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Kiri ☂ ([personal profile] taotrooper) wrote2011-05-24 01:55 am

And they actually put Nyan-cat on speakers

I think I've survived to at least 3 possible apocalypses in my lifetime. Bring it on, end of Mayan calendar! I dare you!

I had a fun Saturday last weekend. My brothers and I went to the local anime con. It's nothing extraordinary and the name is so embarrassing (really, Expotaku?!) but this year it was a large improvement compared to last year's. More people, more shops, more variety on cosplays, more events, more geekdom. I also tried Street Fighter on 3DS (the 3D actually looks okay, but I go cross-eyed XD) and archery (and I was TERRIBLE!).

Of course, more shops = compulsive buying like a boss.

→ two Suzumiya Haruhi novels, now I'm only missing one from the relased here
Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (I'm madly in love with this book, you guys, it is witty and visually appealing)
Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey DVD boxset
→ three pins: the FMA cross-and-snake symbol, a pokéball, trollface
→ some fanart postcards for charity
→ a Fullmetal Alchemist T-shirt with Ed and Al which I'm still waiting to see if it shrinks in the drier (it was the smallest man size and I'm a petit woman but I dun curr)
→ a box of strawberry Pocky (tasted good, but wasn't as delicious as I thought)
→ a Boo Buddy-shaped rubber ball keychain (best thing I bought)
→ three cellphone charms: a red koopa shell, a Totodile, a Piplup
→ two Pokémon plushies: a Darumaka and a Sandile. Totally overpriced but I couldn't let them rot in a sea of kawaii blobs. The ones on my team are fierce.

As for my brothers, Ale spent his money on four new video games, but he's not playing them yet. Danny actually bought a fancy State Alchemist watch. As much as an asshole he is and as different as he is from me, I love that he likes FMA (he watched Brotherhood but one day I'll convince him to read the manga). The most amazing thing is that his favorite character is Alex Louis Armstrong. Goes to show that you can love a character who's the opposite of yourself!

Then I spent two days of extreme pain from carrying weight and wielding a bow. And that day of the month. And emotional exhaustion. Sunday sucked as much as Saturday ruled.

Oh, and my copy of Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero came on the mail today. Finally! Also, that bastard of a book is huge like a J.K. Rowling novel. Reading it on ebook first, I didn't realize how verbose Riordan has become.

[identity profile] lil-1337.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a nice haul of goodies.

Congrats on surviving yet another end of the world.
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[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Not excellent, but I'm not complaining. Except for the plush prices, it was pretty neat.

Same! Apparently Rapture got delayed to October, so there will be more lulz.

[identity profile] hamsterfactor.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds like fun, glad you had a good time :D I finished reading the 5th Haruhi novel some days ago and I totally didn't remember I loved it that much (then again, you know my Haruhi bias). The 6th one will be the first one I haven't read online, so I'm pretty excited about it~

BTW I FINISHED GHOST TRICK AND IT WAS AWESOMESAUCE x 8974595 ♥
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[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
GHOST TRICK IS THE BEST GAME I PLAYED THIS YEAR. It's fucking amazing ♥

It wasn't that great of a con compared to the big Salones, but it was pretty enjoyable for something organized in this place.

Sad thing I noticed this morning: I thought I had bought all of the novels and no, I didn't get Sighs. Now I'm a little mortified because it's not going to be easy to hunt that one in my city, and I don't know in which section of FNAC they shelf them. When is the sixth coming out, btw?

[identity profile] hamsterfactor.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally! I was all BAAAAW with the ending, too D:

The sixth is coming out the last week of June, I think?
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[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Image

Missile is the cutest thing ever T_T

Sounds awesome! I still have a long way before I get to read the other five, but in paper it will be easier than online.