Day 1 Continued: At the end of the Q&A, staff started handing out autograph tickets to people as they left, and gave very vague directions as to where they autograph session was. This led to much confusion, as it seems everyone thought it was in the dealers' room near the artist alley. Sadly, I got caught in this confusion and only after much wandering with the crowd found my way upstairs to where it was. They handed out numbered tickets once in the holding room. I was #161. The last person to get an autograph was #152 (damn you a_p!) SitS and I actually had the door leading to the autograph booth itself shut right in our face. We were told we could use the tickets we got tomorrow (really the day after tomorrow, way to go again, staff!), but everyone was pretty disappointed. We filtered out and all sat down near the stairs in front of the dealers' room, and i was exhausted. It had been non-stop excitement since we woke up, and this was the last con event of the day, so I was finally able to sit down and relax, a bit sad, but still in good spirits.
That's when I heard a familier voice coming from my right. No, it couldn't be! I looked up and I saw the pinoy powerhouse himself, Mr. kuno_thunder! I was all "HOLY SHIT MAN, NO WAY!" The bastard decided to drop in on us unannounced. It was a great surprise that made me forget about being shut down at the autograph session.
After a bit of recovery at the hotel room, a bunch of us met up at Lucky Strike bowling/lounge for some drinks, a bit of food, and some bowling. Arun and I had our asses handed to us by some of Dinny's (i think) Japanese friends, but I had a blast anyways. Lots of cameras around this and the other post-con parties so I won't go into too much detail, I expect there'll be World Tour Dokyu up before too long.
Day 2: I passed out pretty soon after getting to the hotel room, but we had to get up early for what became, for me, one of the main highlights of the entire trip: the Guest Reception. Dai and Dinny were able to score some tickets for this unadvertised 'breakfast with the stars' event. No one was even sure if MoMusu would even be going, but we decided to take a chance and go. It was held at the hotel they were staying at (The Westin, I think?), and as we passed the elevators to get in line... the elevator doors opened up, we were ushered to the side, and out came my 9 favorite girls in the world, right past us, into the room ahead. Moment #2 where I almost died.
The way the guest reception worked as that each set of Guests of Honor were sitting at various tables. Every 15 minutes, people had to switch to a new table. By the time I got in, all the guest tables were filled so I grabbed a bit of food and sat at one of the guestless tables with other hipsters. I was eating breakfast in the same room as Morning Musume! Second rotation came and I wasn't able to MoMusu in time, but instead sat at a table with some Gundam 00 people I had never heard of, but it was a seat right next to momusu. From there I could see that they were, in fact, at two different tables; LinLin, JunJun, Aika, Koharu, and Ai at one, and Sayumi, Eri, Risa, and Reina at the one closer to me. The next 15 minutes were pretty awkward, I was trying to feign interest in these guests I had never heard of from a series I never watched, but finally the staffer called the 15 minutes up and told everyone to move to a different table. I stood up, turned around, and put my hands on the back of the seat nearest to Reina, even though the previous person was still getting up. I sat down, and totally lost my cool. I was sitting at the same small table as Reina, Risa, Eri, Sayumi. Whomever was responsible for the seating order here, I love you, you put my top 4 all together. I looked to my left and saw that Maki_Kanatsu and Mugen were the other two people at the table. Hell yeah, other hipsters! Dragonlady was behind us, supposedly our translater, and asked us to introduce ourselves. (Reina called me by name! *melts*) After that, Dragonlady (why the hell was she in charge of this anyways?) asked us what kind of food our areas are known for, and for some reason, the rest of the 15 minutes was pretty much devoted to food. Reina said that she loves food and wanted to know where they should eat in LA and I answered In-n-Out, and then Dragonlady made us feel bad by asking "well, why didnt you bring any food? You should have brought them some food!" etc... Jeez. She also wandered away at least twice as well, leaving us without a translator, so there was some awkward silences, though Maki asked a question or two in Japanese. At this point I noticed that Risa kept staring at me <3 Maybe she has a crush on me lol. The cutest moment came when I said I was so excited about seeing them that I had hardly eaten since I got to LA. Eri said "EHH? Daijoubu?!?" looking all concerned and leaning across the table. I reassured them that I was fine, I've just been so excited that it's all I could think about. And then Sayu said something in Japanese and put her hand on her chest, and Dragonlady translated: "You may be hungry, but your heart is full, right?" It was a big "awwwwww" moment. Sayu also complimented Kanki's hair bow, which is like, mad props in my opinion. Sayumi's the Queen of Cute, so her word has weight~
Sadly, the 15 minutes went by fast, so we had to say our goodbyes and leave. They had to leave partway through the next rotation to do their sound check, so I got in just in time. I still can't believe that I had this opportunity. Thank you *so much* dai and dinny and whomever else was involved in tipping us off about this event, you have made my life!
Topic: [07/02-07/05] Morning Musume @ Anime Expo (Schedule/Who's Down P.1) (Read 293022 times)