Blah, I'm sitting in class right now and figured I'd go ahead and write an update to kill some time until I canget home and enjoy my wonder panini X3. First, a huge CONGRATS BITCH! to Hina who FINALLY got a job...AT THE DISNEY STORE too man! Again good for you! I'm soo happy and soooo jealous! ^^

Neway, so the weather is getting colder (thank you Ida for the rain!) and the nights are finally longer and one of my favorite seasons is finally here!!! Seriously, I'm ready for winter, I'm ready for this semester to be over, I'm ready for the holidays, and I'm sure as hell readyt for my long ass winter break! However, with the end of the semester, that aslo bring finals -_- Crappy ass finals that have to be assigned at wierd times during the day. The tests themselves aren't hard (they're like any other test honestly) you just want to get done and leave and I will most likely have to retake math.....REALLY hate math.... shit I also have to get my dorm ready for the winter closing and make sure everything is SPOTLESS before we can actually leave campus...Blah...BUT I do have a fun break planned for this year with Hina. Only a few days after we get out we'll be going to see Disney's ' Princess and the Frog ' which I am sooooo looking forward to and can't wait to see! Seriously, I've been waiting since I first heard about it back in 2007 and all of the awesome stuff at D23 just makes me even more anxious to see it! X3 We'll also be heading back down to the city to the Aquarium and check it out which again, I'm really excited for. Ocean animals are LOVE! Saddly, the belugas will not be there -_- they're in Texas while they are fixing up the tank here and one of them died...AGAIN..So we are left with only two belugas now, hopefully they won't kill anymore before I get a chance to see them. Sewing days are also planned whenever we each have a day off seeing as we'll both be busting our asses working.. So far we'll be fixing up and repairing Peach (new wig maybe?) and Daisy to possibly wear to momocon depending on the weather. We'll probably also start on Ayeka and Tsunami too so we aren't hauling ass to finish during the last days of summer like last year XD.
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Cosplay Wishlist

Lady Subaru ~ .Hack//sign
Princess Peach/Toadstool ~ Mario
Glinda/ Galinda ~ The Wicked
Diva (Final Concert dress) ~ Blood Plus
Euphemia (artbook) ~ Code Geass
Berry/Berii ~ Tokyo mew mew
Lacus Clyne ~ Gundam seed
Meer Campbell ~ Gundam Seed Destiny
Princess Emeraude/Emerald ~ Magic Knight Rayearth/Tsubasa
Misha ~ Pita Ten
Rosette ~ Chrono Crusade
Giselle (wedding gown) ~ Enchanted
Belle ~ Beauty and the Beast
Human Luna ~ Sailor Moon
Seth (art book) ~ Trinity Blood
Natsumi Hinata ~ SGT Frog
Princess Ayeka ~ Tenchi Muyo
Belldandy/ Skuld ~ Ah! My Goddess
Komugi ~ Nurse Witch Komugi
Takako (sound pretear) ~ Pretear
Takako (Princess of Disaster) ~ Pretear
KosMos ~ XenoSaga 3
Aisha Clan Clan ~ Outlaw Star
Pretty Sammy ~ Pretty Sammy OVA
Mahoro ~ Mahoromatic
Chii ~ Chobits/Tsubasa
Bulma Briefs ~ DB/DBZ
Shampoo ~ Ranma 1/2
Ashe ~ FFXII
Lightning ~ FFXIII
Sophitia/Cassandra ~ Soul Calibur

Hina and I finally worked out our plans for AWA 2010 and I figured I'd go ahead and post them, even though I SHOULD be studying for astronomy. I'll probably update again later this week when I have more time.

Friday: Giselle from Enchanted or rewear Princess Peach from the Mario Series
Sat: Princess Ayeka ~ Tenchi Muyo
Sat Night: Giroro pj's ~ SGT Frog/original design
Sun: Takako(sound pretear) ~ Pretear

First off, I want to thank EVERYONE who sent well wishes and asked about my sweet baby bear, Musa. It really means alot to me, thank you again. He actually had a check up on sat. and the results? He's getting much better! He's gone from 168 lbs to 147! And trust me, that is aLOT for him. I still can't believe he's lost all that weight in the amount of time we had. All of that swimming seems to have worked! ^^ He's been able to run/trot alittle lately and he's even walking upstairs and limp is almost gone. He does have a pressure sore on his elbow though from laying weird, but that's been drained and wrapped (He looks so cute and helpless with his leg wrapped up too X3)and should be healed in a few weeks.

Woot so finally I'll let you guys in on Hina's and my supuh fun tiem at both D23 and AWA

D23 Disney's first ever convention, in Anahiem Ca.
~ Disneyland: Ok so this was my return to California for the first time in three years and this, by far, was the best trip out there I've had for a long LONG time. Thursaday night we flew into Ontario and went to In-N-Out. Friday was a sorta break day for us and we went to Disneyland.We were there basically from the time it opened at around 9-9:30 to the time that bitch closed at 12 at night. IT WAS SOOO MUCH FUN and it was Hina's first time there so it made it even more special, rode everything we could, went to california adventure, got a nasty sunburn, cried in front of Walt Disney's statue, took pics of everything, got pics taken with several face characters, hung out in this badass animation building and once again starting crying in that place. Saw the fireworks and heard there was a fist fight going on too XD and we ate awesome sandwichs from the River Belle Terrace and ate in one of the ally ways in New Orleans section where the band pelted us with beads..Only complaint was shit being closed for Halloween revamping and the new parade ><.


D23: Copied from Hina's
People we met/saw/hugged
Ron Clements [director/writer for Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Princess and the Frog]
John Musker [same as above]
(ok we had no idea these guys were going to be there until we saw their names on a sign for autographs at a booth. We managed to be the second people in line to see them and waited an hour past the time they were supposed to show up before they told us they weren't able to make it...We almost cried, we were so upset you have no idea..So anyway, we got and put some stuff in my car and decided to check out a display on another floor, so were looking around getting pics and the all of a sudden Clemments and Musker come walking around the MUTHER FUCKING CORNER! I seriously almost pissed myself. How fucking lucky were we!? Told we would see them, then we're face to face with them! sadly, we couldn't really talk with them because they were being interviewed, but still...OMG...It was awesome.)

Andreas Deja [character animator for Gaston, Jafar, Scar, etc.] Hugged him.
(We were watching Musker and Clemments when I look over and see 'Holy goddamn shit' Andreas Deja...FUCKING DEJA MAN! We WERE able to talk with him for a while and Hina got a pick with him, sadly he was about to be interviewed so I never got one >< but it was just great to be able to meet him in person XD!)

Mary Costa [voice of Aurora/Briar Rose]
(She was right next to us at the Sleeping Beauty screening, seriously, I could smell her perfume XD Awesome lady too, it was great hearing recall her stories with Walt and Matt Davis)

Floyd Norman [animator in Sleeping Beauty]
(Awesome little dude, he started with Disney when he was my age, he was also part of the 'Fairy Unit' for Sleeping Beauty, he animated the 'cake making' scene ^^)

A bunch of other people that I can't remember off the top of my head. Did meet lots of great people that were just attending though. So fun.
(A freelance prop maker that made ships and shit for Star Trek and lots of other films. He gave us some really great advice on prop making, materials, and about the industry.)

Hina also got to wear the engineer model for Aurora's tiara. It was huge, gold, and heavy!
(I thought the guy was joking when he asked me if I wanted to try it on XD! I didn't were it though, too embarassed XD!)

Disney Bridal also had a booth too and omg, I want a disney wedding now XD!

Also got to see some great new attractions going in the future! When we got home my feet were killing me and when I took my shoes off, my socks were all bloody lol.

The last day we went and hung out at Venice Beach, Newport, and of course Balboa which was a fun relaxing day checking out all the freaks and medical pot clinics lol.
It seriously, was such a fun trip and I hope I can do things like that with Hina again ^^.

This trip overall has seriously inspired and motivated me to work harder and do what ever I can to be part of this company. It was also kind of depressing in a way too, but its funny, the current and veteran animators I look up to recall feeling the same way too ^^.

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AWA: Seriously, the best AWA yet I think. I had so much fun and I'm so happy Hina and I were able to finish and fix up some costume shit including our wigs never arriving and soo...SO much hassle with Hina's Zipper DX We were up til 3 in the morning on sat. and up again at 7 finishing til 11 before she could wear it. But everything worked out great and Peach and Daisy were really great (and comfy) to wear. Congrats to Hina on her fist entirely hand sewn costume! ^^. Got to try bubble tea, which is amazing, I think I want to try Mocha next time, but so far I really like the green tea flavor the best, my poor red bean seemed to fail me when it comes to bubble tea T^T. Also got to see/meet alot of ppl from here and other places!

Shoutouts to...
~ Shizkitt: Great seeing you again! Sorry I didn't even recognize who you were and wasn't able to talk with you longer. Glad you managed to make it to AWA and hope to see you at momocon! ^^

~ artificalXkisses: The best Harley at the con..Period. You're just too cute! I'm so glad I was able to run into you at AWA! ^^ That pic you took really makes me want to draw Peach and Harley together XD! Also, hope to see you again in the future at well! ^^

It was fun, but I don't think I'll be rooming at AWA next year though since my dorm is right there and I really need to save money >< I'll see if I can get some photos up soon!

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So now that 'con season' has ended for me, it's time to get an early start for next year!

Cons for 2010
~ AWA: Of course, last one before my internship!
~ Momocon: Probably just for Sat.
~ D23? : If they have another one, I'll be going all four days.
~ DragonCon: I want to go for ATLEAST one day, just to check it out before I leave for my internship.

Cosplay IDEAS for 2010: Wants mostly will narrow down to 3 or 4 or change them out, not certain until later.
~ Takako ~ Pretear
~ Giselle (pink Dress) ~ Enchanted
~ Giroro pj's ~ Original/SGT. Frog
~ Ayeka ~ Tenchi Muyo
~ Misha ~ Pita Ten
~ Peach ~ Mario series (rewear)

Yes yes, back home now from California after having a INCREDIABLE time at Disney's first ever D23 Expo, Disneyland, Venice, Newport (<3) and Balboa beachs. I'll do a whole 'OMFG guess what I did!!!' thing after awa this weekend so I'll put them together. ^^ Now time to TRY to finish shit for AWA -_-