Matt and I had one heck of a weekend. We are big anime fans and this weekend was one of the biggest anime conventions in the country, Otakon. We picked up our badges on Thursday at 3pm. The heat index for Thursday was 110F, so it was more than a little uncomfortable waiting outside in the line. Luckily, the line moved pretty quickly, and it only took us about 45 min to get our badges.
After the badges were taken care of, we had to drive from Baltimore to Virginia because the National Symphony Orchestra was giving a performance of music from the Zelda video games. It was amazing. The venue is outside and in the middle of the woods. Matt managed to get us some really good seats, which were covered. It was still really hot and humid, even at that time (8:30 pm). Halfway through the show, it began poring rain. We had seen lightening off in the distance for a while. Sadly, by the end of the show, it was obvious that Matt was getting sick. He who is never ill, got sick right before our crazy weekend.
We got about 6 hr of sleep that night and got up early the next morning. I won't go into all the details of the weekend, I'm sure they aren't that interesting for non-otaku. We didn't get more than six hours of sleep each night. Matt helped me get the autograph of my favorite voice actor, j. Michael Tatum. We also got to see a panel given by one of Matt's favorite podcasters. There was a lot of grumpiness, a lot of waiting in line, and way too much of listening to irritating people. Even with those things, we had an amazing time. My body waited until yesterday to start getting sick, which was thoughtful. I don't know if we'll. Be going next yet, but I am really happy we went this year.
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