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Surrounded By Silver

This is currently my crowning achievement in "real" jewelry making. And it will be some time until i can anything else like it, since i'll need my own workshop.

JAFAX, Remodeling, and Thoughts

Journal Entry: Mon Jun 29, 2009, 5:37 PM


Well, I guess it's about time I touched base again on what's all happening in my neck of the woods these days.

I'm done working for the box waxing company and I am now helping a local Wally World aka; Walmart remodel the store. It's 3rd shift, so I'm happy to be back on that schedule, since I'm still not a fan of 1st :| This'll give me a solid 10 weeks worth of work, so i'm happy with the 2-3k i'll be getting out of it ^___^

This past weekend was the annual JAFAX ( Japanese art film animation expo ) convention here in west Michigan. It's a wonderful 2 day admission free event for those who love anime, pocky, manga, and all things involved with the Japanese culture. Last year i didn't have the chance to go, due to a planned family vacation, but this year? I wasn't going to miss it for the world :D On saturday i cosplayed as my fan created Naruto character again, for 2 main reasons; One being limited income and having made it before, and Two, I just don't see myself cosplaying anything else to their proper forms (size, height, etc..) without taking up too much of my free time :lol: I saw a lot of great costumes, a few work friends, and of course a slew of dA artists from the reasonable area(s) within reach of the convention :nod: Kristie Good, aka :iconkarmada: again had her table up, and had the opportunity to snapshot and get her signature on my "Signature Scroll" that i make every year ^__^ I picked up my reasonable amount of pocky, as my custom dictates :yum: and bought a few other things i'll get a snapshot of later, of which i'll hopefully post within the next 10 days ^^;

I did however see something that caught my eye, and has gotten me thinking about it these last 48hrs. There's to be a new convention in Michigan, and it's within my driving distance and saved funds to attend! It's KUZURI-CON in Battle Creek, MI on October 2-4, 2009. Now my thoughts on this are the usual ones:

1. Should I go? and for how long?

2. Will i get a hotel room? who would i share it with?

3. Would a friend ( local or dA) want to go with me?

4. Could we afford it without breaking the bank?

5. Would it be worth it?

6. To cosplay? or not to?

Personally, the only questions that really concern me are 2 thru 4. So what i'm really getting at is this... who would like to go with me to Kuzuri-Con? Should we go for the whole thing, friday thru sunday, the hotel and transportation would be split fairly, and we'd work out anything else as we go along :)

If this intrests any of my watchers, or your friends, please feel free to let me know via email ASAP, so we can start planning :nod:

I'll try to post the cosplay pictures of this years JAFAX soon, along with watching all the dA artists I saw at the convention.

I'll be around :salute:

  • Mood: Tired
  • Listening to: Podcasts & Tunes
  • Reading: World of Warcraft Archive
  • Drinking: Pomegranate Lemonade

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  • Print preference: 8x10
  • Interests: anime, internet, jewelry, manga
  • Favourite movie: too many to list ^_^
  • Favourite band or musician: Fluke
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything but Rap -____-
  • Favourite artist: too many to list, again
  • Favourite poet or writer: Matthew Reilly
  • Operating System: Mac OS 10.5.7
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod Touch
  • Wallpaper of choice: Anything cool or abstract
  • Favourite game: World of Warcraft
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wii & PC *Mac*
  • Favourite cartoon character: GIR
  • Tools of the Trade: pencil, paper, bead board, hands, wire, pliers

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