Con Con ☆ Way Way Way

Yahho 

I just got back from Nipponcon last  night.

It's a small convention that takes place at Daniel's College in Maryland.

It was my second performance with KuroPOP! 

Because of scheduling differences, we had no choice but to pull an hour setlist together in about two weeks. There were all kinds of difficulties with transportation and in general just figuring out how to work as a team, but in the end I think we were able to pull together a good show~

I forgot how fun performing live can be! So many emotions come out of you~ 

We danced to a mix of J-pop and K-pop, and I even sung a solo~

My voice was very small...

Travelling takes a lot of energy out of me so I only thought to take a few pictures immediately after our stage. I was pretty tired, so none of them came out right....

ok...let's try a smile

no....a wink?

not quite.

woah....ダメｗ

I'll work on it! 

Since I've started travelling to more conventions this year I've learned so much! I've recently realized that some people have been able to budget the cost of a convention (including travel, hotel, cosplay, food and any other additional pop-up expenses) organize themselves and possibly other people for hotels in order to save money, organize photo shoots, promote themselves as cosplayers, or artists...and so much more since they were still teenagers, and I'm only figuring things like this out now. 

At Katsucon especially it was really interesting to hear cosplayers talk about the amount of craftsmanship, money and time that went into a single outfit they'd only be wearing for a few days and may need repairs after a few hours.

That is REAL dedication~

Is this the power of fandom? 

I've also noticed that it's a lot more fun to travel to a convention with friends. At Nipponcon the main stress was figuring out how to get to and from the venue on time so I had no room to get bored, but at Katsucon, it definitely got lonely sometimes. 

Ari wasn't with me, so I had to figure out ways to entertain myself before the convention got started and while my friends had other panels or obligations.

That was definitely the hardest part!

But because I was alone a lot, I had to make new friends, which was exciting!

I also finally met Sachie~ 

She's technically my "kouhai" but I've been a fan of her for years~

My hands were shaking~

I know you can't truly know a person when you first meet them, but Sachie had her own quirkiness that I found endearing and it made me like her even more!!! 

I also, really hope she releases her pictures of Jupiter as prints. I want one ;;

This post has gotten all over the place so I think that's enough for now...

But!!!

I have several more events coming up with KuroPOP!

The first one I can officially announce is occurring at the end of the month. We'll be appearing at Brooklyn 2 Tokyo again the 28th~ (☆)

If you're in the NYC area, please come~ 

Ciao