March 2010
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This MC has been warming up the crowd for 20 minutes.
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The DJ just gave his phone # out to the crowd for people to call to try to get the giveaways on stage (and so they have his business number of course)
661-510-0349! Everybody prank call him!
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I think the MC is going to start a full tournament bracket just to figure out which section can clap loudest.
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“This isn’t your normal fashion show…you don’t get to sit back,...”
– Fashion Show Announcer
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Ladies and gentlemen, the self-billed most unique...
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Starting to feel like a fraud everytime I take a piece of cake, chocolate covered strawberry, or chocolate.
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I just got yelled at for trying to take a photo of Tricia in a veil. The lady was very protective of her designs.
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It makes sense, but it never occurred to me that there would be a shop entirely devoted to veils.
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This Is Not For Me #2: Brideworld Expo, 3/14/10
I don’t understand anything about planning a wedding. Sure, I understand the broad strokes, but the lengths people go to in order to make their big day memorable? Totally over my head. Not to mention how people do it without going bankrupt. Time to figure out this terrifying social institution.
The Brideworld Expo in Pasadena boasts:
-Runway Fashion Shows -Cake Tasting -A dress code of...
January 2010
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Tried to surreptitiously record a typical...
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Learning Yu-Gi-Oh
Ok, so you’ve got your cards. And you draw one at the beginning of your turn, in the Draw Phase.
Then you go into your Main Phase. You can summon monsters from your cards now. But only one. I think you can also do some kinds of spells?
Next is Battle Phase, which is where you can finally attack an opponent’s monsters. But I don’t know how you know who will win, because I...
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I just tried following an awesome guy in a Mario/yoshi shirt AND a replica Mario hat to get a photo, but I lost him in the crowd. I can honestly say, I didn’t think losing someone in a crowd would be a problem I was going to encounter today.
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I just saw, at two, there was supposed to be a sub-tournament for kids under 12. Just made me realize, I think I’ve only seen 15-20 kids younger than 12 this entire afternoon.
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“If you are not currently in a regulation game, you must clear the tounament...”
– Lead Judge Frank DeVio, dashing my hopes of ever understanding this crazy game.
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It’s nice to see that the long, black leather trenchcoat is still an important part of geek chic.
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Just wandered to another part of the convention center, looking for where all these kids were getting personal pan pizzas from. Instead I stumbled upon a gigantic, Mexican church convention called Sabado. The LA Convention Center is one, big non-sequiter.
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This vender are looks like it could go Lord of the Flies at any moment.
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Frank DeVio just told the room that they’re not allowed to take notes on their games. I was then privy to the sound of 1,632 nerd crying out in anger.
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Frank DeVio just told us that there are 1,632 players in the tournament. This makes it the largest collectible card game tounament ever held in North America.
And Frank sits atop it all like a king!
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This is lead judge, Frank DeVio, holding shit...
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I just saw a girl with huge, exposed, AUTOGRAPHED cleavage!!!
So, I guess there’s maybe top/celebrity players here?
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I have greatly, greatly underestimated how old the people into this game would be. Average age seems to be 16-17.
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