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.
I'm sorry to hear that the end of school was so rough! :( I hope the rest of your classes turned out okay, and that your job and apartment search goes well! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that the May con went well! Do you have any pictures anywhere? :)
Oh, I really hope you get Toph's outfits finished for the August con! And the other ones, too, of course, but I'm not familiar with the characters. ;) How're they coming?
I've never really understood the follow button, but I may give it a try soon.
Keep up with the blogging (and cosplaying)! I look forward to another post soon, and perhaps some pictures if you get an opportunity to post some. :)
Oh, just to note---sometimes your posts don't show up for me for a while after they've been posted. :s For example, the post before this one didn't show up until this post appeared. I don't know if you have any idea what could be causing it, but I just thought I'd let you know that. :)
The rest of my classes turned out well. The job and apartment searching is rather rough. The economy is rough here so it's hard to find a job and affordable place to live.
ReplyDeleteI have a few pictures on my Cosplay.com account. The link is in the side bar.
The cosplays are coming well. I'm actually about ready to post a new update about them. ^_^
Thank you! I really enjoy blogging my progress, and I'm very thankful and glad that you take time to read my blog. It means a lot. Hopefully I will be able to post pictures, but since I don't have steady access to a camera it's rather difficult.
I actually use an offline blogger most of the time. Sometimes I'll forget or not be able to post an update right after it's written so often times I'll post most or all of the post I've written at one time when I have internet access. Unfortunately, that can lead to wanky post updates. I apologize for the confusion.