Yus, I already want it to be next years Fanime. If I lived closer to San Jose, I'd want Fanime twice a year, but they don't quite have the money for that, so while we're waiting, lets pass the time by planning what we want to do different or new or even the same next year! <33 I'll start off.
I probably don't want to be on staff this year, I missed all the great parts of the con. Unless the change the shifts to three hours each which are easy to move around so I can hit all my favorites.
If I do staff, it's only going to be Asian Films Room 1. I've learned my lesson from the other two rooms. >___> Although not all the Korean Soaps were bad, but 6 hours of it can be tiring. O___o;;
I'll save up more money for a room with onlee me friends, so I don't get stuck with total strangers again. One whom was quite scary.... And will leave me with scars on my innocence.
I'll see musicfest again this year! <3 And hit all the Stage 1 shows which I didn't have the privelege of seeing.
But..maybe... I'll start a band and we'll perform in Music Fest! <3
I'll prepare more harajuku/gothic/bishi clothes.
I'll bring my laptop.
I'll take more pictures.
I'll go around San Jose MORE. Which was what we were planning to do this year, but we didn't end up doing it even after making a big fuss about how little time we planned to spend at the con. We just didn't think it was going to be that fun.
Next year when we sign up for Karaoke to sing "Woo Hoo" we'll force the staff into submission to play the track louder instead of needing to stand next to the speaker to barely hear it.
More money... Lots more money...
And less guilt about spending it...
I wish however Fanime had more harajuku/gothic stuff in the merchants room. We didn't know if there was a mall nearby so we stayed in the Dealer's room and all they had was fanboy stuff and manga and expensive food. It was lame. So more stuff please. <3
plans??? its a little bit early for those, but i already got a few...
-volunteer so i get a refund on my pass
-go to more panels
-try to secure a hotel room more than a day before the con
-have more cosplays planned
-bring a notebook and have people sign it throughout the con
-try to make some money during the con
-sing at karaeoke
-actually go to masquerade instead of hanging at stage zero almost the entire con
-try to become one of the hosts for stage zero next year
...damn, thats alot of stuff. i hope to see you all in '07. 8)
Masquerade is fun =D
My plans:
-Two or more cosplays for next year (already got two planned)
-Masquerade skit
-Go karaoke!
-Actually take advantage of the film rooms
-FOOD!
My plans for now:
-Volunteer
-Cosplay
-Share a room with someone
-Take more pictures. A LOT MORE.
-Get permission from staff to use an area for games
-Sit through an entire marathon
Btw, will the Convention Center light rail station be open by the time next year? I'll have to look it up.
- Don't be too shy to take pictures.
- Kick some ass in the E-Gaming room.
Plans:
-Cosplay as a Champion from Ragnarok Online/Getting fit for it ;D
-Skit about Asians (specifically vietnamese? xD)
-Getting Counter Strike in the E-Gaming Room!!!
-Get as much free stuff as possible(Anything you guys don't want i'll be happy to take off your hands ^_^)
-Get a hug from that guy who ran around hugging everyone... BESIDES ME!!! D=
-Still do good in school to graduate (o7 BABY!!!)
Quote from: HamSTAPlans:
-Cosplay as a Champion from Ragnarok Online/Getting fit for it ;D
-Skit about Asians (specifically vietnamese? xD)
-Getting Counter Strike in the E-Gaming Room!!!
-Get as much free stuff as possible(Anything you guys don't want i'll be happy to take off your hands ^_^)
-Get a hug from that guy who ran around hugging everyone... BESIDES ME!!! D=
-Still do good in school to graduate (o7 BABY!!!)
Yay Veitnamese!
And that hugging guy was fun :3
My plans...hm...:
+GLOMP MORE! From the beginning to the end! Even random people >>
+Get a FANCY sign that says "Glomp me" and such...
+Find really cool tricks to do to trade for yaoi >w<
+TRY to cosplay this time...xD
+Go to the Masquerade AHEAD of time...
+Print out legible schedules if the ones next year suck...again...
+Find and know all the times for Cosplay gatherings(preferrably Naruto, KH, FMA, and Deathnote!)
+SAVE MORE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Bring more friends!
+Be less shy to act like an anime loser/nerd/freak/geek/dork xDDDD
+GET THE FREE STUFF!
+Practice DDR so I wont get whooped next year >>
+Go to all things AHEAD of time...and not just wandering by and entering..
+Dont be scared to enter the gaming room/arcade...xDDDDD
+Dont glomp people smaller then you x___x
+GLOMP ALL THE VASHES!!! 8D
There's much more, but this list is getting too long and Fanime is still a year away xDDD
-MGS cosplay (box)
-KH2 cosplay (Larxene)
-New and Improved masquerade skit
-My mom wants to get a bus to bring my big group to fanime
-Might get my own hotel room
-Improving my Ino cosplay
-secret cosplay? *dun dun dunnnn*
-Try to stick to three or less cosplays
-Fix up my laptop for fanime
-Practice DDR so I dont humiliate myself again (i used to be so goood T.T)
-Practice soul calibur 3
-practice ninja taisen
-practice Taiko drum master
Start a group of people who attend the con but hate anime/otaku people just for the fun of it.
Give more massages.
Make more random money. ((We made 13 dollars this year! Doing nothing but giving massages and running around with a sign that asked for money. xD))
Go to the fountain park with the quetzacoatl statue and lock someone in the coin operated bathroom stalls.
<33
Plans for next year? Me and my friends have already started planning already too!
- Cosplay (I'm going as Hitsugaya Toushirou next year)
- Get a hotel room way ahead of time (Cause waiting will make those rates go up!_
- Bring Laptop (Being disconnected for more than 12 hours is tough stuff)
- Participate in a tournament in the E-Gaming room (I was too chicken this year, cause I haven't had time to play games in so long)
- Bring more pocky (I brought 6 boxes of pocky with me, and it still wasn't enough)
- Have a lot more money to spend (I went to the ATMs so many times, UGH)
- Not be shy and take more pictures (yeah, that's a personal problem)
Well, i don't really have all that many...
I want to have more time to work on my cosplay costumes (meaniung this year i am going to have more then one)
I want to get my Anime Club going strong so that we can all go to fanime & have fundraisers and stuff... all four day's with two hotel rooms for 3 nights... 0.0 gah that will be a lot of fundraisers.. but w/e...
so yeah,.... not a whole lot.. but big things...
Plans:
-cosplay all the ones I did this year (and a few more), plus AC Cloud
-go to karaoke room
-go to many gatherings
-go to Dealer's Room often
Plans:
*Attend GTL!!! I couldn't find the Panel room for the entire first day ;_;
*Attend more panels (see above)
*BRING MORE MONEY!
*Better Cosplay ("Over $10" Ranma Saotome this time!)
*MAYBE not buy a day pass every day of the con ($8 a pass 0.o doesn't sound like much, but that's quite a bit for me!)
*BUY MORE THINGS (See point three). There was sooo much I wish I could'a bought, but... once again, low funds.
Plans:
-Cosplay(if possible)
-Join Staff again(if not Stamp Rally again, either E-gaming, Tabletop, Rovers, Con-Ops, or any department that's really understaffed, but has a share of perks)
-Get ahold of a laptop(so I can blog accurately for each day and upload pictures/videos as I take more and more without having to delete all those really long video files for extra space).
-Save up enough cash to last a while so that I don't have to call my parents to drive over to Downtown San Jose to bring more for me.
-Have everyone pay their hotel room share in advance when they arrive since we all know how all the interesting dealers love to take our money and leave us penniless for Sunday night.
-Attend Masquerade early so I can get a good seat.
-Plan the events I attend/staffing shifts accordingly so I don't miss out on an interesting event like the Gaia Online Gathering or Masquerade because of it.
-Make good use of the hotel room facilities.
-Bring food(and lots of it).
Hope to hell that I can make it all the way from Oregon. (my roots are in SF)
Have more costumes
Have a sweet suite in the hotels ^_^
Lotsa monnies
Bring a loptop so I can continually download and take more pics of everyone
Lotsa monnies*emphasis*
My plans so far:
-Bring money for food or bring food
-Cosplay, if I can finish it
-Make a "Glomp me" sign and stick it to a friend
-Not spend so much time in the dealers room
-Not spend all my money
-Bring my laptop, and take millions of pictures
-save alot of money
-Maybe get a table in the artist room place.
- eat before/after/during the masquerade (and long, that mochi, granola bars, and fritos meal was not enough. >>)
- sing more kareoke! :D
- have an artist's alley booth and sell things~ i already have a list of things my mom and i are going to make and sell~ my specialty is mini-hats. :3
- go to the dance...
- stalk amano~~ :D
- dont fall alseep super-early so i can hit all the awesome late-night stuff that i love~ <3
- play DDR, even if it means changing my clothes so i can. :3
- be able to go to a tea party. ;_;
i am sure there is more. xD there is so much i wish i could have done diffrently this year~ oh well. always next year! :D
Buy pizza for stragglers in the Artist's Alley.
I forgot something in my list
Along with more monies
Buy more stuff!!!!
Quote from: Nina Star 9- stalk amano~~ :D
Amano not included. :D
....take blackmail piccies....?? >_>
I want to actually be there next year :(.
~Psycho~
Plans..ahh..well..
before con planning
-Fundraisers with the club to cover hotel
- Get the group registration as SOON AS IT IS UP
- Make it clear there are no refunds to the group XD
-Make sleeping arrangements before hand.
- Make sure to get the same hotel as last year, which, though farther from the con, is much better price range for only a block
at the con
-wear Kurama (YYH), Kagura( Furuba), Makoto Kino (kimono style, with rest of group in PGSM costumes)
- get into those darn Hot Yaoi Nights!
- defiantely go to Yaoi Bingo again.
-actually go to a panel this year.
- make sure CERTAIN photographers do not get their elbows in everyone's shots
-Go to the swap meets. oh man they ROCK MAH SOCKS
pretty much my plans thus far. probably will have more.
I want to go to Fanime again in 2007! I'm not sure if I can make it tho- I live all the way in Denver =P None of the people I met are on here tho... I dont think. Anyone remember 3 girls from denver- one was either May or Mona, the other a japanese school girl and the other a mad hatter or a tip maid?
Anyways- plans!
-Soooooo not taking the train again. I am flying out to san jose this time..
-Getting a room at the actual convention ceter
-Cosplaying as Uriko from bloody roar (maybe Princess Ruto... we shall see)
- seeing all my buddies up there again! wooo
I'll most likely be driving ALLLLL the way from Jackson Cal.
I have several plans for saving money.
~Sell some stuff online and put it away for GAS money. God that trucks a hog...
~make hairfalls, dreadfalls and some other DIY stuff and sell it online.
~SAVE SAVE SAVE my money that I worked hard for.
Yeah, I may sound broke ass...but I am actually taking into consideration the responsibilities I have lingering over my head....like..tiny little ...BOMBS.
Quote from: TessarifkinI want to go to Fanime again in 2007! I'm not sure if I can make it tho- I live all the way in Denver =P None of the people I met are on here tho... I dont think. Anyone remember 3 girls from denver- one was either May or Mona, the other a japanese school girl and the other a mad hatter or a tip maid?
Anyways- plans!
-Soooooo not taking the train again. I am flying out to san jose this time..
-Getting a room at the actual convention ceter
-Cosplaying as Uriko from bloody roar (maybe Princess Ruto... we shall see)
- seeing all my buddies up there again! wooo
well, if you post here often, you'll make lots of friends. I consider these fools my 2nd family and we been through thick and thin. :D we are a loveable bunch lol. so stick around and we'll be your friends forever :D
Ryu's post says alot with few words. we are all friends here, even though some of us live on the other side of the country. everyone here cares about one another, and that says alot.
Quote from: otakuapprenticeRyu's post says alot with few words. we are all friends here, even though some of us live on the other side of the country. everyone here cares about one another, and that says alot.
I think this deserves a group hug/glomp :D *glomps everyone*
At first I thought I was alone in here but now I know some people here plus I've met some them at the con. It's good that I have friends here, too bad I can't hang out more offen since I live in the Monterey bay area.
plans:
cosplay FOR REAL TIS THIS TIME (white kung fu suit and kung fu shoes does not count!)
stop being an apprehensive buyer in the dealer's room (i was struggling to buy a kwoon dvd, and it ended up being the best thing that i bought)
stay in a video programming room for more than a few minutes
spend less time/money in egaming (yea...like that's gonna happen)
make more random comments in the h-room (ron the plant pwns j00!)
do a martial arts skit for stage zero w/buddies
get another sicilian from pizza my heart (all meat, baby!)
chill w/the bb people (i couldnt find you guys this year! let me in on your good times!)
various other stuff that i can't remember but hopefully will by the time the con rolls around!
Quote from: RyuHayabusaQuote from: TessarifkinI want to go to Fanime again in 2007! I'm not sure if I can make it tho- I live all the way in Denver =P None of the people I met are on here tho... I dont think. Anyone remember 3 girls from denver- one was either May or Mona, the other a japanese school girl and the other a mad hatter or a tip maid?
Anyways- plans!
-Soooooo not taking the train again. I am flying out to san jose this time..
-Getting a room at the actual convention ceter
-Cosplaying as Uriko from bloody roar (maybe Princess Ruto... we shall see)
- seeing all my buddies up there again! wooo
well, if you post here often, you'll make lots of friends. I consider these fools my 2nd family and we been through thick and thin. :D we are a loveable bunch lol. so stick around and we'll be your friends forever :D
well very cool, to all of you! What did you guys cosplay as during '06- maybe ill remember some of you =P if i go to 07 ill be sure to give you all a hug, hehehe
I should be driving so I'll bring my own car next time for next year's con, and explore some of San Jose.
Reserve hotel and pay for in advance.
Only allow 2 other people besides me to stay in hotel room. I hate too many people in one room.
Actually cosplay. My friend wants me to do Gazette, although I am a girl.
I'll think of something maybe.
Go around and videocamera a lot of random stuff, then edit it down to possibly 1 or 2 10 minute parts to upload to the internet. Consist it of short interviews of people and cosplayers and an over look of events.
Go to more panels, even if just for a little bit.
Buy more crap this time in the dealers room.
Bring a lot of food, so I don't have to buy much there.
Bring a ton of money.
Pray my finals will work around Fanime. I hear they are on the same week.
Be there for Thursday night, throughout the entire con.
my one main plan is to do another skit. I haven't done one since 2004. Which i might add was a critically acclaimed, horribly planned out, success.
<smoke> OMG! A NINJA!
Go to plenty of panels...
bring MORE money... (like...1200-1500...)
Maybe submit an AMV to the contest.
Oh yeah, and own at the Stamp Rally.
I'll be driving this time so I can drag all the junk i need in the truck cuz it's huge. (Friggen gas guzzelor demon!!!)
Cosplay as Maleficant and join the KH Gathering.
Cosplay for the Ninja gathering as Space Ninja. lol
May be a Gung Ho Guns Girl! ("Fani-gun girl" inspired by shooter anime. An Idea still in the making. >_>)
Already pre registered will be reserving a hotel room soon.
Have batteries for my digital camera (that can take up to 800 pics. I shit you not. There will be uber camera whoring this time.)
Bring a laptop to upload the images and continue to take pictures.
Bring a friend with me. (or b/f depending on how things work out.)
SAVE MONEY so I can actually buy stuffs. ^-^
Ah-ha-ha! This next year will be my best yet!
*Bringing more money
*Challenge people at DDR (as in, place wager$)
*Cosplay the "Over $10 Ranma Saotome", unlike last year
*More glomps!!!
*Once again, take the bus system. Reliable, cheap, and fun.
*This time, no eating too much pho food before karaoke. Dear God... that was awful...
O: things i shall doooo
bring water and snackums
carry a chained wallet or atleast padlock my bag cause my money was stolen at the psycho le cemu gathering T_____T i dropped my bag down for a few seconds to take a picture and the next thing i know, my wallet was almost empty!
x: and im gonna find the schedule or print my own and highlight all the stuff I wanna See!!! not loiter in the dealers room for 5 hours straight ><
Well, beforehand, this year I'm going to try and get my first ever JOB (*gasp* I know, it's lame that I didn't have one during high school) so that I can have money to make my costumes (and make them well) and still have money to spend on gobs of random Fanime junk (and food and whatnot.)
During Fanime, I vow to:
* CARRY WATER BOTTLES (those vending machines were expeeeensive)
* get more pictures of myself in all my costumes (for CosplayLab and whatnot)
* keep my purse and bags very close to my person
* keep the hotel room more organized so I don't lose anything
* attend more gatherings if possible
* make sure to get contact info from people I make friends with!
* buy a season of Slayers if at all possible (I love Slayers and miss watching it on the International Channel...)
(Edited to add two that I just now thought of.)