This is still a temporary layout for the blog. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to push my true vision to life...! I'm still making tweaks here and there, so hang on. The blog portion is going to remain relatively the same though.

I had a fun Halloween! BEHOLD! My boyfriend and I as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine!





It was worth it slaving away under the sewing machine for those costumes.

Labels: costumes, halloween

First of all, sorry that the website is looking a little strange right now. I'm in the midst of moving and redesigning the front page around, so things are gonna be funky for awhile! But I'll try to keep the blog as readable as possible, at least. Ha!

We celebrated Halloween a little early at work and had a Halloween Karaoke competition at Backstage Bar & Grill! I highly recommend this karaoke bar. Their song list is a 50 pound book, the drinks are good and they have REALLY good food!


I love their garlic fries...

I went as a witch to work-- well, a lame attempt at a "Cute Witch" costume, at least. The outfit was pulled together from my closet, but I actually made the hat out of posterboard and fabric, all pieced together with a hot glue gun. Skills, man... skills.





We had a costume contest, too, but I lost to a dog. That's okay, though... the dog really is cuter than me.



Check my flickr for a few more photos!!!

Labels: cosplay, costumes, halloween, work

I never got around to posting about this event--- better late than never, I guess! Royal-T Cafe, Bubblepunch and Zippercut host a monthly(ish) event called 'Japanology'. Each month, they pick a topic of focus about one of Japan's many, and most of the time deviant, subcultures. In September, I attended a movie screening and lecture about Bosozoku, aka biker gangs in Japan!

There was a small photo booth set up with a vintage motorcycle as prop for the models. It was fun hanging out and pretending to be a 'yanki' for the night.

I admit, I use to daydream about joining a Japanese girl biker gang! This was as close as I could get, I guess...



Me in the center of a truly formidable gang of badass ladies.






I don't know if you can tell, but we had fun. CLICK HERE to see the rest of the photos!

Labels: bosozoku, costumes, event, japanology, royal-t

I just read this article from the LATimes, Walk of Fame allege attacks by music vendors, seek officials' help. Although I'm not really a big fan of these guys posing for money, I believe they have the right to do it. Plus, it's fun for the most part when everyone plays their part properly and practices good attitude and manners. Sometimes, a tourist just gets the urge to pose with Superman on the Walk of Fame for a dollar tip, right??

What irks me is how it sounds like security officers in the area look at these guys like they're lower than dirt just because they're in costume. They're people too and a lot of them are getting hurt; it's a police person's duty to protect them even if they look a little bit ridiculous. Plus, it comes down to stopping so violent in our streets. If the CD vendors ARE gang related, then this could turn into something really serious and dangerous. It sucks that the city is so hesitant to make a move just because it's for a group of people dressed as comic book or movie characters.

I guess I sympathize with people who likes to run around in costumes.

Labels: article, costumes, news