
I made the airport bus! |

On the plane! |

Night flights don't offer as many sight seeing opportunities, but the lights are cool! |

I'm not sure what city this is, but it sure looks cool from the air! |

So much light pollution |

The exposed elevators at the Hyatt in Crystal City! |

The neat lights on the roof |

People signing up early to get their badges |

This door kept breaking all weekend |

It's only Thursday and there's already a line |

Anime USA! |

Is that all we are to these people? Anime Convention? |

Our hotel room! |

Bryce checks out the program |

Brian and his girlfriend Kitty |

Bryce is already tired and we haven't even started yet |

Nice hat, Brian |

Ready to rock! |

Flashes are bright |

The flash put Bryce into zombie mode |

Bryce brought his Persona hat |

Getting decorations set up |

Jefferson was working Registration! |

Brian and Alan |

"Sign this" |

The Anime USA mascot |

Brian is a puffer fish |

It's Mckeed! |

Ah, yes, that's the Mckeed I know. |

Looking for t-shirts |

Joanna! |

Bryce and Mckeed wait around for the Vicmobile to show up |

Alan always makes the same face when he spots a camera |

"Put the damn camera down and help me move the server!" |

Waiting around in the lobby with a pile of stuff |

Amanda carrying some stuff |

Nice pillow, Mckeed |

Mckeed sets up the screen |

Getting the VAT ready |

Alan brought juice boxes! |

Bryce marvels over the amazing prizes we'll be giving out.. namely the ones that last year's winner didn't want |

Vic gets the server ready |

There's that look again! |

Getting the VAT set up doesn't take too long |

Rinny stopped by to say hi! |

Joy works on some last minute alterations to her Error-chan costume |

Hey Amanda |

Bryce basically just wandered around |

Vic sets up some connections in the server |

I can never resist a closeup of a mixer |

Mckeed and Joanna |

Jeff plays with his trusty iPhone |

Mckeed and Joanna investigate my G2 |

It was too late to use this for my picture of the day, but I still liked it |

I found this thing in the staff hallway. Looks like a timebomb |

Wii time! |

Bryce recreates the logo to his website |

What's up, Rinny? |

Mckeed gets the playlist for his panel together |

If we don't do it ahead of time, it's usually a disaster |

Whoa, hey Jeff |

The control booth. Well.. really more like, the control corner |

Jeff and Joy hanging out in the control booth |

I imagine this is how Vic edits his videos at home.. two computers, orange soda.. tupperware.. |

The view of the Hyatt lobby roof as seen from above |

The Hyatt lobby! |

The cosplayers are out today! |

Metro stations continue to be neat |

Slipping away from the con for a few hours, I spent a few hours checking out the city! |

I missed my stop, so got off at Archives, which is the stop I used to get to the Rally |

Playing frisbee on the Mall |

Hey, where did the Rally go?? This picture was taken from approximately the same place I stood for the Rally |

The Capitol! Today, this was the closest I got |

My first target for the day.. the Washington Monument |

I was going to say hi to the spacecraft in the main room at the Air and Space museum.. but the line was out the door and I'm on a schedule! |

A merry-go-round on the Mall |

I just took this for James |

Some neat looking church |

What the hell is going on here? |

It's some crazy group shooting promotional photos for pneumonia awareness or something |

Other people got in on the action |

Walking along the mall |

The Monument is a destination for a lot of people |

I almost took a ride in one of these, but decided it was too goofy |

That second to last point is a little broad.. |

I'm almost there! |

Closer.. |

Closer still! |

Too close |

It's so surreal to see sights like this in person after seeing them on TV for my whole life |

The White House peeping over the trees! |

Neat flags around the monument |

I asked a person to take my picture! |

I asked a wall to take my picture! |

Coming up on the World War II monument |

Interesting fountain |

The walls had artwork depicting the events of the war |

Battlefield medicine sure has come a long way |

Nice fountain |

Fountain! |

I really liked the light specks on this one |

Someone left this wreath here. Remember that yesterday was Veteran's Day |

Famous names |

More interesting fountains |

Franklin Roosevelt gives the women of the war the credit they deserve |

If the Atlantic is here then.. |

There's the Pacific over there! |

Interesting sculpture |

I like the deail on the feathers |

Looking back at the fountain |

I found Massachusetts! |

More fountains |

I was drawn over to this, but wasn't quite sure what it was.. |

Flowers left at the wall |

Lots of flowers. The words say "Here we mark the price of freedom" |

I asked someone and my suspicions were unfortunately confirmed.. each star represents 100 American lives |

There are 4,000 stars here. It's simply overwhelming |

I finally made it to the famous reflecting pool! |

I'd heard the water was gross, but yikes! |

The Lincoln Memorial awaits |

Of course, I walked along the wall |

When I first rotated this picture, I did it the upside down and was totally confused |

The woman with the bike here was doing some kind of photo shoot |

I pose in front of the Washington Monument again |

We're pretty close to the airport |

Almost at the Lincoln Memorial! |

It's one of those crazy pneumonia people! |

He's doing flips now! |

Mr. Lincoln himself! |

It was bigger than I realized |

Interesting inscription |

Slightly closer view |

Proof I was here! |

The view from the top of the steps was pretty impressive |

Amazing view of the reflecting pool, even if it is a little gross |

I liked the Capitol peeking out from behind the monument |

Airplane! |

A really cool statue near the Vietnam War memorial |

After running into the pneumonia guy again, I had to get a picture with him |

Just the beginning.. |

So many names |

It was almost more overwhelming than the WWI memorial |

The reflections make for some interesting photos |

I tried to find my dad's friend who died, but couldn't remember his name. Next time. |

Lots of people left flowers |

The stuff people left behind was almost too much. I didn't look at it long |

The last name on a wall that should never have had to exist |

The book that helps you locate names is enormous |

Changing leaves! |

The Washington Monument peeking up above the trees |

The moon was out! |

Not sure what this is all about, but the flaming sword was cool |

This famous elipse! |

The Christmas trees were already being set up |

This guy was on a Razor scooter! |

Tourists gather in front of the White House while police watch them |

It's the White House! Again, it's very strange to actually see it in person after seeing it on tv so often |

The rainbows were installed after Obama took office. |

Beeeess!! |

I asked someone to take my picture |

Even deadly guard dogs need to be walked |

The treasury building! |

I took these pictures for Brett |

The north side of the White House |

The fountain really adds to the view |

And why not, I got my picture taken on this side too |

Pennsylvania Ave! |

The street is actually shut down. Cars can get on it, but only by passing a pretty intense barricade |

This sign seemed needlessly verbose.. |

This was the station I was originally trying to get to |

Already went! |

This walking distance sign seemed a little ominous considering the setting |

I already saw it! |

I was back with plenty of time before it was time to help Bryce with his panel |

This kid was really into the AMVs Bryce plaed |

Brakus thought she was funny |

She kept dancing around. Little did she know she was forcing Bryce to move all the violent videos further down the queue |

Bryce listens to a voicemail from a recruiter. Exciting! |

My favorite thing about cons again. Cosplayers out in the wild |

I got Bryce to pose with the chili again |

That's an.. interesting.. font choice. Down the harr! |

We always grab the best seats |

Mckeed didn't even try to be sneaky. Note the color of the liquid in his sprite bottle |

Our AMV Singalong panel was a smashing success! |

This poor Sakura cosplayer had to wait almost half an hour to get in to see some AMVs. |

Omar finally tracked down his pizzas |

This Okami cosplay was absoutley amazing |

She managed to move in a thoroughly unhuman, and deeply alarming, way. My lower brain just flipped out.. until she gave me a hug |

Easily the most impressive cosplay I saw all weekend |

Brian made this while sitting in the booth during AMV Hell |

It didn't fly that well |

I'm in the credits for AMV Hell 5!! |

The rave next door to the VAT is always an interesting photographic subject |

So many lights! |

The people with glowsticks made a lot of interesting patterns |

I realize these four pictures were more or less the same, but the shifting lights were so interesting! |

This is actually a hula-hoop full of LEDs |

Lights everywhere! |

There wasn't a ton of dancing happening on the dance floor |

This guy was flipping out |

I only kept this one because I liked how the moving spotlight traced out a purple blob |

Not much dancing, but lots of energy |

Dance! |

Spinning! |

Oh anime con raves.. why is there Pokemon on the screen? |

Sudden strobe lights really lit this one up |

The DJ seemed to be having a fun time |

What's up next? |

I don't know, more dancing. What od you want from me |

Give this guy some room! |

Dancing Obama up on the screen! |

I told Bryce he looked like a middle school woodshop teacher. He was really an Iron Editor host |

Artists Alley! |

This costume struck me because normally with this type of costume the head is really oversized, but not on this one |

Yip yip! |