ezzy

rawr

2009-12-09T19:37:22Z

sorry for the lack of updates lately. my laptop won't connect to the internet right now. that's kind of disappointing for me, but the good news about it is i make progress on other things. specifically, April's vest for her Matt cosplay, wings for my Nill cosplay, and the lilac lolita dress i have been wanting to make for a long time. my last 2 final exams are tomorrow and i'm very happy to get them over with. =) i'm actually kind of amazed by the progress i have made in only a few days. i had all this pent-up creativity. XD i also got some new things for my Mello cosplay. i have cons coming up in January and March (both small cons at colleges) and then ACen in May. i'm excited since they are each about 2 months apart, which for me is actually perfect since that's when i start wanting to go to another one.

i'll talk to you soon. <3

yay~

2009-10-29T19:47:56Z

i put away my laundry (well, most of it...) and i registered for 2 classes and scheduled an appointment with my academic adviser. also, my essays are done for this week. the deadline for the art and literary magazine is tomorrow, and i don't really have anything. i'm not sure if i want to try and pull something together. i have plenty of old stuff i could submit.

i'm going to alter some jeans i already own into skinny jeans, and paint my high-tops and make 'em pretty. =3 there was a $9 jeans sale, but nothing fit me, and shoes are so expensive, so i'll just use what i have! i have some great purple/white/yellow unicorn shoe laces that i have been saving. i think it's time that i can use them. i'm not sure what else i want to put on my "new" shoes yet, though. i'm also not sure exactly when this is going to happen. XD it's wet out lately, so i don't think it's practical to get started on them ASAP. it's so funny that i'm hooked on skinny jeans now. when they first came back around, i thought they'd NEVER last. now everyone is wearing them, even if they do make your butt look big. XD

so, by priority: jeans, lilac dress, shoes. there is always so much i want to do. D= winter break will be nice when it comes around in a month! so here's my new list:

- finish sailor cutsew and white lolita skirt, because they're SO CLOSE to being done (have supplies)
- alter jeans into skinny jeans (have supplies)
- lighten hair (finally! and i have supplies)
- make T-shirts and skirts for myself (have supplies, might need some paints)
- alter T-shirts, most to sell, and see what else i can finish while i'm at it (have supplies)
- lilac dress (have supplies)
- alter shoes (have supplies, might need some more markers)
- decorate some giant plastic restaurant cups, to be used for storage of art supplies (have supplies)
- finish the coffee purse i started at the beginning of the summer (have supplies)
- April's Matt vest (have most supplies)
- Luki/Noki costume commissions (need supplies)
- Nill cosplay (need supplies)

last week

2009-10-19T18:27:47Z

last week i was sick and out of school. i turned 19 on Friday night.

i ordered myself another Cinnamoroll bag, from the same series as the lunchbox i am currently using as a purse. this one is a messenger bag and should hopefully be big enough for my laptop. i also ordered some decoden stuff. <3 i was hoping to get it for a long time, even though it's not really practical. sometimes i need some little indulgences like this. they simply make me happy. it was a nice birthday gift to myself and a celebration for receiving my financial aid money.

my grandmother took me to an antique store, where she found a lace blouse. the lace is synthetic, so it isn't very old. but it fits perfectly. we also went to the fabric store so i could get my lilac polka dot fabric that i have wanted a long time, for a simple lolita dress. i also got the lace for my Nill cosplay, although i don't have the other things for it yet. lace is too expensive. =P

Reactor win!

2009-09-21T19:57:59Z

early Saturday morning, my nail polish started to chip. i left my belt buckle because the polymer clay portion began to separate from the metal base. i also couldn't do the scar.

my mother called on the way, and i called her back just as we arrived. i got my grant money for college for the year. holy crap! it's like, all of my tuition! i jumped up and down squealing before we headed in. imagine Mello, screaming like a little girl and jumping up and down in the parking lot in unadulterated joy. that would be me.

we were shocked at first by how small this con seemed. after some walking around and just barely starting to get bored, we decided to sign up for the walk-on cosplay contest. we got to talk about why we picked our characters and how we made the costumes. we were also scored on construction quality and complexity. it was mostly on faith, though, because if they'd come to look at my stitching, they'd see that it sucked, although they seemed a bit baffled that i had quilted the vest myself. everyone else in the con said it looked really amazing, though, or that i was one of the best Mello cosplayers they'd seen. (smiley) (i'm certain that they meant in person. there are really amazing Mellos around the world. there's only ever a handful of Mellos at all at ACen, and they've all been pretty good as far as i'm concerned.)

we had a good time, did a bit of shopping until the evening when we had to go back for our instructions. we figured out poses and quickly did our thing. Zach messed up the names (now that i think about it, the microphone probably cut out again) but the audience was screaming before he could even say "Death Note." i went too quickly... when we finished, we danced a bit to the techno-y runway music while we waited and watched. there were some really amazing costumes. for awards, they did a bunch of Best in Show things, like Most Complex and Least Comfortable to Wear. these were fantastic costumes. someone even made a Eureka 7 robot with fused vinyl so it was inflatable. amazing! and finally, Best in the Anime/Manga category. "AM 29, Death Note." what? what the hell? really? we went up, stunned. later we had to ask why we got that award. Zach told us, we had the best in our category outside of the Best In Show awards. basically, we were absolutely correct to be marveling at the other costumes, because they were technically better, but they were so much better that they were all their own rank, and we were outside of that rank. we just scored the best, beneath them. i can live with that. gosh, i'm so happy.

we don't have our own pictures, but i got one little one of just the faces of us and the only other Matt, and i'll make a new post when/if there are some posted by other congoers. my face is covered by my gun in at least one of them.

lake

2009-08-04T14:44:42Z

there is a lake in front of our house today. it's storming pretty hard.

lolita notice and shop plug

2009-08-04T04:33:02Z

here is a warning to my lolita friends who like to watch my projects. it's a little disappointing to me, but it appears as though i will not have the time or the money to make lolita things for the rest of the year. much of my spending has gone toward cosplay recently, and i need to start bringing in money for my tuition. however, i will continue making lolita jewelry and producing art and T-shirt designs to sell. please keep checking my shops, and leave a post here if you would like to join the mailing list for both of the shops, and in addition for the upcoming eBay shop. it's also on Twitter and on Facebook. thank you. <3

ezzysales resale and handmade <3
insanecafe T-shirts <3

Mello wig

2009-07-19T19:21:40Z

i had this wig picked out for my post-explosion Mello cosplay (after a custom dye job and style), but since seeing LAIRproductions' lovely wigs i'm having second thoughts. they cut their wigs to length, and they were great wigs to begin with, with a slight curl. and i'm not really the greatest at cutting wigs, in my opinion, although i'm proud of the quick job i did on Lizzy's Matt, though it was just the bangs. i know what i'm doing well enough, it's just the experience that i lack. then again, my particular skill level could be what makes a wig uniquely mine. there's a little qualm i have with buying wigs already cut, for example from someplace like ebay. but my friends do it! why should i care?!

anyway, i went through looking at some other wigs. i think that this one should be pretty good with a cut and style (but it's got a bouffant thing going on, the same thing that annoys me to death about my Renge wig). this one could fit the bill with a cut and style, though i'm not positive about the bangs. i also found this little beauty on ebay, which i've never actually used before. it's a bit hard to tell if it's right for me since it's on a wig head that i'm unfamiliar with. compared to the length of Lizzy's Matt i think it's right. i think it would be really cute though, but i'm not trying for cute exactly, i'm trying for Mello. but i'm leaning toward it.

can i have your opinions, please? <3

PS- i got my dream boots (sans proper color)! they're quite comfortable to walk in despite the enormous platform, that looks much taller since my feet are small. they're not quite what i was expecting, though. i'm scared to sand them down for paint. =(

long time no pix

2009-07-16T03:45:35Z

i forgot to take one... sorry. it was all purple shades of coolness.

we went to a few cemeteries for pics and ghosties today.

stole Lizzy's hat.

with my Matty.

coord week! day 2

2009-07-10T02:42:55Z

not really the greatest coord. but it was fun. =D

hair (kinda) and makeup (bleh, i didn't do much):

jewelry:

some of the dress and socks, plus Lizzy about to hug me, wearing my boots:

coord week!

2009-07-08T13:49:40Z

i'm going to Lizzy's today for a week, and i'm all packed. i have limited clothing and shoes (i'm bringing 2 pairs), but almost all my jewelry. so i'm going to challenge myself to come up with a cool coordinate every day for a week. and for the sake of speed and convenience, i'm using crappy webcam pics. sorry the color is way messed up. =D (unless there is a loli outfit that i want to post on daily_lolita but i'll post them later.) so, outfit #1! GO!

"What Would MacGuyver Do?" T-shirt and fashion glasses. they have purple polka dots inside. <3

with hat.

and jeans, and the boots that my grandma gave me.

here's Kyouki, the matriarch. she was my gift when i came back from Japan a few years ago.

and Weasley, the kitten, who is a little harder to take pictures of. X3

i went to the Sanrio store to check out the Cinnamoroll stuff (towels! omg! so cute! X3) and randomly checked my horoscope. it mentions finding myself in unfamiliar territory today. XD

new season of Psych soon on USA! WOOHOO!

decoden and phone charms

2009-07-08T01:25:31Z

ive been looking at Strapya and i realized i could easily spend $100+ there. i want like one of everything! >_>' but i think i'll just keep the links of things i want and i'll do my Christmas shopping there, since there are tons of things i want to get as gifts for some people... plus get a few presents for myself. X3

i have 2 boxes that i want to decorate. i already have some things that i can use. i sometimes wonder, do other people like to use novelty buttons, or is it just me? =D

i want to make phone charms to sell.

i want more figurines, too, but i really can't show them off. they would be great if i had a cubicle job or something, maybe.

EDIT: my brother has been watching Top Gear and he sent me this video. yay, parkour!

the meows are coming from inside the couch

2009-07-03T02:18:16Z

the kitten started meowing. we thought he was in the couch. so we kept trying to get him out of the couch but we couldn't even figure out how he got in. but he was between the wooden and screen doors right next to the couch. he ended up running in while mom checked the mail. XD

Michael

2009-06-26T01:48:29Z

i know you all already know. so this is for my own records. Michael Jackson has passed. there's a lot of sadness in the home. the coping mechanism of choice is denial. he's sort of an icon in our house. and of course he's the reason i'm the only teen in my city that i know of who can moonwalk. and my brother is the only kid in town who can do the Thriller dance. RIP.

also Farah Fawcett. RIP.

news

2009-06-25T03:27:46Z

IT'S MORI!

no joke, Chappy was our Mori for ACen 2009 and Soycon 2009.

fangirlism

2009-06-24T08:37:29Z

MELLO X MATT IS KILLING MY WALLET. YAAAAAAY~

music and cosplay. wewt. this is why i need a job.

(oh, right, and college. that's another reason.)

or at least someone to buy my stuff.

ohcrap

2009-06-23T08:41:48Z

i just discovered popkei and fairy-kei and now i'm having an identity crisis. what?! you mean i can actually wear those 80s clothes i like?! WITH LOLITA?! it made me so excited i bought some adorkable new socks. i kind of want shutter glasses even though they're totally pointless. i probably won't get any... but i will probably get some big sunglasses that i can use for Mello cosplay. eventually. and i want some Pastry shoes. =_='

now for some new favorite things: tektonic dance, Yelle, and 80s-inspiration. all in the same video!

if you like LOVELESS, go watch this: Missing

meme - not sure if i understand.

2009-06-22T03:56:34Z

the WHY AM I MOE? meme

idk if you are supposed to post here or if i am supposed to post there and you respond, like lovelessinma did... but i think i'd prefer you post here if you post. i thought this might be amusing to post since my brother says i'm a moe blob. XD

completed projects

2009-06-15T19:14:45Z

lolita

pinky-st

Bones

2009-04-27T03:04:23Z

my mom saw the "lolita" episode of Bones while we were at my grandparents' house and she told me about it a little bit. she recorded it so i could watch it. =3 and she thought it was funny that she didn't really see much lolita in it (neither did i) and i think she was actually more displeased with the stereotypes on behalf of me than i was. XD but i kind of enjoyed it. so i had to log on and look at EGL and look at the discussion. looks like most people were just kind of humored by it and not as annoyed as i thought they would be.

i'm basically done with everything for ACen and now my next two weeks shall be spent on my AP Art portfolio. w00t. see you at ACen.<3

rawr

2009-02-08T00:55:21Z

if you friended me to read "Judas", i've made a mistake... i forgot that when you click on the link it takes you to a blank page, not my fic journal, fanaticfics (this is my personal journal). i went ahead and made the fic public, so go to the link again and you can see it. i'm really sorry for the mix-up. i'm new to this.

still no internet on my own computer, which means i haven't gotten to read your fics. i'm sorry, and i miss you all. i'm mad right now because i'm afraid that i may have messed up my Renge wig.

crap.

2009-01-29T02:18:08Z

my computer suddenly got attacked by viruses, spyware, adware, and trojans a couple days ago, and now my internet doesn't work. i just so happen to have a ton of study hall time that i can spend in the library on the computer and leech off of the school's internet. right now i'm on my mom's computer. so i might not have much to say for a little while until i can fix my internet, although i will sometimes manage to check up on things whilst in the library. that librarian is like a hawk.

stuff

2009-01-09T00:43:45Z

today was kind of lame. but i did finish my makeup bag assignment for fashion and it turned out super cute! i made a sale and got it sent off yesterday. and i found out a way to make my hair look more bouffant-y! but i don't know if it will stay that way. hairspraaay...

internetz

2008-12-30T17:56:58Z

our service has been malfunctioning recently... but mom called the company and got it fixed today. hopefully it stays fixed. anyway, i got my compression vest ordered today, whoo-hoo! i'm excited to get it. XD

i've decided i'm going to get my haircut soon. i was going to wait to get it cut very short until May, but i decided to do it in time for Uchi-Con. i can't wait to have short hair again. XD

MATT cosplay, etc.

2008-12-25T01:20:34Z

the shirts are $10 at Wal-Mart in the women's section! i got the black & white and the red & white. i'm too happy to find them for cheap. all you cosplayers who already have the white shirt, consider getting the red one just to take advantage of the deal. haha! i think it's quite snazzy-looking.

so we're here in Colorado, and we're going home tomorrow. happy ChristmaHanuKwaanzaSolstice! i got everything i really wanted. X3

good...

2008-12-13T00:10:56Z

omelet rice is good...

ezzy

rawr

yay~

last week

Reactor win!

lake

lolita notice and shop plug

Mello wig

long time no pix

coord week! day 2

coord week!

decoden and phone charms

the meows are coming from inside the couch

Michael

news

*fangirlism*

ohcrap

meme - not sure if i understand.

completed projects

Bones

rawr

crap.

stuff

internetz

MATT cosplay, etc.

good...

fangirlism