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I got my wig in the mail a couple days ago- today I decided to slab it on and take a few shots. This is it unstyled- I really love the color, it's not super red and it's not a super natural color either (it's a nice in-between)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Zoroko/anju/100_3538.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Zoroko/anju/100_3519.jpg

I popped in one blue contact (man they are so hard to get in and out! how do you people do it)

What kind of styling gels/sprays do you use, guys? I have my usual, but I'm interested to see what you guys use when styling your wigs.

I'm torn on whether I should buy new ears or if these are fine- For Anju's top I'm going for the in-game brown color (though I really like the saturated almost mauve/red color the artwork seems to portray). Shoes have been bought, they make me two inches taller- (5'11''!! lol) the height difference is going to be amazing between me and hime. xD


I know I will get this costume done in time, but once again I'm worried about getting Link done argh. If I have to I will be debuting him at A&G ohio (i'd much rather debut him at ohayocon though)

Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to shape up a little? My current job requires to sit on my ass 8 hours a day- 7 days a week, and I don't have much time for the gym (I don't have excersize equipment at home either). So far I have stopped drinking pop or eating sugar, and uping my water intake.

srsly I think my butt is getting bigger everyday- so gross. LOL

I ordered my Anju wig a couple days ago- I'm pretty excited about it because of the color I chose. It's been a while since I've really done anything related to cosplay and I miss it a lot- I think the best part of the whole cosplay experience is making the costume. (anju progress is about 35%). I can't wait to see your Kafei costume Hime~!!

I'm starting over on my Link tunic again, this will be my third attempt at it. I will get this right darn it!  Hopefully I will get it done though, I'd really like to meet up with Jaquii again~

So I went to go see Astro boy (with jing and a friend) because I am a Tezuka fan-

Overall the movie is exactly what you would expect from the previews. It wasn't bad in the least, it was just 'OK' and a perfect movie for really really young viewers. The violence was very toned down and my god the voice acting was absolutely monotone for a couple of the characters.  I loved how they portrayed Astro, I feel like that is the only thing they got pretty much down. The humor was very mehhhhhhhhh......blahhhok. 


 I like that they incorporated Tezuka in the film. THE ENDING MADE ME LAUGH A LOT. LOL

 

I haven't been on LJ for a while- ehh....I will post, or try to post more soon (and catch up on pals!)


Anyway have any of you seen the movie where the wild things are? 


I've been getting half and half from some of my friends- Love or Hate.



Looking at it from the outside: I think it looks really cute, and I love the music a lot- But I have no idea how it would be. 

(First I would like to thank everyone who responded and gave me advise for my last entry- you are all too kind <3 )


I had a ton of fun at Matsuricon-


Don't get me wrong- Matsuricon sucked hard core. It was utterly gross just being there in that environment.  I don't know if it's just because the con was really that bad, or if it was that con environments are just getting more on my nerves as the months move by. 

I have a pretty high tolerance to most things, it takes a lot to get me riled/angry. But Matsuricon was just filled to the brim with what seemed like.....idiots. The whole place smelled so freaking bad as well- it was just ridiculous.

Anyway the best part of the con- was not the con, but the friends of mine that were there.  I got to Columbus at around 1:30ish and met up with Jess-face, which she just got up from bed LOL.... didn't surprise me tho <3. Me and Jing got to see the new campus dorm rooms for CCAD- which were absolutely gorgeous....i was so jealous. They were so freaking styling and had very comfortable accommodations.

Jess grabbed her scout costume after a shower and we drove down to the con at around-- umm--- 2:30ishhh. We walked in the hotel just to take a quick look around and it was quite evident within 20 seconds how awful this con scene was going to be. Despite this we jumped into our Scout and Scout's mom cosplays. Speaking of my mom cosplay, I could NOT find my dress for that costume at all. I probably stayed up till 5am looking for it....I'm having the absolute worst luck with my costumes lately. At Otakon I couldn't find my Link boot or Zoey shoes and then at Matsuri my dress goes MIA. Me being absolutely insane- I ended up going to the thrift store really quick before we hit the road. WHICH I did find a dress that could pull off the look I wanted. It didn't match the color of my headband but I was happy regardless because I really wanted to cosplay with Jess and our spy friend at Matsuri. 

We wore the costumes for about 2 hours before we decided to give up finding our spy (we hadn't contact him before the con so we weren't even 100% sure he would be there.) Got out of the costumes and got some food (AWFUL DAIRY QUEEN FOOD) talked about our rp like nerds, and then just hung out with some other friends near the artist alley. And then low and behold spy shows up and me and jess flip our lids and jump him- practically bombarding him with hugs. Despite his suit being an unnaturally bright red he made a great red-spy. We got some shots for fun and hung out in TF2 cosplay the rest of the day- (we ran into Jason in his sniper, which was a pleasant surprise). I got to meet chris and soni a couple of times throughout the con, but never for too long- It was great to see them non the less.

I think the most weeaboo moment of the entire con was watching some badly dress naruto cosplayers intensly making out-  under a....black cloak with red clouds on it. It was utterly the most sad and laughable sight to see- In the lobby no less-  Also to note when we were having our night shoot we walked past a van with the music playing at full blast, the van rocking back and forth intensely....with a womans hand gripping the window. We were all just stunned, it was just hilariously awful- What made it all even more amazing was when Jason went behind the van and started humping and dancing behind it- LOL

Sunday we didn't even bother going back to the con and saw INGLORIOUS BASTARDS instead- which I must say was a much much better choice than going back to that con. 

IDGAF spelling btw- go away (if anyone on my friends list would like to chat with me on AIM I will be trying to get on it more often- just send me a note with your name or something)

I think I need a break from the internet.

So I found everything for both costumes, except ONE Minish-Cap BOOT.


WHERE.....IS....IT??? auughh- I destroyed my room and anywhere else the boot would be, and found nothing. D:


So at this point, if I don't find the boot by tomorrow I will be wearing Zora Armor again . If I wear ZA, It will only be for 4 hours max, and I am probably going to avoid the Zelda shoot.  Again I am so disappointed with myself for not finishing my hero-garb, but oh well-  XD
This will be the last time I wear the thing most likely, I want to remake 90% of the costume someday.

So here is my cosplay schedule (not sure what chaos is happening in between meet-ups) :

Friday:
Scouts Mom-TF2shoot Time: 3:30pm Location: Fountains
Left 4 Dead: Time: 5:00pm Location: Fountains

Saturday: 
Attend TF2 shoot: Time: 12:00pm Location: Outside Video-Game Room
Zora Armor(?) ZeldaShoot (?) Time: 2:00pm-
Perhaps just wear Zoey all day and be comfortable? XD

Sunday:
General Valve Meetup/Shoot- 1:30pm
Wear casual clothes and chill, or just wear Zoey.


If anyone wants to meet me, or arrange something--please send me a note or e-mail~!

Still don't know what to wear--- ughh---

Misplaced Minish cap boots and spirit gum--- and misplaced Zora armor black tight pants---

I think they got lost in the dorm to home transition-


orz.

Alright so here is my update regarding my hero garb link- It's just not going to happen. I know I can get it done in time but it's not a costume I want to do that with- it's not something I want to rush on.

So I am contemplating what to wear to Ota-. I was planning on wearing Scout's Mom on Friday, and on Saturday I was thinking of wearing my Minish Cap Link. On Sunday I will wear Zoey or just normal clothes- It depends on how I feel at the time.

Instead of Minish Cap Link I could wear Zora armor again- But I'm not sure if I should...



So who is all going- and what are you wearing? ;D    (also if anyone would like my phone number for the weekend just send me a message)

For once I finally have my own computer. One that I'm not sharing - one I bought with my own money.


It's just wierd to see it sitting in my room- I've always shared one up till now.


Now to fetch Adobe and I'll be set~~!

So yesterday I was just meandering through the thrift stores for anything I could potentially use to modify for random cosplay parts or just something to wear in general (btw it's super hard to find -anything- remotely stylish/cute in thrift stores). I found a shirt and put it up on myself to see how it would look and this is what happened:

Random Guy: That's cute...
Me: Um...thanks....
Random Guy: What's your age?
Me: Uh---
(long pause)
Random guy: So do you go out?
Me: Go out...?
Random guy: Yeah...around here...
Me: N-...no.

And that's when I started to saunter away slowly. Hahahahah- Oh god, getting hit on in the thrift store.  In any case I ran into a good old-pal while at the thrift store (who I thought moved away further- but I was oh-so wrong) We had a nice conversation after not seeing each other for a while and exchanged phone numbers. We actually might go to a midevil fair together soon too! Yay~

-In other random news my sister got an Xbox, and I'm so excited. I bought Left4Dead and Bioshock, we have been playing L4D almost everyday now. It's great having it in our hands because before we would just go to a friends to play. I really want to buy Prototype next and actually start playing Killer7 (P-ro said it was a good game) Ahhh~ So many games to play...

So my mom always reads the AOL horoscopes because I suppose that's what parents do these days on the internet-

Anyway- She read me this today:


Cancer Career Horoscope for July

The Sun in your sign until July 22 pumps you up with confidence and allows you to express yourself creatively. On July 3 chatty Mercury enters your sign, signaling an increased ability to communicate effectively. Working relationships are especially important around the July 7 Capricorn Full Moon in your 7th House of Others -- this can bring annoyance from an overbearing individual. You may be called upon to handle extra professional responsibilities, so be prepared to put in more effort to handle them well. The New Moon on July 21 is an eclipse in your sign that could mark a major decision that might change the direction of your working life.


IT'S WIERD CUZ I JUST GOT A CALL TODAY TO GO TO AN INTERVIEW ON JULY 7TH- HMM- exciting~


silly horoscopes.

uUUuughhh I'm so sick of people pulling drama out of their asses- It's -Tegaki- people! Lighten up! Can't we all be pals? hahaha- ugh.


Anyway Otakon is comming up soon- There will be so many people I know going it's ridiculous, but in a good way!

I'm almost done with my Link boots- I hope they look good in the end~

Happy B-day IchigoKitty~!

Happy B-day Tony~! (former roomate)

Happy B-day Jing~!



Happy B-day....me!


3 people with my exact same birthday (same year/day)~ So weird! hehe

Con report? Nahh....I'm too lazy- Just know that it's been one of the better Colossal-cons to date, i'd say~


-Enies Lobby- by =Zoroko on deviantART

These are songs that I listen to that always seem to cheer me up almost instantly- Also goes to show you how schizophrenic my music selections are.

The Wine Song- The Cat Empire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgkHd6eBfoE
I Can't Decide- Scissor Sisters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFKUnfwBPTU
Good old fashioned lover boy-Queen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KafdP4_RZlI

Anyway does anyone have a facebook? I started meandering there more lately and I was curious if any of my livejournal peeps have one~


Another random note- I got a cute shirt today~ wheee---- I'm slowly slowly updating my wardrobe to a more fashionable one~

I apologize for my lack of lj cut lately~ (lazy) Anyway this isn't a finished costume yet- I still have to add the belt and properly fit the dress on me. Also I need the proper makeup and headband. shoving this on Cosplay.com later...

GUESS WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL TODAY! This sexy Spy shirt- Which I got free shipping with because they forgot to send me an e-mail about shipping the package.

I also got the Umbrella Academy figurine set the same time as the shirt : http://vonscomics.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/umbrella-acad-pvc-fig-set.jpg - I got it for my sister for her birthday, and since she was around when I got the package I just gave her the gift right then. Her response was hilarious because she wasn't expecting anything. We normally don't buy each other things for birthdays or christmas, and we don't make a big deal about it.

Ok last post about this I swear-

Here is the two fabrics side by side to show the slight color difference, and textures. It is also a good contrast to show the belt in relation to the fabric.






I love the textured fabric but it's just at that point where I'm wondering if it's a little too light-