*spontaneously combusts*

Saturday

Up at 5am, so that i could walk the dog, otherwise he wouldn't get a walk all weekend (poor Wolfy) which was the worst bit, but oh well. I was tempted to walk him in my Sealand outfit - i was that excited lol *fail* I then went to print off my hotel reservation list, ready to check in, to find my reservation had been cancelled. So after frantically ringing my mother (in London) and having her ring the hotel (such a child), i got my room back, with £50 off for "my troubles". Pissheads.

Hollie ( ) arrived at about half 7, and i squeezed into the car and off we went to Expo, in the pissy rain. Wahay. Got there to Hollie's hotel, and it was still dark. Then had a hiccough with getting to the centre, before discovering a shuttle bus and finally getting to -my- hotel at about 8:45. Check-in, marvel at my spiffy room and then get glomped in the corridor by a Pikachu who was shrieking "Sealand!" - my first fan: score.

I got so many weird looks after that - people probably thinking "What character is -she-?". I did get the odd few "Omg, Sealand? Can i have a hug?" but generally, i just stood... hands stuffed in pockets cos my shorts kept slipping... whoops.

I then bumped into a casual-kimono!Japan and a few others, but then we moved on to queue. And it was amusing when we got into the actual hall, because as we were waiting for Hollie's friend (who had an e-ticket rather than our ones) and trying not to get walked into, i heard a huge chorus of "Sealand!" Cue me turning this way and that like an utter twat until i spotted the flags and wavings. I literally skipped over to them and got lots and lots of huggles. But then my hopes of becoming a true nation got squashed when all the Englands got pissed off cos i was taller than all of them....

It was worth it.

Had a little in-character chat with - who was an awesome Lithuania - which was fun cos i just got to have a rant about England >DDD hehehe~

Nearly lost Hollie at that point, but she found me again, and i said goodbye to the Hetalia crew as they split and wandered off. Farewell~ i shall see you again...

I know this sounds horrible, but things kinda go a little blurry at that point on. My brain - not good. But Hollie and I wandered along a bit, but left the hall, to meet her friend outside who stil hadn't got in. Then, i spotted a Canadian flag just bobbing along, and excused myself to run after it. I lost it (how could i???) but bumped into an adorable N.Italy who was on her own too. So i stuck by her and discussed this meet-up that may be at 12...or at 1 - was it 1? No, half 12. 2... no... wait, what?

Things kinda blur from then on. For srs, this isn't me being "eh, i cannae be bothered". Literally, i think back and my brain goes, "er... gimme a moment~". But i met up with the Hetalia crew again, and found my Latvia ( ) somewhere along the line (which sounds bad, and i'm sorry, but my memory is not what it used to be... i shoulda written this yesterday...)Wandering about in the hall, and of course we found ourselves in teh yaoi corner, with the guy on the stall shouting "Yaoi! Get your man love here! Big man holes here! Hot steaming man holes!!!!" and the USUK doujinshi area, like, disappeared near-instantly. I managed to grab one for m'wife ( ) and one for me. The pictures are pretty~~

Our group kind of... exploded, just before the actual meet and we invaded a small alcove, and the world got thrown around (well...more thrown at Canada...). But no time for fun and games, the meet was due to start - people had been held up by the trains or sommat. More games - woohoo~! I was in a group with the Baltics - Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia and another-whose-character-has-slipped-from-my-mind-so-someone-shoot-me-now-plz . Our group name was recorded as "Boobies" but we were in fact "Eight-Zero-Zero-Eight-One-Three". Lithuanian-porn. Ya cannae beat that. First game was basically pictionary, with Latvia having to draw Gilbird, but she was leaning against America's back, so that's why she lost... or that's how we excused it anyway. It was an awesome drawing anyway. But i had no idea what was going on anyway, so i smiled and nodded. Then, we had Pop Idol... guh. I don't do that shit, but we had to - i couldn't let Boobies down.

So we did Avenue Q's "Sucks to be you"... which worked...ish. I had my iPod in, so i wouldn't forget the words, cos my brain fails epically on every level, but the group with the awesome-America and England in won... with a Hetalia-version of Harry Potter Puppet Pals. That was pure win~

After a photoshoot, the meet was basically over. Most departed, and the rest left for the extended meet at Wagamamas. I decided to go back to my hotel room, to dump my purchases and then phone Hollie, to find where she was - which was back at her hotel room. So i mooched about in my hotel room, talked to my dad on the phone, who had just come out of surgery (that was weird - he was up with the fairies and Britannia Angel, high as a cloud on morphine) but was slowly going insane, so hunted down Hollie again, who was back at the centre. Got jumped a few times more (I still have the bruises!) but then we went back to their hotel room for the night as we were pretty pooped.

Okay, i say hotel room... it was four rooms - it was an apartment. An entrance room, leading to a living room with kichenette, bathroom and the bedroom. Wtf. The next shuttle bus wasn't until quarter to 7, so i hung round, discovering that Hollie's friend's boyfriend, George, would have to go home in the evening, which he didn't wanna do at all... so i said, "Listen, if you don't mind sharing a bed, you can stay with me tonight." Which was a little... *cough* un-non-pervert of me, cos he was 15-16. But he was a cool guy, and he wanted to stay with his girlfriend, so i took pity.

We totally didn't ingest alcohol and munch on cookies whilst talking of our woes and school and shit... totally.

...It was fun though.

*_*_*Sunday*_*_*

Woke up too early. We got an extra hour of sleep (wohoo!) but we both still woke up at 6:30, both going "Is it 6:30 or 5:30???" so sat up talking and shizzle, waiting around for Hollie and her friend, who didn't arrive until about 9:30 (we were eager beavers, wanting to get to Expo, even though it didn't start until 10 XDDD). Make-up done, and off we went.

In the queue, i had my name shouted out (making everyone look at me) but it was my Latvia, with the rest of the Hetalia crew~ so i didn't mind waving like a twat. In the hall, i broke away again, to stick with the Hetalia crew and my Latvia. Watched Japan kick arse at DDR (that was... woah) and then we all kinda flailed a bit when we wondered if there was another meet-up or what...

I had to check-out of my hotel by 12, so i left. Latvia came with me, to help me, but when we got back, apparently a few people knew about Sealand dragging Latvia back to a hotel room for shota-love. Oh :iconRadiioActiveMuffin: - you would have probably exploded with the ship-ness of it.

From then on, really, we stayed outside. The weather wasn't as pissy as Saturday, so it was okay. Lost my Latvia around 2:30 cos she wandered off to the Masquerade (i think...) and so from then on, i sorta felt a bit tag-along-ish, cos i knew no one. At all.

Went back to Hollie, and hung around with her and George before wandering back to the Hetalia crew. Found newer Lithuania, , who i had met during the day, but didn't get to speak to her that much, but we both discovered that we were hungry and so went off to find pasta. Pasta -bowl later, it was time for Hollie and I to leave, so i said goodbye to Sunday!Lithuania and N.Italy (who didn't have pasta! But i fed her some >D) and then went off to the entrance to wait for my Latvia, who wanted to say goodbye to me.

(Whilst i waited, someone who i'd seen occasionally through the day, came up to me and said, "What are you?" Well, i do believe i'm human. No, i told her i was Sealand. From Hetalia. "From what?" Hetalia. "What the fuck is that?" I just stared at her, said very slowly that it was a webcomic, to which she replied "This is a game and anime convention, you know" and walked off. The fucking cheek. I coulda slapped her hairy cheek. She had a moustache too. Bitch.)

But after an enthusiastic (and endearingly awkward) goodbye from my Latvia, we left to pick our bags up from the luggage room in my hotel, and left for home. Well, i didn't. I had to go into Central London, to see my dad in hospital, but i had changed into jeans. But kept my sailor top on XD i wasn't gonna go through the tube in cosplay.

Although, getting off at Brentwood station (my local), i saw a group of Naruto cosplayers. I desperately wanted to hug them, but my energy levels were shot. For srs.

Got home about 9 and just... died. And my brain did not want to function at work yesterday, which was ultra fail, and then last night i had an argument with a friend which honestly made me feel like shit, which made me annoy m'wife cos i needed assurance that i didn't annoy her (which kinda defeated the whole thing) then did something bloody stupid, so i had to go to bed and shut my brain down. Thank fuck it's my day off today.

So, awesome weekend, awful Monday, and a bleh Tuesday. I miss Expo so much.

Demi
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