Okay - I'm gonna make this LJ post shorter than I'd like to, b/c I'm worn out & kinda tired. SO - 

Anime Boston '08 has been the best con I've been to yet, and '08 has (IMO) been the best Anime Boston yet. Things that have happened in the last two days (in no particular order):

- I got told by a fellow Otaku that I was the best Sakura they'd seen at the con all day (Friday)
- Someone asked me (as Sakura) to hug a friend of theirs-twice
- I got an Anime Boston patch, a 2008 t-shirt, and AB pins from the years '05-'08
- I got a red 'leaf village' headband (Yay!)
- I lost one of Sakura's gloves... somewhere (but I found a headband, so I'm happy)
- I got a lot of photos taken of my friends & I - both as Sakura and as Rinoa
- I got to be in 2 group 'Naruto' photoshoots and 1 'Final Fantasy' photoshoot
- Hill bought me a little Rinoa and a little Sakura figurine from the Dealer's Room
- I got to fight over a Sasuke ('Ship' version!) with other Sakuras (during one of the Naruto photoshoots), a couple Narutos, and an Orochimaru
- My friends & I saw Monica Rial (voice actress) in the Sheraton hotel lobby late last night & got our pictures taken with her (she's so nice!)
- I mutilated my jeans (well... cut most of the legs off) for the sake of cosplay
- I got Colleen Clinkenbeard (another voice actress) to autograph the cover of my 'Fullmetal Alchemist' Season 1, Part 1 DVD set at the LAST possible minute (she was about to leave the table soon - she's also wicked nice!)
- I got dipped backwards by a female rocker Naruto (again, photoshoot)
- I got a lot of compliments on Rinoa's weapon/prop, the 'Shooting Star'
- And much more!

     I'm sure I'll be a lot more descriptive when my brain isn't so mushy, but for now - I need sleep, lol. I have to get to Easter Sunday mass at the chapel next to the Hynes Convention Center tomorrow morning, and it's gonna be hectic from there on preparing for the Cosplay Chess match to watch Chris as Sesshomaru 'fight'. Woot! More to come later! 

PS - It was very nice to meet you, stebia!!!  ^___^

    In case anyone cares (lol), I just thought I'd mention that I updated my cosplay LJ a little bit. The 2 newest entries are my previous 2 entries here (re: 'Sakura-gate'), so you're not missing anything if you read this LJ.
    I think I'm eventually going to be phasing out posting cosplay news on here and post it more often on my cosplay LJ. So... it'll be there from now on if you're interested, and if not... well, whatever, lol (I'm just too tired to care right now).

Here's the site for my cosplay LJ:
http://katiep-cosplay.livejournal.com/

    I got on the train to Boston this morning and checked my e-mail (they have WiFi on some of the train cars now. Yes, I am that type of person.  ::rolls hey eyes:: Anyway...). To my surprise, I saw that 'QQCosplay' had already e-mailed me back with a reply on the Sakura costume situation:
(Note: I did not make a mistake in typing the following message, this is the exact message they sent me. Just FYI.)

<<Thank you for the feedback. This is the first negative feedback for this costume.  We are so sorry that you are not happy the costume.

This is the SECOND time that I've had to type this entry (and I was almost done the first time, too!), b/c AOL is a rotten rat b*stard that should die a horrible, painful death. So, 20 minutes down the drain, here I go again.

My Sakura ('Naruto: Shippuuden') costume came in the mail today, and I was wicked excited to open it - especially since 'QQCosplay', the online store that I got it from shipped it in less than a week after I ordered it.

.....Once again, I am a chump.
 

So... I wasn't going to post photos of me in the costume that I took earlier tonight b/c, frankly, I was embarassed of the d*mn thing. But, I believe people need to see them to see why I was upset. So - here goes, and keep in mind that there are quite a few graphics under the LJ-Cut, so slow computer loading people beware.

Just a few pics of me dressed up as Sally from Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas':

1) http://pics.livejournal.com/sprocket135/pic/00009a81/g1
2) http://pics.livejournal.com/sprocket135/pic/0000aqhr/g1
3) http://pics.livejournal.com/sprocket135/pic/0000b87a/g1

I dressed like this on Tues., Oct. 30th to school, and Wed the 31st to work. ...And for any 'NmBC' fans, I'm aware that my face 'stitch' is on the wrong side of my face. These pics are just from the 30th, not the 31st - and I did my makeup in the mirror, so (naturally) it looked like it was on the right side when I did it. HOWEVER - I fixed it for the 31st, I just haven't put those pics on my computer yet. SO - more costume pics will follow soon!


PS - Halloween was... kinda boring this year. I worked at iParty from 10am-6:30pm, went home exhausted, had some dinner, watched some TV, & went to bed. The End. We didn't get any trick-or-treaters again this year (anyone who's seen my street/driveway/house probably knows why), so not much really happened. The highlight of my day was when a smiling little girl came up to me at work & was like, "I'm being you for Halloween!" It was so cute, lol! Anyway, more pics to come later!

    For anyone who didn't already know, I recently sold a bunch (but not all) of my cosplay costumes on eBay to try & make some extra cash to pay off my huge credit card bill. I just sold my last costume tonight.

     All in all..... not too shabby. After eBay & PayPal fees, I made about $286. Yay! It's a drop in the bucket compared to my bill, but hey - if it makes my bill $286 lighter, then I'm certainly not gonna complain.
     I'm kinda glad it's over, though - it's a pain to keep checking my e-mail, checking the website, getting addresses, sorting about PayPal & money stuff... phew. I won't be completely opposed to selling something over eBay in the future, but I hope I won't have to do it again for at least a little while.

    In other news, I think I'm gonna dress as Sally from the movie 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' for Halloween. I can't wait until Halloween!!! I'm such a little kid, I want to run around Franklin scaring people (and not *necessarily* b/c of my costume), dress up my dog, walk her around to show off her cute, 'poofy-ness'... I hope I don't have to work that day. I mean, it'd be okay if I had to, b/c I'd still get to wear my costume to work, but I'd prefer to have the day off to do whatever I want in costume. So... I guess I'll just have to wait & see what iParty does.

    Okay, very sleepy. Until later!

((cross-posted to my MySpace))

Okay, I have yet another shameless plug... but I really want this one to work, so I hope you guys'll forgive me.

    Until this morning, I'd completely forgotten all about the message board that I'd set up in December to discuss..... anything! Music, movies, anime, costumes, politics (bleh), school, books, and more! (hence, all of the diverse tags on this LJ entry) You could talk about anything you like there! It's kind of a way for me to try & get people to get together in one place to talk about things that are important to them. Yeah, I know - people have LJs or MySpaces or Facebooks for that..... but everyone has their own individual page, and this is one message board - a place for everything and everyone to come all together!
(...Maybe even a good place to promote a certain somewhat-punk recently-formed Bostonian theatre troupe? COUGH COUGH.....   ::wiggles her eyebrows at... someone:: )

    If any of you guys still don't wanna join up, it's cool... but if anyone is willing, I'd really love to have at least one or two people willingly come on down & post some of their ideas/interests - but no pressure!
(I don't want any guilt/pity posts, lol)


So if anyone's interested, here's a link to my message board:
Click HERE to get there, and I hope I see a couple of you guys soon!

PS - You might have to create a screen name w/ 'Proboards' to be able to post there... but that's kinda standard for most message boards, anyway.

((cross-posted to my Facebook & eventually my MySpace))

Okay guys, I got another shameless plug for ya.....

    I recently joined up with Facebook, initially because I'd heard that my younger cousin had one and I wanted to add her as a friend. Here's a link to my profile by the way, in case anyone wants to see it and/or add me:
((click HERE to see it))

    Anyway, I got bored during my lunch break today & created a Facebook group called 'Massachusetts Cosplayers'. So if anyone's interested, here's a link:
((click HERE to go there))

And if not, no big deal... I have too many of these things anyway, LOL.

((cross-posted to my cosplay LJ & eventally my MySpace))

Hooray, I finally did it - I created a LJ for my cosplay/costuming needs! If anyone is curious, here's the link:
http://katiep-cosplay.livejournal.com/
- OR -
katiep_cosplay

I think I'm gonna start a cosplay/costume LJ, since my costume ideas keep growing & growing. I started off having only a couple, but I think the #s grown a lot in the last couple years or so. All my past/current/future costumes (12 so far, I just counted) can be found on my CosplayLab site (I haven't updated the Cosplay.com one in a while). Here's a link, for anyone interested:
http://www.cosplaylab.com/cosplayers/detail.asp?memberid=21017

I dunno what I'll call it or anything, but it's almost 1:30 am... who says I have to choose now? Lol.

(Maybe I'll do one for MySpace too...)

Okay, I need everyone's advice - well... anyone who knows who Sakura is from the anime series 'Naruto'. (if you don't... look up her pic on Google Images, lol).

I'm going to be cosplaying Sakura when I attend Otakon this summer (and maybe @ Anime Boston this spring, too). I'm gonna need to buy myself a pink wig for her hair, but I wasn't sure what look I should go for, and decided to ask people's advice. So for anyone who's bored and wants to help me out... giddyup, LOL.

What length wig should I wear when I cosplay Sakura from 'Naruto'? Long hair - to the middle of the back (early series Sakura) Short hair - a little below my chin (current series Sakura) Medium hair - around shoulder length (some weird, unofficial combination of both)

(And in case this poll doesn't work right, a LJ comment would be appreciated.  ::gives cookies to the people who help:: )

I finally got around to updating my CosplayLab profile. Yay! I'm so excited about Anime Boston & Otakon... they're the only things getting me through this crappy school semester.
My 'CosplayLab' profile

(By the way - that stupid job skill school has called me a total of 5 times today - so far. LEAMEE ALONE!!!)