MOCHI > The Scrapbook > Convention Memories > Anime Iowa > 2000

Sunday morning, we met up with a bunch of other cosplayers for a kind of "Cosplay Summit" over brunch. Organized by Catherine (who we had met at previous conventions), we got a chance to gab with some great folks. [Hi Cath, Bryon, Lisa, Dan, Elizabeth, & Gerald!]. While it was a bit on the pricey side, the spread was quite delicious. A few of us camped out by the waffle bar, some headed for the main buffet lines, while others dove straight for the dessert table. Between bites, we talked about different award schemes for masquerades, craftsmanship judging, tricks for helping judges keep track of entries, and other cosplay-related themes.

Afterwards, Contingent B (remember Contingent B?) got ready to head back home. Packing Spiky Mochi (and his amazing assortment of gear) in his car and waving goodbye, the lazy bums of MOCHI (Daifuku and Sugar Bomb) cooled their heels in the hotel room, making occasional forays into the con suite for convention kibble. Toasted Mochi resumed his mad dash through the viewing rooms and panel sessions.

As the morning became the afternoon, the rest of MOCHI regrouped to go to the closing ceremonies for another round of good-byes. [For the first time in the convention, the members of MOCHI were in "plain face". Kevin Lillard, of A Fan's View pointed out that it was nice seeing everyone's actual hair color. - Sugar Bomb] Of course, when you get a group of cosplayers together, it's hard to stop them from talking about costuming. And once they get talking about costuming, it's inevitable that someone will come up with a devious new costuming scheme. [*looks innocent* - Daifuku]

Since the remaining members of MOCHI weren't going to be driving back until Monday, Contingent A decided to go see a movie. Not just any old movie, mind you. After all that anime, what could be more natural than going to see Godzilla 2000? (Okay, going to see the Pokemon movie probably would have been more natural but it wasn't playing nearby and it got voted down in favor of the giant, radioactive lizard.) Being the sort of people that believe that Godzilla should be a man in a giant rubber suit rather than a computer-generated piece of eye-candy, we had lots of fun at the movie.

The only bad part is that it gave Daifuku Mochi lots of ideas.

[RRrrrrRRRRAAAAAARRRRR! *crush* *stamp* *FFFOOOOOSH* - Daifuku]

Making up for the fact that he turned in early on Saturday, Toasted Mochi went to the after-con party. Much fun was had by all. There was a game of "keep-away" (people on the floor prevented dropping ballons from touching the floor) which metamorphized into a ballon-based assault on the balcony. (The bubbles came out later .....) Toasted Mochi got a chance to exercise his Japanese speaking skills with the guest of honor, Mr. Ito, and came away with a beautiful sketch on a t-shirt.

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