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DISCLAIMER: As per tradition and a veneer of security, this con report adopts the use of online handles in place of actual names. This report is much longer and more anecdotal than last years because somehow we were more lucid throughout the weekend. There may be a lot of griping on my part. Preemptive apologies.


CON REPORT: Asian Sweatshop Period )

Thursday )

Friday )

Saturday )

Sunday )

Sketch Commissions )

OUTTAKES )

Unfortunately, we found out that ACen will be held in April next year (for the first time in 8 years??) which... given the finals schedule, we'll probably have to miss it unless the ACen staff move it to after mother's day. Should give Inaho and I more time to draw though? Maybe? orzzzz

(Goes back to catching up on Gintama)
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Finally, the last week or so of my visit back to Shanghai! Not photo-heavy at all, but there are one or two photos of beauteous Asia-only candy~... and a video!

This'll probably read more like abridged version... )

AND DONE!
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Slowly cutting down the backlog of entries now that I'm back. Will probably have one more Shanghai related post after this before putting together the sales post for ACen leftovers.

So here's 05/30 - 06/02: Photo heavy, but shouldn't be too bad. The tl;dr on the other hand... lol.

MOAR FOOD PR0NZ? And paraphernalia, of course~ )
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Because getting glamshots done was kind of epic and therefore the little side trip gets its own freaking backlog post. (Better posts with more interesting photos of stuff like food after this.)

WARNING: I AM OCCASSIONALLY AN EGOTIST/NARCISSIST AND IT SHOWS. SOMETIMES. LIEK NAO. >_>;

Two words: GLAM SHOTS. These photos are lies. )

So.... apparently in exchange for LJ, I lose Twitter. Which was a tad bit more frustrating than I expected, but mostly because Bliss just released Kiz/NARI's Revaival #3 yesterday, as well as Hakkenden chapter 04, and I really wanted to flail at the world in 140 characters or less. =P ALSO just found out that apparently Kiz has also taken part of punch!!'s doujin activities before. I HAD NO IDEA.
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Backlog of the past... some odd numbered days excluding yesterday and today. I'm not sure anymore--haven't had enough time to actually sit down after each outing and write down all the lulz and exciting happenings. But here's 05/23 - 05/28 anyway:

Food pr0nz fail, and all that other good jazz )

Will attempt to write the glam shot entry soon. As well as recounting of the fucking joke of an attempt to meet up with classmates for dinner. (Wow, that last sentence makes no grammatical sense. =_=)
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Have really only been eating/shopping/spending time with my grandparents these last two days. Decided to be productive and finally get a few things done, so~

[community profile] capsaicin GET!


Am thinking of just archiving all my icons, fics and graphics there. Or something. IDEK. My little hoard of online blogs/journals/personal hubs is getting messy again. OTL

A family friend is taking me out to burn incense at a shrine (per my mother's instructions) and visiting my maternal grandmother tomorrow. Hopefully the weather's still pleasant and mosquito-free. Will post food-pr0n pictures after I collect a bit more of those.

Trying out this crossposting thing... hope it works! Will try to answer LJ-specific comments via an anonymous proxy on Sunday.
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Am still not sure what the hell I'm going to do with this thing once I get back to the States and, consequently, away from the LJ cockblock China has going on. But for now, it's going to act as a stand-in for the chronicling of an unholy amount of trials-and-tribulations that have already begun.

Case in point, it actually hurts to look at the computer screen right now. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but somehow I took a layer of cells off from my freaking eyeballs when I removed my correctional contacts yesterday morning. Now, it might've been because I was wearing an old pair (and only god knows why I had an older pair with me), or it might've been because my eyesight had already been shot to hell having not worn them during the 14 hour flight--only to pop them in for 10 hours post-arrival. Whatever it was, it resulted in me not being able to open my eyes at all and having to be led by a neighbor and my grandfather (who has extraordinarily weak legs), essentially blind, to the local hospital and to an ophtalmologist. It was alternately mortifying and some-sort of tragic since it pretty much came down to one handicapped senior leading another handicapped non-senior around. Self-flagellation continues up to this point while I squint at the screen and its blinding brightness.

After an entire day of medications/eyedrops my eyes feel much better; as in, I can actually open them without a saline river dripping out in protest. But my eyesight is no longer 20/20, and that is equally worrisome. Will see how it goes tomorrow.

Haven't done much else in the last two days except for sleeping and being a source of constant worry for my grandparents. Haven't really eaten much either, much to the consternation of my grandmother who really believes in eating/feeding as a show of affection (and on that note: somebody SAVE ME holy cow, I really don't eat that much I swear to god--the amount that you're suggesting I eat is too much. Too much). :( I can't even draw, since my eyesight's just that bad atm. Desperately hoping that it'll get better soon.
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