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GUYS.

Did you know about this?

I mean, I've heard of cosplay. I've heard that some people take it very seriously. And I've seen some stuff that made me want to just sit and stare, awed by the visual impact.

but.

Getting onto DeviantArt has revealed to me how much more the universe has to offer.


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Having my own taste explained to me has been a cliche'd amount of helpful.

I suddenly am interested in the art of clothes and fashion, merely because I don't feel this millstone of having no discernible taste to attach it to.


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...not really. I've actually been kinda mulling over that word recently. Loot. Loot. It has a funky sound.

BUT! If you are someone I see personally, you *will* be forcibly shown my new but old pocket watch, and made to listen to its delightful little ticking sounds.

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In the vein of random thoughts,
at Tokyo in Tulsa, I saw a guy in a very striking costume--he looked great. I can't tell you if he was particularly good looking because his make-up was INTENSE. But he carried off the intensity very well.

But it started me thinking...though I'm not photogenic, I think I would make a pretty good costuming doll.
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So it's been precisely a month since Conestoga. I am putting up pictures of that, supplemented with some I took while figuring out my Asian cowpunk costume.


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Some of my last details/duties for Conestoga (this weekend) have been wrapped up.

Not all, of course.

But I had my inaugural costuming frenzy. I have to finish my masquerade mask trappings, but otherwise I think I'm set.


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So fabricalchemist  and I have chatted on FB twice now. It is inevitable that I should incite her to foolishness.

Thus, The CHALLENGE:

I post my Gen Cosplay pictures and Ashitaka/San fanart.
She likewise will post Howl Cosplay/Fanart.

This was supposed to happen days ago, but I (at least) am both lazy and a turkey.

But no more!

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"Orson Scott Card sold a new steampunk series aimed directly at the YA market to Anica Rissi at Simon & Schuster's Pulse. Agent Barbara Bova of the Barbara Bova Literary Agency sold World English rights to the first three books in the as-yet-untitled series, which is scheduled to debut, in hardcover, in Spring 2011."   {rest of the article}

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