Blipfest '11
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bohemiaSo last night was Blipfest '11. Going to a chiptune concert has been a dream of mine since I first heard of 8Bit Weapon on Attack of the Show allll the way back when it was actually a geeky show. /elitist
Blipfest's also tonight and tomorrow night but I could only go last night, and really I wanted to see Anamanaguchi and Talks to Animals the most. Zen Albatross was good, too. I thought his set was entirely too short. The others were okay--Crashfaster opened for Minusbaby, and I like him much more than Minusbaby so I was disappointed when they actually took the stage. Definitely checking out Zen Albatross when I can. Ralp was meh but cute while also looking like Kevin Pereira and I was confused throughout that set by my shallowness.
Anthony Carboni and the Bytejacker crew were there. I only saw him for a second and didn't know how to approach him (I did this last time I saw him too, actually) and then @babylonian passed by and looked right at me and I was basically the raisins meme for a good while afterwards. I tried to find Carboni later to say hi or whatever, but he was always either taking pictures, updating Twitter or interviewing people. :/ Later on I found out that Jon was there too (the old cameraman for Bytejacker) and also one of the regular video commenters, Sanskrit and I was like, "Noooo so many Bytejacker people and I met none of themmmmm." (I just.... have a lot of feelings about Bytejacker.) I did however, have the shortest tweetconvo ever with Sanskrit on the train back home. So... there's that.
Anyway, the setup time was so much shorter than regular concerts because, well, they're playing with modded Gameboys, right. No tuning really needed, just audio check. Although Anamanaguchi really took a while and that was pretty sad because I almost thought I would have to leave before their set was over. But they finished in time, yayy.
I really enjoyed the fact that there were people taking pictures with Game Boy Cameras and 3DSes. Really taking the lobit attitude to another extreme. Also there was a furry who was really weird at first because, well, he was a large blue goat, right. But then he started posing for pictures and was actually giving advice to people and having conversations and I was like, "DUDE IS AWESOME; ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND." But now I realize he was actually the mascot for dragonchiptune and lol, well, my noob is showing. He's still awesome but... innocuous now. AND I'M SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FURRY.
I wish I could go back. NEXT YEAR (or if they do one in December like they usually do), I SHALL. And wherever I'm working, I'm taking off the entire run of days. XD
ALSO TOMORROW IS BIG APPLE COMIC CON SPRING EDITION AND I EXPECT A LOT OF LOL AND FANTASTICNESS THEN AS WELL. My Jubilee costume isn't as great as I wanted it to be (I DON'T HAVE A YELLOW JACKET, SADFACEEEEE), but whatever. I'm done running all over the city looking for one. I'm still new to cosplaying, shut uppppp.
BRB, watching/listening to the live stream of tonight's Blipfest.
P.S. Random tidbit I learned about myself: I can drink a liter of water in 20 gulps or 30 secs.
Blipfest's also tonight and tomorrow night but I could only go last night, and really I wanted to see Anamanaguchi and Talks to Animals the most. Zen Albatross was good, too. I thought his set was entirely too short. The others were okay--Crashfaster opened for Minusbaby, and I like him much more than Minusbaby so I was disappointed when they actually took the stage. Definitely checking out Zen Albatross when I can. Ralp was meh but cute while also looking like Kevin Pereira and I was confused throughout that set by my shallowness.
Anthony Carboni and the Bytejacker crew were there. I only saw him for a second and didn't know how to approach him (I did this last time I saw him too, actually) and then @babylonian passed by and looked right at me and I was basically the raisins meme for a good while afterwards. I tried to find Carboni later to say hi or whatever, but he was always either taking pictures, updating Twitter or interviewing people. :/ Later on I found out that Jon was there too (the old cameraman for Bytejacker) and also one of the regular video commenters, Sanskrit and I was like, "Noooo so many Bytejacker people and I met none of themmmmm." (I just.... have a lot of feelings about Bytejacker.) I did however, have the shortest tweetconvo ever with Sanskrit on the train back home. So... there's that.
Anyway, the setup time was so much shorter than regular concerts because, well, they're playing with modded Gameboys, right. No tuning really needed, just audio check. Although Anamanaguchi really took a while and that was pretty sad because I almost thought I would have to leave before their set was over. But they finished in time, yayy.
I really enjoyed the fact that there were people taking pictures with Game Boy Cameras and 3DSes. Really taking the lobit attitude to another extreme. Also there was a furry who was really weird at first because, well, he was a large blue goat, right. But then he started posing for pictures and was actually giving advice to people and having conversations and I was like, "DUDE IS AWESOME; ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND." But now I realize he was actually the mascot for dragonchiptune and lol, well, my noob is showing. He's still awesome but... innocuous now. AND I'M SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FURRY.
I wish I could go back. NEXT YEAR (or if they do one in December like they usually do), I SHALL. And wherever I'm working, I'm taking off the entire run of days. XD
ALSO TOMORROW IS BIG APPLE COMIC CON SPRING EDITION AND I EXPECT A LOT OF LOL AND FANTASTICNESS THEN AS WELL. My Jubilee costume isn't as great as I wanted it to be (I DON'T HAVE A YELLOW JACKET, SADFACEEEEE), but whatever. I'm done running all over the city looking for one. I'm still new to cosplaying, shut uppppp.
BRB, watching/listening to the live stream of tonight's Blipfest.
P.S. Random tidbit I learned about myself: I can drink a liter of water in 20 gulps or 30 secs.
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Date: 2011-05-25 01:27 am (UTC)looooooooool idk, I want the least amount of shopping for the next two costumes, at least. But I'm unsatisfied with all of the ideas I have for Philly rn. Mostly because they involve money I don't have, but also because having to wait for things I ordered to arrive will take foreverrrrr.
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Date: 2011-05-25 02:10 am (UTC)That Kitty idea sounds super-cute, actually...?? Buuuut, like, kiiiind of basically what I wore to BACC, just...plus accessories (plus, like, the only Chucks I have rn are white and black and blue, soooo).
UGHHHHHHH WHY IS EVERYTHING SO DIFFICULT. >:|
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Date: 2011-05-27 04:02 am (UTC)....THIS IS TRUE. I....DEK, KITTY IS A TOUGH ONE! HER ONLY DEFINING FEATURE IS HER OLD-SCHOOL COSTUME!
YO, IDK, AT THIS POINT, IF WE END UP DOING PHILLY AT ALL, I'M JUST GOING AS RAMONA BECAUSE I CAN'T BE BOTHERED WITH COSTUMES RIGHT NOW.
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Date: 2011-05-27 03:06 pm (UTC)AND YEAHHHHH, BUT...IDK, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THINKING ABT IT RN. :/
LULZ, AWWW, SAD BUT TRUE!! ...AND LOCKHEED, I GUESS, BUT...I DON'T HAVE HIM, EITHER.
..............WAIT, DO YOU....NOT WANT TO GO TO PHILLY, ANYMORE...???
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Date: 2011-05-29 04:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-29 06:21 pm (UTC)Uhhhhhh, okay...
Um, idk, would it be possible for you to get home on Saturday, even if we go to the Con?? Because, like...Thursday is the concert (and, like, the con isn't even HAPPENING Thursday, otherwise that might've worked), and then Friday......like, well, Alison DOES have the day off, and I'm preeeetty sure she's not gonna want to spend it geeking out, so, like...unless she does have to work, last minute, I wouldn't feel right about going without her, or making her pay for something she doesn't even have interest in.
So, like...the only way I can see it would be if we do the concert Thursday, Alison-time Friday, and Con-ing Saturday, aaaaand then you just take the bus back/see if your dad can pick you up Saturday evening itself (I mean, also, we could take the train back to Jersey, and then you could take the train to NYC, but, like -- that seems kind of unnecessary, idk)??
But, like.....con tickets are still gonna have to be bought, right. Probably we could find some online coupons, though (like last time there was a Groupon, and apparently a Yelp discount...??).
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Date: 2011-06-05 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-08 02:25 am (UTC)AND YEAH, OKAY! YOUUUUU SHOULD PROBZ BUY YOUR BUS TICKETS SOON, THOUGH... (AND WE SHOULD BUY OUR CON TICKETS, RIGHT)??
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Date: 2011-06-08 02:45 am (UTC)I ALREADY HAVE MY BUS TICKET DOWN TO PHILLY! I DIDN'T BUY ONE TO COME BACK THOUGH BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE APARTMENT AND SUCH. AND I LITERALLY HAVE NOOOOOOO MONEY RIGHT NOW, SO I'M WAITING FOR FRIDAY FOR CON TICKETS (PART OF WHY I AM ALL OVER MINT.COM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING HUGE THIS PAST WEEK AND YET SOMEHOW STILL ONLY HAVE $30 TO MY NAME UNTIL FRIDAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY $10 A DAY FOR FOOD.)
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Date: 2011-06-08 11:19 pm (UTC)AH, OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH!! I WAS JUST WORRIED THE BUS PRICES WERE GOING TO GO WAY UP, OR THINGS WERE GOING TO SELL OUT, OR SOMETHING. BUT I THINK A COUPLE DAYS SHOULD BE OKAY (ALSO, IF MEGABUS DOES SELL OUT, YOUUU CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE RANDOM CHINATOWN BUSES?? THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS CLASSY, BUT THEY'LL GET YOU THERE!!)!!
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