| Hugs and Love |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|11:07 pm] |
I would like to thank everybody for your help in getting Guin his new seat. He snuggled into it well this evening.
There is money leftover now and I am refunding those that donated after the seat was acquired. Still sending out cards though. I thank you all so very much. |
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| Needing your help |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|11:47 am] |
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Alright so everybody knows what all has been going on with Guin and all of that. Right now I'm trying to get money together to afford a new carseat for him since his current one is only good to 22 pounds. As of today he weighs in at 21lb 6oz. My dad has given me $100 toward the one I am going to get but I still need the remaining amount. The seat he is getting is a convertible carseat that reclines for now and can be switched to a booster later on when he can hold his head up. It is also rated to 65 pounds, so it will last a good while.
I know not everybody can donate, but if you can spare a dollar, please send it along. I don't ask for things like this often or lightly as I'm sure you know and understand if you have been on my list for more than a minute :P |
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| Damn Wallpaper Meme |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|12:25 am] |
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Stolen from Emily and Arielle
• Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper on their LiveJournal.
• Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
• Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!
Reason I have this one? Hubble images are amazing! Unfortunately the Cassini image that I had disappeared when I upgraded to Leopard some time ago so now I have this for Snow Leopard. Hooray for geeky space wallpaper! |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|02:14 pm] |
Oh and btw Ms. Dixon, you might want to ask your partner in crime, you know Shirley, why she is suddenly friends with you since she is the one who took Kari to have her check transferred on the advice of your own brother. Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
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| Public Notice to Barbara Dixon |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|12:20 pm] |
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Die. No really, please die already. Both you AND your mother. You both do nothing but try to make everybody else's lives miserable due to your own feelings of inadequacy in your own pathetic lives. Its sad that your 27 year old daughter and granddaughter has to say this to you, but what is even more sad is what you two do to other people and think that you are truly justified in doing it. Get some psychiatric help Barbara! Realize that you need a fucking shrink, not another pill to throw down your addict throat! Make sure your mother does the same since she thinks it is her job to make everybody else feel like crap due to her own life being nothing but an absolute trainwreck!
Do you two even know what filing false CPS reports gets you now days? It is marked as a felony! I'm daring you to file another one on me Ms. Dixon since I have the first one. I would greatly enjoy watching a warrant be issued for your arrest. I also am filing for a PPO against your mother since she thinks that it is alright to lie to law enforcement and government agencies about people. I don't want either of you near me or my family, and quite frankly, if you both keel over tomorrow I'll probably throw a party to celebrate!
Did you not think that my own child would tell me how my grandmother tried to get her to speak to you on the phone WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MY SON?! Did you honestly think she would hide that from me? Did you think I would magically forgive Shirley (I will never refer to her as Nan again) for doing that to me and my family?! But hey, you got what you wanted right? You got silence on the end of the phone and my grandmother being ousted from my life. You must feel so proud. Once again, you don't realize that it doesn't hurt me to cut people out of my life if they are hurtful. I did it to you and I have done it to her without shedding a tear.
So go ahead, lie to CPS again. I DARE YOU! Come on, put the phone in your hand already! You know you want to! Make sure to let them know that they are speaking to a child abuser themselves! Let them know how you beat me and Kari, and how you would do it again if she hadn't decided to stay here to get away from being treated like some sort of slave. You know, the same shit you did to me before I gave you the finger! Yeah, she told us all about it, don't worry, you got all the acknowledgment for it. Your reputation as a complete psycho remains flawless. No surprise there.
And as to your mother, I hope she has to pay back every penny that she tried to screw Aunt Pam out of. She doesn't deserve her as a daughter. Pam has never done anything but love her mother and even TRY to love you, but you both insist on treating her like she is just the shit stain on the underwear of this family. She does nothing but try to make people happy and have something in her life that makes her smile and you and your mother do nothing but try to wrench it from her at all costs.
Is that the life you enjoy living? One where you are reliant upon making others unhappy to feel better about yourself? I mean really, what kind of life is that? We know that there are only two things in this world that make YOU happy Ms. Dixon; money and keeping your legs spread. Come on, air the dirty laundry! You seem to want to do so OH SO BADLY, so lets have it! I have NOTHING to hide, nor do I have anything that I am ashamed of! Oh but YOU do Ms. Dixon, and you know it full well. If it is going to validate your existence on this planet, then by all means, have at it!
If you haven't gotten the hint by this post, get it through your head. You are dead to me and my family. In fact, I hope you both FALL OVER TODAY. You aren't worth the breath you breathe or the powder to blow your brains out at this point. Please, do us all a favor and just pull the trigger. But then again, that wouldn't give you the satisfaction of trying to fuck with the innocent would it? Of course not. So please, go file another report with CPS. They are waiting for your call I'm sure. Just remember, that is what got you blacklisted in the first place.... six years ago. |
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| LOL |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|07:34 pm] |
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I'm greatly amused at the amount of people that have added me to their friends lists that I don't know. Even funnier that all of them seem to be in the lovely state of Florida and have all added me since my mother made her psycho posts in my journal. You all remember that right? Those psychotic posts that we all had a GREAT laugh about XD |
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| Updates updates |
[May. 30th, 2009|01:10 pm] |
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Well as of Wednesday, Guinness had his first visit to the pediatrician. As she put it "he's perfect". He has gained weight and everything is in order.
As of yesterday I saw my doctor and I am healing well. I am still not allowed to drive for another two weeks, so that throws a wrench into things, but we have a way of making things work out. I also got a weigh in at the doctor's office. I am officially 193 pounds. Its been a few years since I was below the 200 mark so I am rather happy about it. As much as I don't mind being large, its amazing to know that I might fit into normal sized clothing someday. My old pants that I wore before pregnancy are fitting me again, but they are loosening up by the day. Its going to be a bit odd to have to wear a belt again. Also, the iron tablets SO need to go... I'm sick of feeling terrible in the tummy even if it will supposedly help with the anemia.
Naoki's end of the year celebration was yesterday and I got to see some singing, acting, and dancing on stage at her school. She was the narrator for their little skit about the Three Little Pigs. Her teacher made her the narrator due to her reading level. Several weeks ago she was tested on her reading and is reading on a second grade level... in kindergarten. She received an award for "most improved reader" in her class as well as for completing some programs in reading and math. I can't say that I'm not proud of her. I am a bit concerned for next year though due to having gone through the same "boredom" when having to sit through things that I already knew in class. They are talking of a special program for her though so that she isn't bored. I just hope that she doesn't let it go to her head.
Harold has been enjoying his vacation at home for this week. Unfortunately on Monday he goes back to work and I am going to miss him dearly here at home. He has been such a help with Guinness while I've been getting my mobility back, and I gotta admit I'm a bit scared of being without him during the daytime next week. Its going to be a bit of a challenge for me without him or Naoki here during the day but I think I can do it. He has been letting me sleep at night and getting up with the baby when he needs to be fed or changed and I am hoping to be able to return the favor now that I can actually get out of bed by myself. I know full well that he isn't looking forward to going back to work. Anytime I mention work to him he grumbles. I think he enjoys being home with us right now.
Other than that, things are good. The cats are slowly getting used to the routines around here, though poor Charlonne feels rejected a bit. She tends to hide a lot lately and seems sad when we do see her, but I think she will adjust over time. Templar doesn't seem to care and just lays around like he always has. Now to save some money to get both kitties into the groomer soon for some pampering.
Take care folks, I'm off to relax and get in some reading before the baby wakes up from his nap. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 26th, 2009|12:38 pm] |
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There are few things in life that are as cute as waking up in the middle of the night and hearing your husband singing to the baby while rocking him on his shoulder after a feeding. I was told to rest but I can't help but sneak a peak from time to time ;) |
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| Wow |
[Mar. 20th, 2009|01:32 pm] |
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You know, I was looking for a new host and now I'm completely unsure if I should do so o_0
After the canceling issue and all of that, I ended up trading emails with the billing department for a full day on the issue to show them that I had tried three times to cancel those packages. I went through the entire process but wasn't getting the emails that were to confirm said process. Hence, the packages weren't canceling. I made sure they knew I was watching my spam filters as well, but NOTHING had come through.
The billing department guy told me to give it a full 24 hours and if it didn't come through to email him. I waited till the following morning which was 24 hours and no email. In my frustration I emailed him and let it all go. Told him that having been with this company for some time now that I have been getting thoroughly more disappointed. That between the lack of help with the hacking last year and now this where I can't cancel a package, I was fed up and would be looking for a new host that has better service than this.
Came home in the afternoon and found an email in my inbox from the Complaints department. Apparently that last email was forwarded over to them since billing couldn't do anything. Complaints worked with me and canceled the accounts manually on their side and let me know that I would receive a refund that was prorated and such. They also let me know the dates that each package would cancel and that was that.
The packages are now canceled with no issues whatsoever. Even further, I got a refund to my account today from them. They came through and I only lost 11 cents in the deal. I am thoroughly shocked. I honestly never expected to receive the refund and figured that if they did do anything it would be "a credit" on my account. So I have back the money that they charged me now and I am just confused as to if I should keep looking for a new host or if I should give them another chance since they did make this right in the end. |
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| An arg moment! |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|09:19 am] |
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Last May when my server was hacked I ended up taking down several sites that had been sitting dormant for some time. One of those sites was my old costume commissions site. When the hacking happened it ended up being turned into a paygate of sorts for the Nigerian scam that was trying to be hosted on my server.
A couple of months passed after the hacking and I went in and canceled several domains and other extras that were on my account. I thought I had taken care of everything until this weekend when I got a renewal invoice from my host saying that they were going to charge me for both my domain and email hosting of Desu-Ka.com The only problem is that I canceled said domain MONTHS ago.
I called up my host and was told to call back on Monday which I just finished doing. Lady assures me that the packages were never canceled when I know I canceled them. She tells me that there is no way to stop them charging my account, but that they can "prorate" me a credit.... cause that does me so much good...
I now realize what I did wrong and I could thoroughly choke myself for it. When I canceled the domain I didn't cancel the separate email package that was tied to said domain. Hence, domain cancelation wasn't complete and it has been active all this time. They did nothing wrong on their end, but it was truly user error and now I could honestly just beat my head on a desk for a few hours.
So that is $20 that will now be autodeducted from my account. The only problem is that the money IN my account isn't my money right now but money that I am holding for a group order for a friend. She has been wonderful when shit came up but now I get the joys of explaining to her that I now have to replace $20 of it due to my screw up and that that silk order I was going to place will have to be pushed back until I get some orders through BR... FUCK FUCK FUCK!
I'm sorry Cat. This was truly my error. I know you won't be mad about it, but you know that I take this shit very seriously. I know that an order or two will clear it all up but dammit I'm mad at myself for not catching my mistake before it screwed me over. Its a $20 lesson thats for sure. Now if only college were that cheap I would be filthy rich AND intelligent...
EDIT: For those that are curious, yes I have officially canceled both items now. And even if I didn't, they would just sit there for another year since neither has been touched since the hacking had me clear off the entire server. |
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| When it rains it pours... |
[Jan. 9th, 2009|03:13 pm] |
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My bad day started last night...
Got off the computer with Limey to go dig through the basement for fabric for Naoki a costume for Fusion and to dig out my Citrus Bomb. Her fabric was easy enough since I had about a yard and a half of pink fleece that will make her a lovely little Mew costume from Pokemon.
Citrus Bomb was nowhere to be found. I went through almost all of my totes and Harold helped me tear apart the basement looking for it, but no luck. I racked my brain for two hours after that to figure out what I did with it.... and then it hit me. Last time our basement flooded, I forgot that it was one of the casualties of the flood... Meaning it got thrown out. So no dress for me for the con unless I can magically come up with the money to buy new fabric to make a new outfit since Smeargle is out for reasons that I have discussed with some friends, namely the fact that if I grow ANY in the next couple weeks, which is likely, the dress won't fit, so whatever I wear has to be adjustable. I already know what fabric I want, so here is hoping I get some wig orders to be able to afford it.
The only problem with that is that when I get on a creative streak like I was plotting last night, it sticks with me all night until I have a definite plan. Mew is easy. My dress being gone put a huge kink in the plan. That left me with several hours of tossing and turning and trying to turn my mind off... By 5AM I was fully awake and being kicked hard by Guinness. By the time 6:30 rolled around I just gave up on sleep all together and got up for the morning.
Next I go to get dressed to get Naoki to school and Harold to work only to find the pants that I grabbed at the maternity store are the 2X instead of the 1X, and they are non-returnable cause they were on sale. FUCK! My morning starts to turn sour from there. My mood quickly declined and I started snapping at Harold and Naoki, which I later apologized for. I say "fuck it", and just tell myself that I will just take the pants in over the weekend and wear them anyway since they are only a couple inches too big.
I get Naoki to school and Harold to work and I come home. I almost immediately crashed and had Templar laying next to me for warmth. Unfortunately I got a call at around 1 from a number I didn't know. I almost didn't answer it till I noticed the first three digits in it. Its Naoki's school.
She seemed to be acting a bit odd in class and even fell asleep during a movie and the teacher was worried so she sent her to the office to be looked at. Now stop here for a second. Anybody who knows my kid knows that unless its bed time, she doesn't fall asleep without being downright drugged. She also is usually chipper and the leader of the class. For her to fall asleep and be kinda drowsy all day is completely unheard of.
She has a fever. They took her temp at the school and it was 101. When I got there I looked down her throat and its red as a cherry. More Tonsililitis is what it is looking like, so on Monday I am going to take her in to the doctor and see if I can get her referred to an ENT to see if we can put a more permanent end to this since she has had the same thing about 5 times in the last 5 months. Unfortunately, the doctor's office closes early on Friday, so I have to wait till Monday to take her in.
However, her fever has already gone up to 102 and even though I gave her some Motrin and she took a small nap, she isn't herself. Normally when she is sick she is still chipper. Today she is miserable and it shows. She fell asleep in the car on the way home from school and then when we got home I tucked her into our bed so that she could rest comfortably and be nice and warm with the cat at her feet. I have already told Harold that we need to be on the watch with her tonight and if her fever goes up to 104 or higher, we are on our way over to Oakwood. I am hoping it doesn't end up that way, but she has spiked these high fevers before that I can't bring down and usually it happens when she is sick to the point of misery, just like this.
The only thing that boggles my mind is how fast it came on. She was all bright eyes and happiness this morning and just went downhill so fast. My poor poor baby. |
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| Bitter old woman post |
[Dec. 26th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
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The holidays used to be a great time for me. We had a huge family get together, lots of food, lots of gifts, and everybody was happy. Festivities lasted all day long until everybody finally packed up the cars and slowly made their way home to their houses.
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| A thank you |
[Nov. 27th, 2008|11:58 pm] |
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To those that sent text messages wishing us a happy holiday, I thank you. I spent most of my morning in the kitchen and most of the afternoon and evening recovering from working my ass off IN the kitchen. I didn't get to send out return messages, so please count this as a blanket message.
Happy Thanksgiving. |
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| Thank you |
[Nov. 9th, 2008|04:56 pm] |
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A big thank you goes out to the party crew from last night. I love you guys so much and I know that Harold certainly had a great time. We're sorry to duck out so early but unfortunately this recurring back issue is not one that I can control nor do I like. I felt to keep from being a burden anywhere, the best thing to do was to go home and go to bed which turned out to be the right idea. I woke up today with the pain greatly decreased and I am functional now.
Thank you for letting us invade your home once again and pretty much do everything short of burning it down. Hopefully we can help out a bit more with the next one if we are still invited. We love you guys! |
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| Pride? |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|09:51 am] |
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You know its not often that I say this because its been a long time since I truly felt it, but as of this morning I am proud to be an American once again.
Thank you to the people in this country who were able to wipe the clouds from their eyes and see that the time had come for us to truly stop claiming we wanted change and actually do something about it.
I stayed up last night to watch the speech from both McCain and Obama and there wasn't a dry eye between us when we watched Obama speak. I suffered through a horrible migraine most of yesterday with the TV contrast turned down to nothing, the lights off, and only Tylenol for the pain to watch the results and I am honestly glad that I can hold my head high once again. Thank you to everybody. Even if you didn't vote for Obama, thank you for doing your part and actually voting. You gave us a 60% voter turn out which hasn't happened since Kennedy. Now lets all hold our breaths and hope that this doesn't end like Kennedy as well. |
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| Voted |
[Nov. 4th, 2008|03:23 pm] |
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Me and Harold got up this morning at 7 to go vote. There was only about a 20 minute wait and we got to vote in the gym of Naoki's school. Was easy. I was number 138 on the machine.
I gotta say a one thing. A lot of these racist fucks I have heard have said that they will shoot themselves if Obama wins, and to be completely I am hoping to hear some gunshots tonight just to know that a few more ignorant sods are out of this world. Call me cold for it, but I'm sick of people like my own Nan that have the nerve to tell me "I ain't votin for no nigger"..... I honestly wanted to choke her. |
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| A sigh of relief |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|11:36 am] |
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Last night I got a message on my voicemail from Georgia letting me know that Sophia has lice and that I should check Naoki immediately. Lovely.
As a kid, it was pretty common that we got lice in Florida since most of our time was spent on playgrounds covered in sand, but up here in the north it isn't as common so I was cussing the entire way to pick Harold up from work.
I called Aunt Pam to find out what to do if the kid has the bugs since I only know about treating the head. She told me that you have to wash pretty much everything in hot water and then spray the entire house... something I can't do while pregnant... not good right?
Got home, checked Naoki's head, much to her dismay, and saw nothing. I put her back to bed and figured I would check again this morning. Unfortunately, I had the creepy crawlies all night long and would sleep for a few minutes and then wake up scratching.... a cycle that lasted all.night.long.
Seven rolled around and she woke up for school, I checked her again and she is clear. I helped get her ready for school and then Harold took her in. I was out before they ever left the driveway. I can't remember being so frickin tired before. I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with it all and to make sure that the other parents are informed I sent a note to Naoki's teacher to get the word out to administration so they can send out the fliers to parents.
On an Aunt Lisa note. Test results came back and they can't do the surgery, so she has to stay on medication to elevate her blood pressure for now and finally it seems some blood is flowing to that side of her brain. They have been able to stand her up and she was solid but she is not mobile on that side of her body and she can't speak. I don't like using the word paralyzed but she is on at least half of her body. She is coherent though and that is a great thing. She knows what she wants but since she can't speak, it is hard for her. I am told she starts into therapy tomorrow to get her talking and walking again, but for now she is a half vegetable.
Its kinda sad and really horrible of me on one thing though. My aunt has always been somebody who fancies herself well above everybody else. She always acted like she was not human and could just be invincible. I honestly had the horrible thought that maybe this will humble her a bit and make her realize that she is vulnerable to shit like the rest of us... The even worse part? I am not the only person who had this thought. Dad and Georgia did as well and even said it. Its kinda bad when your own family thinks that way of you, but even worse when it takes something like this for them to say it... I feel like a bad person for even thinking it considering what she has just gone through, and yet I can't help but thinking it. |
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| Not again... |
[Oct. 21st, 2008|04:19 pm] |
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And again, another family member is in the hospital.
Whereas I have never cared too much for my Aunt Lisa, she is still family. She is my Uncle Rich's wife and he loves her dearly for some unknown reason and for that I will be there.
I just got a call from my dad telling me she is up at Oakwood in ICU. Apparently over the last two days she has had 3 strokes and they have no idea why. Now she is being tested for all sorts of shit cause she just had the third one about half an hour ago.
The thing that worries me about all of this is the kids. Lisa and Rich have two kids that are my cousins that I love dearly. Rich works heavy hours as an electrician and Lisa stays home with the kids. If there is any serious damage from this, Ryan and Ruby could be without a functional mother, and that scares me. Poor Ryan is only 10 years old and Ruby is 5.... I don't have a clue what they must be going through, but if I have to, I will go sit with them for a couple of days to make sure they are alright while their mom and dad are at the hospital.
For those of you who are religious, please, say a prayer. For those of you that do other things, if you can spare a moment, please do. I don't want to see another member of my family turned into a vegetable without a solid reason behind it. |
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| Cosplay Meme |
[Oct. 17th, 2008|12:24 pm] |
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Was tagged by rakusu_klein
RULES
01. Post the rules
02. Answer each question truthfully
03. Tag 3-5 people at the end
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01. What was your first cosplay?
First official one was back in 98 of Sailor Saturn
02. Did someone get you into cosplay? Or on your own?
Little bit of both. Me and two friends were bitching that our favorite characters didn't have buyable costumes so we borrowed their mother's sewing machine and gave it a go.... badly.
03. What is your favorite cosplay?
Iris! The dress was comfortable if a bit bulky and a lot of people actually knew what the hell I was cosplaying for a change :P
04. Which is your least favorite?
Star Mage. Was thrown together in a week after the first attempt went bad and it showed. Also it was made of moleskin and broke my cardinal rule that all costumes must be washable...
5. At conventions, do people compliment you on your cosplays?
Sometimes. Depends on if they hate fatties or not.
6. How many have you done?
Not as many as I would like, but I have a family to help support, so funds have to go elsewhere.
7. What are the top 5 on your list of "Want to Cosplay"?
Ayu Daikuji Maid Uniform (Kiminozo)
Coco's Stage Costume (Mermaid Melody)
B-ko School Uniform (Project A-ko)
Jung Freud USSR Uniform (Gunbuster)
Angel Daisy (Wedding Peach)
8. What female cosplay do you want to do most?
Daikuji!!!
9. What male cosplay do you want to do most?
Jun dressed as "Father" from the Rozen Maiden opening so that I could dress one of my dolls as Shinku.
10. What do you prefer to do, make or buy your costumes?
If you don't know the answer to this, get the hell off my friends list.
11. Your most memorable experience? What makes it so memorable?
Youmacon 06 and the screaming fangirls who loved to scare the hell outta me in my Kanaria costume....
12. Your dream cosplay?
Sarah from Lost Odyssey
13. Is there a pattern in your cosplays? If so, what?
I tend to lean toward characters that are not the main character of a show. I like side characters because they are usually less annoying than the main characters.... aka, I like characters that don't make me want to choke them.
14. Your most recent cosplay?
Iris which was last year....
15. What do you prefer? Cosplaying in a group or on your own?
I haven't really cosplayed in a group since back in 2001 and that was in a costume that was uncomfortable, bulky, and commissioned. In all honesty, I would prefer to to cosplay in groups more, but I don't keep up with what is new on the scene so I tend to cosplay from older series that I genuinely like instead of what is the hot thing currently. I don't really fit in with what most people want in a group anyway.
I would tag people, but the vast majority of the cosplayers on my list have already been hit with this, so take it if you want, otherwise it will make its way to you eventually. |
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