| The Fifth Element or Visual Kei? | |
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| I ran into Brian and Chanelle outside while I was looking for a convenience store--the hotel gift shop was sold out of AA batteries on the first day of the convention. Brian was wearing this revealing costume, and we headed up to their hotel room so that I could purchase some batteries from Chanelle's stock. | |||
| It's a Shoe! | |
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| Prompted by my suggestion, Channele models a platform shoe. There's really not much to this picture except her ecstatic The-Price-Is-Righting of the shoe. Yay, Shoe! | |||
| It's... Still a Shoe! | |
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| I try to photograph Chanelle and Shoe without flash. This results in some blurriness, and so I give up. | |||
| Look Out Behind You | |
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| However, as soon as Chanelle turns around, I grab a quick photo of her behind. Why? Well, I just found it humorous. I'm not sure if she realized I took this photograph or not. | |||
| It Is an Honor to Pose for You | |
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| Brian begins his second photo opportunity with me, posing in the hotel hallway by the elevators. His cosplay almost looks like it could have been from a video game rather than Visual Kei-inspired. | |||
| Starting to Get a Little Dizzy... | |
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| I decided to start experiment with lighting effects, but I inadvertantly turned the camera (yet kept Brian in the shot!) in doing so. It's a little blurrier, but I really like the glossy effect it had on his lips. | |||
| Blacking Out... | |
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| The third in this photo opportunity, this was taken with the flash off. However, I managed to avoid blurriness and get a dark and scary picture, which kind of goes well with Brian's costume. | |||
| I'm Sorry! I'm Sorry Too! | |
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| I made Chanelle and her friend pretend to catfight for a photo, but by the time the camera was ready, they had made up. They're so fickle. | |||
| We're Dancing! We're Dancing! | |
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| I don't know who the balding guy in front of me is, but those people dancing are the cast of the Three Doritos production of \'The Rocky Horror Picture Show" which I helped set up for, through the connection of my friend Jessi. | |||
| The Full Rocky | |
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| After the show I asked the very attractive "Rocky" for a nude picture. He obliged. | |||
| Rocky Leaving | |
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| I caught a second picture of "Rocky" as he pulled his silver underwear back up. I'm not sure what painted creature attacked his face, however. | |||
| This Chair is Orgasmic! | |
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| My friend Jessi, too tired to get up after playing \Magenta" in the show, gives me a fun pose while still sitting in her chair. I suspect the chair may have a had a secret attachment. She looks like she may be enjoying it. | |||
| I Will Hide In (Maybe Behind) My Coffin | |
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| Casey, deatrhly afraid of having her picture taken, hides behind her coffin. Unfortunately for her, the coffin is too small to provide sufficient coverage. Her picture is thus taken. | |||
| You Took My Wallet?!? | |
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| Kat and Rachel find me after Rocky. Kat's worried about having lost her wallet. I tell her that I hid it under her mattress. Naved has to restrain her. | |||
| I'm Tough | |
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| Some relatively-attractive friend of Casey shows up, and he allows me to take his picture. I should have asked for a nude picture. I could have been on a roll, after all. | |||
| The Best Cosplay Ever | |
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| Seriously, I've never seen one cooler. Knuckles just plain-ass rocks ass. | |||
| It's... Cake! | |
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| Okay, I admit it. Knuckle was just a plushie. But you were fooled, right? It belongs to the girl holding it. There was free cake Friday night, and I got several random people together for a cake photo. From left to right: guy distributing cake, girl owning Knuckles, two random guys eating cake. | |||
| The Woman in Yellow | |
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| So I humped Jacqi's leg near the Pocky and Japanese Snacks kiosk (which I realized Sunday was far more expensive than purhcasing said snacks in the dealers' room. The only difference was that the dealers' room wasn't open twenty-four hours a day. Anyhow, the woman in yellow rudely yelled at us for being inappropriate near her stand. Jacqi and I departed before scoffing at Anna-Banana-has-no-Sense-of-Humor. | |||
| I'm O-Chibicon's Number One Fan! | |
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| It took some persuasion to get any enthusiasm out of this girl. She wanted a fan from Jacqi (who was giving them out as advertising for O-Chibi-con), but I requested that she dance with them. She gave an unthusiastic dance, posed for the photo, and then ran off with two instead of one. | |||
| Uh, Why Do You Want a Picture of Us? | |
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| No, these guys in cosplay. No, they aren't doing anything exciting. I just wanted to get a picture because it looks very chill and captures very well the "let's rest for a minute" moments that one has at an anime convention. They seemed confused by and unenthused with my wanting a picture. Therefore, I didn't did not press for a full shoot. | |||
| So Trashy | |
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| As our group wandered around the hotel in the middle of the night, I spotted a trash can and thought, "What a wonderful picture this would be!" Thus, I took a picture of it. Although the trash inside is far too low to be seen from this angle, you can delight in the folded pizza advertisement and crumbs-of-who-knows-what on top. | |||
| Interrupting the Song of the Lovebirds | |
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| Jacqi sees someone she knows with a girl who isn't her. She goes over to interrupt and investigate, in some order. I take a picture from the peanut gallery. | |||
| I Hate My Pants! | |
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| We meet her acquaintance from last year's AnimeFest. AFter some persuasion, he was willing to drop his pants for camera. | |||
| Hot... Kuja! | |
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| So we were all on the couch, and I had made out with several boys. Then Hot Kuja walked by. I called to him to get to take his photo. I wish I could have made out with him as well. Or at least licked him. I think this guy may also have been Kuja last year; but he got way hotter from one summer to the next. | |||
| He Hasn't Left Yet | |
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| About Hot Kuja... There's something so sexy about that green star tattoo on his stomach. I don't know why it's so damn erotic, but I want to do dirty things to, not only it, but him. | |||
| Eye Candy... So Sweet! | |
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| Okay, one last picture of Hot Kuja: a close-up this time. This is the end of Kuja-centered photography to leave you (or maybe just me) so wanting. I want more pictures of him. If you have some, please share. | |||
| Condom Full of Granular Items in a Glass, part 1 | |
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| Earlier in the night, a guy had gone around giving out free condoms. So we finally put those condoms to use. On a left-behind room-servtice tray, we filled a condom with every granular substance we could find: salt, pepper, pepper flakes, parmesan cheese, and maybe a few other things that I can't remember. Then we put it in a glass of water. The picture came out blurry, but I thought it looked cool enough to keep. | |||
| Condom Full of Granular Items in a Glass, part 2 | |
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| The condom was still floating in the glass of water, so I tried again with a steadier hand and got this crisp image. It floats! | |||
| Jail Bait! | |
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| After the late-night couch make-out extravanganza, I kept going with the make-out proposals, hitting up this guy. Then I found out how young he was. Oops! The twerp tried to trick me into tricking him into making out with me! How dare he! | |||
| Don't Call Me Jail Bait! | |
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| Although we decided to dub him "Jailbait," he continued to assert his maturity despite his age. We continued to call him that, which obviously annoyed him. Yay for getting to give people new names. | |||
| Inu-Yasha In My Room | |
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| Kat and her friend pose in their "Inu-Yasha" costumes. I must cosplay eventually. I want people to take my photos! | |||
| They Won't Leave | |
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| The first picture came out blurry, so I take one more photo of Kat and her friend. | |||
| I'll Leave Inu-Yasha Then | |
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| It would be nice if they changed their pose a little. I zoomed out for the last photo of Kat and her friend in their costumes. | |||
| He's a Mighty Pirate | |
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| A pirate! I knew how much Kaede loved "Pirate of the Carribbean," so I just had to get a picture of this Depp-emulator. First I took an upper shot. | |||
| He's a Pimpin' Pirate | |
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| I asked the pirate to remain posing so that I could take a full-body shot. Yay for pirates. | |||
| One Piece More | |
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| Micah, as Lufie from "One Piece" poses outside the dealers' room. This another photo taken partially for Kaede's obsessions, but also because I knew Micah from my high school anime club. | |||
| Stop Asking Me to Smoke for You! | |
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| Finally! A Sailor Senshi! I was afraid that I'd go the whole convention without seeing a single one. She happily posed for a picture but was a little weirded out by my request to have a photograph of Sailor Mercury smoking a cigarette. Luckily, I later found one taken by Gabe at A-kon 13. | |||
| Why Aren't These Webs Working? | |
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| Spiderman, sans actual webbing devices and wearing silly Christmas shorts, poses solo. I asked why he had the shorts, and he pulled them down slightly to show a little bit of a crotch bulge. I wish I had gotten a picture of that, however. | |||
| I'm Really Having Sex with Phoenix Right Now | |
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| Another Marvel superhero, Phoenix, joins the fun. If it weren't for those Santa shorts, I might suspect a little super-penetration going on there. | |||
| Nightcrawler Isn't Too Funny | |
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| Okay, I apparently stumbled into Marvel central here. Here comes Nightcrawler! This was a frickin' awesome costume. A+ | |||
| We Love Posing! | |
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| Phoenix and Spiderman continue posing for the crowds. | |||
| Phoenix Unmasks Spiderman! | |
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| Based on my request, the sultry Phoenix begins to unmask the (rather attractive, from what I can see) Spiderman. | |||
| Spiderman's Secret Identity Is... *Drumroll* | |
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| Phoenix is about to finish pulling off Spiderman's mask. And his identity was revealed. Unfortunately, the last picture I took was right before the mask came off. I'm sorry, but I guess you'll never know who he was. | |||
| NiGHTS Into Dreams! | |
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| I'd run into this girl dressed as NiGHTS (the title character from the glorious Sega Saturn game) several times over the weekend. The first time, my camera's batteries were dead. The second and third times, I didn't have my camera with me. I finally ran into her with photographing capabilities. | |||
| NiGHTS Takes Off! | |
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| Oh! Oh! I asked NiGHTS to fly for me, and she did! She's just now taking off, as you can see. | |||
| Jacqi Found a Smurf In Her Closet | |
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| She grabbed the nearest outfit and used it to kill the smurf. Then she ate it. And she used its blood as hair dye. I like the blue motif, but I feel that I'm required to make fun of it (good-naturedly, of course). | |||
| You Know You Want to Finally Fantasize | |
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| Over the years, there have been many villains from various stories at A-kon. But no villain is more difficult to maneuver the busy convention corridors as than the Sorceress from "Final Fantasy VII." | |||
| I'm Tough Too! | |
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| I honestly barely remember taking this picture at all. I have no idea who he is supposed to be, but I think I asked for his photo because I thought he was cute. Please ignore the bashful Casey in the background, sans coffin. | |||
| I Just Wanted a Picture of the Shirtless Guy, Really | |
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| He's definitely drool-worthy. My group at the time claimed he was from "Street Fighter," but I later found out that he was actually supposed to be some character from an SNK fighting game. Regardless, his costume is very sexy, and poor Link to his right pales in comparison. Why were there so many hot guys at A-kon this year? | |||
| See Previous Title | |
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| This was just a kinky shirt. I could see his nipples through it. There was really no other reason for getting a picture of him. | |||
| Shirtless Pictures Aren't Enough For Me | |
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| Unlike Rocky, this individual needed a little prodding to strip for camera. When he tarried, I told him to lift his arms so that I could remove his shirt. Then I took a photo. | |||
| They Really Aren't | |
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| He obviously didn't mind posing nude, since he stood naked long enough for a second shot. | |||
| Free Condom Experiment #2 | |
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| With a few free condoms remaining, I wanted to shake up a bottle of soda and catch the fizz. However, we could only obtain a can. I shook it up, put the condom on, and popped the tab. No fizz, but the condom did inflate. I unintentionally discovered a trick to prevent a shaken-up soda from making a mess: use a condom! (It also helps to prevent a stirred-up "can" from making a conceptive mess.) | |||
| Watch Out For That Ghost! | |
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| Brian's hot pink friend poses for a picture. I don't remember her name, but she used to be a waitress at Chili's. I get points for that, right? And, um, that's the Ghost of A-kon Future on the left. | |||
| She's Hot! She's Pink! | |
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| As the pink girl's bio-luminescence flares up, a shimmer of light surrounds her. She's going home. | |||
| My Silver Vinyl Pants Love Me | |
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| I still haven't gotten a photo of myself decked out in these pants, but I managed to grab one of the pants leg itself. Shiny! | |||
| Harry Potter | |
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| In the lobby with Dowe, I saw a Harry Potter walk in! I hadn't seen a single one yet (which is suprising considering Rowling's popularity). So I immediately nabbed him for pictures. | |||
| Methinks Potter's a Bit Tipsy | |
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| I began to realize that this wasn't the Harry Potter the fans are used to: this was a Harry Potter who had had a bit to drink that night. Draco must have been trying to seduce him. | |||
| Harry Wants to Go | |
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| Harry has a threesome with Draco and Ron he has to get to. Okay, goodbye, Mister Potter. | |||
| I'm Not a Hardass, Really! | |
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| I made Dowe pose on camera. He apparently first saw me two years ago holding Brian's hand in the DDR room, and that somehow helped him deal with his own personal issues. That information really flattered me for some reason; I like to feel that I actually have an effect on others. I am not nobody. An online friend called him a hard-ass after seeing this picture. Dowe fervently denied that statement. | |||
| This is the Most You'll Get Me to Show Off | |
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| This is as far as I could get Dowe to strip, unfortunately. | |||
| Bondage is a Family Activity | |
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| I had seen this seme and uke earlier in the night, and I asked them to stop by me again when I had my camera. They really had no control over whether they did or not, but they did anyway! They returned fo a photo opportunity! Yay! | |||
| The Second Best Cosplay Ever | |
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| With the flash off (and the shutter speed thusly slow) I managed to get a picture of the second best cosplayer ever: energy itself! Wow! | |||
| A-kon Begins Shutting Down | |
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| This is the saddest part of an anime convention. The dealers begin packing up their wares and wheeling them off. Tables and partitions are dissembled, and cosplays are shucked for jeans and t-shirts. It's all over now. | |||
| We Must Shut Down A-kon Faster! | |
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| They really want to get out. It's so sad that nobody wants to stick around and slowly pack up. They all want to leave the convention. Now. | |||
| I Don't Really Feel All That Here | |
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| Experimenting with slow shutter speed, I took a picture of Chrischop. | |||
| Justin Suspects That Gemini6Ice's Camera May be Drunk | |
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| Justin hold his position for a pose. The camera doesn't. The end result is this picture. | |||
| Red Bull Drinks Itself | |
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| Ever wonder what it would look like if Red Bull itself were energetic? It's moving! So fast! | |||
| Red Bull Coming Off of a Caffeine High | |
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| The red bull begins to settle down. I drank it. So... it didn't have as much caffeine in its body anymore. | |||
| Wind Me Up | |
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| One of the cuter goods I purchased at A-kon: a wind-up hopping hamster! Cute! | |||
| Free Tissue Paper | |
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| With the purchase of yaoi, J-List (the primary advertiser on "Sexy losers") gave me a complimentary package of tissue paper! How witty! | |||
| Ignore My Face; I Can be Tough! | |
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| This is the final A-kon 15 picture (and a "goods-obtained" picture, of course). On Friday, I had discovered a miniature-painting booth. The catch was that, of their sample miniature figurines, if you sat there and painted it yourself, you'd get to to keep it for free. So I picked up this female swashbuckler, gave her a Rogue-hair-do, and detailed her clothing and body perfectly. Then I attempted to paint her face... | |||