I've been asked how the con was, and I figured I should probably write up a con report since I didn't have time afterwards to do a video round up with any of the CB crew like I did with Fan Expo. So I'll break it down day by day for you peeps. This is just my personal opinion, no disrespect to anyone involved. Over all I had a good time, but that had very little to do with the convention itself...

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Friday
Friday was the last day of my exams, and unfortunately my time for writing my Canadian Lit got bumped from 1230 to 330. I was not happy. It would now mean I'd miss the majority of the con for that day, seeing as I had promised Ally I'd go to the swimsuit contest as Ivy to support her (She was entering in a Harley swimsuit she had made). So I write my exam and get out around 5. Took a while to drive down, and then there was a mix up on where I was meeting my friends so they could help me into my corset. By the time we were all ready it was time for the contest, and we had to book it. Luckily no one cared we were late. I met with the other judges, talked with the two voice actors that were guest judging as Ally went off and prepped as a contestant. Izzy was in the audience with our other friend Reg.

The contest went well, a lot of really good competitors, some I knew and some I didn't. When it came to the end and we had to pick a winner, I let the other judges talk first since I was well aware that one of my best friends was competing, and although I thought she did great, I didn't want any hint that the contest was rigged, or she was picked because she was obviously with me and my crew. But thankfully I'm not just a big biased ho-bag and the others suggested her because of her ability to stay in character through all the mishaps and stupid bitches trying to bring her down.

Explaination:
During her talent Ally got nervous and forgot the lines to her song and had to pause. Through out this she remained in character, with full voice/accent and joked even though I knew she was sweating on the inside. She did good, and eventually was able to finish rather well. Second mishap happened during the Q&A session. A girl I am unfamiliar with broke the jovial mood by asking "What's with your accent? Have you ever been to Brooklyn? They don't sound like that." The room went silent. Ally struggled a bit, keeping the accent up as she attempted to answer the question in a kind/funny way. I was annoyed, and one of the amazing powers given to me as a judge is a microphone, so I intervened because I am less nice. I usually pride myself on being a very accepting individual when it comes to all fandoms and fans, but I didn't like such a blatant attempt to put someone else down publicly, especially when it was being directed at my friend. So I asked her how old she was and questioned if she was even old enough to be in that panel room (swimsuit contest is 18+) if she had never watched the B:TAS from the 90's. Now here's the kicker.... she replied "I'll be 26 tomorrow, but I've never been into Marvel." I laughed and said "Bitch that shit is DC, who sent you?" One of the voice actors also chimed in and called her an idiot and the whole panel room booed her for this very very bad mistake. This furthered my belief that you can be a well loved ass (like myself) but you need to be a smart ass. Know your shit or keep you mouth shut. Ryan also pointed out that Harley's accent isn't Brooklyn based since it's Gotham. Harley and the other Joker goons have a very distinct dialect I think is loosely based on Long Island.

In the end Ally got first place as Judges' Favorite, with our other friend Marc winning Audience Favorite for his E.Honda. Many pictures were taken and everyone was in a good mood at the end. I met some awesome people like Britany Quinn and Jesse of Undiscovered Photography and Rion Risque, an awesome cosplayer that everyone should check out on FB. I also walked away with a prize. Turns out Marc had the box set he was given a long with a trophy so he gave it to me because I had wanted to see Rosario Vampire. I'll watch it soonish, promise ;3

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Saturday
Saturday started out stressful, dealing with parking downtown and trying to figure out costume etc. I had made changes to my Jade that I was pleased with, though over all I know it still needs more work. It doesn't seem to photograph well. Thought due to the combined exhaustion of both Con and and exams I don't think I photographed well this con at all. For the first time in my life I was able to wear contacts to add to one of my costumes and people loved them.
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I got many compliments and freaked out a few tourists. As a cosplayer I don't really care about being in costume around people/normies. And if you do care about that sort of thing AR isn't a con for you, it's right next to a main cruise ship port and it's right in the middle of tourist season. So if you're shy or uncomfortable about all that, you're fucked. Try and keep that in mind if you ever decide to do AR. Anyway, back to the con, we wandered aimlessly, checking stuff out and saying hi to friends. Eventually we made our way back to take a short break. By the time we came back, it was almost time for the Origa concert, something that Izzy really wanted to attend. We ended up waiting in the wrong line due to a confusing system and when we went to try and get in the con staff were happy to oblige but the center staff refused us, stating that the concert was at capacity, and we'd have to wait in the alt line, back in the giant room of lines in case people left. Here's the thing, people were leaving as we were standing there, but there was no one being brought from the room of lines 3 whole conference rooms away. We also could see that the concert room only had a small crowd of maybe 50-70 in it, despite the fact the room had housed over 300 for the opening ceremony. So we walk back to the hall of lines and see people that had been waiting for the concert for hours before. We then get pissed off at the whole thing and debate going to an after party/event at EXP. In the end we stayed and after center staff was gone the con staff let us in to to catch the last third of the concert.
After that we decide to go to the "That 70's Anime Dating Game" panel being held by someone I knew from previous cons and mutual friends. All was good, it was a little bland compared to the riotus 18+ panels my crew (now joined by Jacob of Hentai Cupcake) is used to, but we had fun heckling, and on the second to last contestant I was chosen as a bachelorette. There were a few amusing quirks. Another cosplayer I know through mutual friends was picked as another bachelorette and during her intro her skirt rode up and a dude was panty shotting her, so I sat in her lap and tried to pull it down, but I think she thought I was trying to grab her awkwardly.... So that was odd, but no harm no foul.
Here's the part that gets a little shady. The guy re-enters and sits without seeing us, as per the rules. Apparently he had been a contestant last year, and proceeded to bash the girl he had chosen the year previous. First asking one of the hosts if that girl was in the room, which she promptly replied no. He insulted her breasts and her body, saying extremely disgusting things that did little to impress me and my girls. Needless to say I was annoyed and no longer gave two shits if this guy chose me. There was a question that was basically a lead in to having him grope any body part on us. I wasn't feeling particularly accommodating after his display so I took his hand and twisted it till I heard it crack repeatedly, pretending to be in character as Jade... Really I just didn't want some asshole touching me. If I had known I would have called Jacob up and had him thrust on him. After that the guy was rather adamant that contestant 2 (me) would not win. I wasn't exactly saddened by the news.
After the panel and through the Sunday I did have a few people approach me to say they were glad I had done it, that they had been enjoying the panel up until him, but he had taken it too far when he had bashed some girl that wasn't even there to defend herself. I agreed and told them that I hope it wouldn't detour them from going to that panel in the future, since the contestants change every time.
After that was another one of Hentai Cupcake's panels where they told con stories from their many adventures. It was fun and I was given some of Jeff's cider which is always amazingly yummy. Jon also gave me some sort of other alcoholic beverage I will not name that tasted like candy. Also good. The panel was very amusing, and afterwards I got to meet Miranda, another awesome new friend!
After that we (my crew, Jacob and Miranda) all headed down to the rave, only to find that center staff were pulling the same shit they had done with the concert. In the same massive room there was maybe 70-100 people, while a whole, snaking line up of con kids waited to hopefully get in. Lucky for us, Rion was hype dancing for one of the DJ's and she walked us all through so we didn't have to wait. Much thanks to her, I hate line ups.

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Sunday
Sunday was filled with photoshoots and not much else. We dressed as the Gotham City Sirens for the DC/Marvel Shoot put on by VanGeeks. We got called up, we posed, we talked etc. Unfortunately AR 2013 had been plagued with thefts. Several people at the shoot had their cellphones and wallets taken. Ally's badge was stolen which she was upset about because she had wanted to keep it, but registration gave her a wristband for the rest of the day so she wouldn't be denied access to anywhere. Caitlin had her phone stolen and had to go through the hassle of getting a hold of telus on a Sunday to report it. In the end Jacob and Jon gave them their panelist passes since they were leaving so Caitlin was a least able to go enjoy the dealers room with the rest of us despite having not bought a pass. We went and did shoots with Watermark Visuals, Masamune Captures and Undiscovered Photography, all of which were fun and I'm excited to see. Izzy, Ally, Caitlin and I then went to Maruko for some delicious ramen, and overall perfect end to the con.

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Over all the con was alright, though I'm considering skipping it for a different one next year. Maybe PAX or Cos&Effect, unless i end up as a panelist which also might happen.
The next con for me will probably be AkiCon in October. After a 2 year hiatus from it, I'm excited to go back, since it used to be one of my fav cons of the year. Until then kids, love you and I'll see you around ;)
Updated the groove list.

Chu,
Brit

wow i totally haven't updated this in forever. well i suppose i'll start with what i'm up to... last night i went to the valentine's day dance up at ubc. it was fun. i crossplayed and went as velvet mafica kaito from vocaloid. it was so comfy. i will admit it's not the most complicated cosplay i'ver ever done. black pants, black button uo shirt, black gloves, blue wig. DONE! oh snap. but it worked, and i made a very attractive man, even if i had like these crazy eye brows.
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i know, craaaazy. i hung out with plenty of people i haven't seen in a bit, and also some i have seen. i'm just happy i got my last minute cosplay done in time. after the dance, jaimmie, david, betty, alex and i all went to red robins and had dinner. i was starving, and it was fun times. i'm sure we were the highlight of our server's day. as soon as david, alex and i got there they knew who we were there to meet. i guess if a bunch of people in wigs wander in, you should assume they know each other.

so something else on my mind is sakuracon. i was kinda disappointed i wasn't going to be able to do angemon, but as most people know i had to drop that because the supplies were just taking way too long to ship in. i wouldn't have had enough time to build the wings or the armor. so i told izzy we'd do it for sc next year. since we already had our cos for akicon planned. luckily i have a couple backups i've never worn to a con. mainly my psylocke and green lantern. i know they're not anime or whatever, but i'm not too concerned. i was kinda bummed at first, but i'm feeling a lot better about it all now. now i'm just crossing my fingers my wig for my green lantern arrives in time. jaimmie was awesome and gave me her gl ring she had for my costume, since i was an idiot and forgot to order one.
only problem is it's super big and made for man fingers... but i guess it'll be okay since i have to wear it over top gloves anyway.

this also marks the first time izzy will be going with me to seattle. this is super exciting for me. i've been wanting her to come for THREE YEARS! but everytime there was always something that came up with her. or she wouldn't be able to get the time off. so i'm super happy! they also have some really cool bands this year, so A+ sakcon :3

i updated my youtube with another slideshow. this one from the kuroshitsuji shoot that happened jan. 1st. i promise i'll update with an actual video log soon XD


david talked to sara, one of the girls that organizes the L&&C meetups here. she says the next L&&C will probably be in may. last night i had a wonderous idea and decided to finally get a soubi cosplay together. he's like one of my favorite characters of all time, and i adore loveless so much. i think it just makes sense. besides i've been wanting to do a soubi cosplay for forever, and i think i finally have the skills now to make it happen...
updated the groove list, and my theme for v-day♥

Chu,
Brit

so so so... SO! gawd i feel like crap. my cold's just getting worse and worse. my main concern right now, is will i look like shit on saturday? saturday being the day of the black butler photoshoot. i'm worried that i'll just look bagged :P

i've been taking my cold fx, and my medicine, trying to keep my head on straight. but my nose is running like a faucet. being really pale, if i'm sick, my nose goes super red because my skin gets irritated by the tissues. it's gross. and when you have like sickly white skin, it becomes super noticeable. especially when being shot with hd cameras. to top it all off i also now have a pimple on my nose. FUCKING HELL!

i'll be honest, i'm a huge priss when it comes to zits. i never get them usually. so when the odd one pops up it becomes super noticeable to me, even if other people don't see it. said people them proceed to beat my ass for bitching so much about one zit when their face is covered in acne. i'm sorry, i never went through that odd, bad skin phase of being a teenager. i don't know how to deal with this shit.

wow this whole post is sounding really conceited. lol XD
but anyway, part of my worry is because the last photoshoot i did turned out so awesome. i want to continue the trend. i mean the marvel shoot with maddi, jaimme and john was just badass even if it was fairly small. this shoot is going to involve more people so i guess i'm just anxious. btw, i don't think i ever posted the cb log for the marvel shoot slideshow



there you go. before that was the vocaloid, type h shoot at akicon, which wasn't a complete disaster either. despite my dislike of some of the shots.... i just really want to look awesome for everyone who has to pose or interact with me. instead of looking like a disease infested landfill.

as if to make shit even better. it's getting really fucking cold here. boo... updated the groove list

Chu,
Brit

hey all. so it's saturday, and that means the first day of my weekend off. it was nice to just lay in bed, and finally sleep. sleep is getting more and more difficult lately. i've been getting really bad headaches, so i've been popping more of my dad's pills than i probably should. i try and do it when no one is watching, i don't want the questions. thinking about going to the doctor, but also avoiding it. if it doesn't go away, i guess i'll have to. problem is i think he might chalk it all up to my jaw hurting, and send me to see the dentist. i'm scared shitless of dentists. i haven't been since i was 19, not that it shows. i have perfect looking teeth. besides that, i can't afford it. i guess one more thing to add to the list of pros to working for transit.

been reading a lot. i got the new nalini singh, and i've been tearing through it. unfortunately i can't find my copy of 'branded by fire.' i skipped over two books in the series since the characters she used just didn't interest me. i might go back and read them if i get bored. so far from reading the newest one i didn't miss much it would seem. next new one comes out in june apparently. i don't know why i'm talking about this.

maybe going shopping with izzy tody. i'm looking forward to it. hopefully she can get me out of this slump i've been in. i guess i just have a bad case of the 'holiday sad.' i'm not sure if that's a real condition, but i have it so i'm just going to pretend it is. cards and gifts are welcome for my recovery but not necessary.

i should be using this time to make a new cb. or pick up that package that's waiting at the post office for me. i think it's prolly a wig i ordered. might be a christmas costume for the xmas themed shoot i decided to do on a whim. i'm not sure...

Chu,
Brit

soooo updates, updates. went to the night market last night and got the rest of my shit to finish my miku cosplay. i'm pretty excited. i think it's going to turn out great. on that note, i also did a new cosplay bombshell video. well 2 actually, but one was not really anything to do with cosplay. there was an issue going around out here with an animal cruelty incident.

but i don't really want to get into that. it upsets me...



love you all! if you want to watch the other video it's on my youtube. updated the groove list

Chu,
Brit

hey gang. long time no update.... suppose the same can be said for my youtube. lol, hopefully i'll have a new video up by this weekend. i have the footage and stuff from the miyavi concert, as well as some cosplay updates coming up for ae in august.

out of the things on my previous list, i got them all done but the reg. papers. i'm still trying to get my lazy ass out to coquitlam to pick up the papers, but as most know... i procrastinate, and i hate city driving. i'm kinda in this flux... i don't want to go anywhere after work. i just want to head straight home for nerdy reading and other such nonsense. but then again on my days off, i can't bring myself to leave the house at a decent hour to pick up said papers. so really it's just one big mangle of laziness.

i ordered the miku wig. it has since come and looks awesome. i think it'll go great with the costume i;m trying to do. here's a shot of the wig, with what i have done of the headset so far.
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i've since decided to try and put some silhouette butterfly wings, painted kinda like my dress where they're black and have a green circuit board pattern all over them. i think it'll look cool, and i hope it works out. strangely enough my fav vocaloid isn't miku, it's luka. but miku just fit better with my idea for the dress... yeah whatever i know. the weird thing is that this costume is filled with so much tech it's weird. headphones are actually functioning dj phones. i've been using them for my laptop since my hello kitty ones broke. the mic actually lights up with a really bright led. at the time of the picture i hadn't gotten it working, but it works now. i also got an idea today for like a gauntlet that will hold my phone and the portable speaker i plan to attach to it.... watch i'll laze out and just make a phone strap XD i plan to blast vocaloid music and annoy all the people around me. tis my goal in life.

on a side note, and a more personal note i guess... this has been coming up quite a bit recently, and it kinda confuses me. personally i don't think i look that much different from what i did in highschool. like i don't think i've changed that much... apparently other people disagree. i was hit on at work by some guy who hated me in highschool. it was wierd... in school i was never the prettiest girl. actually to be honest i was fairly mediocre and i was ok with that. attractive speaking i mean. i think most people thought i was crazy... most likely. i didn't wear make-up, i was gangley, and always had my hair drawn back in a tight bun. looking back on photos i also had a fat face. i'm still pretty gangley and crazy. as for the fat face i have no idea... my hair is nice now, and i wear some make-up regularily. but honestly i don't see a huge difference. i think people might just be picking it up because at a convention i'm like a fucking 9 instead of my usual 5 on the hottie scale.

food for thought i guess. maybe people just developed lower standards as they age. or maybe it was just so gradual i never noticed that i look different.

Chu,
Brit

okie dokie so good news. nicole had some biopsies done, apparently they've been unable to find cancer cells outside of the pelvis area. there were some test resaults that lead them to believe they would, but now they say maybe not. so they have a few more things to check out. if it's all clear then they might start her on chemo to treat the cells found in the pelvic area.

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talks about my dealings with the girls trying to set up a spot in the north shore parade. i'm kinda getting a little sick of all of this shit. i mean whoever is running the ae fb group obviously either doesn't have the time, or is just completely fucking around. i mean honestly, 2 days? same thing happened with lights and cameras. it was such short notice, people weren't informed. it's just getting retarded.

so i tried hitting up the parade, but seriously i'm not driving out that far just to find out it's been axed because of lack of participation. so john and i hit up ihop instead, and he finally had eggs benny, which he's never had. poor kid's never even had hollandaise :S
whatevs, he came with peace offering of a freaking jug of pepsi and clamato juice. i guess it was to ward off my morning crankiness. a wise plan i think...

went and saw kick ass, i was actually surprised by how sad it was. sad times :C but i did enjoy it. i dl'd urban spoon to my riju, it's an amazing app. but i like anything that involves food. ♥ ♥
also sephiroth now can link up to my portable HD which means no more burning discs for burtney :D huzzah for being too cheap to buy blank cds.

been working on a new chapter for my fics on aarin. i feel bad for ignoring them for so long. i honestly hadn't realized so much time had passed. i'm kinda retarded like that.

Chu,
Brit

i can't believe i haven't posted since i got back from seattle. wierd... if you want to know what i've been up to, just head on over to my youtube channel. i have updated it recently.

Cosplay Bombshell

unfortunately i'm not really in the mood to go through this all now. i'm very upset, and kinda in a bad place. nikki had cervical cancer while she was pregnany with bella. she had been doing really well and they had been testing her every three months. it eventually moved to every 6 since she was in the clear for so long. well at some point between now and the past six months the cancer came back, and it's reached stage 4 which is the highest. it's IVB which basically means it's not simply in the pelvis and surrounding organs. it's furhter out... least that is my understanding about it. as far as i know IVB can't be treated beyond pain medication. least that's what i've read. updated the groove list, put my theme back to the regular

Chu,
Brit

i am very upset with myself. i leave tomorrow for seattle, after i work. this is lame, considerring i tried booking thursday and friday off, and gave them warning like 4 months in advance, and they still didn't find a solution beyond, you can leave 2 hours early... uh no, i'd like to not come at all so i can get all my shit packed and ready to go... lame, but nothing that i can do about it now beyond being an antisocial troll tomorrow so people want to leave faster. i hope it doesn't turn out to be busy... lol, i'm upset because i forgot to buy more sleep-eze, so now i'll be up all night :C
after all the shit i do for that place, you think they could give me one frigging thursday off. especially since i haven't even taken so much as a sick day since akicon, and that was in november. but on to other news...

i uploaded all the clips from this past weekend to my cb. basically i have the entire costume done. liv did manage to find a wig, but i dunno if she picked me up a wig cap or not. i didn't have time to get one myself since wig shops are so far away from where i live. liv works just two blocks down from one. if not, i suppose we'll go on a happy journey/quest once we get into seattle.

i am so not classy :C my belching offends the women folk. anywaysss. i was reading penny arcade and i came across this... here

i mean honestly? if men would pay me to call them a bitch and play warcraft that's a little sad. be like a videogame prostitute. it's tempting though, i will admit. except i'm terribly antisocial and wouldn't party up with anyone anyway...that's why i play as a warlock, that way i have minions. i'm my own party, screw other people.

Chu,
Brit

making this quick, since i should be sleeping right now. frigging work. basically i updated cb, and my logging seems to be going well. i head over to liv's on friday so we can have a sewing/costume making party, and get this shit done!


soooo yeah. thats the wig for my newest cosplay. i booked a hotel, and since liv and i didn't pre-reg in time, we don't have to be sweating on whether or not we can get there on thursday in time to pick up our badges. i know it's a very tiny silver lining, but it's there!

Chu,
Brit