That 'Next Post' I Had Mentioned

So apparently free time and I don't tend to get along very well ... especially in the summer. You would think that that's kind of strange right? Aren't students supposed to have more time in the summer? Well not if you are a college student: college sucks the free time and the money right out of you. So during what little free time I do get, I work fervently to put away a few pieces of this green cloth that people love and refer to as money.

Now that we have established the fact that I am a college student who needs money, I'll catch you up (if you haven't read today's post in Finding Words For Life). I had already been working a part time job at a small restaurant in Saratoga (yummm), and a short time after my initial post, I was offered a second job as an intern at the local hub of an online college. As you can assume, job a + job b = no free time for me (yay, I rhymed). However, things have started to settle between the two jobs and I can finally sit down at my little desk and hunch back over my computer (such a strange feeling of uncomfortable relaxation).

So, since you are now up to date, we can step back into my world of cosplay! :D

Last post, I told you I would put up some pictures, so here they are:

(Ponyta: Pokemon and Gijinka respectively).

Again, this costume is still in the planning stages and I hope to complete it by 8/14 for UNYCosplay's Cosplay Picnic.

(Homburg Molly from the TLGW books)

Unfortunately, it looks like this costume may not happen this year. I just don't have the proper funds or time to make it and still do the character justice (as many people say: cosplay is the art of making the impossible and wearing it), also the date for this costume party still hasn't been set and I haven't even started it. I was really excited to make it though, so it will definitely stay in my folders for a future time.

So that's where I am right now; I apologize for the lapse in posts and I hope to be back next week with more exciting news. Comment and check back! :)

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Background

I'm hoping to address my cosplay undertakings here. Whatever benefit you can take from it, please do. I will be posting what I'm doing with my own cosplay plans along with how I am constructing certain costumes.

Rather than try to explain what cosplay is, I will simply direct you to Wikipedia, the informal source (sauce) of EVERYTHING!!

Seeing that I am a poor college student, I don't travel far for conventions (cons) and other events that accept cosplayers. I head to Troy once a year for Genericon, and I take advantage of any events that Upstate New York Cosplay hosts.

Since I don't go to many events, this means that the few outfits that I make every year have to be worth is! Some of my past cosplays have fallen through due to time and money restraints, but I am planning way ahead this year for Genericon and hope to craft at least two costumes for it.

On a nearer date (Aug 14), UNYCosplay is hosting their annual cosplay picnic. And as long as work doesn't eat my Saturday, I am planning to go. I have decided on cosplaying as a Ponyta Gijinka (a humanized version of the Ponyta pokemon). I hope to upload images and plans in next week's post.

There is also the possibility of making a costume for a friend's birthday party. This all depends on the still undecided date of the party. If I have the time I hope to put together a depiction of Homburg Molly from The Looking Glass Wars books. Again, I hope to upload images and plans in next week's post.

Check back for updates! :D

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