chapter 2

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5537548/2/

after much delay and futile resistance, i finally gave in...

i wrote a harry potter fanfic. just like 51.9% of all fanfic writers did.

follow the link:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5537548/1/Harry_Potter_and_Uncle_Crimbos_Gift

midterm is next week. snowtafest is the week after. *sigh*

not sure why, but am feeling kinda sad now. oh well, everything will be ok. (so said the assurance manager.)

let's start with otafest 2009... wait, wasn't that more than a month ago?

i'm sorry, i'm lazy.

so here goes: it's good. the end.

really, it's been an uneventful year (in a good way). i was working as part of the security team mostly at bag check.

me: can you describe your bag?
attendee: it's black.
me: ... and?
attendee: it's a bag.
me:... *turns around and sees a mountain of non-descript black bags* *facepalm*

 i also helped out anywhere i can when we were short-handed. this year we had johnny young bosh (a pretty famous voice acter AND the second american version black ranger!!!) and applegeeks as guests, and they were really good folks to hang around. it's all good. i can't really find anything to complain about.

oh, and kelly (aka major armstrong from fma) military pressed me. srsly. he freakin' military pressed me up in the air. that's more than 130 120 lb of meat!

that's it for otafest, now let's talk about anime evo 2009.

the venue was awesome. this was the best smelling anime con ever. but there were some major problems too.

1. nothing started or ended on time.
2. not nearly enough signage.
3. garbage cans? what's that? we only have recycle bins for organics, mix paper, and bottles.
4. the music next door was freaking loud.
5. what happened to pre-reg's badge numbers? why bother having them at all?
6. panels were plentiful, but most of them were boring as hell.
7. no communication within ae, and from ae. no one knew what's going on and you couldn't find anyone to do anything when there's a problem.
8. they double charged the artists at artists alley. even though the problem was resolved at the end of the day, you had to wonder how that major goof happened in the first place.
9. cherity auction. the dude who ran the cherity auction was showing hard porns on screen when there were minors in the room. and the guy was being a complete jerk to everyone.

all in all, it was an enjoyable year because of the people i went to ae with. rob and jay were awesome. their fic made my entire weekend.

and i met shanejayell in person! i basically walked up to a person who i thought might be him and asked "are you shanejayell?" while in a maid outfit. yup.

why was i in a maid outfit? because i was in a cosplay contest performing a funny skit. jen-chan and another 5 friends dressed up as zombies and went after me. i knocked them back with toy hammer/mace. it was good fun.

photos will be posted later.

hmm... i've noticed that people have been friending me on lj even though i haven't posted anything interesting for a while. i wonder why they did that.

so, would you guys (yes, YOU. i'm looking at YOU.) mind giving me a short introduction about yourself and why you friended me?

watched the new star trek movie twice.

i geeked out good :D

this was my first ccee experience, and what an experience it was.

without the second day of ccee, i wouldn't want to go back again as a volunteer (unless jenny begs). but as things turned out, because i had so much fun at the second day of the expo, i would go back and work my ass off again next year.

let's see:
1. i'm prepared for the worst next time. now that i've worked ccee's reg desk, i know what to expect next year (and for otafest too). this was my biggest beef.
2. ONE LINE IS GOOD. we were trying to be "fair" and came up with a smart idea of "hey, let's separate the pre-reg line and the normal line and also create another line for letting people in the door" and we failed big time. people in general are stupid. they don't see signs, they kick them around and trip over them. one line for everything is good.
3. need more debit machine that work. and we need more atm OUTSIDE the door too.
4. more volunteers for everything. we made 2 pre-pube girls do crowd control for 4 hours straight. we were doing it wrong.
5. ccee needs to treat their volunteer better. you are making them work 9-hour shift, at least offer them a sip of water (or a break. a break would be good since you were making them work STANDING UP). the good thing is, because people working reg-desk didn't even get a sip of water, they didn't need to go on washroom break! what a foresight on ccee's part! /sarcasm.

well, at least it can't be any worst next year. dispite all the bad experience from the first day, i actually had a lot of fun and got to take a break and enjoy the con for a bit. if anyone asks me, i will go back and volunteer next year in a heartbeat.

life is good. cappa final is tomorrow. need to study.

like now.

i need sleep.

and shower.

mostly sleep.

... and shower.

oh, and lookie what i found in my mailbox just now! a pair of mitten and a snow globe from mary and kamcia! you know, i still have to ask this although i've already asked this a long time ago and you guys said no... are you two dating?

on top of work, i'm taking 2 classes now. it's gonna be work-study-work-study for the next 4 months. at least. if i'm doing well for my classes, i'm planning to keep this schedule for a while (not for the summer though. summer is for fun and fanficcing).

here's my belated new year's resolutions:

( cut for excessive possitive thinking )

let's see what'll happen.

p.s. me is extra happy today 'cause i got a package of biscuits from diana :)