Anime Expo 2007 Day 1

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Aaaaand here we go! Part 1 of 3 (or 4?) of my third visit to Anime Expo, first visit to Long Beach Convention Center.

Day 1, June 29, Friday
Let's summarize my day before AX
5:30 AM wake up
6:30 AM drive to Santa Monica
7:15 - 10:05 AM Calculus III
10:45 AM arrive back home
12:00 PM eat some fried chicken and chicken sandwiches for lunch, pack chicken for sister
12:30 PM leave to pick up sister from summer school
12:45 PM pick up sister, begin trip to Long Beach

2:00 PM Arrive in Long Beach Convention Center, drop off sisters at the Hyatt hotel next door, pay $8 for parking in Long Beach Convention Center's main lot

I drove into the lot and discovered a line. Little did I know that this line was a pain for many people. This line was for the SKIN concert. Oh the delays before the concerts really did a number on the trust people had with staff.

I had dropped off my sisters to go and acquire our badges as I went to park. Luckily I found that there were quite a few spaces left, and after parking and taking a few pics, I went to search for my sisters.
I'm not really sure what happened, but it took them a little longer than I had expected. I couldn't really understand pompi over the phone. XD;; in any case, we did eventually get the badges.

I soon went ahead into the exhibit hall to do a little reconnaissance on the loot the dealers were selling. I was basically using up my time until the SOS panel. Once I left the exhibit hall, I went in search for the SOS panel line. I didn't have a guide with me, since I think my sisters only picked up two. But, luckily, the line for the panel wasn't very far from the exhibit hall exit. I promptly fell in line. A rather long line, I might add.
Exhibit hall: xs117.xs.to/xs117/07275/IMG_00…

I decided to chat with the guys in line. It went well when I did it last year. One dude was supposed to be cosplaying as someone from Organization XII, but the dry cleaners had ruined his coat thingy. It was shrunk. He was a rather tall person, and certainly had more mass than my skinny self. I've never cosplayed, but that must really really suck. All he had left was his keyblade. (which might I add was a very sturdy, well-built one. This guy spent a lot of time on this)
SOS panel line: img.photobucket.com/albums/v15…

Well, anyway, I came in the ballroom, and got a ticket that supposedly gets me priority in the autograph session. No cameras allowed, so no pics guys, sorry. ^^;
But zomg they're cute.

What? Who's SOS? Why the seiyuu for Suzumiya Haruhi, Nagato Yuki, and Asahina Mikuru~ ^^ (Hirano Aya, Chihara Minori, Goto Yuko, respectively) They all seemed so cheery. XD; I enjoyed seeing Aya's surprise at the fact that many people had listed to her character CDs and have seen Lucky Star. hahaha... They talked about food quite a bit too. XD; massive shrimps, chocolate, cake... haha... Oh, and I got to hear Aya go "CHA LA~~~!! HEAD CHA LAAAA~~!" XD;; omg, that was great. There was anothing she did from Lucky Star, but I hadn't gotten that far yet. ^^; It was something repetitive, I know that much.

Ah... afterwards... I'm not sure what I... Oh, right, I met up with my sisters and her friends for dinner. We had grossly expensive Japanese food being sold by the caterers there. $8.00 a bowl. I ordered two to go with the leftover sandwiches we had from lunch.
We chatted, I discovered my sisters had bought a bunch of KOS-MOS figures and Tales of the Abyss ones too.

And... we all just chilled there... went into the convention center... hung out. I took some blurry pictures. I was still learning how to use my camera, and in my stupidity, I forgot to turn on the flash. bleh. I made that mistake less and less as the days went on.
Inside the Convention Center:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v15…
Long Beach Arena: img.photobucket.com/albums/v15…


And so, around 9:30-ish, we left to go back home, leaving Pompi so she could stay over with her friends.
I went to bed around 11, ready for another day.
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RambutanTalc's avatar
Wow! That Convention Center is huge *0* That stinks for the Organization guy~I'd be mad lol ^^

Geez~$8.00 a bowl @.@ Must've been super good~ Yuuum :3

Ahh~~TotA figures *w* Hooray for Anise!!! XDD;;