Author Topic: K-con Countdown! alieviate the anticipation with talk of K-con plans & memories! (Read 257359 times)

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #900 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:21:12 pm »

Portland = Village hidden in the mist?

O_O or leaves.....hmmmmm -ponders-

nikkiolie · « **Reply #901 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:22:00 pm »

But who knows....I really like the name of it. Its very original. I think all anime conventions should have a Japanese name like Sakura con and Kumori con.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #902 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:23:34 pm »

^ That description makes me think of Princess Mononoke, for some reason. If only Portland was the city of gods and demons and yokai.....that'd be awesome, lol.

And I totally agree with you, Nikkiolie, I wasn't meaning to say that I didn't like the name, I love the name Kumoricon. It is totally fitting. I like that type of name more than Anime Expo or something like that, lol. It has character.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #903 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:23:57 pm »

Yea, anime north just isnt clever...

nikkiolie · « **Reply #904 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:32:10 pm »

I wasn't trying to say that you didn't like it sorry that you took it that way. I just really like it. When I first saw it I knew that the word mean but just like with your wakarimasta I didn't really read it.....so I was like wtf is that? The th ooooooooh set in.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #905 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:33:51 pm »

haha yeah. It's a clever name, clever and fun. Like another con up in Washington called ChibiChibiCon. It is a fun name because the con itself is very small, lol. So it fits, but is very memorable and fun. Names like that are the good ones.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #906 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:36:51 pm »

o.o I want to go to chibichibi con when and where is it?

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #907 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:41:10 pm »

Ummm, It's usually the 1st and 2nd of March ever year up in Olympia on the Evergeen State College Campus. Kumoricon has had a table up there for the past couple years (and likewise they have had a table at Kumoricon). So I've had the opportunity to go up and help out before, last year. It's a very fun, very quaint little con. Good stuff, heh.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #908 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:47:55 pm »

lol that is the cutest con name...EVER!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #909 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:51:45 pm »

I will try to go to that. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Bob · « **Reply #910 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:55:35 pm »

what if chibichibicon grows exponentially like K-con did though, the name wouldn't be fitting.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #911 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:57:37 pm »

True, but apparently they actually work really hard at not letting it grow. I mean, don't take that in meaning they aren't welcoming, but there are certain things they do (or don't do) to try and keep it small. I don't know what those things are, but yeah, I guess it will probably stay small.

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #912 on:** August 04, 2008, 10:05:12 pm »

Yay for controlled growth.

Portland would traditionally be "The city hidden in the ROSES".
It's much harder to be the city hidden in the "bridges" or the "stumps".

Convention nostalgia challenge! Find a picture of yourself from your first geeky convention (or at least your first kumoricon if you're easily embarrassed)!

Yes, that is where I got the image for my avatar. Kumoricon 2003.
I'll post a pic from the 1999 Star Wars Celebration if i can find it....

Here we go! Me flirting with the gals in line in front of me.
http://www.geocities.com/tee-moss/StarWars/SWnPPG.jpg
I'm such a playa! In my fly hat (that I lost shortly after.

) I woo the girls who like the same cartoons as myself.

Bob · « **Reply #913 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:03:46 pm »

friggin awesome, lemme see if I can find one, I lost most the pictures from my first con.

laurifer · « **Reply #914 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:20:13 pm »

Quote from: risotto on August 04, 2008, 11:23:46 am

Chocolate cupcakes with frosting?

Nope. Vanilla cupcakes with whipped lemon curd/custard filling and cream cheese frosting! Yum!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #915 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:21:42 pm »

my mom made cupcakes today but they weren't the pineapple ones v.v

laurifer · « **Reply #916 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:27:55 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on August 04, 2008, 11:21:42 pm

my mom made cupcakes today but they weren't the pineapple ones v.v

*patpat*

If I could, I'd give you one of mine lol.

Speaking of which...I know lots of people have really bad eating habits when it comes to cons. How do you guys deal with it? (not that it's a problem for me, I'm just curious)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #917 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:32:57 pm »

ummmm I don't eat. It's not like I don't want to, time just flies by and I realize that I haven't eaten anything all day.

risotto · « **Reply #918 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:47:16 pm »

Quote from: laurifer on August 04, 2008, 11:20:13 pm

Quote from: risotto on August 04, 2008, 11:23:46 am
Chocolate cupcakes with frosting?

Nope. Vanilla cupcakes with whipped lemon curd/custard filling and cream cheese frosting! Yum!

Equally as tasty! *drools*

laurifer · « **Reply #919 on:** August 04, 2008, 11:57:26 pm »

I don't know how you can not eat lol

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #920 on:** August 05, 2008, 01:08:55 am »

I'm the same way, I just don't have time for appetite. I am always too preoccupied with doing things to actually organize meals. I usually just end up making sandwiches out of supplies we bring and eating cereal. If I ate that way a lot during the con, it'd probably prove pretty bad for me, but since I don't have much of an appetite, it is just adequate, I think.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #921 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:16:17 am »

I'm sure I wont eat anything till I get home and before I leave. I'll try to remember to pack a few snack things.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #922 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:18:43 am »

I don't go to Kumoricon for food, lol. I don't need food! The pulse of the con, the lifeblood, that is my sustenance. ^_^

Bob · « **Reply #923 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:31:02 am »

I remember last year my stomach shrunk from con so much I ate 2 granola bars and was full

nikkiolie · « **Reply #924 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:37:48 am »

I lost like 5 or 6 pounds that weekend last year. I think we got food once. I had a subway and the rest of the time I drank water.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #925 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:42:51 am »

At the last K-con I ate nothing o.o and at sakura-con I had a couple cheetos

Bob · « **Reply #926 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:43:07 am »

yeah I remember everything I ate: a burrito the first day. and then I drank water the whole time. didn't feel hungry so I didn't eat.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #927 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:45:01 am »

lol, Yea my frieds were complaining about being hungry so I stayed and my lunch was glomps from the glomp circle

nikkiolie · « **Reply #928 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:46:18 am »

plus the food around that area is going to be so packed. We would have con traffic (and if you went to Lloyd) normal traffic, which is A LOT to begin with.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #929 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:48:17 am »

lol, yeah, every spot is going to be pretty consistently packed. For those who need some sort of food, I'd recommend bringing some non-perishable supplies (or perishable if you have a fridge). My group tends to bring sandwich makings, crackers/chips, granola bars, cereal and hummus (cause hummus is goooood, hehe).

Bob · « **Reply #930 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:51:38 am »

we usually bring a cooler with like cream cheese and bagels and lots of candy(I don't even like candy) and sandwich stuff, and sodas. we keep it in the room thats what we eat for three days. well what they eat, I don't remember to.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #931 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:52:55 am »

My house isnt too far from the con so I bring some chips or something and then im good for the day, cuz im staying at my house instead of the hotel :3

nikkiolie · « **Reply #932 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:00:32 am »

yeah I eat at home and bring snacks to the con.

Bob · « **Reply #933 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:01:53 am »

I live in salem, eating at home and then going to con would e hard.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #934 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:05:36 am »

yeah I live in Tigard so it's only a 15 minute drive (tops)

Bob · « **Reply #935 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:07:49 am »

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #936 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:10:03 am »

I live in Tualatin, right on the brink between King City, Tigard, and Sherwood. It is only a short car ride to the hotel, but even though I live close I'd prefer to be at the hotel, have food there with me.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #937 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:18:57 am »

yeah it would be nice to be in a hotel but I would rather use my money somewhere else or some other time (like sakuracon where I would NEED a hotel)

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #938 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:21:49 am »

Ah, that's a good point. I still don't know if I will ever actually go to SakuraCon, so I don't mind putting a lot of money into my Kumoricon experience.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #939 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:26:45 am »

I am going to try very very hard to go to Sakuracon this year (even though its in the middle of the term v.v) We normally have a large group going so I need to see if they are going otherwise I would have to find people to room with.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #940 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:32:23 am »

Eve and Nikki live so close to me lol ^^ Im like 15-20 minutes to the con depending on traffic

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #941 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:35:20 am »

Cool, people who actually live close to me, lol. I need to have more hangouts at other parts of the year with you gals. ^_^

nikkiolie · « **Reply #942 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:45:17 am »

yeah i am so up for that......I need more friends. I have one that lives close to me so whenever she can't hang out I am all alone v.v

Bob · « **Reply #943 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:56:07 am »

im sorry loneliness is no fun

nikkiolie · « **Reply #944 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:59:02 am »

your up again......

yeah your right it sucks.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #945 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:00:34 am »

Yeah, it's no fun. So, in con off-season, we must keep each other company, lol. Have lots of hang-outs and anime-watchings and whatnot.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #946 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:02:16 am »

I'll try to come home on the weekends but wont be able to do much on the week days being in Corvallis and all.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #947 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:03:29 am »

Ooh yeah, you're only out here for the summer, right? Yeah, forgot about that. Hmm, well, if you are out here, we can do something.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #948 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:04:25 am »

yup, I normally try to come home on the weekends anyway so it wouldn't be much of a problem. I also don't have classes on Friday so I might be home Thursday night ^_^

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #949 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:11:53 am »

Hmm, good to know. That's how I used to do it when I lived on campus in Portland at PSU. It isn't very far but I still liked to come home on the weekends. Anyway, this is kinda off-topic. Sooooo....

What events/panels/aspects of Kumoricon is everyone looking forward to the most?

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Author Topic: K-con Countdown! alieviate the anticipation with talk of K-con plans & memories! (Read 257359 times)