Woke up this morning and the streets were full of cars all bright and shiny like they'd just arrived

[hazelchaz]

Corflu 22 (Corflu Titanium) pictures are online, as well as pictures from the LASFS aftermeeting at Solley's from earlier this month. Click on the picture of Suzanne Tompkins ("Suzle"), who is also standing for TAFF to see the Corflu pictures.

The other Animé Los Angeles video room showed animé, of course. I met Eddie Smith (aka "Anti") through Janelle Holliday ("Jaestar"), when they both came to Loscon to help me with the ice cream social. At Loscon, I asked Eddie to whip up an animé schedule for the room, and he came up with something that gave samples of many different programs -- a taste of each (such as the first two episodes, or the first five). We had a bit of a problem staffing the room overnight, though; that's another issue we'll need to solve for next year.

I'd spent about a year and half promoting animelosangeles wherever I could, mostly through personal contact. It was hard to get across the concept of a Con Suite to people who'd never seen one. I wanted people to understand that they wouldn't be stuck paying a convention center snack bar four dollars for a cup of soda. It did take some of the fans a little while to get used to it, and to understand that they didn't need to take away a whole bowl of chips and a backpack full of cans of soda. Just take what you need, and come back when you want more, and we're not here to serve as a supply depot for your room parties.

glittercat13 was kind enough to agree to run the con suite when I told her that we'd have between 200 and 400 fans... she made jokes about leaving town when I called her up to tell her we were expecting possibly twice that many, but she came through and did a bang-up job. (For those who are wondering, apart from paying for the two hotel rooms we used, we spent about a dollar or so per person on the con suite supplies.)

The other thing that I think really put Animé Los Angeles on the map was the "Costume Repair Station."

More commentary later...