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Can't believe I forgot to keep editting this in. On the Friday of Manifest this year (at 1pm!) ~warui-chan, ~SefieDA and I'll be hosting the Cosplay 101 Panel...though it'll be more like 201 or 404 because we'll also be covering make-up, posing and the where/how of resourcing stuff from in and around Melbourne. =3

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Long time, no see, devART!

And I'm reaaaally sorry if I'm late with/not replying to things, because at the moment I'm staring at this:
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So it seems it's time for a 6 month update on all that's been going on. Since the last update I've had my work place close down; been and returned from Malaysia/Singapore (it was awesome DX); gotten another job, been given no shifts at that job and found another one! So I think that makes 4 jobs in a year as of March/April =S

Somehow, there's only a week and a bit of holidays left, and then it'll be back to the grindstone for my final semester of school - oh God that's nerve racking D: In between that, I've been splurged on a few newspapers.


[link] The Age (March 22nd) with ~shi-tenshi where you can read the article here.
[link] mX (March 26th) promoting Madman's National Cosplay Competition
[link] And huge congrats to Andrew, Aeryn and Sian for getting into the Herald Sun, too! Herald Sun (March 29th)

Melbourne SupaNova

Sooo so much fun! I didn't think I would, but I really enjoyed myself. Had a blast on both days and it was great to be surrounded by such wonderful people and costumes. On the Saturday, the first preliminary rounds for Madman's National Cosplay Competition were held, and I was most flattered and amazed to come out with first place - putting me through to the finals, it's so exciting! I can't wait! SPEAKING OF WHICH! Finals will be on November the 14th in Melbourne's Albert Park Citigate Hotel. *pimppimppimp* Do come along, if just to support the other fabulous finalists and watch me flail about on a stage.

Back to SN, Sunday was Kuroshitsuji day with ~warui-chan. Madam Red was such a joy to make and wear - my life demands more ballgowns. We also scored Runner Up for Best Cosplay with our red-ness.

Mini Melbourne Animania
Huuuuuge thank-yous again to ~Repress-My-Memories and ~yiji for housing me during the week-end, it's really appreciated and lovely to stay with you all <3 From Sydmania last year, I think I might've expected a bit more, but it was just a one day event. But any and all of that was totally over shadowed by being able to meet and catch up and talk to sooo many stupidly wonderful hilariously awesome people (you all know who you are 8D) and more congratulations to ~haraju2girls, *cescat and ~K-chan009 for making it through to WCS finals!


Almost forgot! I cosplayed as Ena from Fire Emblem. Unfortunately group plans didn't go ahead, but huge love and thank-yous to the lovely *twinklee who changed into her costume for a shoot with ~Astellecia - it was great to work with you both!

Sadly, things can't be all awesome all the time. Back on May 10th, Mother's Day, I lost my gorgeous girl under some really unfortunate circumstances.

R.I.P.
Sooty
Late June/Early July, 2001 - May 10th, 2009
She meant a lot to me, and I'm still not really over the fact that she's simply not here anymore, and as cliche as it is, I don't know if I ever will be. But she will always be loved, and I want to thank everyone over on LiveJournal for their support <333

Because of this and school and Madman, I haven't been nearly as productive as I have been in the past, so I've put off a lot of costumes for this year. Though I did kind of predict that this would happen because of school so uh...just confirmation, I supppose? But along the same lines, because of dance competitions on the Friday of AVCon, Saturday of Animania and Sunday of Manifest I now have fewer costumes to make won't be attending those.

I think that's about all..my brain is dead and I thought this entry was going to be so much more insightful .__. Though wait! I got an 88.5 on a recent dance exam, that counts for something, right?

Also, why can't you set 'Visitors' to be visible to only you? I don't want people to feel named and shamed for having visited my page D:

Recent photoshoots:
1930's Vintage with
Photo meet with and others

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