One of the people I ran into at the Star Trek party the other night was there with her sister. They were both in costume, and one of them, Susan, mentioned that RTE had interviewed them because RTE was all OOH YEAH SISTERS SO YOU’RE A FAMILY OF TREKKIES RIGHT and stuff.

Next morning, another friend of mine, Carol, said, “Hey, my sisters are the ( Read more... )

Last summer I bought a Spider-Man hoodie. I actually went in for a Captain America one, because I’d seen somebody wearing one and thought it was awesome beyond words, but they were sold out. (Oh look. Think Geek has one. *stares at it covetously*) Ahem. Anyway. But they had the Spidey one, and I’ve had a crush on Spider-Man since I was like three, ( Read more... )

I am a cosplayer at heart. I am not, however, one in body or in time management, so I'm just going to have to admire people who are:

Rocking the Jean Grey Yellow Spandex costume. I particularly admire her headband, though it doesn't have the cheek panels of the actual costume. Really nicely done, though.

These guys totally win for their epic ( Read more... )

Picoreview: Go see it go see it go see it RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR GO ALREADY

Less of a picoreview: Look, I went in as Extremely Skeptical You Must Convince Me That Joss Is Not About To Make “Widow The Avengers Slayer” Lass.

I do not believe I remembered past the opening sequence that I was supposed to be being skeptical or convinced. It’ ( Read more... )

…that’s kind of a decent Rogue wig. Of course, now I’m going to have to make a costume (in, you know, my copious free time), because it’s one thing to wear my hair like that and something else to actually spend money on a wig.


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I got up at 7:something, and by 8:20 I’d showered, cleaned the kitchen, fed the cats, and made a grocery list. By half eleven I’d made pancakes, gone shopping, and gotten started on the hellish site redesign that’s going to take days if not weeks of time.

In between beating my head on the redesign wall, I entertained myself by making icons from sarahtales’s ( Read more... )