(Past Entries)
11/12/09:
I'm not dead, I swear! I know it has been a while since my last update, but so much has been going on! I started my internship at the hospital, and working part time almost every night once I leave the hospital. So my days have been rather busy. I also passed two other medical certifications and need to take one more. I just wonder when I'll find the time to study for it!
My last month has been working on on the details of the cosplay events at Zenkaikon, which happened this past weekend. Zenkaikon was a success and of course the main complaint was space issues, but we really plan to remedy that next year. This was my first year as a Department Head. I'd like to thank all those who came out for the Hall Cosplay Contest, the Masquerade, Cosplay Dating Game, and those who came out with any and all of their awesome cosplays! For the most part, I think the events went smoothly, and I really hope to improve upon them next year. So if you attended, I'd love to hear feedback from the cosplay events. Please send an email my way by going to the Zenkaikon website's contact form and selecting 'Cosplay', or join our forums and post in our official convention feedback thread. I was also interviewed about being Head of Cosplay by Joseph Valenti of Coswatch.com. You can listen to it here and listen to their various reports from Zenkaikon.
Other than that, AnimeUSA is next weekend. I have an artist alley to sell cyberlox
and more of my body pillows! And probably a few other trinkets. Also at the table, there will be several other artists selling "The World Ends with You" pins (among many others), fleece character hats, plushes (yay beenie weenies! XD), dollfie clothes and accessories, and many other things.
09/22/09:
Well apparently today is the first day of Autumn, and it is also already well into the month of September, and now I remember something I forgot to post. Did you know that September is National Sewing Month here in the United States?
In fact, this year's theme is about being environmentally friendly and reusing scrap fabric and older clothes to make new things. They are even running a contest at NationalSewingMonth.org.
So if you do nothing else this month, get a little creative and make something. Though, I probably guess that most of you are already well into making your cosplays for the fall convention season. I should really be working on that, but, back to studying for me!
08/30/09:
It probably seems like I've been on hiatus, but things have been busy between summer classes and exams and life in general. Never fear though, I have been updating the site and I am now caught up with convention reports for this year. You will now find reports for Katsucon, Sakura Sunday, Tora-con, Costume-Con, the NE Cosplayers Picnic, AnimeNEXT, the DAS Cosplay Picnic, and Otakon, all linked from my events page. ::wipes brow::
I have also found time to make it out to the beach for some boogey boarding and general getting smashed by ocean waves. Some kayaking, and trying to put together an adventure day next month consisting of camping, mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater rafting. Also, I've been busy organizing cosplay activities for GamesX and Zenkaikon, this coming fall. That and getting ready to go back to classes.
The coding for my webstore is not going exactly as planned, so in the meantime, I have set up a storefront on Etsy: GGX Designs. There are only a few items up there at the moment, but I'm working on the photographs for the other products and hope to have them up there soon!
Also coming soon, some tutorials for fabric dying and another on wig styling, and I have a few new costumes to list, including Nina Wong from My Otome, Sun-Sun from Bleach, and Onion Knight from Final Fantasy Dissidia.
And for those lucky folks headed out to Dragon*Con this coming week, have lots of fun and have a safe trip!
07/17/09:
Checking in from Day 1 of Otakon. Turned on the steamer and prepping some costumes and heading out shortly for the convention. Yay free internet at the hotel, so I'll be able to check in regularly!
Everyone have fun, and I'll see a lot of you soon!
07/07/09:
Thank you to everyone who helped make our Artist Alley table a success at AnimeNEXT! *hugs* I'm still working on the website store. I know, I keep saying it, but hey, real life has to come first. If you were interested in having something commissioned from the stuff I was selling, please just send an email my way by using the form on the contact page.
Working on stuff for Otakon currently which is next week and I just may bring some cosplays by request. LOL!!! Doing computer fixes, bleh, and trying to keep up in class. The most interesting thing about phlebotomy is that we practice on each other. I have evidence of an oops! Look here if you're not sqeamish! Also busy with other websites for friends and costuming events. Busy busy!!! See ya all at Otakon next week!
06/10/09:
I'll be selling my cyberlox, mini clip-on cyberlox I call "Candy Pieces", body pillow tentacles, dollfie jewelry, and other cute keychains at the Studio Kitsu table at AnimeNEXT's artist alley this weekend. Please stop by and say hi! Maybe one new costume this weekend, but other than that, it's just going to be a relaxing con weekend. Still working on the store portion of the website which I hope to have up next week. So if you don't get a chance to get what you want this weekend, I'll be taking commissions on the items I'm selling. See you all there!
05/28/09:
Oh my goodness, it's been a while since I updated and a hectic couple months it has been. Things are just going to get a lot more busy this summer. But I have my plans and cosplays on the agenda, however, due to my schedule, may or may not complete them. I am going to do my best though for AnimeNEXT and Otakon. This coming weekend is the North East Cosplayers Picnic and I hope to see some of you there. I'm also working on my store and hope to have things selling in there soon and catch up on my costume and tutorial pages.
04/04/09:
Well, things have been busy around here. The weather is getting warmer, and so I am getting in the mood for making more cosplays! There's two things I'm working on at the moment. Those and work have been taking up most of my time. I also have almost every weekend booked through the middle of May with different events and activities. I added a couple new events to my schedule.
This weekend I'll be helping out Zenkaikon and the Delaware Anime Society at their booth at the Suburu Sakura Sunday event at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA. Next weekend I'll be helping D.A.S. with a demonstration of cosplay at the Lillian Marrero Branch of the Free Public Library of Philadelphia. Then it's Easter and I'll be attending the traditional Cosplay Easter Egg Hunt that my friends have been having the last couple years. Then two conventions in a row. Tora-con in Rochester NY, and Costume-Con 27 in Baltimore. ::wipes sweat from brow::
Hopefully, I'll survive the month. But it's all for fun and leaves me excited to get a start on the summer cosplay season! I also wish you all luck with your cosplays for the months ahead!
03/17/09:
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
And I just realized that March is National Craft Month so go out and find something new to learn! Do a search for those words and I'm sure there is something you can find that you might have fun doing.
In the meantime, I've added some new costumes to the cosplay gallery such as King Mickey, Pakkun, and a few others. There will also be some new events added to my schedule. Those should find themselves on the events page shortly. Things are coming along and I hope to spend more time on the site once I get Resident Evil 5 out of my system. lol
01/03/09: First post of the new year goes out to my friends Bean and Fatty who are getting married today! Congratulations and I wish you guys the best! Hmmm, I better start getting ready for the wedding...
12/19/08: Sorry, because of the Holidays, I've just found myself a little busier than I thought. So hopefully, during the day off I have for Christmas, I can do a little more updating on the site.
11/27/08: For my friends in the US, don't eat too much! Happy Thanksgiving!
11/24/08: Philcon was awesome this past weekend and I still have to complete the con reports for this one, as well as the last few. But I have gotten a few of my costume pages up and running; Deidara from Naruto, Cid from FF Advent Children, Hitsugaya from Bleach, Zefiris from Scrapped Princess, and Shiina Tamai from Narutaru are now up and viewable on the costumes page.
11/06/08:
In a few hours, I'll be heading down to Hampton, VA for Nekocon.
I haven't been there in a few years so it'll be nice to see how the con has grown and
see friends who I would only see at Virginia cons. Can't wait to see you
all there and to check out all your cosplays! Bwahahahaha
10/31/08: Happy Halloween!
Friends and I out at Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitiary. We had a great dinner at Trio where we celebrated our friend Joe's birthday.
One of the best haunted attractions each year and I'm glad to have made it a yearly tradition to go with good friends and have a great time. If you're ever around Philadelphia during October, do make this a place to definately check out.
Supposedly the prison is truly haunted, and has been featured on many shows about ghosts and haunted places. Most recently I think I've seen it featured on Ghosthunters.
09/29/08: A small con report for Otakon is now up, and it's tiny. I should have wrote it up right after the con, but I just really didn't get around to doing that. A few good pics from the con included! You can access con reports and galleries through the events page or you can view it here.
09/10/08: Hey guys, it's National Sewing Month!
But you probably already knew that. There's a lot of good deals at many sewing centers and fabric stores going on so take advantage and stock up for the fall cons and winter con season, and even next spring if you're not as big as a procrastinator as me. I even got myself a new serger for a decent price on HSN...oh, I saw it when I flipped through the channels first thing in the morning, and when you're not fully awake you do silly things! But it should be here tomorrow and I'm excited to get playing with it! SQUEEEE!!!
Also completed the about me page and got stuff up on the events page. Still working on the other pages.
09/08/08: Guess what? You can get in touch with me now! The contact form is now up and running!
Darn smtp server settings. GRRRRR!!! So if you want to send me a message/email, hit the contact me button
above (that heart up there by my face), or click here. Make sure you type
in the correct email address or I won't be able to respond.
Now that the contact form is out of the way I can work on fleshing out the rest of the
site. Thanks for your patience guys!
08/05/08: Sorry, there hasn't been much work on the website, and I have yet
to get that contact form up, but I've been cramming some costume work the last
several weeks in preparation for Otakon. That's right! I'll be down in Baltimore
this weekend so if you see me, please come say hi. I don't bite...much. LOL
07/20/08: Oh look, new site is up. Although the links aren't
really working because I'm coding those at the moment. Oh well. In the
meantime, if you have suggestions of things you'd like to see, or tutorials
of stuff you have seen me do on my various costumes/cosplays, think about it and hopefully
I'll get the contact form up and working real soon.
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