Calvin

06:22 pm: I'm back from OTAKON!!!
That's right!! I was at Otakon. From what I saw, it surpasses Acen, and even Fanime by a lot. It was THE most epic and enormous convention that I have ever been to in my 4 years of convention going.

Thursday: Me and Andy arrived in Baltimore on a standby flight after we missed the first flight because of traffic on the express way. We still made it. We checked into the hotel. After we unpacked and such, I walked over to the registration line and I couldn't believe how LONG it was! The one part I hated about it was that I had to wait in the hot sun with very little shade. I started to have panic attacks, until one of the people waiting in line gave me some sunblock and a bottle of water. That helped a lot. After all the waiting and frying, I was inside the building where I got my badge. Andy got his registration problem sorted out and we had dinner, then went to sleep.

Friday: I put on my brand new Super Saiyan Goku cosplay and Andy was Captain Gordon from Disgaia. We entered the convention center and I was very VERY shocked at the sight of all the people there. It was unbelievable. Unlike anything I've ever seen. An the dealer's room......GOOD GOD!!! I even met Aaron Granofsky, the guy in charge of fiberglassblades.com. We spoke a bit and he offered me his shiniest of OoT Hylian Shields. Did I purchase it? Find out in the next post. Andy checked out a lot of the panels and had fun there. As I ventured out to the Dragonball photoshoot, I ran into sushiwolf and we spoke a bit (it was nice meeting you, Emily). Later that night, I went to the Mell concert. I actually became a fan of her music, as I had never heard her music before. I met her and took a picture with her. I started to feel exhausted from walking around so much that day, so I headed straight to bed.

Saturday: Cosplayed as Roto. That morning, I headed straight to the dealer's room and bought a Rush action figure from MegaMan and I bought a Super Nintendo Mouse that came with the game, Mario and Wario. I then left and took more photos, then I ran into many familiar faces and I even met a number of people whom I had met a couple of years ago online. They were really nice. I checked the arcade to see for myself how good it was and it had so much space and SOOOOO many games to play. I've never seen anything like it. I then had one last run in the dealer's room, went to dinner, headed to the Iron Editor panel and roamed around some more. It was a weekend completed.

Sunday: Checked out of the hotel, got on the plane, and headed home for a home cooked steak dinner.

Overall, I was quite impressed with Otakon and I want to really REALLY head back there one day. To everyone I met this past weekend, I enjoyed speaking with you all, and I wish to see you all again. Pictures will be on the way, along with some video footage.

HOWEVER...............

The question is still in the air....did I buy that shield?