• when i tried to talk ash into a costume
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when i wanted to be a news artist

    Ok, forget being a comic book artist, I want to be the person who makes those little graphics next to the newscaster on the nightly news. I just bet they have a huge archive of logos and stuff… it would be really neat. I don’t really want to do that… but our local news needs some help sometimes.

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
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    when i needed an update

    My room is totally clean, and the costume closet has been cleaned and everything put back in it’s place! Now the cleaning must move on to my webpage. I’ve got to redesign, mostly so I can make a freaking 2004 art page and stop putting everything in 2003…

  • SDCC 04 Plans
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    SDCC 04 Plans

    Recent stuff: -Bought plane tickets for Comic Con. Excellent times at a good price, so I’m happy. We’ll be getting there on the 20th around noon, so we’ll have time to hang out and sightsee. -Still working on secret costume. Got the basic dress cut out, started on the wig… -Bought a base corset and dark red fabric for my…

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
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    when we saw van helsing

    So. Saw Van Helsing last night. Wore my Hellsing jacket, just because. The movie probably would have been better had we started drinking *before* we saw it. It was cheesy, parts of it were awful… but it was fun. I wasn’t bored that’s for sure. And then we came back and played Star Wars Life (which was not as cool…

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when mario did the vine dance

    A random memory… I remember when I was a kid, and my dad got a Nintendo. We would sit around for ages playing Super Mario Brothers together. And when we played alone, we made sure we told the other what we’d accomplished, what secrets we’d found, what funny things happened. It was so much fun. One of the things we…

  • when we teamed up with Buffy
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    when we teamed up with Buffy

    Operation: Clean up My Life got off to a great start yesterday! I washed the Beetle and cleaned it out. It’s so clean! It’s marvelous! I got most of my room cleaned. Cleaned off the shelves, reordered my books, put my DVDs in alphabetical order, cleaned out my video cabinet, put my CDs back, cleaned out the drawers of my…

  • Anna Valerious
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    Anna Valerious

    dude… that chick from Van Helsing. I totally want to make her costume. The one she’s wearing on the wallpaper on the official site – the corset with the pants and sword. That’s freaking awesome. Wish I had room to make it this year. Maybe I can cancel Megara and make it for Halloween.

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when I needed to get my life in order

    Things I need to do, since the past four weeks have completely torn my life apart: 1. CLEAN MY ROOM. holy crap. 2. Put away all my costume stuff from the past 3 cons. The costume closet is a wreck. 3. Finish drawing for mom’s school’s auction 4. Finish costumes for Dallas ASAP 5. Clean out the Beetle 6. Take…

  • AKon Panelist
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    AKon Panelist

    from mtac, from usagichan.com! hee I’m going to be on a cosplay panel at Akon… scary! :B Also maybe a wig care/styling panel (whoo!) Speaking of which, instead of studying for the two tests I have tomorrow or writing the 7 page essay that’s due on friday last night, I randomly got out that crimpy, wild wig I was going…

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
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    when Kenny G drove like a jackass

    Two things: 1. Watching the local news just now. Newscaster: “Denzel Washington is burning up the screen in Man on Fire. Many young men in the area are hoping to become the next Denzel Washington or… the next Halle Berry!” So… young Memphis area men are hoping to be the next Halle Berry? More power to you. 2. On the…

  • Upcoming Costume Schedule
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    Upcoming Costume Schedule

    SIGH. Still trying to figure out my costume schedule for this year!! I just got a major inspiration to do a new costume for Akon. I totally want to do it, but now it’s going to screw up my schedule again. gah. So right now, it’s… A-kon: Ozma of Oz Secret!! Comic Con: Imperial Officer AoA Shadowcat Phoenix Dragoncon: Lessa…

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when i had a million projects due

    Ew. Ok I’ve been told I look like a few celebrities in my time, like that girl from the Lost in Space movie. That one I just kinda was like, eh, whatever. But this one I just heard…. Ew no! No I don’t! I tried to stay up all night last night working on the poster, but gave up around…

  • when i tried to talk ash into a costume
    a day at the races,  Blog

    when i wanted to make t-shirts

    I have 4 blank t-shirts. One is exactly like the one I put dumb LOTR panels on, except it’s white with black stitching. The other three are fitted white shirts with coloured sleeves and collars. (one is black, one is blue and one is yellow) What should I put on these suckers? At least one is going to be another…

  • My first photo at a convention
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    My first photo at a convention

    So… my first convention. Animazement 2001. I get to the hotel, we get checked in, and I toss on my Selphie costume. I’m so excited I don’t bother with my hair, and (as usual in those early days) didn’t bother with makeup. I stepped out of the elevator, not knowing what to expect but excited beyond belief to be there.…