NYAF: Days 2 & 3

Day two... I forgot because I didn't write it right away, but I remember being irritated almost the entire time. I was in like survival mode this entire weekend so my hunger didn't bother me too much. My boots were killing me, it was way too crowded, I tore my petti because my boot got caught in it and no one would help me get it out... I dunno, a lot of things. I had a good time at panels and screenings but irritation was always buzzing around my head for some reason. Ummm, we watched the first three episodes of Soul Eater- interesting! I've been meaning to watch it for a while and never got around to it. I hate Black Star though. (Seriously- "BELIEVE IT!" style.) The Masquerade was really cool, as usual. Uncle Yo was hilarious,as usual. Oh! That reminds me- we only watched some of his stand up in the morning because the steampunk in anime panel was yesterday! It was cool, although they listed the animes way too fast and we kinda missed most of the list. u__u But the discussion was nice. Oh, I pretty much wore the same outfit, except with kitty ears and collar.

Day three. Wore jeans, corset (on the black side), cat collar, cat ears (which I took off because they like, recede because my hair doesn't hold anything in place), platform shoes, star shirt, black sweater. Not too out of the ordinary.
Bought: two shirts, a Reni Mimura CD, circle lenses (contacts that make your eyes look big and cute), two pairs of earrings, and a necklace. More about this later.
Today we went to (shortly) finding anime in new york. I'm sorry, that speaker had the ability to make anything boring. It was informative though. We went to the neo-victorian fashion show, GORGEOUS pieces. Seriously. It's mostly lolita, with some added elegant gothic lolita. Loved the queen outfit!! And we went to the anime parliament. It's brilliant in concept and is hilarious when executed well, but we didn't have the time to discuss more things. (Today we discussed that Gohan should have been taken away by child services because of events during Dragon Ball, Sasuke and how he could have taken the good path- comparison to batman, and bishounen in gundam [a shonen anime].) This morning was great though- one of the booths plays music really loud. So a little dance party broke out during "Celebrate" (Holiday! Celebrate!)- obvvviously we started dancing as well. Then we got Rick Roll'd! We danced to that EVERYONE joined in at that one. Then YMCA came on! Then.. "Give it to me baby" By rick james came on, and we started a soul train but security came and fucked everything up. NYAF doesn't have a rave so we were getting dance in anywhere we could. u__u
People randomly were playing twister! lol!
Anyway, we said bye to everyone when we walked out (seriously.) "Hope you had a great time! See you next year! We'll miss you!" We got lots of hugs. :3
So our new goal (Denise and I) is to be super cute (to continue from earlier.) Our inspiration is Reni Mimura- SHE IS SO ADORABLE WE WANTED TO KILL OURSELVES. So I the things I bought were cute. Bunny earrings to match the bunny ring I got, ice cream necklace to match the ice cream ring I bought, I bought This in black, and (I can't find a picture) but a brownie shirt that says "Every day is sweet" on it. So... yup, that's my new goal!
I'm seriously going to miss it though, I love the sense of community and the love between anime fans. It's seriously great. I wonder where I can get that during the year.

NYAF: Day One

Yeayy! Day one of anime festival. I'm writing about it now so I don't forget.
Eric came, then he left, then David came, then eric came and then we waited beyond time to leave so that Denise would come. Then when I realized everyone was going in some sort of cool outfit, I put one on myself. (photo to be inserted later?) It was my new black boots, my black and white striped knee high socks, my black skirt with petticoat, black button-up with black and gray vest and a black cardigan. David let me borrow his mini hat while he borrowed my top hat. I put on doll-style lipstick and eyeliner and ta-da! cool outfit.
We got there and looked around at the dealer's room. I bought two rings! A cute bunny and ice cream ring. I pretty much wanted to buy everything in the room, but when we got to the corset booth, I bought a waist cincher and spent allll the money in my wallet. Lol. It's copper and black, it's also reversible to an all black side so I can use it with most stuff I have! I'm so excited about it. It's super comfortable and it gives me a really cool steampunk or gothic look! (I guess I like wearing extremely tight things.)We saw the cosplay dating game and, the host kept it interesting but it was hard to understand because you really had to watch the anime the characters were from to understand the questions and answers. Then we saw Zombie survival It had it's moments but it was kinda boring. Then we went to disorganization XIII (discussion about RPGs) and they spent a lot of time answering questions (especially from this guy that was really angry and disagreed with everything they said- I started hysterically laughing at some point because I dunno, he was at least in his 30s and he was so irritated and disagreeable about such a light subject!) but they had their funny moments as well. I hugged a lot of people. People asked for my photograph even though I wasn't cosplaying. ("Can... can I take a photo of you?" "Sure! *stands up* "Ok...*takes a picture*...you're a lot bigger when you stand up.. you looked so small when you were kneeling... can you get on your knees?")
We saw Cencoroll, a short movie. It was extremely interested but towards the end it got really confusing and then it ended. lol but it was still good.
The it was the cosplay variety show. The AMV was hilarious, then last skit was great (I don't like the show but it I could tell they worked hard on it!) Although the main guy in that skit was also the host and he kept on singing. The pink haired dude did a dance that looked like he coreographed for the first song, and then for the last four songs he just fucking did whatever he wanted and expected people to get up and clap and dance but IT WAS THE END OF THE NIGHT and we were all fucking EXHAUSTED.
The violinist (cosplaying La Cordo D'Oro) looked like she was going to cut herself because I guess she didn't like how she did but it sounded fine and she stopped during the middle of the last song. This one girl did two bad dance routines. Someone stepped in at the end of the second dance routine and said "YO YOU REAL GOOD AND SHIT, AND I'MMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT xxxxxx WAS THE BEST VOCALOID OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME!" I didn't hear what he said, lol. but obligatory internet meme's for the win. :] So many annoying scenesters. What the fuck were they doing there? Serious.
Ummm, I dunno, that shit was awesome. I can't wait for tomorrow. I'm planning on buying bronze goggles to match the corset. Also like a ton of other things. Jeeeeesus. Two steampunk panels tomorrow, too! AND Uncle Yo! AND the masquerade!and a ton of other shit I'm too tired to remember. lolol. goodnight.

Yesssss. *rubs hands together*

I bought white fabric, navy blue fabric, lace, and two anchor patches. Can we sayyyy adorable sailor dress. FUCK YES.
Also bought these two awesome dudes. Click to enlarge.

[view two] [Deeeelighted!] [Heeeeello!] [Apollo=Godzirra]
Notice how NOT shitty the photos are? Yeah, that's my mum's camera. I always get the bullshit cameras. u__u oh well, I know I'm not really a photographer (I hate the lighting in the first one! Ugh.)
They're for halloween, but they're so awesome I'll keep 'em around all year. Those are the types of sculptures I wanted to make ;-; but the damn classes didn't give me any time. I've got clay in the house, so I'm considering trying it again.
Ah, so let me backtrack. I went shopping with my mum and my aunt. We went to a craft store (no fabric but felt, which I bought to make hats) and I encouraged my mum to pick up a sketchbook for herself. She's a fantastic artist and now that she has the time, she should start up again! I look forward to flipping through it (and showing you guys). She also bought a small one for me. We also bought these really cool messenger bags for $4 EACH. Can you fucking believe that? Finding a good one is hard, and then it being so CHEAP? Such a good find. She bought two and I bought two- one in black and one in yellow. I plan on drawing all over the yellow one. x]

Ah, I feel inspired.

:3

I need to dive back into life, give me a push.

Man, oh man I haven't written in a while. Well... I've done nothing much in that time, really. I've finally thought of tattoo ideas which I will not be putting up, because what if someone gets it before me? :( Then it won't be as special.
But I also haven't been drawing. I haven't really felt inspired. Dang, time has just ran past me and now I'm trying to remember...
*Oh, i remembered something! H&M FINALLY opened in cross county and I looove that shit. I bought these super duper awesome shoes, but they are JUST too small [by a half a size or one size] stretching should do the trick, though. Also, some shoe insoles because heels wreck me. Click for extra picture.

I couldn't find them on the website because I don't understand how to navigate it AT ALL. All there is are shitty pictures of fucktrendy models. What the pee town.
Anyway. My speakers now will only play on the left side or the right, depending on how I adjust the cord, but they never play simultaneously. So I need new speakers. My birthday's coming up, so hopefully that can be covered. :]
So yeah, my birthday is coming up. I don't know what I want to do because my friends are so different from each other. What ties us together? Nothing much anymore. :[ I don't even have that many friends... so maybe I'll do what I did last year and sleep.

38 days until NYAF. I hope that I will have money to spend there, because Hip Hop Candy will be there and their shit is so adorable. ♥ I think that Denise and I can make the dresses soon, we modified it a bit so it's easier and cuter.
I want to go to a dermatologist for my awful hair and my increasingly awful skin. The white spots I've had on my stomach and chest since I was young have moved up to my face. Ever since I got a stupid tan. Now I never want to tan again. I've been taking biotin for my hair and I think it did help a little, my hair has grown (as in, my hair grows just a tad more than it breaks -__-). I'm actually also considering getting extensions. I did a shitty photoshop just to see what I would look like (I can't even picture myself with long hair in my head) and it's just weird. I've always wanted to experience long hair, though. It seems like fun.

That's about it. Blah blah cooking school blah blah my dad hates me all day.

Yeay!

Vlad's still in bad shape, but I don't think we're in a horrible money situation anymore, so I might be able to get a new computer/build one.
Speaking of purchases, my mum and I went on a bit of a shopping spree today. I finally got to see Chef Central!! It's an awesome store, although smaller than I had imagined it. We got a new pastry bag and some tips, a bamboo mat, tea leaves, chopsticks, a cake decoration book, seaweed, food coloring.. that's all I can remember right now, lol. But they had so much cool stuff there! Pasta makers and tart molds (I wanted them SO BAD. Each tart mold was $5! Can you believe that? For like a 3-4 inch mold.) and they had soooo many cake materials, I was in HEAVENNNN. But I'm not that good at it yet so I want to keep practicing with my current materials. But ugh, I can't waiiiit to get baking with these things. And, as you could tell, I wanted to try to make sushi. :3
And theeeen, we went to Barnes and Noble. They moved the manga section to the back wall-shelf (instead of in the bookshelves next to them) and there was a lot more stuff! HERE I went crazy. I bought D. Gray-Man 1-3, Uzumaki 1-2, La Corda D'Oro 1-2, and Godchild 1. YESSSSSSSSSS. They had the new Petshop of Horrors series but not the old one, so I didn't get it. I was also gonna get Dramacon 1-3, but I got La Corda and Godchild instead. I can't wait to read them! Also, they stopped stocking FAKE everywhere. Why is this? :< I only have 1-3.
Aaaaanyway. Here's a drawing I did of my GaiaOnline avatar.

Omg, I swear to god, I just realized I spelled Ras with a Z here. I switch between Ras and Raz for different games, I guess I just forgot! My username on GaiaOnline is Ras Choco.

I've been out of it.

My brain is sick. :(
I'm working on three drawings right now. I've kinda been in a rut in general, I guess. I haven't drawn anything I'm really happy with recently, I've been deleting all the stuff I had been working on. I haven't cooked in a while, either. David gave me a call to drop off Sandra's baby stuff here (that he's been trying to get to Denise for the longest) and hang out, but honestly, I don't feel up to it. That's not even something that I should need to "feel up to".
Red dots have been appearing on my stomach and chest, and the skin peels on the red dots. What the hell is that. They're not raised. They're just red dots. What is that.
I went to a Barnes and Noble in Co-op city yesterday and they had like all the manga I need to read. I picked one out that I believe i had just enough money for, I look in my wallet and some of the money wasn't there. Just a five was in there. And now the mangas are going to be gone, and they're going to restock number 26 and number 7 and number 104, but not 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The FYE there also had a well stocked anime section, although I say this in perspective of the shitty anime section we have in the FYE on Broadway, that only has DBZ, Naruto, then fuckhuge expensive box sets for Haruhi and Fruits Basket, some gundam, and whatever else is on Adult Swim. With all the porn mixed in so you look like a pervert when you're just trying to look for something decent.
Vladimir has been having a hard time. Please don't tell me that's why I've been out of it. That is pathetic. He's having such a hard time, I've actually been thinking about getting a new computer completely. I want another Vaio, but all the new Vaios are all-in-one computers, which I hate. And I don't know anything about buying a new computer anymore (brand-wise). What are good computer companies? I know about the parts, but will they last, is my question.

Shit, dawg.

Hey Guyzzz. I've been pretty busy with bullshit, yep. I got the Sims 3 and my tablet on the same day, so I was pretty psyched yesterday. Then, when I tried to play the Sims, that shit didn't even show up. Then I found out my computer doesn't meet the requirements for the game. It very well could be the game itself (I've tried everything computer-side) but I'll see after I buy more fucking ram. Piss, I'm spending too much money. :|
I turned the computer over to look at the model number and i unplugged some usb's, and I went to plug the shit back in and the computer shut off. And it wouldn't turn back on. I was in teeeaaarrss man. I checked the power strip and everything else was working so I thought it died. Mum switches the plug this morning and the computer turned back on. I DIDN'T KNOW ONE PLUG COULD STOP WORKING. I'm retarded.

Anyway, ending with good news, I love my taaaablet! It has a texture so when I draw it feels like paper. That was kind of an issue with my last two tablets. It was a very smooth surface, so the pen slid easily, it kind of changed my style a bit. I haven't been drawing very well today, but here's something I did yesterday. (click to view entire picture)

Expenses.[+more]

FINALLY, FINALLY. I ordered a tablet today. I will no longer suffer. I swear, I was really struggling without it. I was always reaching into my little tablet-holding area on my desk and being disappointed, wanting to draw digitally again and not being able to (skillfully). I never realized how much I used it until I lost it. I think I'll keep it on top of the desk this time so that the wire won't be bending too much, i think that's the reason why the last one broke. The cord was folded and made the wires inside break, causing everything to short. Ffffuck me!
Today I was trying to figure out how much money I would be spending- I needed to buy the tablet first and foremost, so that's what I did. Then I want to buy the ticket for NYAF, $55. Then I want fabric/accessories/makeup for cosplaying. That's an unknown amount. (Especially because I don't know who I'll be cosplaying.)

Oh, and don't worry. I think you guys (Devon and Jenny) will be involved with our secret project. X] When I get my tablet (5-10 days) you'll find out about it, I suppose.

[Edit]
I am reviewing Pokemon World Online.
This will be a short and sweet.
It is an awesome concept. It brings you back to red and blue and you work your way forward in the series. It's like having all the games together and being able to share it with friends is a bonus! But the game is so buggy and laggy that it's nearly unbearable. There is a global chat screen at the bottom that is always full of different conversations, people trying to trade/sell pokemon and people shouting that they don't know what to do because there aren't really any clear instructions when you start the game. Because of this, I hardly ever noticed when people wanted to battle me. The controls suck. (some things you click and some things you press space bar for. I don't understand why the gameboy setup couldn't have been used. (A and B are Z and X, start is Enter, select is backspace, the arrows are the arrow pad.) The shops suck balls (no antidote?). I kind of like the idea that I "bond" with my pokemon over time, so when I found out that you could SELL your pokemon I was pretty pissed about it. Trading is like, here this guy will take great care of you, old pal. Buying is like, IVE BEEN TRAINING WITH YOU THIS WHOLE TIME SO I COULD SELL YOU AT A HIGHER PRICE! 8D

game. 1.5/5. Great potential. Ruined.

I like new clothes, but I hate shopping.

Let's see. On Friday, I went shopping with my mum and Denise, I bought three pairs of jeans (thank god, I ripped ALL of my jeans in bad places.) a shirt, and a new black sweater (it was torn up to death, man.) I don't know how all of my clothes keep ripping. I mean... I gained weight so I know I ripped out of my pants... D: (Sad and I hate saying it, but it's true.) but my sweater was absolutely worn. Fun.

Yesterday I went to the mall and I didn't buy A THING. Well, save for a 3-piece chicken tenders meal at Nathans. Oh, wait. I returned the chicken because I was almost finished with the first piece and there was something GREEN in it. DISGUSTING! It was almost bean shaped. That was the first time I returned food, that's for sure. I couldn't really eat much after that so I had a few fries and finished my iced tea. WTF. Later on my mum and I went to a play (it will remain unnamed because I completely forgot it.. it was something like "Finding the Rooster") It was really interesting and the actors were great. My mum's friend played an alcoholic mother. X] Her husband in the play totally reminded me of Daniel Day-Lewis (in There Will Be Blood). It was a play that made you think. There was a huge metaphor that the play circled around and I was like, "man, that's gotta MEAN something." and I just couldn't put my finger on it, but someone mentioned it afterwards and it was all like DING DING DING.

Cool beans.

Well, anyway, I'm hoping that I can buy lolita clothes from online... we'll see. X]

Here's more gross pokemon! (I didn't miss a day, it's just that the drawing was really shitty yesterday.) Click to enlarge!


Original pokemon:
[Mime Jr][Azurill]