• when i made a deadline
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    when i made a deadline

    Some good news is that I’m completely done with the Issue 2 part, so now I can finish scanning it and lettering it. I just need to finish doing the backgrounds in Issue 1 – about five more pages – and then I can scan and letter it. Then I have to finish the illustrations and the random artwork… phew.…

  • Lum!!
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    Lum!!

    Dude!!! I’m totally doing Lum for MTAC!! I’ve always wanted to do a Lum costume… but I didn’t want to wear it to a big con so I always figured if I ever actually made it it would just be for fun. But then I thought, why not wear it to MTAC, it’s not such a huge crowd. I just…

  • Upcoming schedules…
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    Upcoming schedules…

    Things to do: *Hotel reservations for Dragon Con *Airplace tickets for Dragon Con *Hotel reservations for MTAC I’ve decided we’re going to go to MTAC for at least Saturday. Drive up early Saturday morning, spend the night there and leave Sunday morning. One night at the hotel will be cheap. And since it’s pretty much just that one day, I’m…

  • when my stomach ache went away
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    when my stomach ache went away

    Guess what? stomach ache went away. darn it. umm… oh yeah. for my birthday my grandparents and my parents are getting me new carpet for my room. To go with the new paint on my walls. I really need it. It’s grey right now, just like the rest of the house. But in my room there are huge paint stains…

  • when my stomach ache went away
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    when i had a dentist appt

    oh my GOD my stomach hurts maaaan it’s been so long since I had a regular old stomach ache I’ve forgotten what it’s supposed to feel like. I guess last time would be when I had food poisoning at christmas… like what five or six years ago? I’m glad I didn’t go to work today, now… but if I tell…

  • when I posted our animazement 2002 recap
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    when I posted our animazement 2002 recap

    THURSDAY Picked up Ash, rode to grandmother’s had dinner. Ride to Nashville was pretty uneventful. Got lost in Nashville. We passed the Clarion where mtac was last year – is it closed? Looked like it. If it is, good, because it had ugly wallpaper and mean employees and icky bathrooms. Got to hotel finally, went to sleep. FRIDAY Got up…

  • when my stomach ache went away
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    when mema manned my art table

    Um…. it rained a lot today I got Love Hina v2. Umm… yeah OH! haha!! Wanna know something kinda funny? My gramma is going to run my artist’s table at otakon!! lmao, she said she didn’t want to go around to museums with daddy bob and my aunt, so she said she’d sit at my table and sell my stuff…

  • Post Animazement 2002!
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    Post Animazement 2002!

    Well guys, Animazement was pretty fun. I’ll have my report and pictures up this weekend. I’m really pleased with how my pics came out, this time. I was also very pleased with my costumes! I’ll update our Xiaoyu pages, my lulu page, my misato page, and we got new pics of Ash’s Meryl and Ranma costumes. For Otakon, Ash and…

  • Last minute
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    Last minute

    Well, folks. Ash and I are off to Animazement. Check out my livejournal for some various costume ramblings, but here’s my tentative costume schedule: Friday – Xiaoyu, Misato Saturday – She-Ra, Lulu Sunday – Misato or Utena Ash will be wearing Xiaoyu, Ritsuko, and Ranma throughout the weekend, too. I can’t wait!! See you guys there!

  • when it was animazement time!
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    when it was animazement time!

    Well folks, it’s that time. I actually got everything done last night. We leave around 4 this afternoon, drive to my gramma’s, drop off my clothes for next week & eat dinner with them, then go on to Nashville. Tomorrow morning we get up and fly out of Nashville around 7. We’ll be arriving in Durham around 9:30… and then…

  • Leaving for Animazement 2002
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    Leaving for Animazement 2002

    Yep, tomorrow at this time I’ll be at Animazement 😀 I know this should go in my cosplay journal, but OH WELL! Xiaoyu… I’m pretty satisfied with Xiaoyu. I’ll probably wear it most of the day friday, with Ash in her 1P Xiaoyu costume. Speaking of which, I painted the design on the back of Ash’s Xiaoyu costume, and I’m…

  • when my stomach ache went away
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    when i wanted to be disco leia

    doood!!! did you see the end of friends?! oh my god! You know how I said I wanted to do like, a secret agent version of my blog? forget that! I’ll just make a star wars version! I’ll use my Leia pictures!! hopefully some of them turned out well enough… hahathat’d be cool. You know what I want to make?…

  • Art Post: Various SunDowner Designs
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    Art Post: Various SunDowner Designs

    Other character references from SunDowner… The villains and their main outfits. And two of Miles’ looks. In 2016 when I went back through my old sketchbooks, I found a few of these that weren’t finished. Here are two of Madison’s: And another of Miles’: