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cornerofmadnessNot to mention it was also free comic book day and Derby Day (but I was so unmoved by that this year I still haven't even looked up who won).
I'm going to be honest, when they held Final Boss con at my university last year (in July) I wasn't there but didn't expect much of it. I talked to the showrunners last year as well (at a different event) and suggested doing it DURING a semester as we're a commuter college for the most part. They were already hoping to and so they did this year. I went expecting nothing.
I got a filled parking lot, people everywhere and two entire basketball courts filled with vendors. Color me pleasantly surprised. Shockingly no The Owl House Stuff but I did find one vendor with some Hazbin Hotel pins and got me some Huskerdust. There was a dice guy I've seen elsewhere but the geek boys were thicker than flies in a stable so I wasn't going to get into that mess.
I saw the author I bought from in Ohioana Book fest and we talked a while. Got some Christmas gifts and hit the food trucks (dear roach coach, Lo Mein sauce is more than you pouring on soy sauce (with rosemary for some fucking reason) your raspberry spicy sauce for dipping the rangoons was delicious so you do understand sauce on some level (or bought this somewhere) I dumped the left over raspberry onto the lo mein to cut the saltiness.
Then it was off to free comic book day. People everywhere. I think they gave away a lot of stuff but I got several I wanted. There was a mystery pull in my pull pile and I'm like did I do that? They say yes. I THINK it's something I saw on Blue Sky, some gothic thing. I took them because why not.
Then it was on to home goods where it was STILL Black Friday level crowds (mother's day I guess) with literally over 50 people in line (I was there 40 minutes I swear) but I found the new towel organizer I wanted for the bathroom (mine is broken and there is no storage in my bathroom) and a new soap dispenser (Stitch from Lilo and Stitch), some rose turkish delight because I make bad choices and a two foot long cement triceratops garden sculpture that I said couldn't come home with me but somehow was in my cart at the end of the day (and the cashiers tried to steal him). Yes pictures, but not yet because it's raining like I should be building an arc. The floodles along Route 2 are so big and long standing water plants are moving in and a family of ducks was on it.
Since I forgot my reading glasses on the grading pile, I went to my usual restaurant and got my usual pineapple and shrimp tacos and they were having 5$ margaritas for Cinco de Mayo weekend (watermelon thank you) I then went to booksamillion, sampled a new manga and got the unbirthday cake mocha (which no lie the last quarter was pure hershy's syrup) to let the tequila, sugar and caffeine battle it out on the way home.
I'm going to be honest, when they held Final Boss con at my university last year (in July) I wasn't there but didn't expect much of it. I talked to the showrunners last year as well (at a different event) and suggested doing it DURING a semester as we're a commuter college for the most part. They were already hoping to and so they did this year. I went expecting nothing.
I got a filled parking lot, people everywhere and two entire basketball courts filled with vendors. Color me pleasantly surprised. Shockingly no The Owl House Stuff but I did find one vendor with some Hazbin Hotel pins and got me some Huskerdust. There was a dice guy I've seen elsewhere but the geek boys were thicker than flies in a stable so I wasn't going to get into that mess.
I saw the author I bought from in Ohioana Book fest and we talked a while. Got some Christmas gifts and hit the food trucks (dear roach coach, Lo Mein sauce is more than you pouring on soy sauce (with rosemary for some fucking reason) your raspberry spicy sauce for dipping the rangoons was delicious so you do understand sauce on some level (or bought this somewhere) I dumped the left over raspberry onto the lo mein to cut the saltiness.
Then it was off to free comic book day. People everywhere. I think they gave away a lot of stuff but I got several I wanted. There was a mystery pull in my pull pile and I'm like did I do that? They say yes. I THINK it's something I saw on Blue Sky, some gothic thing. I took them because why not.
Then it was on to home goods where it was STILL Black Friday level crowds (mother's day I guess) with literally over 50 people in line (I was there 40 minutes I swear) but I found the new towel organizer I wanted for the bathroom (mine is broken and there is no storage in my bathroom) and a new soap dispenser (Stitch from Lilo and Stitch), some rose turkish delight because I make bad choices and a two foot long cement triceratops garden sculpture that I said couldn't come home with me but somehow was in my cart at the end of the day (and the cashiers tried to steal him). Yes pictures, but not yet because it's raining like I should be building an arc. The floodles along Route 2 are so big and long standing water plants are moving in and a family of ducks was on it.
Since I forgot my reading glasses on the grading pile, I went to my usual restaurant and got my usual pineapple and shrimp tacos and they were having 5$ margaritas for Cinco de Mayo weekend (watermelon thank you) I then went to booksamillion, sampled a new manga and got the unbirthday cake mocha (which no lie the last quarter was pure hershy's syrup) to let the tequila, sugar and caffeine battle it out on the way home.
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Date: 2024-05-05 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-05-06 02:25 am (UTC)Me and the kids went to FCBD at our local comic bookstore and had a great time as they had lots to choose from. Plus, I can check out if there are any new comics I need.
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Date: 2024-05-06 03:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-07 02:55 am (UTC)I didn't see anything, but it is difficult when I have all of them with me to really look around because they are always done before I am.
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Date: 2024-05-07 02:51 pm (UTC)Ah, yeah, that is always the struggles for a parent
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Date: 2024-05-06 01:48 pm (UTC)I've seen something like six eps of Hazbin Hotel and it's intriguing me. There's also a complementary YouTube series, I've heard?
The morning of Mother's Day is a horror show of "oh shit I forgot to buy a Mother's Day gift" shopping, but when I was working retail it died down by the afternoon, thank goodness.
How was the Turkish Delight? I've never had it and I've always wanted to try it.
What a fun-sounding day and con!
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Date: 2024-05-06 02:02 pm (UTC)Yeah, I worked retail in a bookstore so Mother's Day wasn't as bad and this Home Goods/TJ Maxx always looks like it's the day before Christmas but it was special bad this time.
Turkish Delight is basically a gummy candy only a bit stiffer. It's sweet but I like flower flavored stuff (this was rose)
it was a good day
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Date: 2024-05-06 02:22 pm (UTC)Maybe it's only a couple episodes I've seen, then! I remember so much happening, but it could be the pacing threw me?
I do like floral flavors, when done in moderation. Too much and it's like you're being punched in the face by a garden. I'm glad yours was good!
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Date: 2024-05-06 02:30 pm (UTC)You're not wrong. It's a fine line between yummy and why am I eating potpourri