Hush, Love, Don't cry,
It'll be alright,
Hold me close,
As I administer the dose,
Listen to my lullaby of lies.

FSCENE8...

Mood: Tired and cranky...
Music: None (Watching one of the "Scary Movie" movies...)

Well, my trip to Nebraska was fun. I got in some much-needed cuddles from Daku. And we did a lot of fun stuff with his family, too. But going there only made me miss him more, and his mom thinks it only made him miss us more, too. But while we were there, we saw "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"!! It was so freaking AWESOME!!! I cried near the end...So did Daku's mom...I knew Dumbledore died in the movie, but I wasn't expecting who killed him. As soon as, "Avada Kadavra!" left the Half-Blood Prince's mouth, the tears spilled over...I learned later that my twin, Celeste, cried too.

I went back to work today. Unfortunately, I had to clock out at lunch because of feminine reasons...The chemical smells were doing a number on me...But I'm going to try to work the full days for the rest of the week. I should be able to...

I've been writing a couple new fan-fictions. One is an "Angel Sanctuary" ficlet that delves into Rosiel's mind. The other (which I haven't finished yet) is a "Labyrinth" fiction, centered around Sarah and Jareth. You can find them on my FFN account, as well as some of my other fictions.

I'll try to update The Secrets of Cosplay later this week, as well. It's been 2 whole weeks since I posted on that world!!

I've also got to work on some new fan art...I need prints to sell at the con in November...

Well, stay classy, Otakuites!

Excel~
~~Don't trust a ho~~

Free-fall...

Mood: tired...
Music: None (watching Drake & Josh)

So, my trip home was fun. I mostly sat around the house all day. Mantha spent the night on July 5, so the next day, we went to J-town and hung out. I bought a cute Lolita-ish dress at Body Central. It's mostly white, with black buttons, a black sash around the waist, and a black trim on the bottom. Then on the 7th, my grandma took me to a museum at the college in J-town. It was pretty cool. Then the 8th was my dad's birthday, but he wasn't home to celebrate. The 9th, I had a dentist appointment. I have to go back day before Thanksgiving and get a cavity filled, then sometime on the week between Christmas and New Year's, I have to get my 3 wisdom teeth removed...I'll be asleep for 2-3 days straight...My bottom left jaw is devoid of a wisdom tooth...I'm gonna enjoy being on those pain killers...

I started my job with Housekeeping here on campus yesterday. Already I've found 54 cents, total, and a pane of glass. Me and my partner, Andrea, also found "naughty fun-time" gel...I keep opening drawers wondering what will pop out next...It doesn't help that the building we were cleaning is one of the oldest on campus. In one room today, I got this extremely odd feeling, as did Andrea. I'm pretty sure that room was haunted. Then after work today, Andrea gave me this Inu Yasha art book that she'd found a week or so ago, all because I told her at lunch that I was into anime! How awesome is that?

My Rosiel wig came in today. It looks great! If I braided it, I might be able to pull off Sophie, from Howl's Moving Castle.

I'm going to go with Daku's parents and sisters tomorrow to see him in Nebraska. I don't know if the hotel we're staying in will have free wi-fi, so I may not be on for a few days again. I don't care...I just wanna see my shinobi...He's been gone since the last day of May...I'm so used to seeing him nearly every day that I feel empty inside right now...It's hard to just talk to him on the phone...

Well, stay classy, Otakuites!!

Excel~
~~I don't want to know what's gone on in that room...~~

Tell Me Who You Are...

I am spellbound...

Mood: bored...
Music: None (watching CSI)

So...Just a quick update. I'm going home either today or tomorrow, meaning I won't be on for a bit. I'll be home for a whole week! Ugh...I don't know if I can survive an entire week with no internet...Though, I'm taking my computer home anyways. Maybe I can work on a new AMV? Or perhaps I could color that lineart I did way back in spring...

My job situation changed. I went into the Financial Aid office on June 29 (Monday) to make sure I had all the paperwork filled out so that I could start my off-campus work-study at the day care on July 1st. The woman started looking in her computer and she told me that I no longer qualified for federal work study. It's complete bullshit!! I qualified at the beginning of May!! I was so pissed off...She told me the only way I could go ahead and work at the day care was if I gave up my unsubusidized loan for the rest of summer. Of course, when I took the loan back in fall when school started, it would be $1000 less than it was before, because that was how much money I'd make working at the day care. I was trying my hardest not to cry, but the tears fell anyways. The lady told me that I could still get a job on campus, because it would only count as institutional work-study, meaning I wouldn't have to give up my loan. So I checked in the cafeteria, but the supervisor said they didn't need anyone. I had to wait to go to the housekeeping and grounds supervisor, so I went to my room and had myself a full-blown breakdown. I punched my bed a couple of times, bawled my eyes out, and bad-mouthed the government. I felt like shit because it seemed like the government didn't want to help the good, honest, hard-working American citizens...Then I went and talked to the housekeeping and grounds supervisor, and she said she had a position! That made my day TONS better! So, I get to start on July 13th.

July 15th-19th, I'm gonna be in Nebraska, visiting with Daku. I'm excited about that. Then, he's coming back home on August 8th. He's going to be glomped to death...

I have an eye doctor appointment on Monday, July 6th. I might be getting contacts! I'm excited. And a little nervous...The last time I tried to get contacts, it took the doctor forever to get one in my eye, I couldn't get the other one in my eye, and then it took forever for me to get the first one out! But I'm much better at touching my eyeball now...

Oh, I saw "Public Enemies" last night! I'm a Johnny Depp fangirl...I went with my friend, Kells...Johnny kept giving away his coats. So we kept hoping he didn't own too many, because then he would end up nekkid...I've never hated Batman so much in my life...Christian Bale plays the cop in charge of catching John Dillinger...So throughout the movie, we were just like, "Oh noes!!1 Batman, joo suckz!!1" The ending sucked, to us...There are some things that you just don't do!! And the director did one of those things...HE FUCKING KILLED JOHNNY!!!! YOU DON'T FUCKING KILL JOHNNY DEPP!!!! And then Kells's dad told us that the real John Dillinger escaped and lived out his life in California...So we were just like, "Oh, FAIL, movie director man!! FAIL!!!" Yes...

Well, that's all I have for now...Stay classy, Otakuites!

Excel~
~~You look a little lonely. Why don't me and my friend Prince Albert join you.~~

Du Bist Im Labyrinth...

Mood: Bored...
Music: None (watching CSI)

So, I've got some updates...I started a new Cosplay Guide. I'll be updating it weekly, so be sure to check it out! I've got 2 features up so far, as well as a little comical "Bad Cosplay" post. I'm really excited about this little project! I'm having a lot of fun and it's being received pretty well. Now, I admit that I'm not a "professional" cosplayer, but I've had my experiences and that's my main source of inspiration.

Speaking of cosplay, I've got a list of what I cosplay as now!

~Akasuna no Sasori (Naruto Shippuden)-Completed; appeared at A2F3 & A2F4
~Female Ranma (Ranma 1/2)-Completed; planning to appear at A2F5 & A-kon 21
~Excel (Excel Saga)-Nearly complete (missing the jacket); planning to appear at A-kon 21
~Inorganic Angel Rosiel (Angel Sanctuary)-Halfway complete (missing the nightgown; wig is being bid for on eBay); planning to appear at A-kon 21

I'm excited, really. So excited. Oh, and I've started work on a new fanfiction! It's for the Jim Henson movie "Labyrinth". It's a Sarah/Jareth fic...It'll be M-rated, but I'll be posting it over on my FFN account. I mainly write one-shots...

I'm also going to be working on some new fan art. I've got two works to do for challenges on here and the rest will be to sell as prints at A2F5...I really would appreciate some suggestions of popular characters. So far, I've drawn Sakura Haruno (Naruto) and Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece). I'm also thinking about selling prints of my Shunsui and Nanao (Bleach) picture entitled "DATE MEEE!!!". I'm not so sure on that one...Anyways, please suggest popular characters for me to draw and sell as prints!!

Well, that's all for now. Stay classy, Otakuites!

Excel~
~~Boredom: Never underestimate its power~~

Meet My Maker...

Mood: Ecstatic!
Music: None...

So, I have an update for my Sophomore Review........

I PASSED!!!

I'm so excited about that one! My professors were actually impressed with my work! I'm thinking about posting a gallery specially made for the Review pieces...I don't know...

I have most of my papers and other assignments completed for my Education and History classes. I've got maybe 2 or 3 more things to do. Also, I will have a job beginning July 1st! So I think I'm just going to remain on campus for the summer. During the month of June, I'll probably just do community service to get free summer housing. When I start that job, it will be work study, so I should get free housing for that, too.

Unfortunately, I've only got two more weeks of classes, and then May 11th begins Finals Week...Ugh, the dreaded Finals!! Hm...Let's see, I know I'll have to take the Yoga final (some of which contains Sanskrit), the Theories of Human Learning final, and the World Civilization 2 final...The Families and Students in a Diverse Society final is optional, but you do have to take it if you want an A in the class, so I'll probably go ahead and be an overachiever and reach for that A...Besides, if I do poorly, it can't hurt my grade...In both Sculpture 1 and Figure Drawing 1, I will only have a final critique, so no pressure there.

The day after Finals are over, I get to move into the on-campus apartments! And then that Monday, Maymester begins. It'll be 3 whole weeks of nothing but Education classes...I'm actually excited about it because I'll be working side-by-side with an art teacher at a junior high school. I've already met her and she seems really fun!

Oh, and at Room Selection on Tuesday, Celeste (my roommate and self-proclaimed twin) and I got into the on-campus apartments! It's a big thing because they're MUCH nicer than the dorms...In the apartments, we will share a bathroom with only 2 other girls, who we both know and love! And our other neighbor will be Mantha, whom I've known and loved since 8th grade. The apartments also have a full kitchen! The dorms only have a tiny, crappy, useless one...Anyways, we also opted for the 7-meal-a-week plan. We plan to take full advantage of our culinary skills and that full kitchen...We're also going to learn to buy in bulk...I'll probably end up just finding my way to the nearest Sam's Club and signing up for a membership card. My mom's got one, so I'll talk to her about it more later.

Speaking of my mother, I don't think she's too thrilled that I want to stay here for the summer. She's always had a bit of a problem with me being independent. But I'm 20 years old, and I think it's time to continue cutting on that umbilical cord! I began the process 2 years ago when I came to this university, which is a 3-hour drive from my house...At least it's in the same state! Well, I do feel bad about not visiting my parents very often, but this is how life goes! Parents have child, child grows up and learns from parents, child moves off from parents to lead an independent life. I'm at that third and final step of being a child...Though, I still plan to visit my parents over the summer. My mom's having that "empty nest" syndrome. I'm the oldest of 2 kids. My younger (I don't say little because he's bigger than me...) brother is a Senior in high school this year. Fortunately for mom, he's planning to attend the local community college for the first 2 years, meaning he'll be living at home. Then he's transferring to a state university. I'm currently attending a private university...Anyways, yeah, mom's got the "empty nest" syndrome...But she'll be fine. She'll come to enjoy the peace and quiet...Not to mention the amount of control she'll have over the remote control! My dad's a trucker, so he's only home on weekends...

Okay, now, for a complete and utter change in topic! I'm going to an anime convention this weekend! My boyfriend, 2 of our friends, and I are all leaving tomorrow afternoon, around 2:30 or so. I'm utterly ecstatic!! My fiance and I were going to go as male and female Ranma, from "Ranma 1/2", but his wig still hasn't come in, and if it doesn't come in by tomorrow, he's going as Kakuzu, and I'm going as Sasori, both from "Naruto". One of our friends is going as himself, as he is a character all his own. Our other friend will probably borrow whichever costume I don't use, as she's relatively the same size as me.

Oh, by the way, feel free to color my latest lineart!

Well, that's it for now! Stay classy, Otakuites!

~Excel
~~Laughter is always the best medicine...Unless your ribs are broken...~~