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As I sit here watching Star Trek: Generations and working on my essay... XD

Fanime

The day before we drove down to the con we arrived in San Fran and got picked up by our friends :iconcaineyamiyasha: and :iconterrorsprinkles: (who we miss dearly right now :( ) and they drove us down to Santa Cruz. They took us to their "secret beach" which was an amazing place, and then we went down to the Santa Cruz boardwalk and road a few rides before heading back. I wish we could have spent a week (or month) with them instead of just a weekend D:

Video of our trip to Santa Cruz is here: [link]

Fanime was very different as compared to how it's been in the past. This year was rather rushed and stressful, and earned the nickname "line con" because of the 6 hour + pre-reg lineup on the first day and the enormous reg line ups that seemed forever present throughout the weekend. That, combined with regular costume changes, a packed schedule made the con feel rushed. I hate to admit it but we spent a lot of our time away from the con itself. This wasn't a bad thing, we had a TON of fun hanging out at the nearby park or goofing off in the area around the con, but I would have liked to spend more time actually AT the con. It got very crowded at times in the convention center XD

That being said, I still met a lot of awesome people (thank you guys so much for coming up and saying hi!!!!) some for the first time and some I got to see again! :hug: I know, though, that I missed out on meeting many people because we spent so much time off the con grounds :(

One major highlight of the con was meeting :iconmalindachan: who brought her Guy cosplay to cosplay Tales of the Abyss with us. We spent an afternoon with her at the park just chatting, taking photos and we even filmed a skit! She was an absolute pleasure to hang out with and I'm so happy that we got the opportunity to meet her. I hope that we'll be able to spend time with her at some other cons :) We also met and hung out with :iconex-shadow: who is just as wonderful of a person as his wife :)

I also got to bear witness to the birth of the greatest photo of all time:



THE ILLUSTRIOUS DANCING SWAN

There was also a 2am Vocaloud photoshoot that happened in our room (long story) that turned into a soft-core porn-ish situation with 4 ladies on a bed fawning over :iconvaldrein: as Gakupo as LOTS of people watched (I think there were at least 15 people in our room??). GOOD TIMES 8D

Other things, like pooping in the order in which the Marauders died... actually the entire Marauders shoot (one of the videos has been posted here: [link] happened.

Andddd yeah! Here's our Fanime Con Clip video if you're interested ;)

[link]

Behind on ALL of my account

Guys... I never let my DA inbox get to 100+ messages... but currently I have 101 messages. Tumblr backlog is in the thousands and Youtube... well let's not even talk about that D: I am so sorry, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I am by no means trying to ignore anyone. I'm just hopelessly behind in my replies. I am trying to reply to things, but it seems to be getting more and more difficult to stay on top of that :( I have a new job starting soon and my summer class is just starting to pick up so I can't promise that things are going to get better, but I am replying to people to the best of my ability. I apologize you guys :(

Upcoming Cons

Our next cons are in August! So a little while away ;) There's Anime Revolution which we'll be attending as guests! We'll be running panels and premiering a brand new skit or CMV! And right after that is Cos and Effect at which we'll also be running panels, a CMV contest (WOOT!) and premiering a new skit or CMV ;)

In September we're invited back to Alcon! YEAH!!!! We're already planning to premier something big for you guys there ;) and we'll have a full set of panels to run :) Very excited to see everyone again and hopefully meet some new friends from across the pond ;)

So that's what's coming up con wise. We'll be posting a bunch of new stuff on DA and Youtube over the summer as well, so by no means are we going into a summer lull XD
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:iconlululuke015:
~lululuke015 Jun 30, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
OMG! I'm going to be at Anime Revolution! Can't wait to see you guys there!
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:iconobliviousanctuaryl2:
Hey twin! I just wanted to tell you that you should cosplay as Neku from the world ends with you or beat or Joshua and nova can be Shiki. Just a suggestion
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:iconfr0sting:
Hi odd question but I'm going to Alcon this year and I noticed you said you'd been invited back so I'm guessing you've been before and I just wanted to know if all the bad stuff said about Alcon is true or is it all just buffed up lies?
I mean does everyone get kicked out each year and sent to a pub oAo;; ?
I'm going all the same but I know you're a big name in the cosplay world so I doubt you'd go to a 'bad' con but still....I keep hearing so much bad stuff about it and it just has me worried.
But regardless I hope I have the time to come to your panels C:
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:iconmalindachan:
*Malindachan Jun 25, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
ALL THE FANIME FEELZ
Seriously, it went by so fast! D: Really hope I can go back next year! <3
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:iconmandapanda1672:
~MandaPanda1672 Jun 22, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Woot! Santa Cruz! I used to live there! haha Glad you had a good time! :3 The Boardwalk is always fun. Next time your in Cali, I'd suggest going to the theme park, Great America. It was always fun when I went there. :) Oh! And back in Santa Cruz, go to Capitola Beach and look for a seaside pizza shack called Pizza My Heart. They have DELICIOUS PIZZA! Oh, and Marines candy shop on the Boardwalk is good too... Damn it... Now I'm hungry. haha
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:icontwistedpumpkin:
~TwistedPumpkin Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
ALCON!!! So excited!!
Hmm, something big *taps chin and ponders ponderously*. It'll be so awesome to see you guys again ^-^
A lot of cons seem to be turning out kinda like Fanime did for you guys this year, I wonder why o.o
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:iconnanakiff7:
I would love to meet you all sometime =c
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:iconthepurplerose17:
It sounds like you had a good time despite the rush :) I hope the Tales skit ends up on the internet somewhere, as well as more Marauders stuff!

:w00t: Alcon! I should be going this year - just gotta sort out if my friend is coming with me (and sharing a room) before I book it. So I hope I get to meet you (and thank you for inadvertently getting me into cosplay)! :)
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:iconbest-unknown-legend:
~best-unknown-legend Jun 15, 2012  Student Photographer
Twin do you think theres any hope for another FMA skit? I hope soo
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:icono-pumpkin-o:
just a curious question, how many cons have you been at ? ^^
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