http://kiapurity.leamonde.net/images/irlpics/digital/afw2009/ <-- all pictures from AFW5.

I'm still mad about the fact that I had so much trouble with the wig on Saturday only to finally get it right on Sunday. At least now I have experience with long wigs/long wig extensions. >:E

Also, I was able to fix the butt of my gun without a problem :D (YAY)


AFW5 was so much fun. I'm planning several new cosplays for next year:

1) Phoenix Wright.
2) Ryo from Ronin Warriors (lulz)
3) New Moon Valkyrie (original character. Relatively simple costume design-- influenced by Valkryie Profile and Kos-Mos.)

I'll likely be able to easily pull off any variation of Yoko cosplays (still refuse to do space cosplay as stars on boobs = do not want)

All that time on wiifit just for that.

...and the end of my gun fell off after we left the con. XD I'm surprised that it held up for so long. (Unfortunately, it was the cheap plastic part that fell off, not the addition I made to it. O.o wth.)

Not quite finished.

I know that everyone's concerned about the barrel being pretty long. @_@ (A good chunk of it is inside the body!) I remembered that I forgot all about the magazine so I hastily constructed one with crafting foam, packing foam, and duct tape. Then tossed in six marbles taped together in the magazine. It fits in the holder pretty well. =D


Still have a while to go with the whole thing, just need to get it all prepped and painted up as well as permanently attaching the magazine holder to the body with super glue, I think.

Busiest birthday I've ever had:

1) lots of books at work and dropped two children's non-fiction books on my injured toe. Held my screaming internally ;_;

2) So many birthday wishes from everyone. I love you guys. <3

3) My family threw me a small birthday party yesterday and my Aunt P even showed up! (I'm so thankful she did. I rarely get to have extended relatives show up for my birthday.)
a) Massive lulz on Greg for getting me Gambit and Deadpool t-shirts in large size despite already owning them and having commented on the shirts on facebook and worn the Deadpool shirt about Greg. I guess men really don't pay attention. :P
b) Got makeup set from mom (Yes, I have a makeup addiction. Teehee.) and True Blood season 1 from ...my dogs. (Yes, my parents really do get me stuff under the guise of them coming from my dogs.)
c) Ted got me a bottle of Dublin Dr Pepper (Cane sugar >.>) and Jen got me EA Active (Wii) so I can find ways to stay in shape despite the bad toe
d) Got mostly cards from everyone. Love you guys! (Makes me so happy to get cards with everyone's well written thoughts in them.)

Asides that, cosplay stuff:

Having so much trouble with Yoko's gun that I'm not sure if I can have it finished on time. :(

Since BD mentioned Amazon selling AC for wii...

I forgot that I already own that game from hell. (Why do I keep buying the ac games despite knowing that STUPID MOLE IS IN THERE. I even told Nintendo that the mole was stupid.)

So, friend code:

Kia_Purity
Player name: Kiandra
Town name:   Kankaw
Friend code: 0345-4132-4761

...aaaaand yeah, I haven't touched the game since Feburary 28 or 29th, whichever crazy festival they have going on in there. I stopped because I got distracted with everything.




Also, I stopped using Wii fit for a legit reason. Apparently when I stubbed my toe right into the vaccumm the other day, it turns out that I have a nice huge blue bruise on my foot. (Not really too visible in pictures but it's there and nasty looking.) So I really can't do much until my toe recovers. I think I can try to use Wii fit today though. X_x

Had issues with my wig to the point that I somehow got a part of the extension tangled at the top and of course, can't brush long bits of it without damaging the wig hair and making it fuzzy. I ran to Sally's Beauty supply and thusly discovered that some of the stuff Katie Blair buys is apparently findable at Sally's Beauty Supply for cheaper. Facepalm. (I haven't seen anyone comment on this oddity at all! So I'm kinda wondering if I'm really the only one who noticed this.)

I remember seeing someone in LJ's friends list that they have an animated gif icon of Megatron hitting Starscream using the base from Azumanga Daioh (Full Metal Alchemist also had one like this with Edward and Izumi)

@_@

Someone on amazon.com pointed me to this link, but yet:
http://www.dvdsetshop.com/products/Transformers-Complete-Series-DVD-Boxset-DVDS-1314.html
(WAIT A MINUTE THIS SET HAS PARAMOUNT LOGO?!)
-
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Transformers-Complete-Series/9118 limited information


Either case, asking for verification and if they're still firm in their stance of not being able to do subtitles, the letter is going out. e_e

http://marvel.com/news/movies <-- they just now added X-Men:TAS?

...I...

OKAY BACK TO TRANSFORMERS. I have a rough draft of the letter done, just need to proof check and change words around and add stuff in it and oh god this is a run on sentence.

Yeah, I luckied out.

*totally buried in bees, lulz*

Still annoyed with the whole dvd fiasco, but I'm going to write polite letters to Shout!Factory, Hasbro, and to a couple of other people. Just that it makes me sad that one of the few shows that I remember watching with Closed Captioning back then is simply not availble that way on DVD. (CC first surfaced in 1980. Not very many shows had captioning and even then, I remember few cartoon series that had captioning and Transformers was one of them.) To be denied watching Transformers with closed captioning and/or English subtitles makes me very sad to know that deaf people are an easy minority to be ignored. (And why I end up bitching about my disability for making my life difficult when this sort of thing happens.)

I just wish I didn't feel so helpless.

Found out that they released Transformers season 1 on dvd again.

Problem?

It's looking like it still has no captions/subtitles. What the hell, I know it had captions when I watched it back then. WTF! They're the ONLY DVD producing studio that never puts captions/subtitles on their dvds at all.

Dicks.

ETA: http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/1551/thread.aspx (Sadly, no.  We know the plight of the deaf and hard of hearing and we're looking for corporate sponsors to help pay for captioning on some of our bigger titles, such as Transformers.  It's a battle we've all fought long and hard to win, but, sadly, the cost of captioning 193 23-minute episodes (Transformers & G.I. Joe) is financially impossible for Shout! Factory right now.)

...uh-huh. Not enough money for captioning/subtitle features? Bullshit.
(Everyone and their mom can put subtitle anything on their computer for free. I've even done this myself.)

ETA 2: The other thing; If that was really the issue, couldn't they, I don't know, ASK Hasbro to sponsor the captioning if that was the issue, after all didn't they get the licensing from Hasbro?!

My sister has a wii now.
My brother doesn't, but he has a PS3 that I bought him!

My family is so amusing.

Got back on Wii Fit two days ago and been working on both Yoga and Strength, but normally I do 30 minutes of work out... although, doing all of Yoga + Strength is at least 52 minutes. O.o

I'll have to focus on the abs specifc ones then. XD

Speaking of which, my abs are looking so much better now. I can't just stop with what I've accompolished! (My weight is starting to drop again, hmm. I wonder if it's because Wii fit is making me do more. And that I've been gradually started drinking water with my salad at lunch time so I don't have Dr Pepper every time. No Dr Pepper today!)

I got my prop gun yesterday and I took it apart to take the extra stuff out, but I know I need to saw top part of it off then grab a PVC pipe to somehow extend the barrel. I'm not sure how I can do this because I know I want to keep this one part of the barrell that fits in the gun. (And the gun still has sticker residue that I need to buy that orange cleaner to nuke. Rubbing Alcohol can't seem to remove it completely.)

Still waiting on my wig and Boota Plushie (I'm glad I decided to google for boota plushie before I made one. Granted, he isn't color accurate-- a little too light brown.)

* Kia_Purity is barely finished with her Yoko cosplay mainly because she has the gun to work on XDDDD
OverWing> I forgot you're cosplaying as my animated future ex-wife
Firefury> o.O
* Quits: OverWing (OverWing@ip70-173-92-169.lv.lv.cox.net) (Quit: Client Exited)
Kia_Purity> what
Kia_Purity> I'll have to beat him up for that

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/X-Men-Volumes-3-and-4/12148

The good stuff keeps coming, but I can't help it but feel that something sinister's lurking in the background out there.


...Hmm.

Having to really clean the living room when I started smelling mildew/mold and apparently I think Silver's taken care of the problem because I can't smell it anymore. (And that I have a stuffed nose now anywaaaaaay.)
I did want to reorganize it anyway, because I had fabrics exploding everywhere from my past sewing project so I grabbed a huge blue box so I could dump all the leftover fabric in there that I will use for something in the future! (I just keep the current project fabric in a different place where I can reach it.)

...and now for comics! Still can't bring myself to finish that X-Men Legacy issue because of MAJOR EYE BLEED DO NOT WANT trauma ... then I picked up the latest issue with the cover that made me go "Oh, Marvel! You're being too nice to me then you'll just rip my heart out again in the future. Bastards." Added *another* Deadpool series to my folder because I need moar funny Deadpool! (Need something to keep me chipper after how Marvel tends to treat my ship, damn it.)

Work has been semi-INSANE with summer reading program for children and yet, at the same time, astonishing when there's moments of near-no activity on Wed/Thurs/Friday. (It seems that Monday/Tuesday is really popular with people who pop up, aaah!) However, I'm still having fun and trying to get books back on shelves as much as I can. :3

I've been thinking about my artist block which seems really aggravating to me: I know I can still draw but when I grab a sketch book and a pencil and sit down. It's all a blank and I just don't know what to draw anymore. Rage, rage, rage! I just need some quiet time where I can sorta relax and turn out a picture a day like I used to do. (Now I find myself doing other creative stuff thanks to the stupid artist block like: making costumes and knitting. 8U)


dotdotdot. When is the third X-Men volume coming out? If it's coming out at the same time as the Cash Cow dvd/blu-ray, that figures! (I'm still not sure which one to get; dvd or blu-ray because I have all of the X-Men FAILmovies on dvd. I even hated myself enough to buy the third movie, nyuk nyuk. ...these self hate purchases are really inane, I don't even know why I do it. I was tempted to get Titanic then I get stuck with these images of Metal Gear Ray crashing into the ship and things get weird right there.)


...yeah, should just kick myself back to bed. My mind suddenly woke up in middle of the night, grr.

I CAN DRAW RYO FROM MEMORY!

ps: I'm totally getting that Wildfire armor figure. And all the other YST figures that follow.

pss: 20-21 years ago, YST aired in Japan from 1988 to 1989. Jeez. Then 14 years ago, YST aired here under Ronin Warriors in 1995.

I feel old.

1) Abs are looking great. But not really losing weight, boo. (I'm stuck at 150 but my abs are definitely getting flatter and defined. I think some of the fat is converting to muscle or something.
1a) actually haven't been using wii fit, just what I can remember off of the top of my head.
1b) swimming too but my ear is aching so I can't swim too much. D: Not sure if it's ear infection or the stupid weather (getting bad weather a lot lately at evenings, bah)

2) I have finished my Yoko boots and have gotten started on the Raiden boots version 2. (Had to sandpaper the stupid rubber into non-shinyness but not completely sandpaper it off because I don't want to accidentally have it fall apart on me)
2a) Meanwhile, I still need to make Boota plushie, debate if I should buy a toy sniper rifle to sorta "bash" into Yoko's gun and finish the last touches on the cosplay (arm warmer and the cuffs)

3) I somehow lost my Phoenix Wright plushie keychain. Son of a bitch. Can't do anything about it.
3a) On the upside, I still have my Apollo keychain but can't quite understand why I didn't lose that one since both have the same ball chain.


...and I've been playing The Sims 3. While it runs great and all, but I can't help but prefer The Sims 2 when it comes to the sims' appearances (while you can modify a lot of features in-game not even needing to change color of clothes in photoshop anymore (!!!)), but the thing is that it has also changed on how you modify people's face shapes. No more semi-Elven or Vulcan ears anymore, booooooo! Janus mentioned that it's a little more like Sim City in that respect and it does act like that-- you don't really see the Sims actually go into stores which I liked about TS1 and TS2.
What I do like about TS3 is the personality features to get a little more accurate Sim you want. Though, I think I luckied out on my Deadpool sim being naturally CRAZY in TS2, I'd probably be able to replicate him easily in TS3 with the crazy trait. Also, according to people, the evil trait is hilarious as evil sims can have evil meals, evil showers, and evil sleep. o_O
Strangely, I can play it without my computer whining.
Also, I made a Jia sim who is too accurate, being a badass rockstar in purple. I threw a guy sim into her house and the first thing she does: flirt with him then glomp him. Oh, Jia. You crazy Id, I knew I could count on you!

You know what?

I don't get it.

People have complained about windows and Microsoft's practice of patching stuff that should have been fixed before release. (I hear that Windows 7 might be stable but lol Microsoft) ... but yet they will defend 360. I'm sorry, but I don't see it at all because Microsoft still does this product (though, I'm not sure if they're involved with the hardware or if it's just programming) but as far as I understand it, 360 is just about as stable as Windows is.

Not speaking from the fact that I'm a badly biased Sony fangirl (even PSX and PS2 had their share of problems, I just haven't seen my PS3 do anything funny that I don't know of and I know there were probably weird firmware issues that affected all generations, but still, far more stable than PSX and PS2.


I'm just speaking from my experiences with Windows liking to blow up on me for ANYTHING. Whether it's my fault or not. I really cannot get behind the logic of "windows sucks, but 360 is awesome!" (And I don't have good logic to start with.) Following games to whatever console is okay and all, but I would never be able to stand wanting to play a game on a console that has a penchant for fail.

I know some of you guys out there are lucky bastards for still being on ONE 360 whereas I have seen people who are on their third 360's. Hell, Microsoft has acknowledged this issue with extending their warranity and attempting to fix the issues as well as the price drop on 360's. (I haven't seen any news articles that say EUREKA WE FOUND THE PROBLEM. NOW BUY OUR 360'S but I could be wrong because I'm normally not tuned into 360 stuff as I have no reason to want one at this point. I mean, there aren't any games that interest me that aren't already coming out for PS3. I'm looking at you, Metal Gear Rising.)

I do admit that I throw stupid hissy fits when it comes to 360's because of my pertual microsoft hate and I know I'm a hypocrite for it using windows (not like I can actually play steam games on Linux. Tried and it just wouldn't work via WINE emulation. Rather, L4D wouldn't load that way.) It's just that I don't trust Microsoft with quality as far as I can throw them. (Yes, Makou has given me crap for "trusting companies" part, but jeez, it's not like I can just open up a console and FIX IT.)


But the point is: I don't like Microsoft. Also, no $$ for 360 nor do I have the space for one nor do I have any games I want to play on it. Not to mention the fact that my computer still needs to be rebuilt and I'm waiting for my paychecks next month in order to buy everything I need to get started on rebuilding my computer. Ugh.

Silver's second 360 just red ringed.

I rest my case.

...aaaaanyway

Got the boots painted (the first coat, at least) second coat should be planned for tomorrow and the shelling for saturday evening/sunday afternoon.

My abs are definitely improving but still need to keep up the work. Also, MORE water and probably proper sleeping time would help. My diet seems to be doing alright in that department (but boohoo, I miss fresh fruit as I can't afford them right now)

My weight has been dropping. I just noticed that I'm 150 lbs now. (Yaaaay)

...If I can keep this up (my goal is about 130-135 lbs), I won't be called a fatty for dressing up as Yoko. XP (I can't do anything about my thunder thighs, but that's the joke, Yoko gets called thunder thighs in Episode 1 by Kamina!)

I'm just worrying about keeping fit (weight-wise and flat abs)-- so far I've been sticking to a reasonable diet-- small portions and more salads. I need to start drinking more water because that's supposed to be the key to flat abs according to a newsarticle on MSN (or CNN, I forget which one it is.)