Got off work at six tonight, and was so excited to go home and SLEEP, but I decided heading to the library was a better idea. :D I've been watching Soul Eater on YouTube, and it's pretty fabulous. I think I like Maka and Black Star a lot. :3

My friend Micheal wants to come to Detour with us~ I'm pretty psyched; it'll be the first time in awhile that I'll go with a new face! (April doesn't count, as I've known her since high school.) He was a little afraid we'd make him dress up, but I told him if he doesn't want to cosplay he doesn't have to.

Speaking of Detour, the forums are all sorts of active lately - they usually aren't. Or maybe my posts just aren't as lame as the usually are? XD Who knows?

I've decided to not cosplay a new character this year, because, sadly, I just don't have the money. And I'd rather spend it on sushi, since we'll be back in Minneapolis this year, and we missed Tiger Sushi last year (so sad). I feel pretty good about the decision, since April said she doesn't really want to cosplay either. I usually do it because essay_chan and I cosplay couples...

Christmas is coming up so soon; is it just me, or did this year FLY BY? It seems crazy to me, like it should still be July or August. It definitely shouldn't be time for snow next week. I'm glad my apartment people decided to turn on our heat earlier this year - last year it was well into December, and the ratties and I almost froze to death.

I went to see New Moon with my sister last Friday. It's not right for Taylor Lautner to look like that. :( Okay? I feel like such a pervert - AND THE RAIN SCENE? Dude. So not fair.

Overall I thought it was much better than Twilight (though in all fairness it couldn't get worse). I've also decided I don't like Kristen Stewart as Bella; she comes off much more abrasive than she does in the books. I'd been wondering why I read them at all, because she's the main character, and she annoys the hell out of me in he movies. But after rereading New Moon I remembered why - she's sweet, much kinder and selfless (and more airheaded...) in the books. Though she still picks Edward in the end, so OBVIOUSLY, she can't be that great. XD;;

So I've been tearing up the internet, trying to find a character with the follow criteria:

1.) Blue Hair
2.) Female
3.) Cute, not slutty

AND I HAVE DISCOVERED VOCALOID, and subsequently HATSUNE. MIKU. (Picture here~) I am so excited. Nervous, but excited! Nervous, because she's very different from what I usually cosplay (see: cover up as much of me as I can), however, she's just freaking adorable AND she's musical~

Yeeey.

Sorry, essay_chan, but Miku calls my name~~~

( Reborn!, Naruto, and Mecha! :3 )

Friday
I got up at about nine and puttered around Saja's house until she got home from work at 11:45-ish. I'd packed the car that morning, so she changed and we were on our way! (A six hour drive...) On our way down, Saja spotted a JACK IN THE BOX, so we stopped for tacos. IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. We got to the con at about 8 (as Rhyme and Hibari), and hung out until about midnight, when we left to go to bed 'cause we're old ladies... (We did meet Studio Kosen, though!! They signed my artbook.)

Saturday
We got up at seven, had free breakfast, and Saja worked on my arm for about an hour. :D It came out really good! We then went to the con and checked out the Dealer's Room before running into Reborn and deciding to go out to lunch. We drove around before we found a sushi restaurant and I had shrimp tempura and chicken yakitori. Mmmm. Hung around the con until about seven, then ran back to the room to change (because my tape was starting to RIP ME) then back to the con for the dance - which was AWESOME. We did the chicken dance and everything. :D Danced until about midnight, then went to Steak and Shake. Got back to the room at about two (am); I scrubbed my arm to get my Dino tattoo off, then went to sleep~

Sunday
Got up, packed the car, had MORE FREE BREAKFAST (yeeey), then went back to the con where we browsed for a bit; watched some of The Road to El Dorado, before checking out one last panel. We left at about two and hit another Jack in the Box on the way out of town. Dropped Saja off at her place at about nine, nine-thirty, then scooted home to collapse in bed so I could try and function normally for work the next day. I didn't even bother unpacking my car. XD

A very fun weekend, all in all - can't wait for next year!!

I am I weird because I just simultaneously downloaded Cobra Starship and Creedence Clearwater Revival? :D;;

Maybe a little...

So Bishie Con is next weekend! Am I excited? Yes. Of course~ Little worried about the drive; it'll be the farthest drive I've ever made on my own. Hopefully I don't fall asleep and drive off into a ditch somewhere. I love my little car, but I have no illusions about it. Unlike the tank that was my old car (97 Buick Regal), my xD will smash to pieces at the slightest nudge. It's sad, but it's SO CUTE I care not.

I was slightly worried about my hours at work, since I'm taking next Thursday afternoon off, but one of the girls at work has to go to a funeral/viewing thing Friday and guess who gets overtime? :D :D This will mean working eight days straight, but I'm willing. For OT? Always... I'm a little afraid the C.E.O of Wal-Mart may come and try to assassinate me in my sleep because of all the OT I've been getting lately. They're always like, "CUT YOUR OVERTIME!! D: WE WON'T GET OUR BONUS! CUT YOUR HOURS!!!"

If we're LUCKY, we'll get a $200 bonus once a year; however, they want me to cut 10+ hours every week? That's $200 dollars A PAYCHECK! Sigh at Wal-Mart people. Do you really think so little of your employees' intelligence? Thankfully I'm in the pharmacy; my manager pretty much tells them to get over it - we HAVE to have people, otherwise people can't get their meds. Happily our pharmacy is one of the top in the region, too, so they don't give us any crap about it...

Been posting a lot of my and essay_chan's cosplay pictures up on deviantArt. It's sort of addicting, once you start posting things. I keep digging through the photos on my camera and editing the crap out of them. XD; Gotten a few favs; mostly on Saja's pics. Ah, well...

I'm pretty excited about being Dino; Saja drew his tattoo on me the other night and it looked AWESOME. I think my wig is pretty perfect, too! And I found some old jeans in the back of my closet that I LOVED but couldn't wear because they had a hole in the crotch. I saved them because I couldn't bring myself to throw them away, and now I'm glad I didn't. They fit me just the way I wanted them to - I'd been tearing up the men's section of so many stores, looking for a good pair of pants but none took into consideration my hips. XD They're quite...THERE, you see.

Hopefully everything comes together next week and I don't get any surprise bills or something. Ahh...that'd be such my luck, yes?

D: DAMNIT SERIOUSLY? It's not FAAAIIIR. Why must it be so OBVIOUS that Sakura is lying?

Why, why?

Sasuke's such a douche now, tho! HE DESERVES KARIN ONLY.

However, Gaara is still sexy.

OMG IT WAS FANTASTIC. The best musical I've been to! It was gorgeous; the singing and light work.

I bought the CD without a second thought. XD

Jeremy: I've heard cannibals say we taste like bacon
More useless knowledge!


Jamie: Good thing I don't like bacon.


Jeremy: WHAT?!


Jamie: I mean...
I do...?


Jeremy: We've had this conversation before, I think
Go to http://worshipbacon.com/ and repent. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

It's soooo nice to come home from work (which sucked BIG HAIRY BALLS all week) and find little surprises on my friends list. :) HALCO manga? God I hope they officially translate it into English. I love her work so much!!

I've been sick and icky the past few days: it hurt to talk for too long, and I kept feeling nauseous and weak. It was all I could do to get myself to work and function. I pretty much came straight home and passed out all week. I woke up at five this morning, however, and am feeling much better. It was payday, too, so I treated myself to breakfast at Village Inn in celebration. :D

Been re-reading my CLAMP manga lately, too; I forgot how much I adored Subaru. CLAMP's evil to their bishounen, tho...'s not right to be that cruel to fictional boys. Especially breakable ones like Subaru...

Going to see Wicked with family tomorrow - I'M SO EXCITED. Besides RENT, this is the one musical I've been dying to see!!

Because I'd like to eat at some point during BishieCon...

( Doujinshi for sale: KakaIru & SasuNaru )