Day 2: Got to the Westin and soon found other H!psters as we converged in a relaxing area with all kinds of water around. Everyone gets there and Dai starts handing out tickets to the guest reception that no-one had heard about. After we get to where the line was forming, we hear a call to clear a path and the Morning Musume entorage rolls past. I had my camera out and had the button pushed as the first girls walked by, till the last one. As they get out of view, my brain unfogs and yells VIDEO STUPID. I only got a picture of one of the girls(to be posted later)once inside grabbes some grub(including a couple of bananas) and found an empty place.
First round of musical chairs no GOH, second with the guy behind Afro Samurai, 10k was good with asking the questions. The next round was with some animators(I forget what for) and they were asking what anime we were watching, Macross Frontier, they then asked Ranka or Sheri. K-T got into a philisophical discussion about Neon genisis Evangelion. Next round Female voice actress that was good fun, knowing most of us were here for Morning musume, I hadn't realized she had worked on the new robotech movie or I would have had more to talk about with her.
Then next round ding I'm there, got Flips place across from Reina. Tryed getting the seat next to me for another JP'er but some greasy ponytail jackhole jumped it. Dinny is in between more at Ai's table but also at ours with T-back. And then Dragon lady starts us off. Where are we from? have we ever been to Japan before? I answered yes, and mentioned when I was in the Navy, in 95-96 I spent a lot of time in Yakouska and Sasabo.(sp?) Reina looked at me brightly"Yakouska?!!" Dragon lady then asked if that was where I found Morning Musume, and I had to reply,"No, I was there before Morning Musume". Greasy ponytale took up time comparing the girls to AV Idols, and then they had to go. Dinny and T-back got their DVD to Gaki, Who squealed in glee when she recognized them from the Q&A panel the day before. We hung out and compared experiences. Ping and Linna2040 presented Reinas chair the Teh guy behind Gundam(he's like the #2 whota in Japan. That got a great responce. afterwards me and OpsMonkey met up with Paul Thomas and we talked for a bit before going our seperate ways.
After making a game plan the JPh!psters went their own way as well, I headed back to the hotel to Suit up. Since the girls saw me in the JPH!P T during the autograph session the day before I wore something else to the reception. Got to the con and waited in the food court near where the concert was to be held, and to my surprise, when there wasn't a lot of traffic I could hear the girls as they went throught their mic-check. Met up with Dai, and watched his stuff while he scouted out the lines. We had our own little tailgate pre show party in the shade by the line. passing out glowsticks and wristbands. Even the event staff wanted in on our action. When it got time to get the line moving I had @5 people ask me where to get the awesome shirt? I pointed them in Dai's direction. One of the staffers made a Firefly quote while trying to kee[p the line moving, and I was the only one to get it. I fired off a quote of my own. Finally in the hall and in my seat 5th row section e. Unfortunatly the guys in the row in front of me were rather tall and wide. Really not good for the really short girl that took the seat next to me. took a while and who'da thunk AC/DC before a Morning Musume concert. the AX commercials were rather annoying, but did play 321 breaking out. The concert itself was a glorious orgasmic blurr. Had so much fun, I did notice the tall wide guys in the row in front of me were just standing there. WTF? if they were going to be in the way they could've at least acted like they were enjoying themselves. Concert gets out and we're off to the Yossi, sorry Hangry signing.
I make it there in good time and get my stuff out to be ready. OH SHIT, no ticket. I had my card for Yossi, but lost the autograph ticket. I noticed Differentstory12 behind me, so I give her the card and head out. I find 10k and Dai just before I tell them I lost my ticket Dai gives the last one to a hot chick, I cant say anything now, I point them towards the line and book it back to the Hotel. I get to my room and find it where I left it and grab a taxi back to the con. luck was with me. all green lights. I get back to the line and I'm thinking everyone got through already, I see Big Freaky and jump in with him. The line runs smoothly if not a bit rushed and I get my Hangry autograph. many of us mill about the autograph area and I did get video of Yossi leaving(to be posted later) dinner with the crew at ESPN bar, good food great company. Later was Hello Pary. I t looked like people were having a really good time. Kinda crowded for my taste(yea spent 4 days at a maxed out con and the party is what I couldnt handle go figure) Some of us went back to work on the scrapbook and gift basket for the girls. Apparantly 10 was having a bad day and needed to get his drink on. As things got to going Dai set up his laptop camera to broadcast the shenanigans. We decided to take over the radio. They broke out the mike and went to it. I ended up back at my hotel @230 Am. Day 3 still to come