(2010 San Japan)
I think I've finally become comfortable with the travel and what my life has turned into from the past year. I used to stress continuously - juggling multiple balls in the air - did I book that airfare ? Are the books already shipped to their destination ? Did I get the new promo cards in from the printer ? Do I need to head out to the post office to ship more books ? Did I update my Facebook page ? I admit, I'm not the most organized person in the world and juggling cons that might be back to back to back can be nerve-racking. Witness how last year at Otakon 2010, I forgot my video camera or at Katsucon this year I forgot to pack Pocket Wizards (triggering device for camera equipment) and had to pay $80 to Fedex overnight from LA to DC. I'm definitely handing it better now but there's always that thought "Did I turn off the stove ?" in the back of my head.
In a few short days I'll be at San Japan, a pretty young con (born in 2008) with about 5,000+ attendance currently hosted on the San Antonio Riverwalk at the Marriott. I've heard San Japan is definitely one of the cons to cosplay at from just talking to cosplayers so I'm eagar to head over and check it out.
I actually have a room - a photography room that I share with the Cosplay Sign-up table. Conference Room 7 to be exact. I'll have a larger set-up than my usual one - with the amount of space, I can now do full length photos. And of course, I'll have copies of my book "Cosplay in America" available for purchase. I'll be doing photo shoots for $10 which gets you 15-40 or so shots - depending on how many people, etc, etc. I'll be emailing those out on Monday night.
The hours of the room are :
Friday 11:00 am to 6:30 pm
Saturday 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
On Sunday from 3 to 4 pm in Panel 2 I'll be talking about my experiences in how I managed to pull this book together throughout the craziness as well as show some never before seen images and my hope for the future volume so come by and check it out.
There's a host of cosplay panels such as Cosplay Wig, Crossplay, Cosplay Photography Workshop (I'm not involved with that one), Cosplay Makeup and more ! See the list of events here.
And I should mention the cosplay guests for this year are Airship Isabella , TWABI productions and We *Heart* Card Games so please check them out as well while you are here.
And I should mention the cosplay guests for this year are Airship Isabella , TWABI productions and We *Heart* Card Games so please check them out as well while you are here.
So I'm gonna go back to packing and catching up on work before my flight tomorrow. If you see my apartment, there's things everywhere. I never seem to have a chance to clean-up since I'm always on the go or working on the computer. So I'll try to tidy up a bit, repack my bags and I hope to see y'all all at San Japan this weekend :)
