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I thought I posted a journal on here sometime ago about stuff, but evidently I didn't--my apologizes for becoming silent for so long. > . <

So a couple of things have happened since I last updated here, and a certain exciting thing is going to happen, which I will mention later on. :D 
There have also been a couple of things that didn't happen, namely my attending the AZ Matsuri festival or Con-niciwa.

About what's been going on in recent times (or it was recent times, when I first wrote this, but apparently never posted): in March I went to a monthly art vendor event that has a different them each time, and for this one it was cosplay! I wore my 1, 2 Fanclub Rin outfit with LilacLilac as Gumi again, like at Taiyou. Someone actually recognized what song we were from, which seriously made my day~ We had several others of our friends with us, including hundred-nine, imalittlesquirrelly5, who was cosplaying Mami, and Airabee, who finally got to wear her Heartbreak Headlines Gumi cosplay (she had been wanting to wear it for many months xD). Before the others got there, she and I ran around, taking pictures at a particular location nearby--one that Airabella had hoped to do Heartbreak Headlines photos at anyway, and we also have plans for at least one other photo shoot there, once we actually make the costumes. I found that taking photos is pretty awesome--and Airabella is a lot of fun to hangout with anyway, so that made for a rather enjoyable time. I hope I get to play the photographer again sometime soon. xD Despite the fact that I didn't know what I was doing some of the time, I was really pleased with how most of them turned out~ (You can judge for yourself, as I have added the pictures she's posted at the end of this journal. ^-^)
The other eventful thing that has happened is that I was made head of costumes in my drama class for our performance of As You Like It, the Shakespeare comedy. I'm really excited to test out my design skills in a more serious way like this. Airabella is actually in the group too; we have big plans. Well, not really that big, but judging by comparison to some of the costume stuff we've found backstage from past classes, we're doing things quite a lot differently. xD (Update to present time: It was... okay. Could have been better. But it was a good experience.)

Moving on. Earlier this month was PCC. On Friday, I was in the J-fashion show--Photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/viciousw… --along with 4 friends of mine (one pictured in the photo after mine, and the other three, the ones before). Once again, we modeled for Xandra Designs, my grandmother's business. Earlier in the day, I cosplayed Satsuki from Studio Ghibli's "My Neighbor Totoro", and a friend cosplayed Mei. Squirrelly cosplayed Mako from Kill la Kill, but I don't think anyone got our joke with that... In the morning, we spent a couple of hours hanging out with JoiFuLStudios, and she took some very nice pictures for us, which I will get around to posting pretty soon I think~ After the fashion show, we sat and chated with penguinphoebe for a while. All in all, it was a pretty relaxed con day. ^-^
Saturday I wore a very pink lolita outfit. Also I learned that it is better to be inconvenienced for a greater portion of the day by having to carry around posters you purchased rather than not be able to buy them at all because they sold out. I should have known better than to wait; they were Doctor Who and Sherlock, so of course they would be popular. > . <

Lastly, that exciting news I mentioned way back at the beginning of this extra-long journal entry... I am going to Anime Expo this year! I am undecided on the order still, but, if everything goes according to plan, I ought to have Bad End Night Miku (Vocaloid) and Raziel (Mystic Archives of Dantalian) ready to wear by then. To fill in the other days, I'll probably bring Satsuki and/or Lolita stuff. Or maybe even some new other Japanese street fashion stuff I've become interested in; besides Lolita, I really like the Dolly Kei, Shironuri, and Mori girl styles~ I might not have anything good enough put together in time though, so we'll see.
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Heartbreak Headlines Photos!

Couldn't Save Any Love at All by Airabee  Somewhere a Love is Being Lost by Airabee  Your Choice to Love Someone by Airabee
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~:star:Future Cosplays:star:~
:music::music:Vocaloid:music::music:
:bulletblack::bulletblue::bulletblack: ALYS :bulletblack::bulletblue::bulletblack:
:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:Hatsune Miku:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:
:pointr:Trick and Treat (maybe):pointl:
:pointr:Cendrillon (maybe):pointl:
:pointr:Bad End Night:pointl:
:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:Kagamine Rin:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:
:pointr:Secret Police:pointl:
:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:Aoki Lapis:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:
:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:Megurine Luka:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:
:pointr:Elluka Clockworker from The Evillious Chronicles:pointl:
:pointr:Tower:pointl:
:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:Kyary Pamyu Pamyu- Fashion Monster:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:Gosick- Victorique de Blois:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:
:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:Tales of the Abyss- Tear Grants:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:
:bulletred::bulletorange::bulletred:Galilei Donna- Hozuki Ferrari:bulletred::bulletorange::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletpurple::bulletblack:Puella Magi Madoka Magica- Homura Akemi:bulletblack::bulletpurple::bulletblack:
:bulletblue::bulletblack::bulletblue:Sunday Without God- Ulla Euleus Hecmatika:bulletblue::bulletblack::bulletblue:
:bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletgreen:Sword Art Online- Leafa:bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletgreen:
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Taiyou Con 2014

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I should have posted a journal before Taiyou, but I didn't...
So anyway, I went Friday and Saturday, cosplaying from Vocaloid both days. Friday I was Rin from 1, 2 Fanclub with LilacLilac as Gumi. Saturday was a larger group from the song Lollipop Factory; I was Miku, Airabee was Meiko, ItsRinko-Chan was Gumi, and EverythingQueenie was Luka.

I apologize for not posting any pictures either from Saboten or the photo shoot trip I went on. I do have some--I think they've even been edited already--I just never got around to posting them. I'll do that soon though... along with the ones I should receive from Taiyou at some point.

It was really great to update my future cosplay list just now; taking off the ones that I've accomplished already is a nice feeling~ I also removed at least one other  thing which I've decided not to do. Nevertheless, I am constantly finding more things I want to cosplay, so there are several new things I've added in their place, as well as putting Homura back on the list since I never got that done and still plan to at some point. (Speaking of PMMM, I got to see the movie! It was the very last showing at my theater, but imalittlesquirrelly5 and I still managed to see it; we even each got one of the art square things--mine had Madokami on it. There had better be another movie because I have no idea what happened at the end there).

~:star:Future Cosplays:star:~
:music::music:Vocaloid:music::music:
:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:Hatsune Miku:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:
:pointr:Trick and Treat (maybe):pointl:
:pointr:Cendrillon (maybe):pointl:
:pointr:Bad End Night:pointl:
:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:Kagamine Rin:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:
:pointr:Secret Police:pointl:
:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:Aoki Lapis:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:
:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:Megurine Luka:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:
:pointr:Elluka Clockworker from The Evillious Chronicles:pointl:
:pointr:Tower:pointl:
:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:Kyary Pamyu Pamyu- Fashion Monster:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:Gosick- Victorique de Blois:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:
:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:Tales of the Abyss- Tear Grants:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:
:bulletred::bulletorange::bulletred:Galilei Donna- Hozuki Ferrari:bulletred::bulletorange::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletpurple::bulletblack:Puella Magi Madoka Magica- Homura Akemi:bulletblack::bulletpurple::bulletblack:
:bulletblue::bulletblack::bulletblue:Sunday Without God- Ulla Euleus Hecmatika:bulletblue::bulletblack::bulletblue:
:bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletgreen:Sword Art Online- Leafa:bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletgreen:
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Kikori Con!

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So I forget to let people know that I'm at Kikori con this weekend. I'm not cosplaying at all, but if you're going to be there you will probably see me at the Xandra Designs table in the exhibitor hall~

As a side note, I'm really looking forward to Taiyou con in January, and my Vocaloid 'Lollipop Factory' cosplay group there (in which I will be Miku) with ItsRinko-Chan, Airabee, and two others. I'm also planning on making another lolita outfit for the tea party; the fabric is a border print with fairies on it. ^-^ I'm not sure what I'd like to do on the other day yet though.

~:star:Future Cosplays:star:~
:music::music:Vocaloid:music::music:
:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:Hatsune Miku:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:
:pointr:Trick and Treat:pointl:
:pointr:Cendrillon:pointl:
:pointr:Lollipop Factory:pointl:
:pointr:Bad End Night:pointl:
:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:Kagamine Rin:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:
:pointr:Secret Police:pointl:
:pointr:1 2 Fanclub:pointl:
:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:Aoki Lapis:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:
:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:Megurine Luka:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:
:pointr:Elluka Clockworker from The Evillious Chronicles:pointl:
:pointr:Tower:pointl:
:bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:Eureka Seven- Eureka (maybe):bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:
:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:Kyary Pamyu Pamyu- Fashion Monster:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:Gosick- Victorique de Blois:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:
:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:Tales of the Abyss- Tear Grants:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:
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    Sorry I'm a bit late on this, seeing as Saboten was several weeks ago. >.< I've been busy with school...

    Well, anyway, Saboten was a lot of fun! It was much more relaxed than last year, because none of us were doing artist alley. We did, however, run a panel-- How to Explain Cosplay to People-- on Sunday. We were really pleased with how many people showed up (thank you, if you've come across this and were there~). Hopefully, we'll get to have it again at another convention (possibly Con-nichiwa) that way we can continue polishing it and make it even better next time!
    I guess I should talk about some of the things that didn't go so well-- namely, all my unfinished cosplays. Dx I was supposed to have Homura Akemi to wear with LilacLilac as Kyoko and imalittlesquirrelly5 as Mami, but I procrastinated too much--like, all summer long--and so it didn't get done. It is now rescheduled for Con-nichiwa 2014, along with the others wearing theirs. My Juliet cosplay has a similar story. Although I was able to wear it, I didn't make the majority of it myself--my grandma did; I only made the skirt, part of which was sewn together Sunday morning in the hotel room. Oh, and there were some details that were missing. >.< Aside from that though, everything was great; I tried to be positive and calm about it, so that really helped~

    So instead of Homura, I wore a lolita outfit on Saturday. It was just a coord I put together a couple of days before, but it was alright. Later that day I switched into a different lolita outfit to be in the J-fashion show along with some of the other members of StorybookSyndicate, as we had offered to model for my grandmother's business, Xandra Designs.
    Sunday was when I wore Juliet and gallimau-free was The Red Whirlwind. And like I mentioned before, that was the day we had our panel~ After that, and looking around at the Otaku Closet (Someone was selling brand, specifically Alice and the Pirates, and I internally cried over having no money >.<), we went to watch the masquerade. When they started playing "Make a Man Out of You", we had to start singing along, of course. xD (And if anybody knows of any videos of that, I'd really like to see them). I thought there were a lot of really great performances in the masquerade this year--congratulations to everyone who won awards; you were all fantastic!-- and I'm really excited for when our group will do our first masquerade, hopefully within this next year~
    Monday I didn't do much, just went to the Lolita Tea Party, bought some things, wandered around. I was surprised I had as many pictures taken as I did; I guess the parasol I was carrying made my fairly simple lolita outfit look more interesting. Still, I was pleased with how it turned out. In my last journal, I know said I would be the younger Rin from Meltdown, with Airabee as the older one, but she ended up only going on Sunday, so that didn't happen either. The tea party was a lot of fun. I enjoyed admiring everyone's outfits and meeting more of my fellow AZ lolis~

    I only have a few pictures from Saboten, so I'll try and get those up soon. As far as upcoming stuff is concerned, I'm definitely going to Kikori all weekend, and Taiyou at least one day. I'll most likely be going to Con-nichiwa also. 

~:star:Future Cosplays:star:~
:music::music:Vocaloid:music::music:
:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:Hatsune Miku:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:
:pointr:Love is War:pointl:
:pointr:Trick and Treat:pointl:
:pointr:Cendrillon:pointl:
:pointr:Lollipop Factory:pointl:
:pointr:Bad End Night:pointl:
:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:Kagamine Rin:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:
:pointr:Secret Police:pointl:
:pointr:1 2 Fanclub:pointl:
:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:Aoki Lapis:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:
:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:Megurine Luka:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:
:pointr:Elluka Clockworker from The Evillious Chronicles:pointl:
:pointr:Circus Monster (an original design):pointl:
:bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:Eureka Seven- Eureka (maybe):bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:
:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:Kyary Pamyu Pamyu- Fashion Monster:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:Gosick- Victorique de Blois:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:
:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:Tales of the Abyss- Tear Grants:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:
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So I realized that the pictures I have on here from the Tailor Shop of Enbizaka photo shoot over a year ago are completely unedited. That was back before I realized how of a much difference a simple little bit of editing can make. So now I'm uploading the edited versions that I did last night ... a year later. I might delete/switch out a couple of them entirely; I haven't made up my mind yet. I didn't want to bother you all with a duplicate set of the notifications, so I figured I'd just make a journal to let anyone who wanted to take a look at them know~

Anyway, while you're here, I might as well add my updated cosplay list:

For Saboten (I'm not certain which days will be what yet):
Vocaloid- Meltdown, Little Rin
Romeo x Juliet- Juliet
Puella Magi Madoka Magica- Homura Akemi

~:star:Future Cosplays:star:~
:music::music:Vocaloid:music::music:
:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:Hatsune Miku:bulletblue::bulletgreen::bulletblue:
:pointr:Love is War:pointl:
:pointr:Trick and Treat:pointl:
:pointr:Cendrillon:pointl:
:pointr:Lollipop Factory:pointl:
:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:Kagamine Rin:bulletyellow::bulletblack::bulletyellow:
:pointr:Secret Police:pointl:
:pointr:1 2 Fanclub:pointl:
:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:Aoki Lapis:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletblue:
:bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:Kasane Teto (Technically Utauloid, but...eh):bulletpink::bulletblack::bulletpink:
:bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:Eureka Seven- Eureka (maybe):bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:
:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:Kyary Pamyu Pamyu- Fashion Monster:bulletred::bulletblack::bulletred:
:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:Gosick- Victorique de Blois:bulletblack::bulletgreen::bulletblack:
:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:Tales of the Abyss- Tear Grants:bulletblack::bulletyellow::bulletblack:

Also I will be going to Kikori Con in Flagstaff this November! (I'm thinking I'll be doing Trick and Treat, Victorique de Blois, and a lolita outfit~)
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