LAZINESS. It is EVIL.


......Sooooo you guys ever sit around and view cosplay pictures of other cosplayers and you get super pumped up to work on your own costume..? BUT as soon as you sit down with some of your fabric (or all) you get this overwhelming feeling and decided you don't want to work on it anymore?

I get that. A lot. I think I'd have more costumes done if it weren't for that feeling. Sometimes though I don't feel like working on anything so I force myself...and then I go into sewing mode and can't stop working! D: I just don't get it!!!!!!!!! -cries-

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. I guess I could work on some tonight and tomorrow... but I think I want to play a little Harvest Moonz ;~; I'm such a horrible cosplayer....a lazy one, a real lazy one! If it's such a passionate hobby of mine, wouldn't I be doing it more? I guess I'm not passionate enough. FAIL. D:

I NEED TO GO GET DETERMINDEDEDED. k bye.

-
ShEiKcHaN ;3

It only looks complicated as a whole..


But if you take it on piece by piece, it's not so hard. ----
This is how I take in challenging costumes on my own. I may not be as experienced as I want, but the only way to get experienced is to experience right?

I'm really excited about my Rikku costume. The trainer dressphere is not cosplayed enough. Then again I always love cosplaying costumes that aren't as cosplayed much. Hehe. Anyway, I'm taking the costume slowly and I admit I get lazy. BUT I do have almost all the fabric I'll need for it. Almost. I need to buy some RIT dye though for some of it. Rikku has this thing about her costumes where she has a lot of pieces that fade from yellow to orange.... ah well.

If you're wondering about my Sheik costume... I've kind of put her on hold. I haven't found any fabric that will work with the dark blue I got at Wal-mart so I might need to buy some at JoAnn's and just start over! Fun stuff, but it's worth it. I want Sheik to come out as well as I can make it on the first or second try...lol.

P.S.

Sorry for my lack of posting. I've been caught up with other things since Robby has been here. I don't spend a lot of online time as I use to.

Fabric~ YAY


(me practicing with a wig I already have heheh)

I bought vinyl. I'm a bit worried. I've heard it kind of gets tricky making outfits out of Vinyl material but I think I am up to the challenge. I like challenges---sort of.

So I abused JoAnn's sale and bought 5 different types of fabric for the price of $24! I still need fabric for my Rikku and Sheik costumes but I got some to work on Rikku's outfit. I had NO luck with finding a good stretchy blue for Sheik. I might have to start over and get new fabric for the whole body suit part so I can find the right blues together. ;__; Siiiiigh I bought that bolt at Wal-Mart risking this issue and it happened. Oh well, you learn from your mistakes!

I'm super excited to work on all my costumes but even MORE excited to see my fiance this Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh I have someone to help me with my props whenever I run into a random problem at home. ^-^; Yeah, I don't know..I'm so excited though. He's like my best friend, which is good I guess considering I'll be marrying him. :] We both like to work on things alone..so when we're in the room working on stuff it's kind of quiet and relaxing. We get a lot done. So he won't be too much of a distraction... Maaaaybe at first since I haven't seen him in 7 months lol but...yeah. I'm just excited.

In any case. I can't wait to get more RIkku progress done but until he arrives I'm going to keep the room clean ;__; Yeah..I don't feel good right now, my tummy is acting up so I'm going to go now.

JoAnn~ You've made me so happy!

So. JoAnn's is having a sale this week because of Veteran's day! I mean, some of the items that aren't on sale should be but whatever...I'll be happy with what I can get! Today it was gloomy and raining so I went with Kailey to JoAnn's. We bought some fabric. I didn't buy all I need because I NEED A LOT but I bought some stuff to work on which made me happy.

I bought some fabric for my Rikku and Bridget costume. Yay~ I know, my costumes keep changing. I think the costumes I REALLY want to work on for the first half of next year are going to be (in all honesty):


Rikku~ Trainer Dressphere (FFX2)


Sheik: Zelda OOT



Bridget: Guilty Gear


Miki: Vocaloid

Awesome Youtube Widget!

Yaaay, this has nothing to do with cosplay!! Except the fact that I uh, worked on my Sheik costume a tad bit earlier. The front needs a few pieces sewn on and then I'm done with the shawl/flap thing.



I added my youtube Subscribe widget to the bottom of my blog BUT here it is. I think it's cool XD





Just Switch Already!




Sheik Progress Yay!


I'm sorry Fado but I cannot break bread with you any longer. =_= I mean...you will be sent to the end of the list right now. I'm just upset with how my "tunics" come out. I suck at them. I FAIL and I hate it. So I don't want to work on Fado for a long time.

What does this mean, Miss Sheik?

This means Miki takes his place. Yay! I've been saving so many pictures of her so I can have all the right angles for the best references. I REALLY adore her outfit and voice. She's just so cute. I'm pretty excited for this costume. I've decided I would love to take her to AOD along with Sheik and Lavi. :] I know I'd love for Squalo to go as well but I'm not so sure I'll have enough time to cosplay as him during the whole 2 days of AOD. It's a sad thought, but a true one at that. I think I will work on Squalo after AOD because I'd love to take him to Fanime.

Right now I'm having trouble finding the perfect wig for Miki. Her hair color is always a little different in the pictures I have but it looks to me like it's an orange with like a hint of red or pink in there. It's a lovely color and I DID find a wig that could work but I lost the bid for it and so I am still looking. UGH. Oh well, I will find it.


OH YEAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I purchased something AMAZINGLY AMAZING the other night and I won't tell what it is until it comes in the mail. I will take one photo and post it online. I'm super excited about it too. It was a nice handful of monies but I had to. I don't regret it at all. Not one bit. :D

Anyway, I said I'd go like 20 mins ago on facebook so I am going now.

Vocaloid. OY!


I had sworn I would NEVER EVER EVER cosplay a vocaloid and guess what happened? I FOUND HER. Freakin' SF-A2 Miki, a new vocaloid from another program. She's so adorable. I love her hair (aside from the fact that long wigs suck..) and I ADORE her little cyber outfit. Her voice is kind of raspy in some songs and I love it. She's just too cute and after listening to a lot of vocaloid songs and attempting to learn the famous Love*Joy song I've come to accept the fact that I will indeed be cosplaying as a vocaloid. XD I'm sorry if I have disappointed any of my followers. Ah, I can't wait to be a cute little singing robot girl.~

Ahem. Aside from that I will be pulling out some fabric for my Sheik costume and working on it soon. Perhaps even tomorrow. I REALLY want to and need to. I don't know why I have been slacking ;__; AGHHHH. In anycase I think I'll add one of my favorite songs of Miki and then say good night. :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ApXJt74_4

;__; Oh wow.

I haven't written in this blog for like 24 days! Uaaagh. I wrote in my personal blog yesterday but it had been a while since I had written in that one too. A lot of happened since I got my job. Personal stuff and some cosplay progress.

I think I'll stick to sharing the cosplay progress right now...

I worked on my Luxray costume and it's like..70% completed! I'm still unsure of what wig I will use. I don't want to get a new one just for it so I might borrow a friends black wig, three of my friends have them...so I'll see once I'm finished with the costume.

I also worked on Fado, but the whole costume makes me mad. I don't like dealing with it..it makes me mad, the sight of it angers me! Okay, not angers..but I get irritated. :[ In anycase, I have tons of costumes I want done and now with the job..I have no excuse! I need to work on stuff, I just get lazy and hardly feel motivated at all. .__.; I also miss someone very special and I don't know when I'll hear from them.Bleh.p00p.....

Bodysuit Pattern....? :[ Ugh.



I worked on my Luxray costume the other day! It's coming out better than I thought. I had some mistakes here and there but it was a learning experience. Every (or almost every) costume I make has something new I have not done before on it. I think that's the best way to learn. :]

I haven't started on my Sheik costume but I did find some wigs that I really like. Specifically this one. I think it's a beautiful color and looks a bit cartoony which I want! The thing I'm having a problem with is the body suit. I was thinking of buying a pattern to make the base but I found none. Is it because they don't make them...or is it because I should just make the outfit in pieces? I was hoping to make one bodysuit and then add the different colors/shapes on top. But now I'm thinking I might just have to make my own pattern and make it all in pieces. I looked at some other Sheik cosplayers and there's a few I really like but no one has done the feet as accurate as I want to make mine. Maybe because it gets complicate? I don't really know. All I know is it makes me want to cosplay Sheik even more! It must be the competitive spirit I sometimes have. I want to be REALLY good, not to "Show people up" but because I loooove Sheik sooo much and am a huge Zelda fan. I want to show that in my costume. :]

Anyway, if any of you have any tips for me please feel free to leave a comment. I'd love any type of input. Also---I want to find the perfect red contacts eventually! ^___^; I just got to find a safe spot. I doubt my eye doctor will have red contacts just layin' around. People tend to lean toward blue and green contacts. XD Heheheheh.

Oh! I hope my friends have fun at Sac Anime. I stayed home and I'm okay with it actually~

-
Sheik

Sheik Got the Job!


Yes I did. I got the job! I'm super happy to be working now. I will be earnin' my money and earning experience working with children.. eep!
It's going to be an adventure but I definitely need to grow up.

So on the topic of cosplay since this IS suppose to be my "nerdism" blog... I have been really leaning toward cosplay OOT Sheik again. I mean I never let the dream go. I just really think I am ready to make it. I have avoided spandex for a few reasons but I might...just might..cheat and work off an already made zentai suit. I don't know. It depends. I won't work with shiney. At least I'm hoping I can avoid it. :[ Any thoughts on this?

I really love Sheik. Obviously. So I want everything accurate. I will look for the perfect wig and I will get my eyes checked eventually for good contacts so that I can have the red eyes.
I even want to start stretching and perfecting cartwheels so I can do some awesome photo posin'.
I LOVE SHEIK. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. It must be perfect. Or close to that. ;__; She is just an awesome character. Yes, I refer to Sheik as a female. :P

On another note, I started playing Spirit tracks again. It's pretty fun and cute. Kind of annoying dealing with that..tower thing but uh aside from sneaking around bad guys, it's fun. :] I haven't been playing Harvest Moon as much but I'm in Winter of the first year and Julius has NOT asked me out. =__= How will I ever get married at this rate? I've given him soooo many presents and he only has 3 hears meaning we're just friends. This game made becoming more than friends way harder than it really is. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree...seeing as he loves perfume, roses and pumpkins but I dunno. I might have a chance! AHEM.

But ah..yeah. I posted a new video on my youtube today. You can check it out if you'd like. I think I will go now though. My tummy hurts. ;___;

-
Sheik

A Day at the Park in Cosplay!


International Cosplay Day. It was fun! Only a few of us were able to attend but we still had lots of fun just goofing around. We had a few stares but there was this one guy who walked by and was like, "Nice cosplay!" and we were like "..... oh....thanks!!!" We weren't expecting anyone to know what we were doing because we live in such a "Small-hick-town"...kind of place. XD Yeah.....I mean I live in Hyrule.-cough-

In anycase! It was fun. We played in the playground area, took pics and made videos. I was going to upload a video but my computer was having issues with the program and was refusing to export the edited movie. ;__; So I can't upload it to youtube yet!!! Made me mad. I wanted it up last night. I'll try again though. I'm sorry. :[


I also texted quite a handful of people wishing them to have a happy International Cosplay Day!! Unfortunately my fiance doesn't cosplay so he said he wasn't celebrating it. I think he gets jealous of cosplay since it takes lots of time and money away... I don't know. He's a very inward person so dressing up + pictures are not his thing. XD It's fine....my friends were lots of fun and hilarious. But uh yeah. What did you guys do yesterday? Did you all dress up? :]

Bedroom Tag!

Kisa Sohma it is!


The wig isn't perfect, or made for her but it will do. IT WILL DO.

I can say I'm rather excited about tomorrow. I haven't been in cosplay out in public for quite some time, especially not here in this tiny town. I know people will look at us but we don't care! We love to express our individuality and creativity! Nothing wrong in that and no harm either.

I know my friend Kay-chan will be going as Shigure. She's working on the Kimono tonight! Talk about over night cosplay! w00t. I think Ne-chan will be Noodle from the Gorillaz~ I'm not sure who else is going. My sis might join us but she doesn't have a costume. I gave her some suggestions but I don't know....if anything she likes taking photos (she's the one who does my photoshoots) so she can at least get some nice shots of us. ^___^;

Well, I should get back to working on the ears....I'll update tomorrow on how it goes. Hope you all have FUN TOMORROW!!!!!!!!

THIS FRIDAY. COSPLAY. AHH.




Sorry for the lame-o caps! I'm freaking out. Okay not freaking, but I am reaaaaaallly NOT sure who to cosplay as for "International Cosplay Day".

I have a few options in mind but I don't know. I kind of just want to make one before Friday. I think that's a bit insane though considering there's only 2 days before Friday. Ugh. Why did I wait this late?

I think my friends and I are going to get into our costumes and hit up a burger joint or something then probably take pictures / make videos for the heck of it because of the "holiday". I think it's going to be fun and neat! ^__^; Tonight I hung out with some of my friends. It has been a while but it was nice. Although we have a nice handful of differences, we have cosplay that is usually the main topic. Actually, it's all we talk about. Or mostly what we talk about. I'm fine with not talking about cosplay though... I mean I've been fine knowing I'm not really working on anything. Perhaps once I start having an income I will jump into some crazy projects. I don't want lots of simple costumes. I want epic costumes. Costumes that scream "I TOOK A LOT OF TIME BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!" XD Ahhh perhaps it is the artist in me.


Anyway, I'm pretty tired now. I think I will sleep. Let me know if you'd like to see me in a certain costume.......

What are you guys (my followers..hehe) going to wear on International Cosplay Day? :]

Keepin' busy.


So I'm just chillin' at my laptop that I have set on the bar counter with a little fan blowing in my general direction. It's nice to be able to just relax again.
EEEEEEEEEEEEE.....My mom just started the blender and it startled me XD SO MUCH FOR RELAXATION.... Nah, I don't mind. She's blending up ice and frozen Orange juice to make orange slushies for us. They're really good! ^_____^;;

I can say that today went well for me. I went to church and talked with Kailey's mom about a job that I'm thinking I have a REALLY good chance at getting. I already have her recommendation and I've been a Christian all my life so I am way comfortable sharing about the Lord with the kids. Oh yeah! I didn't mention the job earlier did I? Yeah. It's basically this intern job where I will be a leader for this kids program at the church called KidMo. I will be making sure lesson plans are planned out, help plan out games and lead the children around. I'll also tell them stories from the Bible whenever other leaders aren't able to be there. I'll be on "level one" for a while so I won't be doing TOO much but I will be paid! I'm so happy to be getting my foot in the door. I've been jobless since I took a break from school. This means I can go back to school next semester. I refuse to take out loans so maybe I can get some financial aid too. The job won't pay a lot, it's part time but for now it's experience and such. Never thought I'd be working with kids but a job is a job and I've been praying about this! ^_^;

What else did I do today... well I helped babysit my little cousins for about 5 hours and then I came home and worked on my curtains. I put some new ones up. I kind of gave them my own touch though... but eventually I'll put up even better curtains. After that I took in some jeans because they were too baggy on the legs. I messed up and so they're half way finished..XD One leg came out too tight. I hate having to rip seams...T________T

Ohh my slushie is all ready. Yay. I'm going to go now.

I hope you all had a fantastic day!

P.S.
My Luxray ears are done...they've been done. I'll take pics when I'm done being lazy about it!

-
Sheik




Bleeblaabloo......meh.


I haven't worked on anything lately.

I'm kind of on a break or something like that. I haven't been able to fully function enough to work my machine that well so I'm keeping my fabric in its bag and yeah. This means no Sac Anime.

I've been going through things, as my personal blog says and so I haven't been doin' much. I'll be okay....though.

I really miss my fiance and I'm trying to find a job and my place in the world. My belief in God has pulled me through this, well not the belief in Him. Just that He has helped me, Himself.

I will be better again and I will be better than EVAR D:!!


I just want to apologize that I won't be updating this much with any cosplay stuff.
So...I'm sorry :[


I still kind of upload videos online..sort of.

P.S.
I started on Fado, messed up again and haven't touched it since. T_T


-
Sheik

MONEY~!!!!!!!!



I've been making some money lately and it feels good. I don't even want to spend it! It's in the bank now and I feel at ease. I have some in my piggy bank too. I'm really happy people like what I make and want to buy it! I recently sold one of my bags to someone in New York! Maybe this is a way of getting my designs out. I don't know ^-^; I just love design and making things. It's not something I could live off of (not right now anyway) but it's definitely a way to earn money while I don't have a "real job." My family has been helping me too. They give me their clothing to fix (like aunts and uncles..). If I fix my mom's, I don't charge her at all. She's giving me a dang place to live!

Aside from this, I've been growing closer to God again and I feel like myself again. I've been struggling with some anxiety/depression so I went back to my bible reading and encouraging music. It has definitely been helping. I just need to find a home church I feel really good in. You wouldn't believe how different churches can be and how hard it can be finding one! o-o; Ahhh.... I've been missing Robby a whole lot too. Sometimes I wish I had friends around here who were either engaged or in a long distance relationship, like mine..and by "like mine" I mean they've been with the person for quite some time. It gets rather difficult..and it's good to see other people being strong in theirs too.~ I think the only reason, aside from our strong love, is that God has helped Robby and I through our tough times and we've survived! Ahhhhhhhhh how I love Babidee soooooooooooo much and I love God soooooooooo much for blessing me with Robby. (Babidee = Robby XD!).

^___________^ Soooooooooo anyway. Today I already ran some errands. I sent off some stuff, sent off a letter to Japan and then put my money in the bank. I am tempted to buy a wig but I think I'll wait until I get even more money and know I can afford to buy it and some other things. For now I'm going to save my money. :] Meaning---AVOID BURGER KING O___O!! Small meals, and cheap things do this thing we call...ADDING UP..... I had less in the bank than I thought and I looked at why...and it's because I bought food here and there. =__= When I could have waited until I got home!

Okay well. I think I've ranted enough. I'm going to go look at some stuff I could possibly make.

-
Sheik

Lazy, lazy bwutt~

I've been lazy. Sooo no new cosplay stuff.
Fail. Right? T__T
Still on the fence with Sac Anime! Kind of leaning toward the Yes side
but I still don't know.

Ahhhhhh.
Some of you already know of this but I added a new video to my youtube.
I sing. Sometimes. Not well but I really do like to sing! (Who doesn't? D:)
I'm not a shower singer though, I'm DEFINITELY a car singer XD


I LOVE L'arc~en~Ciel. Hyde's voice is love to my ears~

Nerdism Moment: CL'ANNAD

Nerdism Moment~!!!!!
Meaning I feel like talking about anime, games or something..
not always accepted by the "normal" world.
Ahem. Sooooo
I've been watching this anime called Clannad on Netflix.
Unforunately it is dubbed not subbed but I deal
because I am too lazy to always try and get comfortable
watching it on my laptop. I like the sofa OKAY?!?!
I also don't like moving my laptop from the desk
because he is comfortable on his desk
and when I move him I have to
unplug ALLLLLL his USB connections
and then he freaks out and loses internet
connection.
I don't know. He wasn't originally mine so I'm not sure
why he works this way. Must be a power setting =__=

Anyway~!!!!!!!
So I've been watching this anime and it's actually pretty interesting.
Doesn't seem like a "typical anime". It has its moments
but for the most part there's a pretty good story line and the characters
are fun to get to know. It really revolves around this guy who kind of has
nothin really goin' for him at home and his past is a bit hazy but instead
of being some bully at school he actually starts to try and make friends
with some random girls at the school. The thing is, the girls are a bit weird..
Only like two of them appear to have a normal life. The others he ends up kind of helping
with whatever problem they're having at school or with the past... There's like one who is
actually the spirit of a girl who's in a coma, then there's this chick who everyone thinks is like
a robot because of her stregnth and she likes to walk around in a bear suit. Then there's Negisa who seems very weird but ends up being a very sweet girl and joins Tomoya with trying
to get the drama club going. Well, the drama thing starts to get Tomoya (the guy sorry XD) to get more involved in their lives and they become friends.....and like I DONT KNOW. I suck at explaining things because there's all these details in between....bleh. It's interesting though.
I've been told to keep watching it because it gets better. I'm on episode 14 right now. The first story arch is only 24 eps, then there's the "After story" which is 24 eps too.
I don't know..it's weird and it has some fantasy in it, like the story of the girl and the robot in this whole other world going on... (like the photo).

There's not a lot of action in it...except when Tomoyo (the tough girl) beats the crap out of people. Kyou is also a hostile girl...she's hillarious though. XD. Then there's another girl who
is a dang genius but her social skills are hoorrrrible..so they try helping her.

Yeah. I pretty much failed trying to explain this. I suppose I will leave you with the ending song..

There also isn't much romance in this. Not yet anyway. It's mostly about friendship, strong bonds between people, fantasy..some suspense and maybe a little drama, but not much.
Meh. I like it. :]
Oh and I finished this other one called "Chance Pop Session". It's about friendship, sisterhood and music. It was actually cute and short (13 eps)

(Usually you'd see little dangos but it's Pika in this one! XD)



Bleeeeeeeeeeh.


Another day.
Where I did not work on cosplay.
Which really sucks.
Why do I do this?
I do not know.
Blah, blah and more blah.

Today was alright.
This blog isn't though.
It fails.
I'm sorry.
I truly
am.

I hope all is well for you who read
my blog.
Thank you.
I like having an audience.
It's nice to know
that...
I'm somewhat..
interesting?

Okay.
Good night for now.


P.S.
Beet has a youtube. Subscribe NOW. ;O

-
Sheik

Parties~!!!


Soooooooo I went to a pool party on Friday. It was very fun!
We even had a fire at night so there were yummy smores involved.
On Saturday we made this funny D.gray-man skit on video and it'll be
up on Youtube sometime this week. I HOPE!
Then today I went to a party at another friends house and
they had LOTS of food. They are portuguese so it's in the blood
to cook, cook and COOK yummy food. My friend's dad made these
DELICIOUS PORTUGUESE DOUGHNUT THINGS.

O____O It was heaven in a few bites.
I had like 4 or 5. I don't remember. I wasn't even hungry. They were too good though.

I had a blast though. We were out on the dock with some friends and family members (all around the same age..early-mid twenties) and we were playing this number game.
It's kind of hard to explain on here but it was like "Big booty". Anyway! We were all cracking
up and having a really good time! I finally got home a little while ago. I feel tired now.

As for any "Bad news"...uhh I'm thinking about Sac Anime and wondering how I'm even going to afford it. =/ I really don't know at this point. I feel like I shouldn't be using what little money
I even have. I still have no job because I am slackin!


My Cosplay list...toned down :[


I think I've been going a bit over board on cosplay too. I've been wanting to make WAAAAY too many costumes. I know I want to, but themoney is unfortunately an issue and I really need to calm down with it all. I have 4 new costumes I want to make for Fanime and I think that is all I will buy anything for. I already have all I need for Fado, I don't exactly have all I need for Luxray but I might just paint my body where the blue shows....I kind of like the idea of that but I don't know. I DON'T KNOW. O___O We shall see about that idea later.

ANYWAY! I'll list character names of all I will work on from now until Fanime. They won't exactly be in the order I'll be making them because I usually work on a few at a time!

(Thanks Ne-chan for the post, helped me kind of calm down with the cosplay thing too.) I love cosplay but...I honestly do need to relax before I'm broke and also too busy to find a job.


July 2010 - May 2011 (Assuming our list won't change...)
Fado - Windwaker (??)
Luxray - Pokemon (??)
Kisa Sohma - Fruits Basket (AOD, Sac Anime)
Squalo superbi - KHR! (AOD - Casual | Uniform - Fanime)
Lavi 3rd Uniform - D.Gray-man (Fanime)
Dizzy - Guilty Gear X (Fanime)
Peppitia Rosetti - Star Ocean 3 (Fanime)

Yeah, that's it. Man, I'm tired...good night.

-Cough- Watch this - cough - So dang cute XD

Looking for a job and finding discouragement.

Is one of the hardest things to do these days...and it sucks. It's hard NOT to be discouraged when you live in a small town, can't afford to buy a car on your own and "Now Hiring" is a rare site to see.

I'm not completely discouraged otherwise I wouldn't be turning in these 4 applications tomorrow, but I do feel a bit down when I look at them. I realise how bad I messed up by not trying to work as soon as I got out of High school. I feel like I have truly failed myself. I wish I could even get a dang cleaning job, it's something I wouldn't have to look that good for but an area I know I could do well in and earn some experience/money through it. :[ Blah. I know, I'm just complaining...and there are worst cases than mine but I just can't help but vent out these feelings!! I know this is suppose to be about a cosplay thing.......but whatever. I'd like to make more costumes and even earn some money in that area since it's what I want to do. I want to be a designer...*~* But that's later...after I get through the "crap jobs" and earn my way up.

Ahhh.....I wonder if there are many like me with no good work experience, trying to find a job. :[
Even with schooling on the papers, most jobs want to see experience...not all that you know. -sigh- and it's hard to get experience when they're wanting one who already has it..especially at my age. Grrrrrrrr. I screwed up in my life already. (.____.); God help me.......


-
Sheik

Ani-Vent 2010

So I'm back from Ani-Vent. More like I've been back! There isn't TOO much to say. I had a nice time but I really felt I was dying in my outfit. I don't handle heat well at all anymore. I get too hot and start getting grumpy. :[ It sucks. I still had fun being Lavi with my friends as Lenalee, Allen and Kanda (YUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!). A tiny part of me wishes I had gone in one of my other outfits that I worked harder on, because I was doing a cosplay panel and felt kind of bleh up there in something I halfway bought. Another part of me wishes I was in a FREAKIN BIKINI---because it was DAAAAAAAAAANG HOT XD. The panel went well I think! People told us that they enjoyed our panel and a lot of people attended it too! O___O I was kind of nervous at first.....

Ahhh....next time, if it's a hot event I will choose one of the swimmers from Pokemon like my good friend Amber did for her Santa Cruz gathering which I wish I had been able to attend and she looked darn cute in it too. :) But...I am still going to cosplay as Lavi. He's fun to be...

I also really want to cosplay Squalo now.. (Reborn)*~* He's such a loud brat. Not the Kanda kind of brat... He's just a loud, high-tempered Italian mafia guy with gorgeous long white-silver hair *~* I plan on using the wig for more Ayame costumes too! I love crossplay...almost more than cosplay but I will still be girl characters---they have too many ADORABLE OUTFITS!

Man I use the shift key a lot.. I LIKE TO YELL CAN YOU SEE?!?!?!?! It's the enthusiasm in me. ;) Okay well uhhhhhhhhh I'm going to go. Miam's going to bbq up some tri-tip.. ;)

-
Sheik

ROFL. Narutard Nite.

I
Don't
Know
What
Happened
Tonight.
I must
Have
Been
DRUGGED.

ROFL.
We weren't Narutards tonight.
I don't know what you're talking about.

XD

-
Sheik

...You'd think.


People would worry about me considering I'm going to another "boy party" tomorrow. But no. Because they've accepted my conversion to Nerdism. Yes, nerdism is what I MADE UP...at least in my mind I have.

-rubs sleepy eyes- I is tired, very tired. Tomorrow--err today I will be going to another party where my friends and I dress up like boys..and make videos.


Oh yeah! AniVent is this Saturday and I am very excited for it. It seems lots of cosplayers are going...and I can't wait to see old friends again!!!!!!^___________^ WOOHOO~

............


Hi guys! Lavi here.

So I wanted to share a bit about how... YUU AND LENALEE SHARED THE TENT ALONE LAST NIGHT. While poor me was sick at home..all innocent. Oh oh oh, Rhode even visited.

-Crosses his arm and pouts- Hmph.......I deserve a tent with Yuu.



~
Lavi

Augh~!!



I can't believe I'm still up at this hour.


Actually I can. -__- It seems I don't like to go to sleep until the break of dawn is obvious through my blinds. Ahh...I really need to change my schedule. This one isn't going to do.

Well, I don't really have much to update you with, and if I do...I'm too lazy to. I changed my blog a little bit. Oh and here's two Lavi pictures I posted, I'm sure some of you already saw them but most of you haven't. They are just crappy webcam ones...but I'm pretty much done with the costume part, I just need to work on the hammer....and I'll be done!

So how are all of you? Any new costumes? ;3

-
Sheik

Wigs, wigs the magical fruit, the---wait, whaaat?









Hehe. I love wigs. I REALLY do. I believe they chan either make or break a cosplay. Seriously. Investing in wigs is a REALLY good thing. Even though they may cost a lot, there are sites that offer very good prices such assss.......---> http://stores.ebay.com/CosplayDNA-Wigs-for-Cosplay & http://www.epiccosplay.com/ . They have awesome wigs for prices that definitely are cheap considering the QUALITY you are getting. Sooooooo, I definitely recommend them. Anyway. Wigs can make you look so different, thus...making cosplay so much better when you own them. I agree, contacts can really help a costume out but the wigs definitely take the cake. They are what people might see first. Now I'm not saying you suck if you don't have one, I'm just merely sharing some cosplay advice for all you cosplayers who read this or just happen to read this. ^___^; If you have any questions on wigs, please ask me. I will be happy to answer your questions.

I'd really like to get more into styling wigs but it can be quite frustrating. Ahhh....anyway. That's it for my random tip-blog thing. :3 I don't normally do this but I find it fun!!


Not at Anime Expo...


It actually kills me that I'm not at Anime Expo this year.
It's depressing!
What's funny though is that my monthly thing is late again (I'm just not regular anymore it seems!)
and it'll probably hit on the 4th of July..Last year it hit the day of AX. XD
Sooooo yeaaaaaah.

I just wish I could have gone this year. I loved Fanime and all, but one big con a year is not enough for me. I love it too much to just be happy with that.
Luckily, Sac Anime looks like it will be a definite thing so I'm looking forward to that! I'm also looking forward to our D.gray-man night this Friday and Ani-Vent next month.
It looks like quite a few friends from everywhere, even the bay area are going to it!
If we get enough people to go we can earn more money..and then it will encourage more people to go next year. This year could be the last year it is held because the host is moving away. :[ I don't even know if I Should tell anyone but yeah... Unless people take his place, this won't happen again so I REALLY hope we can get enough people to go to the con. SO PLEASE GO!

n________________n

Alright, I need to get ready. I'm going to Wal-Mart today with my Miam.


-
Sheik

AniVent Fresno, CA


Hi Everyone~!

Just reminding you all about next month's AniVent. It will be a small convention but it will be one none-the-less and I am super excited about it.
I no longer "plan" to bring my Luxray but there's still a chance I might bring it...or something else. I have a lot of brainstorming to do with that costume so right now I haven't even been working on it, to be honest. T___T; Ahh but I will do it eventually. What I have been working on though is Lavi's shirt and wig. I need to finish recoloring it and then finish touching up the shirt I bought. Most of the costume will be bought but alternated..since it's casual wear from the manga.
n_____n Sooo I won't be all crazy/hardcore for this event and I'm pretty happy about it. It means I can run around like a crazy Otaku. I hope I don't get fangirled... I mean a little attention is nice but a lot? Oy. :O! The reason I say this is because D.gray-man is kind of popular and even when my friend went as Yuu Kanda to the Ani-Jam picnic...she stepped out and some girls were like "Yuuu~!!!" XD So now that we'll actually have the 4 friends from the show...it'll be interesting to say the least.

Ahh...now moving onto what else is next. I'm still putting off the Fado costume that I want to take to Sac Anime. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to afford Sac Anime. I still desperately need a job but I SHOULD have one by then if I keep trying, right? Maybe I'll even borrow money to go. I really want to go. =(! I will work and clean houses if I need to..or babysit, ugh~ I just know I want to go and that PikminLink will be there and she asked me to bring my Agitha costume. :D Seeing as she is one of the cosplayers I favor, I will most likely bring it. I also want to walk around in the evening as our D.gray-man troupe..in our pjs that will have a touch of our personality to them. Hehe. ^____^

But um yeah..here's a photo of my Lavi progress!


We Will Be MEN.


Lavi


Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii everyone. Long time no--post? I apologize. AGAIN.

I don't think I will apologize anymore. Just don't expect many post like I use to have up!

So what has been up with me? Well not a lot exactly. I've been active on other online sites but I just haven't been in the blogging mood. Since it would be too much to write about how I've been personally I think I'll just inform you all on what's going on cosplay-wise?

ANI-VENT! This is a 1 day con/event going on next month in Fresno, CA. I've been asked to be a guest and do a panel on Cosplay so that is what I will be doing! I also asked to have 3 other members of my group with me so they will be joining me in the panel. What are we cosplaying you ask? Well unless I decided completely that I won't be wearing Luxray (Due to weather or something, I don't know) I will be Lavi from D.grayman all day! Kay-chan will be going as Yuu, Ne-chan as Linali(Lenalee) and Aoi kun as Allen Walker. :] We'll all be wearing the casual outfits they wear in the manga so it'll be comfortable! Later on though for like next year, we'll wear the 3rd uniforms of their's. Even though we won't be all "hardcore" I Am SUPER excited for this. I've really grown close to the character and my friends have gotten good at getting in character. We have so many videos we want to do. xD It's not even funny....well maybe...maybe it is.

If any of you guys live near Fresno or something you should go! You can seee usss and we'll totally LIKE HANG OUT. :O But uh yaaaaaaaaaaaah...........................that's next month. July 17th. Saturday. 10am. Fresno Fairgrounds. Be there. D:


Look for us! :D

Bye guys~!!!


-
SheikChan



If You Care or Own SoulSilver!!

Please watch my video. I may need your help and/or input!

Princess Agitha


Princess Agitha

I had a photoshoot yesterday. It was really windy though so I had to keep fixing my hair and wings. I still had fun though. My sister was the photographer, isn't she great? :D Kay-chan was there too, she was filming....totally pulling off her Tomoyo cosplay, except in regular clothing! Hehe. But yaaaaaaaah, it was great.

I love my Princess Agithat cosplay A LOT I just hate how it takes a while to get into it because of all the details I have to becareful with and the ones I need to add on after putting on the dress. I'm not sure what con she will be going to next, it might be Sac Anime...or it might just be AOD or something. I'm not sure ^___^;

For now though I have some other costumes to work on so she will stay safely hidden in my closet of costumes and junk. I seriously need to clean that thing out. :(!

You can view more photos here:

-
Sheik

Back on Track!



Hi guys!

^~^ I'm sorry for my lack of posting, and I know I always apologize like this too... but I really AM sorry! I've been busy and lazy, yes, lazy..... but here I am now with some cosplay updates!

Even though Fanime is over until next year there are still costumes I want to make! This summer I have only 3 in mind and that is Fado, Luxray and my Sand Bender cosplays. I'm pretty excited for them and all three of them combined will still cost less than my Princess Agitha costume XD
I won't need to buy any new wigs, my friends have offered to let me borrow their wigs. :) Which is nice of them, and they're always welcome to borrow my wigs or even costumes...!

Ahhhhh.. Alright, pictures!

Fado:

Luxray (designed by me):

Sand bender:
?? No picture yet but they're from Avatar: The Last Airbender! :3 My friends are doing an avatar group of sand benders so I'm joining in!

Oh and I posted a few Fanime vids on my Youtube! Also, I have a new vlog up and I'm editing my Cosplay in America video too right now!


-
Sheik

PEWP. I'm tired.

Yeah. The sun is coming up.

Sooooooorrrrry for lack of posts and wow...why am I even posting? I thought I wanted to but now I don't.


Check out my youtube for my new Fanime videos --- > http://www.youtube.com/user/SheikChanz

Fanime 2010

My Princess Agitha - Complete!


Okay. Wow. Where do I start...?

The con itself was great. It was just as friendly as the last time I was there, if not friendlier, the costumes were amazing and I saw a big variety of them. I got to meet so many friends of mine that I had only known online and I even was surprised to see a few of them there. I'm so happy I got to go, it was one of the greatest birthday gifts..ever!! D:

Debuting my Princess Agitha was great. So many people liked it and I was very happy!! It showed that my hard work paid off. The Zelda gathering was THE MOST AWESOME gathering I have ever been to. There was such variety and so much creativity in it. I've never had so much fun at one gathering. It was great. I also got to meet my faaaavoorite Zelda! She's so pretty and so sweet, she was there with InkyLink. :] Here's a pic of us!
As for the Masquerade? I'd say we did well on stage. We were so nervous though, most of us anyway so when I saw the video of us I could tell. I think next time we'll need to move a bit more and not look so bored with ourselves. I think we forgot to think about how we looked on stage infront of people.... in our minds we were just thinking, "DONT MESS UP!" heheheh. Ah well, it was fun and I enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy the stress part of it but next time we WILL BE PREPARED. We'll know what to expect so we won't be too disorganized or late with practices/showing up.

Ahh...there's so much I can say about Fanime but I really don't feel like writing it all. I had a fun time and that's what matters. I advise anyone who loves anime cons, to go to Fanime. It's a great experience and I know you'll like it! =)

Hope to see you next year, Fanime!


-
Sheik



Going to Fanime!!!!

Alright, I'm going to FANIME!!!!!!

Okay, maybe not this second but I will be at 8am tomorrow!!

For some reason I am really anxious/nervous about this trip. I'm not sure why.. I mean I feel as if something will go wrong or I'll get bad anxiety there (cause mine acts up..due to slight..disorder). I dunno though O______O I'm just praying we'll all be safe and have fun. - prays -

Everyone else is nervous. We're actually competing and we're hoping our costumes survive the trip up there. We have so much delicate stuff this time u_________u;;


Aside from thaaaat... I'm good. I'm going to shower then head to Kay-chan's!! We're gonna have MilkSHAKEZ in honor of Fanime tomorrow.

2 More DAYZ?!




Yeah. So I'm pretty much finished with my stuff. All I need to do now are touch ups. I need to touch up my wings, touch up Mercedes' top..and Agitha's top. Thaaaaaaaat's all folks!! XD

Ahhh. I also need to write down a list of what to pack. I'm going to be taking 5 costumes. 4 of them I kind of planned, 1 is for a friend to borrow during the Zelda gathering but I also might wear it (it's Dark Sheik) on Friday evening so I can snag some pics with InkyLink because he has an awesome Dark Link. :DDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and he's traveling from like the East....so it's a rare occasion ~!

-cough-
Huge pic is huge but whatever!!!!!!!!!!!

And...why did my font change color randomly? OKAY ANYWAY. SOoooooo I'm really excited for fanime. Almost got everything how it needs to be. Everyone else in my group is hurrying to finish things, but I'm pretty sure they'll finish. We're super nervous and excited about our skit. I think it'll go well. I wonder what the stage looks like, I've only seen the stage they use to use in that one building.

Oy! I just turned on my phone cause it died and I got like 2 messages each from 3 of my group members..who all seem to need my help! I feel bad though.. I have to go to a graduation today, out of town..like an hour away. I don't want to go, but I already said I would and my family is all close 'n stuff..so it looks bad if we miss out on things...especially when they went to both my graduations. BLEGH. I'm bringing my Pokemon game. I hate sitting through graduation ceremonies. :(!!!!!!!

Anyway, I need to go and work on stuff for like an hour then get ready. Freakin' cheap. :[ Talk about bad timing.

I feel Crappy and it's Great!!!


-Cough- MY DRESS IS ALMOST DONE!!-cough- (This pic was taken before I added on the last details at the bottom!)


Okay. So I don't feel that crappy, which is rare but it happens and I'm so glad. Ahem, as many of you may remember I was worried about a little present from mother nature not arriving before Fanime... well it HAS so I am GLAD. :D!!!!!!!!!! I won't be bloated, sick, cramping and worried in my off white costumes this weekend. I'll be okay. w00t. So that's some relief off my shoulders!

As Blanche always says, "Better late than..pregnant!" Ahem..ehh..if you don't watch Golden Girls then nevermind XD!!!!!

Alright so I am pretty much DONE with Agitha's outfit. All I need to do now is run down to the hardware store and buy some grommets for the back of the dress because I ran out. I also need to add the anklets she has goin' on and theeen add the butterfly wings to the back of her dress. I think I'll just use velcro, so they can just kind of stick to my back... o.O; They're really light weight seeing as they are only craft foam. The other butterflies along the front will be safety pinned to the front. This way I won't have to worry about ruining them when the dress is packed away in it's plastic dress protector thing... they'll be put away in something else.

I have a feeling that this week is going to fly by really fast!!! O_O; Are you guys ready for Fanime? It's this Friday. -PEES-


Less than 2 WEEKS left!!!


Hi everyone...

I know I calmed down on the daily posting. I have been kind of busy and kind of sick. Stress has caused me to get headaches and bad..digestive..stuff. Heh. Blegh. I'm okay though, I just have a lot on my mind and only half of it is about cosplay. Unlike the stereotype, my life isn't just about this awesome hobby...I have bills and jobs to think about too.. (e_e) which sucks.........most days.

Umm..I'm not sure what to write about today, I'm again, not feeling too well. I did some work on my crossbow though so I will show you that and I'm almost done with Leafeon. I might work on the tail today...I don't know. I have so much to work on so I don't know what I want to work on first. :P

How are you all doing? Who's going to Fanime? It's like NEXT FRIDAY, less than 2 weeks away. Anyone freaking out? Cause I sort of am........................

Oh and my "." is prolonging itself. Last year it did this before AnimeExpo. It waited a WEEK before it actually hit ...on Day 1 of AX. -_________________- It better not do that this year. I'm going to go try and relax and pray it hits me soon. T____T Stupid mother nature and it's desire to make me miserable.....


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