I just found the chocolate-covered coconut candy I bought at the Orlando airport coming back from C5! I forgot all about these things. Mmm, chocolate-covered coconut.

Home! Tired. Many pics. More soon, after I drink ridiculous amounts of water and get some sleep.

ETA: Quark is SO HAPPY to see me again. Shadow wagged so hard that he almost fell over. Siri refuses to talk to me, but that's par for the course with her. She'll forgive me by tomorrow. I love my furbabies. <3

I couldn't get my planned intro for this entry to embed, so if you would, please click here to begin, then come right on back here. Thank you! See you all next week. :D

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All right, heading out at an absolutely ungodly hour tomorrow morning. I doubt I'll do more than check in, but Mandy's bringing Robert's netbook, so I'll still see e-mails or PMs, if need be. As always, I still owe some replies and PMs; I haven't forgotten them, just ran out of time. I'll get to it when I'm back, promise. Have a great weekend, kids ( Read more... )

I don't think that packing is supposed to be as tricky as I always seem to make it.

FIRST PICTURES OF C5, OMG

HYPERVENTILATING. When I should be sleeping, sigh.

For those who aren't going, the TFN party on Thursday night will be broadcast live via Ustream. Or UStream. Or uStream. I don't even know. God, I'm tired.

I did find a cheap lightsaber that collapses completely! And it even has a belt hook! This is an awesome development ( Read more... )

Final prep underway. Today I must get my glasses adjusted, take Mandy and Rachael to get haircuts (Rachael's not going to Orlando, but she needs a haircut), go to Toys R Us to see if I can find a cheap and fully collapsible lightsaber to hook to my costume's belt or put in my bag (not super optimistic here, but worth a shot; my own lightsaber is ( Read more... )

Mandy and I went to Joann's tonight around 7:00 PM to get some bias tape to finish off my costume's neckline and a bit of elastic to make a loop for my belt, which has none. The girl at the cutting counter, who is herself a cosplayer and has been commiserating/cheerleading with Mandy's costuming efforts since before Phoenix ComiCon, told her that ( Read more... )

Currently sitting patiently while Mom and Mandy fiddle with my braided hairpiece. None of us have ever done this before. I couldn't quite get it, so both of them decided they could. I have both of them standing over me tugging at my hair and saying insistently, "Look down! We can't see it if you look up!" What an odd situation.