Saturday, April 26, 2014

whoa nelly, it's a post!

but only a brief one. didn't want the month to get away without another one.

'so! what have you been up to Kits?'

ereything. it's been a frikking whirlwind last few weeks. after animation celebration, i had two dnd sessions, several social engagements and cosplay work to do. i've been just too damn busy. while it's exhausting, i love it.

but it's also resulted in a major collapse in organization. the living room is a mess, i can't find things, i can't get any anime in, japanese lessons have been non existent for ages. i need a solid week with no work, no interruptions, no lil sister to get my house back in order. but it's not looking like i'll have time until june. after A-Kon, it has to be after A-Kon.

speaking of, the material for the Gamzee pants came in



it's got a weird lil sheen to it, the black sin't quite black and the circles don't stand out as much as i would like. or this is the impression i get from the shitty yellow lighting in my apartment. still love it though. i cut out the pattern pieces for the pants already, but haven't had time (frikkin life, frikkin busy) to start sewing.

also researched some tuts for gamzee makeup and material for horns. instead of the Instamorph i used for the last horns, found a tutorial for using regular ole Crayola Model Magic. supposedly its light weight and air dries overnight. decided against the Worbla and similar thermoplastics because of the weight and a lot of them needing some kind of mold.

closing in on the final lap of this cosplay. things i have left to do: horns, style the wig, buy the shirt, finish the gloves (the shitty, shitty gloves), sew the pants, buy and paint the shoes and buy the clubs. it sounds like i've hardly done any work on this thing at all...

other news, the writing blog is back in business with the next installment of Lanky Frank. plan on posting something else tomorrow, so i can drag his story out a lil more. random blog is what it is... random. and i've started a fourth endeavor (oh Kits, you'll never learn...), a blog about my japanese lessons. i found yet another neat site called lingualift that does online language lessons. So far they have japanese, russian, madarin and french, with cantonese in the works. and apparently if you're feeling froggy, you can learn all four at once without restrictions. i'm not feeling that adventurous, and will just stick with the japanese. only downside is, it's pricey (month to month subscriptions start at $30), but i've got a few days left on my trial to check out. but if i'm going to pay for something, i can go back to my rosetta stone for $10 a month.

gonna stop here so i have more to share in my next post. stay with me!

Saturday, April 5, 2014

animation celebration 2014

a week behind, but here's some of what went down











yeeeh. it was a good amount of fun. it's a tiny convention, but a lot of people showed up and they had great guests. there's another one in May, not too far from where this one was. i doubt i'll make it, since May is crunch time for A-kon. but if they have any other shows between august and the end of the year in the area, i'll check them out.

one of the goals for 2015 is to visit a con out of the DFW area. i feel like i'm a big enough girl and ready for more responsibility. i may try San Japan in San Antonio. as long as i buy the ticket right after this year's event, i'll be more inclined to go.

in other news, back on the cosplay grind and gamzee is top priority as i want to debut that one at A-Kon in June. and i have to do another set of gloves. the last set that was meant for Gamzee turned out a little too weird and i couldn't really wear them. so i'm starting over from scratch. however, designed the print for the pants and it turned out awesome


it doesn't look like much in that lil bitty design. but circles are about 4" in diameter, all over. they are going to look great on my long legs.

after the pants, everything else should be gravy. worbla for the horns, snaps to attach them to the wig, whip up some fangs, buy the terminally capricious shirt, paint a pair of shoes purple and get the clubs. the cosplay practically finishes itself...

what else is going on... i'm 90% pescatarian. started 1 april and have consumed very little flesh of the land animals. but i have been chomping down on shrimp and fish. i love seafood and don't mind giving up the pig, cow and chicken too much. i just need better recipes. can't bake and fry everything. tomorrow is sunday though and that is my designated day for the other meats for now. i hope to go from once a week to once a month. not sure if i'll go all the way and be done with them completely yet. i guess see how i do.

also started this thing


squats, no biggie. i like doing those. wall sit, a challenge, but still, it's only for a few seconds. but them burpees though. if you know what a burpee is, god bless you. if you don't




yeah. i did 40 of those today. no big whoop. i did them slow as hell and i took breaks like every five or ten, but i did it. the difference from day one is amazing though. i was winded, my chest hurt, i sweated like a whore in church and it took me a really long time. today i blazed through the wall sit, squatted double time and improved the number of burpees i did without stopping. and that's after four days. by the end of the month, i'm gonna be a wrecking machine. 

i think that's all i've got for this blog. don't forget to check out the writing blog at wordsbyknight.tumblr.com, the random blog at cataclysmisborn.tumblr.com. come back to this one for more life stuff, stay with me. 

hello babies...

post is from 3/23/2014. gotta remember to push the damn publish button

have some simply red...


i'm not done blogging babies, it's just been a whirlwind two weeks. cleaning house, playing DnD, socializing, partying... i should be exhausted, but i just want more. makes a man feel alive!

thus, i'm back in work mode. i have Animation Celebration in a week and i have to finish repairing cosplays. the first day i won't wear anything crazy. just my cybunny outfit.



its a new con for me and i don't know what to expect. i don't think there will be too many of my homestuckers or anime fans at this particular con; from all the pics i've seen, it's a lot of comic book and american animation stuff. if not, i'll be in civies for the other two days.

other stuff that's going on, i'm cutting writing out of this particular blog.

'what, kits? no!'

yeah, it's true. one, i don't post enough writing here to warrant it being included in this particular blog's 'repertoire'. secondly, it kind of gets lost between the cosplay and music and other stuff. but that doesn't mean i'm not writing, not producing. oh no, no. i can't not do that. that would mean i was dead. ha. ha.

what i have, in fact, done is start a blog solely for writing and maybe occasional art work. the first offering is the first chapter of my beloved Lanky Frank. if you're curious, check it out here.

what does that leave on this blog? cosplay, art, music, occasional smut, real life, whatever else i throw in here. like this song that warms my mother fucking cockles:

scintillating, isn't it?

i will, hopefully, post more this week on con prep and the actual con itself (i always say that and forget to take pics!). stay with me...

Friday, April 4, 2014

headache. headaches.

I forgot who I was for a while. then I was reminded. then I reminded myself.

myself.

self.

one.

happier shit later. stay with me...