PortConMaine 2009 [PRE-REG and DAY 1]

[theunluckydragon]

Shiroku here using UnluckyDragon's account (on her laptop). So here's the details on the PortCon's pre-reg and first day of the convention.

Pre-reg
A "gift" to those who pre-registered by May 1. The day started at 4 pm. The Artists Alley and Dealers room were setting up, while some "special" panels were taking place on this day. Not alot was going on, so UnluckyDragon and I didn't do much. The formal dance was going on late at night, so we had decided to check it out. Since it was pre-reg day and there was only about 650 people attending that day, I had decided to go in semi-formal attire. UnluckyDragon, on the other hand, wore her costume. I had my wig, and my outfit was black dress pants, red dress shirt, and black vest, with my Umbrella medal pinned onto it. We didn't stay long, since we had to do exams the next day. Which leads to the actual first day of PCM...

Day one
Right after exams, we headed to PortCon (after picking up some last minute stuff from UnluckyDragon's house). On this day, I was in full costume (sadly, non of us have the cable to connect our cameras to the computer, so pics will be coming after the con). We didn't have anything plan for the day, but I had a Cosplay Court Case to attend to at 5. From around 2-4, we wandered around the halls of the hotel, stopping every once in a while for pictures. We've run into a couple of people we've met from PCM 2008, as well as our friends from school. So at 5, I met with the other participants in the Court Case, and the wacky improv began. At the Court Case, there was Mad Hatter, Rorscach, Kitty Pride, Winston Payne, Tobi, Godot, and others who's names escape at the moment. Oh yea, and there was myself. Ha. We've got almost the entire case on camera, so we will be putting it on YouTube some day. I was melting in the room where the Court Case was being held, so after it was over, we went back to our room and I changed in to a Mello cosplay. Nothing else happened after that. We walked around the convention a little bit more, and had a snack (where I got assaulted by two bottles of Ramune, and two pieces of Pocky fell down my vest... ew). So now we are sitting in the hotel room, trying to fix the movie channel on the TV and having pizza. And everybody is looking over my shoulder...

Crap, my foot's asleep.

[theunluckydragon]

Shiroku here once again on UnluckyDragon's account (maybe I should just log her off...). Here's an update on PortConMaine 2009.

Day two
After who knows how many hours of sleep, we had a small breakfast, and our friends from the other room (two floors above us) came to our room and... stuff. The first thing we did was head to the mall, since the con was just starting up and everything was beginning to open. So there we were, as Sylar, Trinity, Leader-sama (in "d**n" no jutsu (long story)), Lara Croft, and Alfred and Alexia Ashford. The stores in the mall wasn't open, so we walked around the food court. No one was there, other than a couple of old people.

We returned to the con, and I ran into a friend, and I gave her money that another friend gave me to give to her. After walking around for a few minutes, UnluckyDragon and I headed up to the room, since there was nothing to do. Couple hours later, we down to the Cosplay Green Room, where we and a group of other cosplayers were waiting to participate in the masquerade. As Alfred and Alexia Ashford, we did a walk-on, and UnluckyDragon sung Alexia's lullaby. Videos on the masquerade will be posted by next week, from what I've heard.

The masquerade ended early, so we went back to the hotel to see UnluckyDragon's mother in the Artists Alley. Coming up next is what everybody's been waiting for: the rave. The rave doesn't start until 8, so once again, we and our friends are hanging out in our room, have pizza... again. Actually, more like waiting for pizza to come. Right now I'm going through five million apple juice boxes and munching on fish crackers.

[theunluckydragon]

Hey, UnluckyDragon here this time. It's a bit late, but here's a quick report on the last day of PCM.

Day 3

We woke up a bit late, seeing as we didn't get back from the rave until around 11 (the rave was lots of fun, though we retired a bit early). We had another quick breakfast and lazed around the room for a short while. After that Shiroku and I went up to our friends' room and bothered them, Shiroku taking a video of the antics on my camera (I may upload it later).
Nothing really special was going on, so we went into the karaoke room. Shiroku sang a song (If my memory serves me right, it was Never Alone by Barlow Girl), along with me singing Closer by Ne-Yo and a friend singing Do I Creep You Out? by Weird Al. After that, we wandered around the con's dealer room and Artist's Alley before finally checking out and heading off to the nearby Borders for a short while.

And that's that for our PCM '09 experience. A good time was had by all, and preparations for next year are already being made.