Well, if you have me on Facebook you're probably aware of the fact that I attended Anime North last month cosplaying as Madam Red, thanks to the more than 100 photos that have been posted of me since. Geeze Louise...
Anyway, I don't really have anything to add, but here's some weird swag I got at the convention:
In the Dealer's Room one of the dealers wanted to take our (my, Rachel's and Krista's) picture. As a thanks he gave us these:
![](http://pics.livejournal.com/estel_oliphaunt/pic/0006w481/s320x240)
You're supposed to put them in water...
![](http://pics.livejournal.com/estel_oliphaunt/pic/0006xf3c/s320x240)
Then they grow...
![](http://pics.livejournal.com/estel_oliphaunt/pic/0006ykrs/s320x240)
And you end up with big squishy balls of water...
![](http://pics.livejournal.com/estel_oliphaunt/pic/0006zbbc/s320x240)
Yeah... I don't really get it either, but it feels kinda cool to put your hand in there. It would be a neat thing for one of those blindfolded Halloween things where you put your hand in spaghetti and they say it's brains. These could pass for eyeballs or whatever...
I then bought this!
![](http://pics.livejournal.com/estel_oliphaunt/pic/00070eq2/s320x240)
A black Mokona - the kindred spirit of Maiji - as featured in xxxHolic and Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles by CLAMP and a (knock-off) Vivienne Westwood lighter, as featured in Nana. So yeah, A strange mix of random crap...
-LS
(See you at FanExpo!!!)