...and Oregon.
Hello, everyone. My name's Patricia, but you may call me Serena. I was born in Louisiana and was raised there for nineteen years. However, shortly after my nineteenth birthday, I moved to Oregon in order to be with my beloved. We've been dating for four years, but three years of that time was online. Fortunately, we did see one another on occasion by taking plane flights. We celebrated our fourth anniversary in Portland.
Whenever I first stepped into Portland, I fell in love. The sights, the stores, the life. I've never seen so many awesome things before in my entire life. As a matter of fact, I should say that the first time I came to Oregon, I fell in love. Shortly after I got off the plane, I had to wait awhile before my ride even came, so I asked one of the employees at the airport what type of sights I could see whilst I wait. He, simply put with a smile, told me to go all the way to the top of the parking garage and that'll be enough. Boy, was he right! As soon as I could see over the ledge, the breath got taken right out of me. Oregon is so beautiful. Louisiana? It's pretty flat and rather boring. That and the hurricanes get tiring.
I'll admit that I miss my family, my friends, the spicy cajun and creole cooking, and some of the many festivities like Mardi Gras, but there's just so much more in Oregon that Louisiana just doesn't have.
Aside from that, though - I'm an artist and a photographer. You can see most of my work at my DeviantART account, which I believe the link is in my profile. I've only done a few cosplays because there's only one anime convention I've been to and that was in Louisiana. I've cosplayed as Chii from Chobits, Aya from Tenjho Tenge, and Kareha from Shuffle! At Kumoricon, I'll most likely be cosplaying as Kareha and Aya. I might give Chii another try, I don't really know yet. I'm wanting to do more cosplays, but am trying my hardest to cosplay only long, blonde-haired girls to look more like the character I'm being. If anyone has any suggestions, especially with a reference of the character, I'll be more than happy to look into it.
On a different subject, though, I really wish I didn't sign up on the boards so late. I guess I was more nervous than I thought. Pre-registration ends on August 10th and that's the day I get paid, which is pretty much the only way I'd be able to pay. I honestly don't know how Kumoricon works, though - In Louisiana, I knew the anime convention I was going to like a book. Knowing that I'm going to be going to an anime convention that I've never been to in a town where I don't know where practically everything is makes me even more nervous. I've only gone to places in Portland via the Max. Other than the stops that the Max takes me, I don't know where a thing is. I'm pretty sure my beloved knows more where things are in Portland than I do considering the fact that he's lived in Oregon for the longest time, but he's also never been to Kumoricon. So, I can imagine us walking around the convention floors lost and confused. But, I'm pretty sure that I'm just worrying too much. I tend to do that.
All in all, I'm hoping that my going to Kumoricon will be more of a success than I'm thinking it'll be and that I'll have loads of fun and hopefully make new friends. I never thought moving would be so hard, you know? I've been in Oregon for a few months and have only made one friend, but I'm definitely hoping to find more.
My deepest apologies for the long post, but I thank you for taking the time to read it <3
- Serena Kiti
