Here is an article I wrote this past weekend for No Pink Spandex. Thanks to Leyann for helping with editing. I feel good about the positive comments this is receiving.

Ranger Celebrities: Tips for Con-goers

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Cosplay survey! Stolen from flyingwild from about four months ago.

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Yesterday I got a package from Ray aka Grendizer on cosplay.com.

In it was a Chicagoland Cosplay Club (C^3) 2008 Award of excellence clear plaque. That was pretty surprising since I did not receive one at the picnic (not that I was expecting to anyway, it's just about having fun.) Oh and Anne and Yui, you both won awards... I don't know if Ray has ( Read more... )

Whew... two weekends of cons, next up... two Saturdays working the eBay store (although that's nothing compared to congoing).

Posts to come soon, reports and such. Also my Ninjetti coins seem to be a big hit with the few people that have seen them. Only two more to do (bear and ape) and I will post about them. It's a total prop success! Here's a ( Read more... )

A lot of good, some bad, some epic fail. A report soon.

Berry

Yikes.. a lot of things have been going on in my life that I feel the need to do a major update soon.

Mini Points:

• I got a new jacket. Specifically a brown leather bomber jacket to replace my crappy old frumpy green jacket. As Leyann can attest to: I LOOK LIKE SEX. (pics forthcoming)
  
• I am getting new glasses, had eye appointment last Tuesday, picked ( Read more... )

Looks like we are in need of a Rocky (Red) and Kim (Pink), a couple people dropped out are bums. Angie
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Ok so a little change of plans. Turns out Iowa is having some huge state fair where practically the whole state goes to Des Moines... hence hotels are sol out in a 20mi radius, therefore Leyann and her parents won't be going until next month ( Read more... )

I should do a con report soon...

My impromptu cosplay for the weekend. Oddly... nothing to do with anime. Stephen as Simon not pictured

And I'm glad someone got a snippet of video... yes, we sung "The Hero of Canton".

Berry

"Kevin Lillard, the owner of the convention news and pictures website A Fan's View unfortunately had a heart attack today.

FormerANN columnist Ryan Mathews has been informed by his wife today that Kevin Lillard, the owner of the "Fan's View" convention picture site,suffered a heart attack at Ohayocon today and had to be taken to thehospital. He was ( Read more... )