DasBombadillo

Look out SacAnime, here we come!  At least, should my business partner/roomie's funds actually show up.  It sounds likely that I'll be going to NorCal in January for SacAnime Winter 2013.  As I'm also applying to teach English abroad in Japan via the JET program next year, probably this would be my last US con for a while.  But I digress.. I now have my third Sakura Wars crossplay together - Ratchet Altair from the Motion Picture and So Long, My Love.  As such she's one of the two crossplays I'm bringing to Sacramento just after New Year's.  Already have some pictures taken during a haphazard photoshoot on 11/2 that will be uploaded just as

Well, officially applied for Cosplay Chess at Kumoricon 2012 today.  We'll see if a character from a game/series largely unreleased in the USA will be chosen.  I did have a judge at the MEWcon cosplay contest say it was very faithful to the source material, so quality's not lacking.  If Erica does get in.. enemies beware her amazing maraca attack!  Mwa ha ha! In other news, still unemployed.  When a person interviewing you for a position in anything but a small business tells you they'll, "contact you in a couple days", it seems to be code for 'we're going in another direction'.  Or maybe I'm just frustrated with the damnable job market.  Co

Being the insane person that I am, I'm now contemplating putting the airship pirate thing on hold for some event where a non-specific character would be better.  As for Kumoricon I'm now mulling over a number of possibilities to take that slot.  Gotta decide pretty soon if I am going to make or commission someone to make it too.   Right now the leading candidates have become one of two Avatar: the Last Airbender characters or a second Sakura Wars character.  There are plusses and minuses for each choice. Option A: Ember Island Players Mai - because it would be a variant of the character I'm pretty sure nobody else will do.  Also gives a conv