter, and the other for X-Files (which Dennis ran, and had a table full of female fans). Saw Gelo somewhere but he was busy doing something else. There was also a lightsaber duel using sticks (I'd say Arnis sticks but that would be incorrect) timed to lightsaber sound effects, but while the swinging doesn't suit the actions, the clashing of lightsaber sound effects fit.
For dinner, spent ten minutes walking to KFC, which was nearly closing since it closes at 10 pm and we got there at something like 9:55 pm. And well, it's not everyday you see people in costume eating at a fast food joint. Also worthy to note is the Karaoke contest by the Buffy group, using the Buffy musical episode as the basis.
Ended up playing my usual role of playing the extra. Tanix dragged me to the Harry Potter booth in an attempt to join me to the look-alike contest. I didn't win, although they did take my picture, so I'm sure pictures of me will be circulating in some website any day now.
Also did see Sacha who got an early preview of Nemesis and said that the movie was depressing. She's as cute as ever though.
Bulk of the cosplayers are the same people who cosplay for anime. Robert came in as the Borg, Ria as Terminator 3, Hazel as Amidala, Terri as an elf in Lord of the Rings (forgot her name), Kestrel and co. as Lestat and co., Cathy as Buffy, Pau and Lea as Obi Wan and Anakin, to name a few. Pablo won the cosplay in his alien costume, for the nth time. When the event was nearly ending, I sat there, watching the staff of Digital Tour interview the various cosplayers.
I did get to see MM and Tin, as well as Arianna and Miao (who was in a hobbit getup). Did I mention Tin is getting prettier?
Jacob (Decipher's product champion and LotR CCG judge) won the Tolkien Society's trivia contest, but one of the organizers told me it was only by luck. She then told me that there were two reasons why Jacob won: luck, and that he wasn't nervous. Then again, we all know that Jacob knows no fear.
Benj passed me by to say hi then walked away. But he missed Kero who was behind me. Also saw Fed and kawaii Dice, but only during the first half of the con.
Strangely, the Harry Potter booth closed earlier (by 8 pm). Apparently, they have a curfew. And there were only two games out of six that Aegis ran: one for Harry Potter, and the other for X-Files (which Dennis ran, and had a table full of female fans). Saw Gelo somewhere but he was busy doing something else. There was also a lightsaber duel using sticks (I'd say Arnis sticks but that would be incorrect) timed to lightsaber sound effects, but while the swinging doesn't suit the actions, the clashing of lightsaber sound effects fit.
For dinner, spent ten minutes walking to KFC, which was nearly closing since it closes at 10 pm and we got there at something like 9:55 pm. And well, it's not everyday you see people in costume eating at a fast food joint. Also worthy to note is the Karaoke contest by the Buffy group, using the Buffy musical episode as the basis.
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