Alright so me and the gang from college once again returned to Animazement, but this time there was a little twist. WE ACTUALLY HAD IT AT A CONVENTION CENTER. Like, a place of our own that wasn't just a hotel. It was freakin sweet, with a hotel that connected to it via underground tunnel. It was some serious business this time. This thing was HUGE! Not even my font can describe its immensity! This new surge in membership we got this year will hopefully put AZ on the map so people will actually start going. I mean, we had a few thousand but we can do better than that people! Anyway, this year was probably the best yet. The dealer room was like, 8 times bigger than the old one, with a bunch of room to spare, so it will probably grow next year too. I did the usual Zexion cosplay on Friday, but saturday I got to try something new. I did my Hidan prototype(which hopefully i'll have pictures of soon) and THAT was interesting. First of all grease based paint is not fun to use. Also the Marriot hotel needs to get some real showers with massive amounts of pressure. My whole head was caked in gel and paint and omg I thought I might have to spend the night in the shower getting it all off. I got out the fist time and just jumped back in again. ANYWAY saw a fuck-ton of people this year that I never get to see anywhere else and of course acted like a complete idiot at every chance I got xD. Also did you know that the Chick-fil-a in Raleigh closes at like 2 in the afternoon? No joke. So instead there was this mass migration of anime folk to the Snoopy's about 1.5 miles away. Oh and a gaybar not far from there...hmmmmm. Apparently there was also an Indian wedding at our hotel/convention center. There were firecrackers and horses and stuff, and my cosplay made Indian children run in terror. Ohohoh and my friends and I did this skit for the cosplay contest. It was amazing even though it was so unrehearsed, but it was the Yes Dance so it didn't really matter. We won judges choice and it was my first skit I'd ever been in and it was SO EXCITING!!! WE won some weird shit, like this GIANT t-shirt and a dvd called "the boy who wanted to be a bear"....yeah, we're going to have a mass viewing of that later in the summer. So this year was a huge success and I can't wait for next year! Also if you guys could give me cosplay suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.