5 Days In The Life of A-to-J: An Anime Expo 2024 Recap

By J.D.

Day 0 (7/3):

Also, my birthday and my cat’s.  

I had a birthday breakfast with my family before catching the train to Los Angeles. It took about two hours to make it to Union Station and from there, I caught the Purple Line to 7th and Metro and walked another 15 minutes or so to the hotel where I met up with Manuel. 

Over the next few hours, the rest of our roommates and friends came in and the party slowly started which was mostly drinking and singing along to whatever music was playing on the speaker at the time. We also tried to get a game of Jukebox, the karaoke musical that was recommended by Lemar the Con Guy during our interview with him at Anime Los Angeles earlier this year. We got through about four songs before it ended because our other players were too drunk to continue. 

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