Jeaux and I went to JACON as Sae Sawanoguchi and Takeo Takakura from the anime Maho Tsukai TAI!. My first time doing a lot of sewing for a costume and I definitely hate it. We entered the costume contest but didn’t win anything (and didn’t expect to). Here are our costumes. A bunch of the other ones we saw at the con can be seen at the photo album for this convention.
Sae & Takeo
Takeo
Sae & Takeo
Sae Eye Belt
Sae with Jeff
Us in the Costume Contest
We also went to a nerdy music performance after we got out of our costumes and enjoyed the band playing video game stuff. I even danced.
Fred and me right before we took off down the river!
Before canoeing
It’s a gator we saw on the river!
Gator
This is another gator. Actually I took a bunch of shots of gators but not all of them are that interesting so I just put the two best ones.
Gator
We ran the canoe onto the bank on purpose so we could have a picnic. This is me and my mommy relaxing.
Mom and Ivy picnic
This is what my mom described as the “big honkin’ tree” that we used as our landmark to find the picnic place. (It was pretty honkin’.)
Big honkin tree
We’re shoving off to paddle the rest of the trip; me and Mommy in the canoe.
Mom & Ivy canoe
There was some awesome scenery on the Hillsborough River! Lookit how the reflections are in the water.
Nice scenery
A pretty bird in a picturesque scene!
Nice nature
WOW. Look at that reflection. It totally bowled me over, I’m glad the quality translated to digital format.
Nice nature
At the end of our trip, we spotted this WILD CHICKEN. Also known as gator food. Heh.
A wild chicken
I met my friends at Beer Belly’s, where some came for the beer and some came for the karaoke. (Guess which reason was mine?) Here we have me, Phil, Steve, and Meghan.
Phil, Steve, Meghan at Beer Belly’s
Same people as above except now you can see Ammy. We’re trying to decide what to sing. (Steve is only concerned with getting shitfaced. Which he did well.)
With Ammy, Phil, Steve, Meg, 7/2003
Ammy, me, and Phil. Probably saying or doing something goofy.
Ammy, Ivy, Phil at Beer Belly’s
For some reason this is what my mom did when her picture was taken at the karaoke place.
Mom licks her drinks
It’s Ammy singing karaoke.
Ammy sings at karaoke
Fred’s turn to sing!
Fred sings at karaoke
It was so special that I had to have two pictures. 🙂
Fred sings at karaoke
Here’s me singing karaoke, from far away.
Ivy sings at karaoke
Meghan’s turn to sing! She is a doll.
Meghan sings at karaoke
Phil’s turn. My mom forbade him to sing the song “Chef’s Salty Chocolate Balls” this time, so he ended up singing Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car.” Just as raunchy. You can tell from his hand gesture.
We had Morningstar Grillers, potato bread, and mushrooms!
Our feast
We made cinnamon buns for Aubrey at work, who was leaving. We made some for us, too, but used allspice because cinnamon doesn’t agree with either of us.
