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Otakon 2005
« on: July 24, 2005, 04:48:21 PM »
A new concert has been added to the Calendar!

Event: Otakon

Location:
The Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Date,Time, Venue:
Sunday, August 21st, from 1-2:30pm in Main Events

With over 20,000 people in attendance, Otakon is one of the biggest and most fun anime conventions in the world. I'm especially looking forward to the musical performance by the Indigo, this year's special guests from Japan!

Otakon will be an experience to remember, I look forward to seeing you at the show!
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2005, 08:45:18 PM »
You were really amazing. Thank you very much for showing up at this convention, especially since it's the only convention I can really attend. Lol.

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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2005, 09:05:20 PM »
"The other kids were out there being 'social'. I sat on my ass and played video games all day."
:::crowd cheers:::

Thanks once again for an awesome show, Mike! ^_^!!!
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2005, 10:05:50 PM »
thanxs for the best sunday i have had out of the otakon's i have been to...........i always wondered why they didn't really have a main event on sunday...........but man Squall...............there was just as many people as i anticipated to come out and see you..................the dinner was really nice, and listening to you play in the artist alley was cool.................it was really fun hearing you play..........oh and Time Scar kicked ass.
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2005, 10:42:43 PM »
You rock hard Mike! Best Otakon Sunday event ever!!! woohoo! And the dinner was awesome!
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2005, 05:29:34 PM »
"The other kids were out there being 'social'. I sat on my ass and played video games all day."
:::crowd cheers:::

Thanks once again for an awesome show, Mike! ^_^!!!

Don't forget the boos and hisses after his frist pause "The other kids were out there being 'social'."

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N-E-ways, I traveled all that way (about 280 miles) by CAR just to see the concert!  Now, that's what I call devotion!
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2005, 07:46:10 PM »
Thanks for the great performance on Sunday!
The rest of the con was great, but you were the best thing there, hands down! The way you play your music and the way it looks like you get into the emotion of the song could almost bring tears to my eyes. That could also have something to do with the songs themselves as well, but I'm not sure.  :D Thanks for giving me a reason to keep trying and practicing my playing!
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2005, 03:38:54 PM »
That was the first time I saw yer face on the big screen, you really get into it! :D
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2005, 04:44:47 PM »
That was the first time I saw yer face on the big screen, you really get into it! :D

He was really really into it. I love that kind of dedication!! He's so cool!
His face, his emotion, expression, and his deep inhaling and exhaling during intense parts of the pieces. (Yes, I was that close to the stage that I could hear him breathing while playing the keys on the keyboard..)


X3 That's.. creepy... XD My ears do pick up some weird things sometimes.
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2005, 08:47:22 PM »
Awesome show, better than last years awesome show in a panel room :D. I got there just at 7 and got a pretty good seat almost right up front.  Loved every minute of it, even the couple songs I had never heard before.
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2005, 03:03:27 PM »
I wonder where he'll play next, pyong.  <._.>
I'm going to track him!  Well, just by checking here, that'll be easy.  At least I'll know where he's going to be...even if it means not being able to see him. ::sniffle::

I was kind of jealous for my sister having a crush on Greg Ayres.  I love that giddy feeling (and that whenever I have an intense or excitable feeling, I am able to write good songs).  I guess I have that now.  Maybe I'll be able to write at least three songs a week, like I used to...maybe even three a day (also like I used to).  The way I've been--apathetic, not really feeling much of anything--has made me feel uninventive and often bored with life. 

But anyways...I think I'm still suffering a little bit from the food poisoning, but I'm nowhere near as bad as my "boyfriend" (who doesn't realize yet that I only "got" with him so I could be driven to the con).  Even though he slept for most of the convention (whereas I WORKED for most of the convention), he's still very sick.  And I'm only suffering from the lingering after-effects.  He should've drank juice, like I did.  Oh well. 

At least today I can use my sickness to my advantage.  I won't have to attend my dad's oh-so-boring birthday party.  Hosted by my grandparents, it's just them, him, my sister (who is going just to make them happy).  The food is only (icky) Spanish rice and plain cake with strawberry icing.  I and my sister already ate.  I don't know how she's going to turn down the heavily acidic (and in my case, nearly toxic; it's har5d enough for me to stomach when I'm WELL) meal without upsetting someone.  But, seeingas that the stomach acid is in my CHEST right now, I get a GOOD excuse to stay home. 

My sister was so nice to use most of her leftover money to buy me an Iruka plushie (dai sukiiiii!), so I'm going to be getting her stuff online.  I went into the dealer's room a few times (mostly to fetch someone), and thought, except for the life-sized Al, the dealer's room kind of sucked.  Besides that, I actually prefer buying stuff online.  I and my sister hzve that luxury that a lot of you con-goers don't have.  I love buying online, and three out of the five times I'll be found shopping, I do online.  My favorite online stores are japanimation, AnimeTen (includes animeaku), and asian grocer (I love their bath salts and instant ramen bowls).  Although, a new favorite as of late is EBay.  I'll be getting that Yakitate! Japan box set for sure, next month!  Who ever thought that a series about bread would be enjoyable?  And of course, I'm only taking subbed.  I watched it in japanese with subtitles...I'm buying it with subtitles!  I won't let the possibility of bad translation and voice-acting ruin the good thing going!

Of course, I'm still in con-mode.  I won't be giving my body enough time to get out of it.  In my case, if I have a good time at a convention,  I'm in con-mode for two months.  But I'm already preparing for Nekocon.  It'll be a good autumn.  Oh yes!  Anways...oddly enough, even with the series of problems (mostly minor, in my opinion), I can not help but recall two or three (even though there were like seven).  Even with those negatives, they didn't compare to the positives.  For example, my worst negative (on a scale of -5 to +5) was a -4, but my best positive was a +6 (which I lump all together, the fact that I got to see P.S. so often!).  Most of the negatives were -2s and -3s, but most of the positives were +3s, and even a few fours.  Numerical values aside, I guess I had a pretty good time.  And my only regret is that I didn't gopher enough (15 hours is not enough!).  At Nekocon, I am definitely putting in at least 20!!!

Btw, my sister got to see Puff Ami Yumi.  Lucky her, huh (well...not quite as lucky as the fact that I got to see Michael.  Wah!  I loooooove hiiiiim!  Um...nevermind ^_^;;)  Oh well, gotta go now.  Besides the fact that my post is already WAY too long, my little sister is crying for me.  Aw...how cute.  And, she's almost 25.  Heh.
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2005, 03:48:27 PM »
What an interesting concert. I really enjoyed all of it, all of the Final Fantasy songs were very nice, and i liked the old-school Nintendo songs. Im so glad that you (Piano Squall) came, and i can't wait until next year....because you are going to be there......right? lol.....

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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2005, 10:59:08 PM »
That was the first time I saw yer face on the big screen, you really get into it! :D

Did you guys like the video on the big screen? I mean the visual effect?
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2005, 11:01:32 PM »
I liked the visual effects! I remember most of those from my old TV Productions class! XD
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Re: Otakon 2005
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2005, 11:44:03 PM »
Did you guys like the video on the big screen? I mean the visual effect?

yeah, the screen added alot to it, well by that i mean it helped display the images that Squall already had going through our minds.............i mean we he was playing Time Scar..........that entire opening scene is exactley what i would have had in mind........and then to see it in front of me.............not to mention the perfect screens were chosen for each piece...........for example Sadness and Sorrow.......and playing Gara's sad, emotional, tragic story.........it was just great.
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