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May. 17th, 2025 10:40 pmI almost didn't get to go to the con. Again I tried eating a real dinner and spent from 3-5 losing that dinner. I was tired and still nauseous as hell but I thought, you can sit here feeling sorry for yourself or you can get in the car and go. It's at my university so it's just down the road a few miles.
I get there. ALL of our parking lots are filled. I finally luck into a spot and go on in wearing my lazy cosplay of my new Star trek Next Gen science officer t-shirt, black slacks/shoes and my Vulcan ears (which you can't see) and people lost their damn minds. HA! I was like wow, I spent 5 minutes on my cosplay and you all love it. The cosplay I spend $$$$ on and weeks of my life making I might hear one person say 'good cosplay.'
This is in both of our basketball courts (we have two in our sports center) so plenty of vendors. Most of it was funko and cards/models none of which I collect but I find some cool stuff and vendors I know. One woman had rosie and cherri pins from Hazbin which you almost never see those two ladies. I bought them.
There was one leather D&D shops (tons of dice and accessories) but I don't really cosplay anything like that but it was nice stuff and nicely priced too, enough to respect the work put in but not out of reach. If I played more I might have bought the leather D20 dice pouch.
I did find some holiday gifts and I got myself fun things like two cryptid/UFO tea towels (I'll never use), the pins, a 3 d printed book shelf decoration like a black cat and ghostbuster earrings from a vendor I think I've talked about before, selling everything for 3$ . She is someone I've bought from many times but she was whining to someone else about Tsubasacon and not going (I'll be at that one in October) because they are forcing her into the vendor's room and not the artist alley (which is cheaper). I'm an artist! It's because I buy my own charms and I'm thinking yes, lady that's exactly why. You buy charms and you put a freaking french hook on it. That's not really art. At rathacon I bought something from the person next to you at four times the price of your earrings because they DREW the art, made the acrylic and then the earring. That's art. You're crafts and that means the vendor room. (I do feel for her disappointment but on the other hand I do appreciate that Tsu is trying to keep the artists' alley restricted to people who do make their own stuff.)
I also bought a book, horror from an author who was supposed to be at my library's book fest and he said I wanted to be but my family was homeless for 9 months and we finally got a home that weekend. I took the book just because of that. And he wants to have me on his podcast for horror authors. I will wait a bit and think it over (maybe listen to his podcast first)
I wanted to talk with the old fellow who was connected with The Night of the Living Dead but when I mentioned I'd been to the museum back in PA he got weird about it. Maybe he's just not good with people. It was offputting regardless.
After a little over an hour I was roasting (another reason for my lazy cosplay, I know how hot our gyms are) and I just wasn't up to the panels. I did attempt the food trucks but who the heck booked these? We have six of them and two are shaved ice. Why would you do that? It's not like they're at opposite ends of huge fairs. Oh well. I did learn that there is a Gyro place in Gallipolis. I had their sandwich and after I ate that...I started feeling less nauseous so I guess most of the med is out of my system. I hope so because I'd like to sleep some.
and oh, I FINALLY remembered where I put that art (it was a stupid spot, like seriously stupid)
And then I got my damn real ID. So much for 42 days. It was 5. Now I have no excuse to come back down here. I should be glad I don't have to but I didn't get things cleaned or ordered etc etc. I think I will still come back. It's a lot of driving for nothing I know but...
My lazy cosplay (I hate my hair. I want to shave it off I swear)
My goodies
have a close up
I get there. ALL of our parking lots are filled. I finally luck into a spot and go on in wearing my lazy cosplay of my new Star trek Next Gen science officer t-shirt, black slacks/shoes and my Vulcan ears (which you can't see) and people lost their damn minds. HA! I was like wow, I spent 5 minutes on my cosplay and you all love it. The cosplay I spend $$$$ on and weeks of my life making I might hear one person say 'good cosplay.'
This is in both of our basketball courts (we have two in our sports center) so plenty of vendors. Most of it was funko and cards/models none of which I collect but I find some cool stuff and vendors I know. One woman had rosie and cherri pins from Hazbin which you almost never see those two ladies. I bought them.
There was one leather D&D shops (tons of dice and accessories) but I don't really cosplay anything like that but it was nice stuff and nicely priced too, enough to respect the work put in but not out of reach. If I played more I might have bought the leather D20 dice pouch.
I did find some holiday gifts and I got myself fun things like two cryptid/UFO tea towels (I'll never use), the pins, a 3 d printed book shelf decoration like a black cat and ghostbuster earrings from a vendor I think I've talked about before, selling everything for 3$ . She is someone I've bought from many times but she was whining to someone else about Tsubasacon and not going (I'll be at that one in October) because they are forcing her into the vendor's room and not the artist alley (which is cheaper). I'm an artist! It's because I buy my own charms and I'm thinking yes, lady that's exactly why. You buy charms and you put a freaking french hook on it. That's not really art. At rathacon I bought something from the person next to you at four times the price of your earrings because they DREW the art, made the acrylic and then the earring. That's art. You're crafts and that means the vendor room. (I do feel for her disappointment but on the other hand I do appreciate that Tsu is trying to keep the artists' alley restricted to people who do make their own stuff.)
I also bought a book, horror from an author who was supposed to be at my library's book fest and he said I wanted to be but my family was homeless for 9 months and we finally got a home that weekend. I took the book just because of that. And he wants to have me on his podcast for horror authors. I will wait a bit and think it over (maybe listen to his podcast first)
I wanted to talk with the old fellow who was connected with The Night of the Living Dead but when I mentioned I'd been to the museum back in PA he got weird about it. Maybe he's just not good with people. It was offputting regardless.
After a little over an hour I was roasting (another reason for my lazy cosplay, I know how hot our gyms are) and I just wasn't up to the panels. I did attempt the food trucks but who the heck booked these? We have six of them and two are shaved ice. Why would you do that? It's not like they're at opposite ends of huge fairs. Oh well. I did learn that there is a Gyro place in Gallipolis. I had their sandwich and after I ate that...I started feeling less nauseous so I guess most of the med is out of my system. I hope so because I'd like to sleep some.
and oh, I FINALLY remembered where I put that art (it was a stupid spot, like seriously stupid)
And then I got my damn real ID. So much for 42 days. It was 5. Now I have no excuse to come back down here. I should be glad I don't have to but I didn't get things cleaned or ordered etc etc. I think I will still come back. It's a lot of driving for nothing I know but...
My lazy cosplay (I hate my hair. I want to shave it off I swear) My goodies have a close up
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