Well, I was talking to a friend on AIM at around 4:20-4:30ish. And she just happens to say, "And I'm waiting for [name] to pick me up for the cosplay event at [place]."

Of course, I jumped at the idea of a cosplay event, and searched up the place right away. Turns out that at a store about 20 minutes from my house, there was a cosplay event (free!) starting at 5:00. I immediately started preaching to my parents why I just HAD to go, and by 4:40 I had convinced them to let me go and was waiting for my dad to get home from work to take me.

Of course, things never work out perfectly. He apparently had some work he had to finish, so we left the house at 5:10, with me extremely on edge seeing as I was going to be late for an anime related event...We got a bit lost(due to a road being blocked off) and subsequently the drive took ten more minutes than usual. But hey, I was there at least, and for finding out about it half an hour before it started, I think the 40 minutes is reasonable considering that some of the delays were out of my control.

And that's why I think I'm well on my way to being the most hardcore otaku in my school. =D