ACEN 2010 & After

Posted on 18th May at 8:46 AM

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ACEN 2010

Well, ACEN's over, and boy, am I TIRED. I had a really good time, especially since we had more people to come along. Sales wasn't great this year, but I still had a blast.

I went to see Aural Vampire's concert Friday night, and OMG, it was freakin' AWESOME! Exo-Chika was so pretty and Raveman was really bringin' the beats; they're really an awesome duo to watch live. I went to the rave (Soap Bubble) Saturday night with friends, and we all had a blast as well. Apparently, Raveman was there as well and was DJing the first part of the rave. I got signatures from some of the Japanese voice cast & producer of Soul Eater and from Aural Vampire as well. I couldn't be able to meet Stephanie Sheh, unfortunately. Circumstances prevented me from getting to her autograph signing in time. I do hope she comes back in future ACENs.

I saw artists whom I recognized and met from last year, most especially Paintpops. She & her crew sat next to our table last year, and now it was by a great coincidence that their table was behind us, LOL. XD The cosplays were pretty good this year too. I managed to see HezaChan's I-no (from Guilty Gear) cosplay in person (which was freakin' awesome, btw). Another noteworthy cosplay was a person dressed up as Nu (from Blazblue). She had the blades, which she pulled with invisible strings.

I spent quite a lot on stuffies too. I bought 3 figurines (Mint from Tales of Phantasia, Tear from Tales of the Abyss, and Reimi from Star Ocean: The Last Hope), 3 statues (a female Elf from Lineage 2, and Celestia & Ryuna from Shining Wind), 3 volumes of Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, and 2 prints from Artist Alley (one of them belonging to LorBot, specifically this print).

After more observations and suggestions from friends, I've started to make plans for improvement for next year's Artist Alley. Third time's a charm as they say.

OTHER NEWS

I've started getting into more K-pop this past few weeks, most especially the group, Super Junior. I love Kyuhyun's angelic voice, but I've fallen completely in LOVE with Siwon...OMG, HE'S SO HAWT!! He's quite multi-talented: he can sing, dance, play the drums, does Taekwondo, and act. I've been watching the K-drama he was in, called Oh! My Lady, which finished last week. It's a pretty good show. I mean, you have not only a really hot guy, but you also have a super adorable little girl in the show, which equals to an awesome combination. XD

I hadn't been keeping up with the latest anime or manga, so I'm sorta out of the loop. I hadn't been able to play some of my games either, but I've gone back to playing Magna Carta 2. I had to start over though, because I'd forgotten how to play and lost track on what the story up to point I was at on my old save file. I also re-activated my account in Aion as well, although I still play sparingly, usually on the double exp weekends.

But yeah, now that ACEN's over, I can rest up and start working on new drawings for next year (now that I have plenty of time). I've really got to discipline myself from procrastinating... XD

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