So since Youmacon I have been working on a Jubilee from X-Men and Ashe from League of Legends. Ashe is the one taking the most time so I really haven't been able to work on anything else for the time being.
And yesterday was Thanksgiving and I spent it with a friend since my family doesn't really do anything and afterwards we went shopping where I bought an extra firm Calvin Klein pillow from Younkers for like 8 dollars and a 3DS, something I've been wanting for a while. Only thing though is that it wasn't a bundle so I have no games T-T...no biggie I guess.
And starting December 1st I'm going to open an Etsy store with Kandi cuffs, deco stuff, cosplay pieces, and a lot of random stuff. Check it out if you can. :D Etsy Store
11.30.2013
11.10.2013
Pictures...
I think the worst thing about photoshoots is waiting for the pictures :( I hate waiting...but I guess some previews are better than nothing.
They're all taken by Elleontheradio, the first 2 are my AKB0048 group and the last 2 are from Shakugan no Shana.
They're all taken by Elleontheradio, the first 2 are my AKB0048 group and the last 2 are from Shakugan no Shana.
11.04.2013
Youmacon Review!
So its Sunday (technically monday morning) night and I am so tired but home and I can be on the internet again.
Thursday:
I went to Youmacon this weekend and it was so much fun. On Thursday I had class in the morning and then I went home and continued packing my last remaining things. I waited for my ride to get there and they were about 2 hours later than they wanted to be because one of our friend missed her train. Then they got stuck in traffic and finally they made it and picked me up. After that we went and picked up one other friend from her college and after some food shopping and gas we finally left the city and headed out to Detroit! And a few hours later we were finally there and we grabbed all our stuff and went to check in. We did check in and found our room (which wasn't that high up at all) and we settled in. We changed into cosplay (I was hipster Ariel) and we walked around and ended up at the food court at like 12-1 in the morning and had BK. Eventually we decided to have an early night because we had to get our badges in the morning.
Friday:
I woke up super early because I had a FLCL shoot with CT Graphy in my Haruko cosplay and since there was no room in the car I couldn't bring my guitar, but oh well. After that I caught up to my friends and we went to COBO and got our badges and sat around for a little bit before walking back to the hotel. We lounged in the room for a bit and then all of us decided to get into AKB0048 cosplay for the rest of the night. We wandered around the area, met up with some friends, ate, and just dicked around. I got separated from the group at one point because I found someone I hadn't seen in a long time so we chilled and talked for a bit. I then had to go to the Mackinaw Ballroom I believe and help out with YoumaIdol where I was judging. After that I hung out with one of the other judges and we wandered and got some food before her ride got there. Then I went up to the room to take a shower while everyone else was at the SPG concert. I then got into my kigu and met up with another friend and we chilled and chatted before we both went our separate ways and to bed. Also we got another roommate at this point: Patrick BubblePop!
Saturday:
Once again I got up super early for another shoot this time with Elleontheradio in my Shana from Shakugan no Shana cosplay. After that I ran back to my room and changed into Spike from Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings. Then I rushed down to meet KoriStarfire and xanimekingdomx for our pixie shoot. We were gonna have more but we lost our Gliss, Tinkerbell, and Silvermist to one thing or another. So we shot some pictures with Scott Souvannasane all over the hotel area before Kori had to go practice her skit for the masquerade (which by the way she got best in show!) After that I went back to the room to change into Yuuko Ooshima from AKB again. I found my Acchan and we walked around at the dealer's room at COBO and just wandered until it was time for our AKB meetup at the winter gardens. There was actually quite a bit of people there wanting pictures, also other AKB-ers. After that we all got food together and then we wandered a little bit more before our shoot with Elleontheradio. We did that for a couple hours and finally we went up to the room and changed out of them and packed a bit. Some of us got into rave gear/kigus/regular clothes. And I hung out with a friend in her suite for a bit and then headed back to my room where I crashed for the rest of the night because there were blisters on my blisters and my feet were just dying. So I turned on some Adult Swim and just hung out in the room eating chips. Eventually people came in and we went to bed.
I almost forgot, I got to meet missfirestarter/jadeb0t/failmacaw today in their FLIPPING FANTABULOUS CHRONO CRUSADE COSPLAYS! Sorry, I love Chrono Crusade and I want to cosplay Rosette so bad! >.<!!!
And now back to normal talking.
Sunday:
We got up super early and grabbed our stuff and headed to the car before the rush of congoers even processed getting out of bed. We then went back up to the room and lounged about until basically check out. Which then we did check out and some of us grabbed food and some went to the dealer's room. Then the ones who ate (me included) went to COBO and looked at more stuff and then power walked back to the car and a few hours later we were home!
Overall I have to say this year was a lot better than last year's Youma for a number of reasons. They had the printing done beforehand so all the schedules were good to go (although I'm hearing some people still had some issues this year). And the lines for pre-reg went by relatively quickly, the dealer's room had a much better set-up, and I just had a better time.
But of course with good things there are bad things as well, I didn't like that there was no way to add your badge name on the badge itself. There was no point in asking for a badge name when we bought our badges online if they weren't even gonna be on there. Also they were charging $5 for a lanyard, I don't even know why that was necessary. I wanna say I had a little bit more to complain about but I'm drawing a blank so I guess badge name is all I can think of.
so last year I would have given the con like 2/5 stars this year its definitely 4/5. If they keep it up I will always come up.
Thursday:
I went to Youmacon this weekend and it was so much fun. On Thursday I had class in the morning and then I went home and continued packing my last remaining things. I waited for my ride to get there and they were about 2 hours later than they wanted to be because one of our friend missed her train. Then they got stuck in traffic and finally they made it and picked me up. After that we went and picked up one other friend from her college and after some food shopping and gas we finally left the city and headed out to Detroit! And a few hours later we were finally there and we grabbed all our stuff and went to check in. We did check in and found our room (which wasn't that high up at all) and we settled in. We changed into cosplay (I was hipster Ariel) and we walked around and ended up at the food court at like 12-1 in the morning and had BK. Eventually we decided to have an early night because we had to get our badges in the morning.
Friday:
I woke up super early because I had a FLCL shoot with CT Graphy in my Haruko cosplay and since there was no room in the car I couldn't bring my guitar, but oh well. After that I caught up to my friends and we went to COBO and got our badges and sat around for a little bit before walking back to the hotel. We lounged in the room for a bit and then all of us decided to get into AKB0048 cosplay for the rest of the night. We wandered around the area, met up with some friends, ate, and just dicked around. I got separated from the group at one point because I found someone I hadn't seen in a long time so we chilled and talked for a bit. I then had to go to the Mackinaw Ballroom I believe and help out with YoumaIdol where I was judging. After that I hung out with one of the other judges and we wandered and got some food before her ride got there. Then I went up to the room to take a shower while everyone else was at the SPG concert. I then got into my kigu and met up with another friend and we chilled and chatted before we both went our separate ways and to bed. Also we got another roommate at this point: Patrick BubblePop!
Saturday:
Once again I got up super early for another shoot this time with Elleontheradio in my Shana from Shakugan no Shana cosplay. After that I ran back to my room and changed into Spike from Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings. Then I rushed down to meet KoriStarfire and xanimekingdomx for our pixie shoot. We were gonna have more but we lost our Gliss, Tinkerbell, and Silvermist to one thing or another. So we shot some pictures with Scott Souvannasane all over the hotel area before Kori had to go practice her skit for the masquerade (which by the way she got best in show!) After that I went back to the room to change into Yuuko Ooshima from AKB again. I found my Acchan and we walked around at the dealer's room at COBO and just wandered until it was time for our AKB meetup at the winter gardens. There was actually quite a bit of people there wanting pictures, also other AKB-ers. After that we all got food together and then we wandered a little bit more before our shoot with Elleontheradio. We did that for a couple hours and finally we went up to the room and changed out of them and packed a bit. Some of us got into rave gear/kigus/regular clothes. And I hung out with a friend in her suite for a bit and then headed back to my room where I crashed for the rest of the night because there were blisters on my blisters and my feet were just dying. So I turned on some Adult Swim and just hung out in the room eating chips. Eventually people came in and we went to bed.
I almost forgot, I got to meet missfirestarter/jadeb0t/failmacaw today in their FLIPPING FANTABULOUS CHRONO CRUSADE COSPLAYS! Sorry, I love Chrono Crusade and I want to cosplay Rosette so bad! >.<!!!
And now back to normal talking.
Sunday:
We got up super early and grabbed our stuff and headed to the car before the rush of congoers even processed getting out of bed. We then went back up to the room and lounged about until basically check out. Which then we did check out and some of us grabbed food and some went to the dealer's room. Then the ones who ate (me included) went to COBO and looked at more stuff and then power walked back to the car and a few hours later we were home!
Overall I have to say this year was a lot better than last year's Youma for a number of reasons. They had the printing done beforehand so all the schedules were good to go (although I'm hearing some people still had some issues this year). And the lines for pre-reg went by relatively quickly, the dealer's room had a much better set-up, and I just had a better time.
But of course with good things there are bad things as well, I didn't like that there was no way to add your badge name on the badge itself. There was no point in asking for a badge name when we bought our badges online if they weren't even gonna be on there. Also they were charging $5 for a lanyard, I don't even know why that was necessary. I wanna say I had a little bit more to complain about but I'm drawing a blank so I guess badge name is all I can think of.
so last year I would have given the con like 2/5 stars this year its definitely 4/5. If they keep it up I will always come up.
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