Anime Expo 2009 - Day Zero

It's been about two weeks now that me, my brother and two friends of mine returned from Los Angeles after attending Anime Expo 2009. Day Zero was mostly about waiting in lines, getting checked into the hotel, and picking up our badges. On the way over to Los Angeles we accidentally took a detour thanks to the GPS I borrowed from a friend.

Apperently the GPS isn't very smart and ended taking us to LAX instead of Downtown LA and that was very frustrating because of all the traffic. Luckily we found a Kinkos (I think that's what they call them) and I was able to print out the directions. The previous year the line was inside the convention but this year the line was outside and at first it ran very slow but after a while the line seemed to move very fast. After reaching the inside I wasn't surprised to find more lines to get our badge but it didn't take long till I was in possession of my very own badge.

We headed to the hotel after the ordeal of waiting in lines but were greeted in the street by more lines in form of traffic. I've never seen traffic so congested in my life and I'm happy I don't have to deal with it every day of my life. Oh the poor locals; I'm sure they are used to it by now.

The hotel we stayed at has a lot of food to choose from and that's one of the reasons we will keep staying there every time we are at Los Angeles for the convention. Unfortunately it is quite a distance from the LACC itself but the free shuttle service makes the stay the more worth while. The first night we had Chinese food and it was very delicious.

I don't know what came over us but that very night we decided to work out even though it was something that we usually don't do. It made us very tired but it itself was a especial experience since it was at a very cool hotel at Los Angeles. I rode (can I say that?) a bike thing-ni-magiger for a mile and walked one mile on a trail-mill.

Over all, day zero for us was a very relaxing day at Los Angeles and its something I will look forward to every year.