So, here's the TO-DO list for Sinon. Things in red haven't been started, things in purple have been started, and things in green are done. They are in no particular order, I just looked at the above picture and started listing things. I think it's mostly in head-to-toe order but, meh, who cares?
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I don't know if it's because it's 1 a.m. and I've been deep into bow making today.. oh and possibly suffering from HEATSTROKE from mowing the lawn, but I want to ramble/vent/complain/ask-for-suggestions. I, honestly, think this rant stems from me being too nice? I think I'm too nice. Am I too nice? -_- As a cosplayer, you appreciate it so much when people ask you for your picture or want a picture with you. I know that I live for those moments. BUT. What I don't like is when people ask for a picture of or with you and then hang around for 20 minutes afterwards. Don't get me wrong - I love chit chat and getting to know people and meeting new people and all of that bullcrap.. but like.. if I'm hanging out at a con with my friends or family, I don't really have the patience (and I'm being honest here) to have a 15 minute conversation about all of your cosplans that you may or may not be doing; or discuss all of your favorite animes that you've enjoyed over the last 15 years of your life. God, that sounds so harsh when I write it down. >.< Ugh. I'm not trying to be rude. I'm not trying to sound mean. I think that there needs to be a limit, though, on the time dedicated to talking to strangers at cons.. I guess? HELP! How do you politely end a conversation with someone who JUST. WON'T. LEAVE? SECOND PART OF RANT. People that want to take fifteen pictures with you of various poses - some of which definitely impede upon your personal space. They may not be lewd - hand on butt, etc. - but definitely too close for comfort.
AGAIN, I'M FAIRLY SURE I'M TOO NICE FOR MY OWN GOOD AND I'M A PEOPLE PLEASER AND I WANT PEOPLE TO LIKE ME AND BE HAPPY AND I DON'T WANT TO LET THEM DOWN AND I LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU TO LOVE ME. Q.Q BUT. I don't necessarily want to be nose-to-nose with you in a battle scene, nor do I want your arm wrapped tightly around my shoulders. I don't want to (unless it's a planned photoshoot) spend 20 minutes of my time doing various poses for you/with you. Just.. pick maybe TWO poses tops that you'd want and leave it at that. Like for real. This happens more than I'm willing to admit. I suppose I already know the answer to all of these problems I have, but I just want to vent 'cause like.. it's a blog and that's what blogs are for... ...RIGHT!?!?
of this costume when I made it, and I'm still proud of it. I'm wearing it on Friday to Sci-Fi Valley Con to celebrate my one year con-iversary!! A year ago, I never would have imagined I'd be where I am today in regards to this cosplay universe. Ever since I started cosplaying, I've fallen in love with every aspect of it and sort of jumped head-first into it. In this last year, I have learned so much. I've learned new techniques, I have met new (and amazing) friends, and I have indulged in new opportunities.
I've learned to sew (sorta) and how to make armor, the friends that I have met through conventions and cosplay are, honestly, probably some of the best friends I have ever made and I hope that they will remain to be some of my best friends for a long, long time, and I've had a bunch of opportunities opened up to me via cosplay:
I am.. so grateful and amazed and humbled by everything that has happened over this past year and I am SO SO SO excited for what the future brings.
Originally, I wanted to leave my house around 6 pm on Wednesday. Ha. Didn't happen. I think I ended up leaving somewhere between 10:30 pm and 11 pm because I was having an anxiety attack over the turd of a scythe I had. I ended up just wrapping the thing in silver fabric to cover up all the crap. My first one turned out fine, but the second one.. was just a disaster.
Friday I was excited for Friday because I was planning on debuting my new Kabutops cosplay! I got into the cosplay no problem and off we went to Day 2 at Colossalcon.
On top of this, I almost passed out twice. I think it was a mixture of heat, dehydration, not eating, and my shoes completely ruining my feet. I got a piece of pizza and a diet Coke to get some food in me, but ended up completely snapping off my chest plate in line because I had to sit down (before I fell over). It was awful. I did my one CMV shoot (that was so much fun - I can't wait to see the final result) and then contacted my second photographer to ask if we could move the shoot forward. He was amazing and so accommodating - he shot some of my Kabutops on Friday and some of my Sith on Saturday to make up for missing part of the shoot on Friday. I'm SO EXCITED to see the Kabutops pictures. What he showed me were fantastic. I went back to the hotel, ate, and changed into my sith to meet up with some more friends and hang out for the rest of the night (now that I felt better). We ended up making friends with another Star Wars cosplayer (a Mandalorian, to be exact) and enjoyed hanging around with the crazy drunks that plagued the Kalahari on Friday night. Got back to the hotel around midnight/1 am and crashed hard. Saturday I just wanted to do chill on Saturday. The plan was to wear Kabutops again and then change, but after Friday, the last thing I wanted to do was get into Kabutops again. So I got dressed in my swimsuit/vacation sith and went off to meet up with some friends (new and old) for a day of chillin' and drinkin'.
So - I was staying on the floor of my friends' hotel room until Saturday night because some other friends and I got another hotel room. I went back and packed up my stuff before heading to the new hotel. First thing to go wrong: it was bike week and the parking lot was FILLED with bikers who were drinking and partying and revving their engines and being really loud and obnoxious. Whatever. I was upstairs and with the door closed and the A/C on, you couldn't really hear them too badly. I got a much-needed shower and sat down to play some Warcraft while I waited for other people to show up. No internet. Apparently at this hotel, Apple products don't connect to the internet. Great. I decided to watch T.V. instead. Nope. Didn't work. The lady at the front desk came up to fix it - she was SO nice and fixed the T.V. no problem. I can live without internet if I have T.V., plus it was like 10:30 pm and I was about ready to sleep anyway. Then I get a text from the people I was supposed to be sharing a hotel room with. They're not coming. Everyone bailed. So I'm left alone in this damn hotel room. I was so upset that I cried for a good 30 minutes before just packing up all of my things and driving the 4 hours to my parents' house. It was awful. I'm still exhausted from it. The most expensive shower I've ever taken... So what did I learn from my weekend at Colossalcon?
I feel like I was a bit of a butt during the con because of things that happened. I feel bad because the con was great and a lot of fun, but things were happening out of my control and it was just seriously affecting my attitude.
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