Making progress on my Kaylee costume! I wasn't able to find coveralls, but I need something for Can't Stop the Serenity, so I'm going with cargo pants. Which I was able to find easily enough at Value Village.

In the boys' section. THe sad part is? THe first pair I tried on were too long.

A quick update on today's work on the cosplay project of doom..

( Because fitting through doors is overrated anyway )

Super fun weekend with i_paint_the_sky. We wound up watching all of Princess Jellyfish. It's only eleven episodes, and it's so cute. Definitely recommend it for all the geeky anime girls on my flist. Someone made an anime about female geeks.

We also watched When Harry Met Sally. This is notable as previously I had only watched an old VHS where we wound up not so ( Read more... )

Hey look, I finally uploaded my Polaris pictures!

( Con photos! )

I promised a friend I would promote her Etsy store to all the costumers on my flist. She makes latex masks and prosthetic ears and horns. Only a few things in there right now, but she's eager to do custom work ( Read more... )

We went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night. It was incredibly awesome. Sadly, I can see why it's doing poorly at the box office. See... the entire time I was watching it, I felt like they had made the movie for me ( Read more... )

You know what I hate? TULLE. It is evil. It does not hold pins and it kept getting caught on my presser foot.

BUT! My Water Pretear dress is now poofy! And I managed to get away with just having the crinoline to where the front of the dress is, the back still falls okay (for those of you not familiar with Pretear, this is the costume. Damn anime ( Read more... )

Sometimes I end up making very bizarre phone calls. Like today's memorable "Honey, could you please bring me a pair of pants ( Read more... )

I have a desk! It is desky and wonderful and holds my computer! I also found a backpack that can hold my laptop. It was a little pricier than I would have liked for a purchase I'm making under duress, but I don't exactly have a choice. The laptop is three kilograms and the buses go on strike next Monday. (Remind me again why they're allowed to do ( Read more... )

It took hours and I hit my thumb with a hammer more times than I care to count (there was a big purple bump. Then I hit it again and it started bleeding :p), but my Halloween costume now laces up!

And the cat decided that the ribbon was a toy. :p