Mid-August Update

Have you ever felt like you've been immensely busy while simultaneously getting nothing done?
That's so me right now.
It's a really crappy feeling and place to be in. I've been constantly cleaning, typing, taking pictures, etc and yet don't really have much to show for it? I had taken a bunch of photos of lolita items and, like a stupid, forgot to check my settings on my camera and thus the photos came out really grainy. I'm not sure if I want to try and salvage them or just retake them altogether.

Prepping for Fanime: One cosplay at a time...

For as certain I was about getting Sailor Mercury done for SakuraCon I am THAT unsure I will get ANYTHING done in time for Fanime  u_u  I -believe- we're heading down Thursday (driving) and coming back Sunday so I honestly have very few days to get all my things done... and I haven't even started on the main cosplay I want to bring!

Saki!!~~ Stole this photo from OtakuDepot [LINK]

So far the only things I can think of that I already have nearly donw would be comfortable wearing in the California heat are Weresheep (Monster Girls) and maybe a Lum costume. For the one I really am worrying about though I know I'm going to die wearing LOL. But my friend (Mewchi Cosplay) and I were talking about things we wanted to make and I mentioned wanting to remake Ritsuko from Kujibiki Unbalanced- to which she got mega excited and I found out she really liked Genshiken! I was super excited and we ended up agreeing to doing the outfit of where Saki is cosplaying as Ritsuko in her "battle outfit" and the matching one Ohno wears for it~

She's so perfect as Ohno! And I hope I make an okay Saki/Ritsuko ^^;; I'm mostly basing my cosplay off of one figure I like the color scheme on. Otherwise her cosplay is vastly different between each iteration. I can make the fabric bits no problem but the helmet is giving me grief. It always does. It did my first time around! And now with how beat up my old one has become over the years I need to remake it ~_~;; I've already been working at it for several hours today and only took this short break to eat something...

So as of now I have no cosplay plans outside of Saki. I figure I'll focus on her and then just bring whatever else I manage to finish? Ugh. I'm so unprepared ;_;

SakuraCon Countdown- ONE WEEK

I'M NOT READY.
SEND HELP.
MY COSPLAYS AREN'T DONE AND WORK IS MAKING ME COME IN 12 DAYS IN A ROW.

So yeah Sailor Mercury is far from being done. I had to remake my collar at least 3 times because of the sh*tty 3mm ribbon the girls chose to use; my machine kept mauling it no matter what I'd do. Though thinking back on it now putting a thicker interfacing under it might have helped >_>;; I really miss my old beast of a sewing machine.
Kelsey is cool with me not getting Black Lady done so I'm going to take my time on her. I want to make it really nice with the super low back cut and sheer fabrics galore. Though I've been getting an itch to just make something... pretty. Not really a character per-say but just something fancy and artsy and creative. I suppose I could do a Sakizou cosplay and it would be up this alley. I want to make something with the fabrics I already have though ^^;; And just... go. See what I can do. Ya know? Been getting that urge.

Elsewise from cosplay I've been working a bit more here and thereto get my life "back in order". Sounds strange I suppose but I easily get consumed and stressed by every-day things if I let them pile up too much. So I'm making commitments to myself to completely clean my room again, organize figures, go through my clothes, trim down my lolita wardrobe more, and just generally organize things and try my damnedest to de-clutter! I've got a few spare random box figures I was able to sell off and I'll be bringing to SakuraCon for people. Kind of hoping I could thin things out even more but I appreciate whatever I can get [rid of] XD

HONESTLY though. HONEST honest. I think I'll be just fine for Mercury. I'm far enough along that if I keep myself going over the next few days I'll get everything together with a bit of time to spare :)

JULY update

I really need some sort of magical device that can read my inner dialog. By the time I can actually update here I forgot all the good stuff I had going.

So life. And stuff.
July has not be kind to me. Though nothing TOO big really has happened  (or nothing I'd say is "big") there's still been a lot going on; a lot of negative things at that.

Ended up in the ER about a month back (ok, that's not July... I get it. ) doctors couldn't find what was wrong and causing my pain so they just discharged me. What gets me is how much I had to pay for the visit despite no real help being rendered. If anything they just caused me more issues as they put an IV in "just in case" and it made me feel absolutely nauseous and dizzy. It wasn't even the needle bit; It's the plastic piece they use after they pull the needle out. I -quickly- started feeling woozy from it... obviously my body was not happy at all.
They had me get an x-ray done on my chest as it was something that was hurting as well. I had to "hug" part of the machine and when I was being gentle to not bend my arm the lady came over and pushed on it because my arm apparently want wrapped around the machine enough? I'm pretty sure I had internal bruising or something because it hurt afterwards for more than a week :\

$670 to have someone hurt my arm. Fabulous. That's more than my rent for my entire apartment for a month.

Other fun news?  Not too much I really think I should be typing here >_>;; errrr yeah... Life changes that I really had no control over. But not every "bad" event necessarily causes a negative change in ones life hmm.

The ER bit is still really ticking me off lol.

I need to just go to a general doctor and get everything checked out. The ER bill took pretty much all I was currently saving up to quit my job though. I know that wasn't a lot really but given how much I get paid that took me a bit. I haven't really bought myself anything I've "wanted" considering I want to quit my job more than anything. Especially more than anything I could buy.

I suppose that does bring up Dream Sky lol. That was separate savings I had started the instant I heard about the re-release *shrug* Don't judge me.... ^.^;;