Chapter 8: Decompression
There wasn't much to do at this point and boy, did my body feel it.
After all the drinking and carousing and whatnot, I just wanted to somehow get through the day without falling asleep on my feet.
And Ying looked even worse. Then again, if I had imbibed the amount of Tequila he had the previous night, I wouldn't have needed to be embalmed when they found the body.
I've always found that the last day of any convention to be the worst. People are worn out. There isn't much scheduled. There seems to be less interest in cosplay. Vendors are more interested in putting their stock away in preparation for the trip home.
In a complete 180 turn, suddenly we were allowed to bring bags and purses into the concert, though luggage was a no-no. And of course, being found with any electronic recording devices or photographic devices would result in immediate execution, though being ejected from the con sans pass was less of a threat considering that it was almost over anyway.
On a much brighter note, the sudden emergence of a place for the press made things much cooler. We got a prime spot right near the stage and next to a huge speaker, prompting everyone around me to shove paper towels in their ears to avoid hearing loss and tinnitus.
------SET LIST, SHOW 2------
Yumekazeguruma
AREA
NEO
Michi no Sora
one day
Ichioku no Baruchizan
Mind Core
Shikkoku no Gerunika
Scream
[feel on the dark]
LAST EMOTION
UNIVERSE
---------------ENCORE---------------
Blue Again (acapella version)(Not performed)
Gekiai Merry go round
Ai no Uta
Murder death kill
Not much changed about the second show from the first, though we did notice that the members, especially Daishi seemed to be laboring at this point. I guess the jet lag and the fever had taken its toll. He seemed to have trouble getting all of the words out.
I'm guessing that after the main set, he went backstage and told them that doing the acapella thing was out of the question so they added another song at the end, a fairly rousing version of "MDK". One final happy goodbye from Yura-sama and it was over.
The reasons for being there fulfilled we joined with the people over at Jrockonline for one final meal and said our goodbyes, trucking to the airport and leaving Katsucon 2005.
Thank you Arlington, for hosting Katsucon in a big, grey city.
Thank you Katsucon for happening in Arlington, a big, grey city.
Thank you Hampton Inn, for providing us with breakfast,
even if the bananas were misshapen and creepy.
Free breakfast is good.
Thank you PLC, for providing endless entertainment value,
both musically and visually.
Thank you Kathy, Ying and Jamie for making the weekend
eighty flabillion times better than it would have been
had we not met you there.
Thank you alcohol, for making the weekend funny, really really funny.
Thank you Naniwa, for being a karaoke oasis.
Thank you Bunny, for having way more testicular fortitude
than I will ever have, even if I lived to be 10,000.
Great costume, by the way.
Thank you, Gakuhai Avengers. You know why.
Thank you, women selling the "Looking for a Japanese girlfriend t-shirts,"
for not disemboweling me for violating her daughter's virgin ears.
Thank you, Boo, for inviting me, convincing me to go
and being the brain trust behind the entire, sordid operation.
Thank you, me, for going to Katsucon, writing this piece
and most importantly, for being a damn sexy beast,
and single too. Ladies step right up!
And finally, to whoever brought a newborn baby to the second show,
I must say, "good going!"
Irreparably damaging the eardrums right after they come out of the womb
is the true mark of good parenting.
boo's thank yous:
Thank you to Jpophouse for inviting us.
Thank you to SWEET CHILD ENTERTAINMENTS for enduring us.
Thank you to all the awesome people we met, all the ones who stopped to talk to us, all the ones who stopped to glomp us, and all the fans who cam eout in support of this music we love. THANK YOU! Also to those we poked fun at. It's all in good humor!
Please visit our concession stand and check out the PLC LYRICS a perfect end
to the perfect evening.
Finally, thank you to you, yes you, our readers. It's been a long strange trip, we're glad you could come along for the ride.
Pull your cranium out from your anus.
