With about two months until NYAF, I've been putting more effort into making some kind of change toward looking a little more fit. (I've got miles and miles to go in reality, but any improvement will make my costumes wear more nicely.) So one thing I'm trying is the hundred pushup challenge that whowantscookies mentioned a few weeks ago. It seems odd (and kind of sad) that I could only do...

What a way to get into Spartan fighting shape! While I briefly posted about it in my whowantscookies journal. But, wow, for a serious toned body that requires no weights or supports, this is a great way to go. Let's start with the muscle groups that get abused right off: shoulders , with doing spider crawls and kicking your legs into the air; obliques / sidelines , with the primary "stance"...

So convention season is pretty much in full swing, and I've been so super excited about costume stuff! I've got so many plans whirling around in my head right now it's crazy. ^_^ My inspiration has literally been through the roof! So as of right now, I'm attending Anime Expo and Dragon Con for certain. Otakon and possibly San Diego Comic Con or Youmacon are also up for consideration, depending...

Some old skool homage and a little Dragon Con cosplay motivation for my two favorite cosplay guys, yuushi and whowantscookies ... Dragon Con costume #2: Tyris Flare - Golden Axe The sword isn't done yet as I still need to prime, paint, clearcoat, and antique it. So I nabbed a barbarian sword for these pictures, lol. Also, I think after Dragon Con, and wearing this...

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So I went to visit my elderly person for X-mas . I signed up for a community outreach program that gathers volunteers to visit old people on x-mas and gives them a new set of pajamas and a poinsetta. I expressed I did not want to go alone so I was picked up by this other volunteer. An older african american woman in her 50's named Tonya. She was very warm and sweet (thank god I was scared I would be...

whowantscookies , I finally have the picture to post. It took me several minutes to remember why we were posing the way we were...and then I started laughing. So, here it is...our group silliness.

Saturday afternoon, Matt and I will be setting our sails for Bermuda. I cannot wait. We haven't had a real vacation (one lasting longer than 4 days) since our honeymoon. Sun, sand, good food, sea sickness...I can't wait. :) I'm deciding which books to take with me, but having a hard time. I know this may seem hard to believe, but I don't feel like reading. I haven't read ANYTHING in months (well,...

Being a user of public transportation, I've learned that there are some things that you would not have to deal with if you drove by yourself. Cleanliness and unfortunate smells are among these things. Tourists are another. Add them together, and you have my recent Metro experience. On the way home I can usually grab a seat, but one unlucky day I was forced to stand the majority of the way home...in...

i've allocated all of my vacation for the rest of the year, to compose of my trips to seattle, boston, las vegas, and two weddings, one in richmond, one in toronto. also i factored in my day or two i'll probably need come thanksgiving. so with pretty much no vacation time left to spare, i may as well throw in the towel with my traveling, right? oh, hell no - once again, i throw another $200+ towards...