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[on the carpet]

I have never read Homestuck, and probably never will, so I cannot form an opinion of it beyond: "Listening to the people who are into it describe it, it doesn't seem interesting enough for me to check it out." Most of the Homestuck cosplayers I met seemed to be pretty nice people, if sometimes a little monomyopic. One thing I do have to say. I went to a panel that was in a room right after a homestuck panel. When I went in, there was a bunch of trash on the floor, and some-one left a 1/3 full soda can open, on it's side, on the carpet. I picked it up and threw it out, but I have to say that I thought that was bad form.

[Real World]

I enjoyed Fanime. This was my first Con, and I had a great time. I really appreciate all that the staff did to make it enjoyable. I'm really looking forward to next year. I wish they could have run 2 Speed Dating events side-by-side at the same time, because I was a bummer to come 15-20 min. early either 2 or 3 times (I can't remember if I made it one of the times,) and find all the spot taken more than an hour before for guys. But whatever. Honestly, and I mean this in the kindest, most gentle and compassionate way imaginable, if you couldn't find a way to enjoy yourself at Fanime, with all the official things going on, and all the people to do unscheduled things with, I must say, again with respect, that that is on you. I know that there were things that I would have enjoyed doing that I didn't get to, because I was doing other things that I enjoyed. Nothing at the Convention was perfect. This is the Real Worldtm.  Sorry if I offended anyone. I think it had to be said.

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To the fellow at the East Coast Swing lesson Saturday night (all I can remember appearance wise is that you had a large backpack and short hair) thank you so much for staying and dancing with me during the "decompression" time! (And for teaching me all the moves I didn't know!) That was a bunch of fun!

That might have been me. I can't remember if I wore my backpack on Saturday or not. Was it a big Olive Green one with leather straps? I really enjoyed the lessons, the Decompression, and the Black and White Ball. I wish I would have stayed later at the Decompression, but I'm not a late night person, and I was getting really tired. I really enjoy swing, although I'm more used to a faster "Jitter-Bug" style. I remember there was one girl I danced with on Saturday who didn't know all the same moves as me, but was brave enough to try. She picked up on what I was leading really quickly, and I had a great time.

I've got some of the Post Con Blues. I'm starting on watching a couple anime that I haven't seen before (Space Battleship Yamato and Sakura Wars) and looking for new-to-me manga to start. I'm not over it, but I think this will help.

To the two girls I hung out with on Saturday morning in the convention hall downstairs on the stairs, talking about Anime, and our own stories that we are trying to write while we waited for our friends. I really enjoyed our conversation, and I wish I could have gotten to know you better.

To the former ballerina in the light blue dress (I think) at the Black and White Ball. I really enjoyed talking with you, and I also really enjoyed the dances. I wish I could have had a few more.

To the girl at the Black and White ball who I told she could have passed as the real life of a heroine in a Shojo manga. You were totally adorkable, and I really enjoyed teaching you a few of the basic dance steps. I wish I could have taught you more and got to know you better, but you seemed really shy, and I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable.

This was my first Con ever and I had an AWESOME time. Honestly, if you couldn't find a way to have fun, with all the things going on and the really cool fellow con-goers to meet, I think that's on you. Of course it wasn't perfect. This is the real world, not an idealized manga. But it was a great time. I loved the Black & White Ball. Thank you all the volunteers, especially the dancing instructors. The Maid Cafe and Fanimaid Live were a lot of fun. I went to Fanimaid Live on Sat and Sun, and tried to get a picture of everyone who was on stage. If you were and you want your picture, let me know. I'm going to try to get them all posted soon. June did a GREAT job as head maid, and it's too bad she won't be doing it next year. At the cafe itself the food was a little disappointing, but I understand that isn't under their control. Most of the panels that I went to were very fun and informative, especially the ones by From Fan To Creator. The Artist's Alley was really cool, and got a lot of stuff. I wish I'd known about the unofficial swap meets, because I would have gone to them, but I managed to stock up on some good manga at the official one on Friday. Overall, the Con was totally worth attending, and I hope to go again next year.

Dear Sir;

The fact that a man does not approve of sexual visual material does not make him sexually confused, a loli-con, or a poser attempting to look good. Now if he cannot do so in an at least moderately respectful manner is a different problem. But objecting to pornagraphic material does not make him any less of a man.

Sincerely Yours;
Sivartius

Is anyone else cosplaying anyone from Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler) by any chance? I'm going to be Hayate and I have a friend who's going to be Nagi.

Hey Amanojaku! I was surprised when I saw there was someone else from around here coming.

Well, I think it would be a lot of fun, but I would probably be knocked out pretty quickly. I don't know many of the popular anime.

This is going to be the first time for me as well. I'm not in my 30s yet, but I'm not a teenager anymore either.

[I]

Some guy should post that guys wouldn't mind having a girl come up and talk to them *wink wink*

Well, I'm a guy, and I certainly wouldn't mind having a girl come up and talk to me. I know I tend to talk a lot, and sometimes I've been known to monopolize people. I'm working on it. But if you don't feel like talking right now, all you have to do is let me know.

A little thing I'd like to say. I'm sure most guys won't react like that, but for me, a girl wearing very provacative clothing or showing a lot of skin makes me very uncomfortable. I was raised to be respectful, and not to "look on a woman to lust after her". And I don't always find that easy to do when girls dress to draw that type of attention. I'm not going to tell you what to wear, but I'm unlikely to stay in your vicinity. Or, since at Fanime I don't know that I will be able to avoid it, try to look in a different direction. I also don't want to be taken for a creaper, so I try not to stare. If I hover, it's because I want to talk to you but I'm trying to be polite and not interrupt.

So I was doing some dishes (blargh :P) and I had an idea. If I bring a crockpot, a frozen chub of hamburger or a couple frozen chicken breasts, etc, each night before bed or morning after breakfast I can throw in some meat, half an onion, 1-2 potatoes or some rice, a carrot, a stalk of celery and/or some broccoli, broth, salt, pepper, garlic etc, and by the time I get back to the hotel from the con I have some nice hot soup for dinner. After dinner clean and reset. Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts? I was thinking I should bring the small crockpot, because I don't want a ton of uneaten leftovers.

My group is from Oroville, Chico, Paradise, and Magalia, but we're leaving from Oroville.

Thanks.  ;D I think I have everything except Thursday, the Maskerade, and the Karaoke on my schedule now, but I still don't know how to attach an excel document here.

I'm going to try to be there on Friday, if I can't get in I might come to one of the later slots.

I don't know about you, I guess I'm a little bit of a control freak. This is going to be my first con ever, and I want to make sure it goes as well as it possibly could. When I read people suggestions for a good con experience, one thing I heard often was to get a schedule beforehand, and plan out everything you are going to do. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a simple Fanime schedule, so I started making one. So far, all it has is the panels on it. I'll try to add the rest on tomorrow. In the mean time, anyone who is in the same boat is free to make use of it. Disclaimer: I'm not certain I've got the midnight panels right. I can't figure out how to attach the
Exel document, and I'm too tired to fight it at the moment so this will have to do till tomorrow.

Friday   7:00pm   Fanfiction 101: Story Building               
           8:00pm   Intro to Bronies               
           9:00pm   Artist's Alley: Survival Guide               
           10:00pm   Nerd Comedy Workshop               
           11:00pm   Best Recent Anime               
           3:00pm   Women in the Leijiverse   Past and Future Comic Tools   Wig Styling 101         
           4:00pm   RPG Design for Anime Fans   Pocket Universe   Is It Real?         
           5:00pm   Magicarp: a History   So You Want to Learn Japanese   Anime (and Manga) for Parents   Deleter Neopiko2 Beginner WS      
           6:00pm   Q&A with Takahiro Omori   Amtgard, a Fantasy Combat LARP            
           7:00pm   Japanese Food: A History   Awesomely Bad J-Music Videos   Banzai Arcade: Arcade Edition   GT's Timeling: Kingdom Hearts      
           8:00pm   Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DXAL Fanpanel   Shinkendo: Sword Martial Art            
           9:00pm   h.NAOTO Tokyo Fashion   Sex Trade in Anime/Manga   Fennel's LateNight Dreamworld2         
           11:00pm   An Uncensored Hentai Review   Death by Fanfiction   Fanimad Libs After Hours         
Saturday   9:00am   Handling Cosplay Harassment   What the Fuku?!   One Piece Podcast Panel   eigoMANGA - Vangaurd Princess      
           10:00am   Figure Collecting for NOOBS   The Dark Side of Magical Girls   Kuroshitsuji Dance Panel   VIZ Media Panel      
           11:00am   Café Verfuhren: BL Butler Café   Evolution of K-Pop   Cosplay Armor: EVA Foam   Anime Goods Fan Roundtable      
           12:00pm   Pokemon Adventures and You   How to Pose Like a Pro   Digital Manga eManga.com Panel   PacSet Tours: See Japan!      
           1:00pm   Fanfiction 201: Characters   Body Image and Cosplay   Q&A with Darrel Guilbeau   Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Assist Me!   The Dolldelight Fashion Show   
           2:00pm   Visually Stunning Anime   Forging your Inner Villian   Kaja Foglio - Girl Genius   Perfect Combo: Omori/Sato      
           3:00pm   Steam Powered Giraffe   The Works of Chris Patton   Cosplay Character Acting   Want to be an Indie Author   Cthulhu for President   
           4:00pm   How 2 Dota 2   Tricking in Anime and Cinema   Nonaka's History of Toy Design         
           5:00pm   Voice Acting in the US   FFTC!: Laying the Foundations   What the Heck is Touhou?   Shinkendo: Sword Martial Art   Create That Anime!   Gaia Online Experience
           6:00pm   NicoNico Dance Tutorials!   Networking as a Cosplayer   Gamzee's Game Café   GT Presents Pop Fiction      
           7:00pm   Japanese History Part 1   Character Bento Secrets   The Comedy Club at Fanime         
           8:00pm   Yugioh! Fan Panel   How to Make a Fight Scene   ?'s In The HA7?!: Nerdcore 101         
           9:00pm   Nerd Courting   Hentai by Project-H   Perpetual Motion's Games         
           10:00pm   Inuyasha as Romance   Create That Hentai (18+)            
           11:00pm   Demons!   Weird Manga            
           12:00am   Learn Japanese with Hentai               
Sunday   9:00am   Mecha Model Mayhem!   Shin Megami Tensai   Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers   The Otalkku Live Podcast      
           10:00am   Long Live Lolita   Kazu's Industry How-To Guide   Japanese Riichi Mahjong   Cosplay Armor: Papakura   Shinkendo: Sword Martial Art   Hetalia: All Ages
           11:00am   Collegiate Anime Clubs   How to Draw the Power Rangers            
           12:00pm   Female Characters in Anime   Loli vs. Lolita   Q&A with 7!!   Pokemon Men Muscle Thon      
           1:00pm   Space Combat and Realism   A Tribute to Cab Calloway   How Anime is Made with Sato         
           2:00pm   Diversity in Cosplay   Omori: Animation All-Rounder   PDM Presents Dragon Mall Quest         
           3:00pm   Japanese History Part 2   Navigating Tokyo   Sew Your Own Cosplay   Poke-Scandalous      
           4:00pm   FFTC!: Collaborating   Voices of Durarara!!   LittleKuriboh Unabridged         
           5:00pm   PVC Panic: Figure Fanaticism   Shonen Jump Meetup            
           6:00pm   The Return of the Comedy Club!               
           7:00pm   Tokusatsu: Live Action Anime   What's Wrong with CAPCOM?   Introduction to Crossplay         
           8:00pm   Zombie Apocalypse & You   FanimeCon Staff Artist Q&A   Fazio vs Anime         
           9:00pm   Henshin! Tokusatsu Panel   Fanfiction 369: Sex!   Adult Swimsuit Contest   Banzai Arcade: RPG      
           10:00pm   Dinner with Soap   Gamzee's Dark Carnival   Team Lift Presents: V-Series 2         
           11:00pm   Chris Patton Shares Too Much   Hetalia: After Hours            
           12:00am   The History of Lolis   Horrible Hentai            
Monday   10:00am   Idol Sengoku!   Cosplay: Prop Construction   Face Your Cosplay Fears   Homestruck: Dancestor Hour      
           11:00am   Fansubbing for Dummies   Philosophy in Anime   The IDOLM@STER: A Fan Panel   WTF: Anime 4 You      
           12:00pm   Vocaloid: The Fan Phenomenon   Trollin as an Art Form   Gaia Feedback Social         
           1:00pm   Abridging a Series   Deleter Neopiko2 Intermediate   How to Rung Your Own Panel Panel   Vangaurd 101      



Mod edit: changed thread title, did not want people to get confused...

I would be very interested.

Are you a Tremendous Swell, your pockets never to let, able to buy an Abby? Are you perhaps a Corinthian, a Nonesuch, or a Nonperiel, drinking Blue Ruin at the Daffy Club, putting on the gloves at Jackson's Saloon, ridding Sudden Death on the roads, and a bruising rider to hound, but with a neat, light hand? Or are you instead a Tulip? People call you a Twiddlepoop and a Counter Coxcomb, but you know better. You know you are the veritable Pink of the Ton.

Perhaps you trod a darker path. Perhaps you are are a Greek, or a Captain Sharp, or on the dub lay, always looking for a cove as would bleed very freely. Perhaps you're a Free Trader, one of the Gentlemen, and the Beadle can't touch you. Perhaps you've worked your way up to the supposed romantce and adventure of the High Toby, and have found it means long, wet nights, bad food, friends who might just cry rope on you for a few yellow boys, and small and uncertain rewards. Whatever the case, you've got a fastener after you, and perhaps the Runners have your description.  You know that one of these days, you'll end up on the Nubbing Cheat.

The way a person talks tells a lot about them, and the Steam Age and just before had some of the most interesting and prolific slang (or cant, as they would say,) in English history. I think this would make a very interesting panel for Clockwork Alchemy. How would YOUR character talk? It's my first con, so I probably shouldn't be making suggestions, but I do think it would be a lot of fun.

This (hopefully) will be my first time going to a con. If you had a Butler section I'd volunteer, but as it is I'm looking forward to coming as a guest.