So the last like… month or so has been rather hectic. I’ve been so scatter brained lately it’s not even funny. It’s actually quite annoying, because it often makes me look incompetent. Here’s what’s all been going on:


First and foremost, Sugoicon is coming up at the end of the month. That means a new costume, and as usual, had issues with it. Starting with the fact that I had to hold off getting anything for the costume because the character had yet to be in the show for more then like… ten seconds. I’m doing the human form of Hyourinmaru (Hyourinmaru as in Toushiro Hitsugaya’s Zanpakuto) from the current filler arc of Bleach.

Next, the wig. Hyourinmaru has long, thick hair. Two qualities that are hard to find together in a wig. Add to the fact it’s an odd color and you’ve got instant wig headache. I could find a wig style I liked, or a color I felt worked, but could not for the life of me find them together. I’m sure any cosplayers reading this will understand where I’m coming from. I finally found a style I liked, but of course, it didn’t have the color I needed. So my next plan was to get it and dye it to try and get the right color. Well… I ended up being stupid and didn’t get the color I was going to get. I got a different color, hoping it would be fine. It wasn’t. Hyourinmaru’s hair is like… a sea green color. The wig I got was blue. >.< So now I’m back to the dyeing plan. Not sure how well it’s gonna work.

The wig also isn’t as thick as I’d like. Originally was going to get hair extensions and add them to the wig, but due to money constraints I was unable to do so. So will have to do that at a later time.

Next, arms. Hyourinmaru’s arms are made of ice, and since I don’t feel like freezing my arms, had to find a way to make them look like ice. Well there was no way in hell I was painting my arms. That would just be a disaster. So I came up with the idea to use long wedding gloves. Went to three stores, two bridal shops (one of them being David’s Bridal) and one costume shop. NONE of them had blue gloves. So I had to order them on-line. Which was no big deal, except I wasn’t able to get all my fabric. Hyourinmaru’s legs are also ice, so I needed the gloves in order to get fabric that would match. Still haven’t actually done that. >.<

I’d have to say the only thing that didn’t give me a headache was the fabric. Didn’t have any problems getting that. I even have most of it cut. Just a matter of sewing it together. Did I mention the con is next weekend? *headdesk* Fortunately the costume is relatively simple, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too much of a headache to put together. Hopefully…

But, before I start on that, I have repairs/corrections to make to my other two costumes I’ll be wearing first. The main one being my Haori for my Histugaya costume. I’m redoing the black designs on it because they look like ick. When I first made the Haori I had wanted to sew on fabric designs, but the thing was already taking forever, so I nixed that idea. Then I was going to paint them on. Didn’t do that for the same reason as not sewing them on. Finally I decided to use iron on paper. It worked. Ish. Took forever because the designs didn’t want to transfer from the paper to the fabric. It wasn’t until after I’d finished I actually read the package and it said to use the paper on cotton. My Haori is saten. Whoops. So while wearing it a few of the designs along the bottom started flaking. So now I’m sewing fabric designs on. The rest is minor repairs or sewing snaps on to a jacket.

Aside from costume work, there’s also been various plannings for the con. is going to try and go with us, so there was planning between him and me on that. Though for about two weeks we lost contact because he wasn’t getting my e-mails. Still isn’t actually, but now we have each other phone numbers so we’re good there. Will figure out the e-mail thing later.

Now aside from con stuff, I’ve also got like… four art projects. Two of which are contest entries I haven’t even started yet. >.< One is a meme that’s for fun, and the fourth is a set of costume designs for Ohayocon in January. You’d think I’d be keeping my mind on the con coming up, but I said I’d try to have at least some of the designs done by Sugoicon. What are the designs? Bleach meets Sailor Moon.

Allow me to explain. My friend Amanda and I went to Kennywood a few months ago, and I dunno what we were smoking, but while walking around we started talking about the Bleach boys dressed as Sailor Senshi. And thus our new costumes for Ohayocon were born. Yes. We will be doing this. I offered to draw up some designs for those of us doing it and bring them to Sugoicon. Right now it’s me, and my friends Amanda, Holly, and Athena doing it. Amanda, Holly, and I cosplay as Histugaya (me), Byakuya (Holly), and Renji (Amanda), and we’ll be the Senshi. Athena, who does Rangiku, will be doing her as Tuxedo Mask. It’s gonna be interesting.

Currently I only have three designs done. One each for Amanda, Holly, and myself. I decided to take those three to the con, then while with Amanda and Holly, work on others while getting their input. The contest entries… dunno if I’ll get to those. One I might be able to, cause it’s a bit simpler. The other one needs more detail, and like I said, haven’t even started on it yet. So we’ll see what happens with that. As for the meme, like I said, it’s for fun, so it’s not something that demands my attention, but I’m having fun doing it, which makes me want to work on it more.

I also just recently started my own Pampered Chef business. My grand opening was the other day, so now I’ve got that on my plate.

I also have work, so that cut into overall to do time. Plus life in general. My Tuesday games, or just getting together with friends. Not to mention I’ve got like… four fan fics floating around in my head that are just begging to be written.


As you can see, my brain is being pulled in many many different directions all at once. I’m waiting for it to just give out and explode. But because of all this, I’ve been forgetting things a lot. Like renew my license. I kid you not, I completely forgot I had to renew my license this month. So for two days I was driving with an expired license. o.o Only reason I remember was because my sister asked me about my license photo card. I had no idea what she was talking about, but her saying license reminded me that mine had expired. So that night I went on-line and renewed it. Now just waiting for to get something in the mail telling me to go get my picture taken for it.

I’m a little relieved my friends and I are taking a break for a couple weeks from our group play through of Tales of Symphonia. It’s a bit of a bummer, but at the same time, I need the time for other stuff.

Needless to say I’m looking forward to next weekend. Three stress free days of con goodness. The only thing I’m a little afraid of is Saturday night. Amanda and Holly are hosting the Yaoi panel. Our friend Chelsea will also be there, and since we’re all doing Bleach, I got roped in to sit at the head table as well. Though you want to know the main reason why I got roped in? Because Chelsea is doing Gin. So basically, I’m there for them to torture. >.<

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Yaoi. Hell Amanda shoves it in my face often enough, so I’ve gotten used to it. But that doesn’t mean my friends don’t still enjoy screwing with me. So I’ll be basically sitting at the table, glaring at them and wondering how I let them talk me into this. Well, I’ll try and glare at them the whole time. I had a hard time staying in character when I did Hitsugaya at Otakon, so it’ll be interesting. Like I said, it’s a Yaoi panel, so god only knows what’ll come out of people’s mouths.