I apologize for the lack of updates. I’m not dead, rather I’ve been extremely busy for the past month and nearly a half. I’ll catch up as best as possible on what has happened in my absence.
School is over, finally. The last few weeks of school was hell. I ended up having to drop a class due to the immense mental and emotional overload. I am definitely taking the next semester or two off from school. I need to focus more on getting a job and apartment at the moment.
In better news, I was able to go to Anime Oasis in May. It turned out to be a ton of fun, and I was able to meet new and old friends like. None of my costumes were done on time unfortunately. I was able to cosplay, just not the original line up. Thursday the convention started and even though I arrived really late I was able to cosplay a casual version of Luka with my new, gorgeous wig. Friday I ended up partially finishing and wearing Latias. She was only about 45%-50% complete, but a few people recognized her which makes me happy. I also cosplayed a formal version of Luka for a formal ball, which was very enjoyable. Saturday was the most fun of the four days. One of my cosplaying friends(Stephanie) let me borrow her Relm Arrownry cosplay for the day as she cosplayed Terra, both from Final Fantasy 6. It was a total blast to cosplay Relm. I definitely must add her to my cosplay list. Sunday was a very rushed day as the hotel wanted the room cleared by 1pm and I slept in until noon. I ended up cosplaying Latias again since I was not able to cosplay her much on Friday because I was working on her. Overall, the con was a great success. I was able to participate in some of the events, meet a lot of new people, make a few new friends, get a few things from the artist alley and vendor’s hall (plushy Azusa from K-On! *squee*), and have a good time. I definitely plan to return next year and possibly enter the cosplay contest. Next year though I will have the cosplays completed before the con. I would like to be able to sleep instead of sew. Another cosplay lesson learned. That and Mountain Dew is a cosplayers best friend. It’s better than coffee!
In cosplay news, I’ve started planning for my next con, Fandemonium in August. I’m hoping to debut two to three new cosplays there as well as revamp my Toph cosplay. I’m also planning three groups for the convention as well as helping a few of my friends with their cosplays and staffing for the con. I will be epically busy for the next month. It’s only 42 days (one month and one week) until the con! So far the cosplay lineup is Toph’s Fire Nation and hopefully Earth Kingdom outfits from Avatar: The Last Airbender, my original steampunk character, and Akari’s Summer Uniform from ARIA. I will be very happy to complete Toph’s Fire Nation outfit for the con. So far I just have the wig and waist thing/belt thing left to finish. I might back her over-the-shoulder-thing too. Oh, I have to make the crown too. I keep forgetting that one. As for the steampunk, I’ve been dying to make my steampunk character for over a year so I’m really excited to almost have her done. I’ll talk more about her in another post. Akari is nearly complete too, and I’ll have an ARIA this time! Sooo excited! I’m really looking forward to this con, in case you couldn’t tell.
I really don’t have much else to catch up on. To recap, school was hell. I need a job and apartment. The con was a total blast, and I was able to debut four new cosplays. I’m really busy working on cosplays and other con prep for the next month and a week or more. Yep, nothing else really to say except thank you so much for reading and taking your time to visit my blog. It means so very much to me. If you like my post(s) let me know. If not that’s ok, just don’t post it here. If you like the blog please follow it (right side there’s a follow button, please click it). Thank you again for reading. Have a great day and a wonderful week. ^_^ Signing off.
