No ref pics, sorry, I haven't scanned them yet, but I hate this thing. It should've been the easiest. Instead it takes loads of custom painting of LINES. LINES THAT MATCH UP. AFJKDJSKLJFKLJSLKCLAMP!!!! I could not find cloth like this at all, so painting it had to be. Of course, there's a few bleeds and stuff but after scraping at the cloth and crying over the stupid yukata in an attempt to solve it, Djinn told me to forget it because no one is going to look that close. [And if they do I'd probably have to bap them.] What I'm reaaaaally happy with, despite the fact I ALSO had to paint black tulle white and that it was $#($*@) to handsew, is the crayfish bow. Eee!! XD

Sei is so unhappy in yukata. XD



FEAR THE FACELESS. Also, LOOK, I've conquered the DD boobs [you can't see the fitting but it fits splendidly yey] THERE IS NO BOOB I CANNOT CONQUER. I also hate sewing fishnet. Also, the little sash thing from the neck is wired! Now we can wiggle it about dramatically.

Which would you buy [doll booth] from us? :D

Finished exactly a week later. A preview of Djinn's final, and actually supposed to be initial birthday present - Lin Dai Yu's outfit in the Zhang Hua scene of Hong Lou Meng.

Which girl from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu should I do?

Here we go again. This time, I'm addressing this :

http://www.worldcosplay.com/

As usual, this is purely my own opinion and I speak from my experience. I have thought this through very carefully, like I do whenever I post about this sort of stuff.

( My...thoughts. )

I know my stand, and I will NOT appeal to you to change whatever yours is, but my dollar is certainly going to be used for gashapon instead.

Other than that, I have to fret about end-year costumes for the boys and girls - and KoF:MI would SLAY me [even though I'd be very happy]. I'm worrying about a lot of stuff for cosplay, unfortunately :

- Robin [Teen Titans] costume. Very very important, but no time to start before June!
- Watanuki [xxxholic], but more about our bjd's costumes. Also very important.
- My long-delayed Chitose - not sure if I should give up on the batik paint and dye idea, and find a way to paint on the red kimono again instead.
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In any case, something that was Djinn's guilty indulgence :

Isn't she cute? [You have no choice but to say yes, anyway. XD] She's a Volks You-SD Kasumi, and she cost us a lot of money. XD We surrenderred a lot of money to Evildolly, who was wonderfully kind and helped us bid on her [thanks Evildolly!]. I wasn't much stricken with Kasumi, but Djinn was, so I flung all the Unoa savings to her and told her to make a decision. So we did, we got this tiny little hunk of resin home, and she's really adorable. She's a rather silent little girl, so we call her Wintergreen - Tea for short. Djinn handsewed this little green dress, because I'm so busy that only one sleeve of her first turtleneck is sewn on. T_T Next time I'll show a full photo of her in it, it's really sweet!

And that's finally all. The other news is that I've been playing KoF:MI2 [that doesn't surprise you, does it] and after playing Ralf, Soiree was a breeze. XD Button-jamming and accidental combos for teh win!

Yey. We finally updated Tangled with the STAC 2005 cosplay photos and stuff. I sewed Sanada/Tsugiri's wig!

I have to admit I'm not half excited about this time's update because the costumes weren't complete to my satisfaction [and we forgot to stick the gem on Tsuki's forehead T_T]. Will definitely be completing Tsuki's Matsulika costume and then doing a photoshoot outside for him and Seishurou as Ryouko. In the meantime, I won't be shoving this update in everyone's faces. XD

All of the stuff to do with the SD cosplay and the booth is all here, so you can read my con essay report there instead of me posting it in my LJ all over again XD;;;
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The weather is getting really awful. ::feels like a Japanese letter:: All damp and hot and very damp and very very hot. Everyone becomes gradually more sleepy in the day in school and I'm getting a sore throat somehow - I caught myself choking and my voice fading out when I was trying to ask my History tutor something. What horrible weather. I hope it'll a) get less humid and hot soon or b) get better at home when the dudes finally get here and maintain the air con.
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I caught sight of Gary [Neville] in the Chinese newspaper today and snatched it up. I've stopped watching/thinking about football [soccer] because it simply breaks my heart because of its wavering status all the time [also, Chelsea's foreign influx with its foreign benefactor with its sudden rise to the top of the English Premiere League makes me want to pound them into the ground]. [Complicated matter, I've always been a Liverpool fan but somehow unfailingly and horrifyingly Gary Neville of Manchester United is my favourite footballer ever...]

I thought he was out with another broken ankle of some sort or another! And now I find out he was pissing Liverpool fans off again for some reason - but that's actually really besides the point, because it may mean I have to watch FIFA this year. Which would really suck, because I thought Djinn and I waned off football. I mean, we were just talking about whether to watch it or not and we agreed to watch a Sweden match because the guys tend to look like Gucci models running around on the pitch! Karma just decided to bite me in the ass and somehow there was a pang in my heart when I saw him in the newspaper! Damn!

Please don't make me want to watch the EPL and/or FIFA. It really would suck. ::ignores a tinny little version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" playing at the back of my head::
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Thanks to my unfailing informant on events going on in the local cosplay forums [which I don't visit for to save my soul], I just found out that someone decided to create an animation Teen Titans team. Which makes me immensely relieved that I settled on the comic [as in, the REAL comic] Teen Titans Robin, with jungle-green spandex and red leather and vinyl belts and everything. I should learn how to do forward flips in the meantime - somehow I can do forward splits, side splits and cartwheels but chronically unable to do forward flips. Djinn says that it'll be easier to learn if I learn how to do handstands first. She promises that she'll get me to do handstands yet. I'm not sure about this.

I've hardly actually had time to exercise or do anything in JC life, but this could be explained because of the distance between the junior college I'm in right now and my house. We'll be moving soon hopefully to that new house we really liked without my dad being dicky about it. And I will end up at a junior college hopefully criminally close to the new house. XD That would be great.
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Reading my ex-classmates illegal exploits of clubbing I find that I am actually incredibly prudish despite my best intentions to see topless shows and drink. My idea of a spanking good sinful time while boozing myself out is really sitting around the house naked gaming and getting all boozed out in the process. GEEK.

[I blame Penny Arcade.]
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And so tracks another day towards counting down until the posting results to my new Junior College is out. I'm trying valiantly to pay attention and be a good girl in class but I can't help thinking I'VE GOT TO BE OUT OF HERE SOON and FUCK OFF, DUDE and I HAVE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO DO. Lousy Singaporean education system. Efficiency is a foreign word.

Oh, and also the action ZZZZZZ. I'd like that back, please.

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