Sunday, 05.24.09Location: 201 S Market St - San Jose, California
Time: 1022
Once again, my mother and I found ourselves at the Tech Museum trying to catch an IMAX show. This time though, we did get in. I love IMAX, it's amazing to see and San Jose has one of the best screens in the world. Why? Because unlike most IMAX screens, the one in the Tech Museum is a dome. The screen is so large that it literally covers all of your peripheral vision. We ended up watching two shows there. The first was all about space, narrated by the original Spock, it was a great visual presentation. The second was about the Grand Canyon and was just as impressive on the super uber big screen.
Sunday, 05.24.09 Location: 255 Almaden St - San Jose, California
Time: 1324
After the two shows, we grabbed a quick bite to eat and then walked back towards the convention center. We stopped to take a few shots of the Center for Performing Arts. In 2007 we were able to go inside and watch the premiere of Play! A Video Game Symphony. Both the building and the music were impressive.
Sunday, 05.24.09Location: 150 W San Carlos St - San Jose, California
Time: 1509
When we got back to Fanime, I took a few more shots of the cosplayers that filled the front of the convention center. By this time though I was so sick and tired of seeing cat ears, pink hair, and giant swords that I kind of lost the enthusiasm that I had before. It didn't help that the dominatrix/bondage cosplayers had showed up either. Mixed with horrible B.O., I was getting tired of the convention.
Sunday, 05.24.09 Location: 150 W San Carlos St - San Jose, California
Time: 1534
After escaping the endless lines of "free hugs" people, I made my way to the dealers' room one last time. Determined to spend the remaining money, I picked up some more gashapon, plushies, and hats - which left me with one dollar left. I ended up buying a Starburst at the vending machine just to get rid of it. Once again, I had to pass the rows and rows of people offering free hugs to escape the convention and get back to the real world. As I ducked and dodged my way past throngs of people, I couldn't help but notice all the geeky 30 year old guys getting free hugs from all the cute girls . . . there is something really sad and wrong about all that.
Sunday, 05.24.09Location: 695 N 5th St - San Jose, California
Time: 1724
We ate dinner at an Asian fast food joint called Happi House. It was great, rather than burgers and fries, they serve Teriyaki meat and veggies. Good stuff, nothing like traditional fast food. After dinner it was time to collapse back at the hotel. I don't know how many miles we walked during the entire weekend, but I'm sure it had to be a lot. After a couple of hours just relaxing, we staged all the bags so we could just take them out in the morning. It came out to 13 bags (including one huge duffel bag), not including all the luggage we had come down with. Tomorrow's trip to the car was going to be a long one.
