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Yes, that is me in the game room, Dance Dance-ing with Nick. Credit Scott with the photo. Since they charged for the DDR this year, I didn't play the arcade machine all that much. I did get some rounds of Beatmania in there, which is like DDR with the fingers. It's more difficult than it looks.
Fortunately, Mike and I had arranged to bring the game and pads from home. After I hooked the equipment up, Nina asked if she could try it out. Witness Nina's first attempt at DDR. Just between you and me, even though it was her first time, I think she's already better than Scott and Andy combined. It's hard to tell in the picture, but her shirt features an anime character in a rather seductive pose. None of us can figure out what series it is, but it sort of looks like Rockna from Mon Colle Knights... if she were to star in a hentai.1
If you thought I was a DDR freak, check out Mike and his new metal pad he got from the dealer's room (and my cheap 15- dollar model on the floor below them). Believe it or not, Mike is actually more obsessed with it than I am. I heard he trained for months just so he could beat me in our anime club's tournament a few weeks ago. Frankly, I think I got the last laugh, because that metal pad definitely didn't seem worth its 150-dollar price tag.
Scott has a strange obsession with making signs to post on his backpack. My favorite is still "Can't Sleep, Lain Will Eat Me," in honor of my overnighter in the house of Konaka last year (Lain is even more interesting when watched in a half-asleep funk). This sign (dubbed over since the writing was too light to be legible in the picture), was inspired by Nick subjecting us to the first Chobits DVD he picked up. Apparently Scott got what he wanted, and for a moment, everybody wanted the picture of him and Chi.
Nabeshin finally hunts me down and demands an explanation for why I cut him out of the Excel leg of Anime-zing Race.
The cast of FLCL reunites, even that evil guy with the freaky eyebrows.
In one of the most hilarious moments of the con, two really large Noh Face cosplayers collide. What made it even funnier was when one pulled out fake gold pellets and offered them to the other! The scene was so funny that it generated quite a crowd and prevented me from getting a good shot. But this shot of a schoolgirl warding off the spirit was pretty good too.
Excel poses for my picture. She never was all that smart.
But now, I hereby give you permission to enter page three!
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