Prelimnary report

Sundays are always relaxing for me since most of the main events are overwith and time for quality time to shop for deals in the dealer's room.

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I got up early since Sandra who runs the Bed and Breakfast had to be elsewhere about 11. Breakfast was great as usual. I decided to partially pack my gear and was concerned that tape 1 was no where to be found. I did fianlly find the tape. It had tucked in a spot where I put it in my bag.

Lawrence West Station on Sunday mornings was another photoshoot opportunity as a trio of DeathNote cosplayers including one of the few Light cosplayers. Odd since the costume was little more than a suit with DeathNote book and apple. I met with Ishikat again who wanted his picture with me. In spite of the fact that it's the cosplayers and fans who make this site what it is, I guess I have reached celebrity status with the fans. Maybe because I don't judge fans or cosplayers. After all, if you're spending your time being creative in this world no matter how good or bad it may appear, I think that is a thousand times better than the same age group of youths who spend their lives being destructive.

Okay, hitting Tim Hortons every time I get to Anime North isn't addictive .... it's necessary since I was up writing the preliminary reports for the previous day. It was also alot of con goers at Tim Hortons. I got a call from one of our members, Verheter on my cell. It was her first time at any anime convention and wanted to connect for lunch. She had some problems with getting down to place but it was comicial moment that when she called saying she just got off the bus and trying to discribe where she was, that it was one of those moments which I can't really say was comical nor serious as she was discribing where she was and then seeing me walking towards her ... talking on the phone.

We ended heading to Dragon Sushi which ticked me off that they didn't have Yaki Tori. I ended talking to Varheter then taking in more fo the con.

I stopped by Ill-intent's table in the artist alley where Risu-chan was finished the final panel for the Japanese 4 koma. It was a real loss not foing the 4 koma this year but it was no way I could afford it to the extent as pervious years. Hopefully the concept of comic(strip) jam will catch on. Sadly this year, I could not carry the torch. I did hand out some blank pages to some of the artists to try on their own. With any luck, I will have links to their attempts and another reason to visit their sites.

I stopped by Dragon Mango's booth if anything to buy another bookmark. I spent the rest searching for the BEST price for another volume of Shrine of the Morning Mist. I got volume 2 for American price plus 10 percvent discount.

I did pickup a lot of the artist's business cards and will be scanning those a constructing a page as a service to those in the artist alley.

Spending time inside meant lost opportunities outside as when I fianlly returned ... it was pouring. I broke out my rain gear and headed for some food. I didn't bother stopping people along the was because it was hard enough for them to keep dry.

I decided to walk through Doubletree to see what was going on, only to find a friend's cousin without a ride home. I called my friend that I was helping to get him home by loaning him some cash. The rain had stopped so I ventured out to check out what cosplayers were left. By the time I reached the TCC, it was mostly closed and when it finally closed I decided it was best to head back to Bed and Breakfastto pickup my gear.

Once again since I had a day pass which allows 2 adults and 4 children to ride under ONE pass, I gave a couple congoers a break as well as Priestess, a past Anime London member, a break. I stopped off at St. Clair West station as the rest headed southward.

I manage to transfer some stuff between packs and consolodate my free posters to one roll. I bid my landlady of many a con. With the possiblity of this being the final con I might be spending there, I hugged her goodbye. Now I'll have to find the second best place to stay in Toronto.

The irony to meet some many people I just met at the con again that I met on the bus leaving the con was odd. Priestess had lost her way again to the bus station. I JUST missed the 7:30 bus. My friend's cousin was also there and he did make it back. Verheter was also amoung the lot.

What wasn't was a group of congoers plugged along the wall where there was a ledge and electrical outlets. I managed to transfer the day's photos onto my laptop and external harddrive. It was a treat to meet AnimeNfo gang and was surprised that it is a Canadian effort. We chatted about hosting fees until their bus was called.

Another was a girl with Apple laptop searching for wireless connection. Unfortunely the rumour fo free internet was false. She shared her expereince about the con as well as mine. I was lucky to find some older cards to be able to hand her one.

The bus ride home was spent resting and reading my new book which I finished easily. I parted ways only to meet up with another past member then the rest of the anime con goers came up from behind and talked some more. I headed to my stop across the street and waited for the final bus.

Tired as I write and trying to catch up to 3 days of material. 4 hours of DV video, nearly 2 gigs of photos as I filled up every memory card in spite of buying an extra 512M SD. It was tiring for me throughout the con. Even still I will try to get things up in a timely fashion. I can be out of fashion alot these days but with over 800 photos I think that people are realizing just how much work this all is. It's a pleasure to do it since some many put an effort in being creative. I sometimes wish to cosplay or be invloved on their level but then I wouldn't be able to take as many photos or meet nearly as many people.

Domo arigato, Anime North fans.

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