.Amani
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Long Overdue Otakon Spam #1~ Lolitas
lol deadmau5loli
To bring everything up to speed~ (mainly black) lolita spam.
My first time at Otakon last year absolutely killed me. I jokingly call Otakon 'brackroricon' because I have honestly never seen so many black lolitas in one spot in my life. Seeing all the outfits and stuff last year was absolutely mind-blowing to me. It gave me hope that there are other cute black girls out there who can whip up a wicked outfit. Just skdabhsdjsbd shbdjs
This year I seemed more occupied with work than ever, and I wish I had the opportunity to really get to know everyone~ welp! There's always next year.
(going by some of their tumblr names)
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BaltimorePrincess's outfits~
DelightfulCharm's outfit
silvercottoncandy
liliesinmycereal and her AMAZING outfit. When I first saw her, her katamari sweater caught my eye.. and then I looked down at her shoes like DAJKSDBNSHNDSJKDB DJASDKBASOMGGGG FKKIN SDHJ. She had painted her RHS shoes lilac, and then deco'd them. I LOVED it.
I wish this photo wasn't blurred, but I LOVED this girl and her fro. It was just perfect. Not a kink out of place. I don't know how she did it.
I decided to take a picture of this girl because I felt that maybe she had potential. She was surprised I even asked her for a photo and she seemed really happy about it.
I loved this chick and how she wore her Alice & The Pirates so casually. It came together so well!
And then I had to take these photos because I thought they were so badass.
My friend Tia's hair was just so. ridunkulous. I really want to try and copy this one day xD seriously.
Another NYC loli, Ani in another amazing outfit.
There were times where I didn't have my camera and I regret them sooooso bad. These girls and other girls had so many nice outfits and I couldn't catch them ; w;
Monday, August 20, 2012
Long Overdue Otakon post
Almost a month later xD
Otakon this year was pretty good. Super busy with my friend's booth, and knowing how Inner Harbor is after 8pm, not much to do :c No panels or anything this year, either. Nothing seemed very interesting... besides the cosplay, of course.
The best part was being able to be covered in 100 alpacas..
(Friday)
and then wearing the maid costume we had to wear for the booth.
(Saturday)
I actually didn't wear lolita -at all- this time around, even though I had an outfit just in case. Just had no time for it.
Me with one of h.Naoto mascots~ I really don't follow h.Naoto to know whether this is Hangry or Angry xD
Friday night our friend Ariel (miyu_sakura on LJ, ex-mod of EGL) met us at our hotel after she got off of work and so me, her, Alek and Susan chilled in the bar area with Chinese takeout and drinks and talked for hours. It was hilarious. We went from old EGL, new EGL, local comms, Ariel's old college stories, retarded stuff like the whole tumblr 'activism' or whatever.. and things like trans-ethnicity and at the end of the night we were basically all in tears. It was such a good talk ; A; can't wait to hang out with her again
Saturday evening I managed to meet Miyabi in person for the first time. Holy crap, she was so tiny xD I was able to put my hands around her thighs, it was amazing. She was staying in the Radisson like me, so she just stopped down before she went out with her friends and got drunk..
before I decided that pinning my wig up was retarded.
I met up with my bby Laura after the Masquerade and went to the liquor store and got some beer and stuff, and headed back to her hotel. Yanise came and stopped by after maid cafe stuff with some booze of her own, and we were drinking for a bit. In the hotel Laura stayed at they had doors leading to the next room over (for those who try to book two rooms together), and so we were hearing the neighbors through the doors... playing Final Fantasy music or something. Or no! Chrono Cross xD We decided to act stupid and start knocking on their door to open up, and sending notes under their door xDDD It was pretty funny, I made a drinking game off of it too. At some point Yanise left to meet with her friends, and he group next door was about to leave off for the convention too. They knocked on Laura's front door and when she opened it.. you just see a big hand grabbing the corners and keeping it from closing. Outside was two tallll guys who tried to act scary. We were jokingly going "We're gonna get raped DDD:"
After they had talked with us for a minute and left, me and Laura decided to check out the OtaRave since I've never been to a con rave before.
We ran into Yanise one more time, and then we ran into Miyabi.. who was sitting on the floor completely drunk xD She named Laura "the blue b*tch" and we were just laughing, especially when her friends came over and tried to get her to stand up.. but she was done. Completely done. She'd walk straight and then try to turn and then she would just drop.
We were in tears. We made our way to the rave, which was pretty live! I was surprised. I thought it would suck terribly but the crowd was pretty good. There were some funny groups like people doing street-fighter style dance-offs and crap like that. We made our way near the front for a bit and danced for a bit there ("danced" for me because I have no sense of rhythm whatsoever). Maybe 30-45 minutes later we made our way out to run into some of the NY lolis chilling around outside the rave area. After talking a bit I made my way back to the hotel since I didn't want to be out too late.
Sunday... was my first actual cosplay with Michiko, but I hope to redo it one day :c Since my circle lenses didn't come on time I wore my shades all day, plus before the con I was an idiot and re-cut my bangs so.. I wasn't completely satisfied with how I looked. Then to top it all off, my right knee got swelled with fluid again so... yeah .___.
I also had forgot my drawings at home, like an idiot which really killed me. I had my cousin go log onto my computer and resend files so I can reprint and redraw the rest of it.. but, I managed to redraw it well, and then I went to the con to meet up with my friend Nicole, who was my Atsuko.
While I was waiting for her I decided to get in character so I wouldn't be bored... and omg xDDD It was more fun than I thought. It was amazing. I really enjoyed myself during that time. And I had people recognize who I was because of it!
Once Nicole popped up, we headed over to the photoshoot suite and did a small photo shoot. It was kind of rushed since we both had to get back to work! I only liked a few of the pictures xD
My Jambo
Favorite picture of the two of us xD
I hated that my contouring barely showed up because of the lighting.. But, it was fun nonetheless. Afterwards I rushed all the way to the other side of the con, and worked until the booth was broken down and stuff..
In the evening, we headed a couple of blocks up to find some restaurant to eat at, and ran into this one place called Joss Cafe & Sushi Bar. We didn't bother with sushi, and went for their much cheaper tapas-type stuff instead. I personally had two servings of takoyaki, white rice, and strawberry soda, and shared a rose pork bun, gyoza and other stuff with the other girls. Overall, we had a good time.
Monday morning me and Susan ended up leaving on the same bus as Victoria (Parfait Doll), Dalin (La Vida Frills) and their friend back to NYC. My outfit for that day..
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Meeting Kayo-chan♥
A week after my sister's wedding, I had the pleasure of meeting with a Japanese gal named Kayo. She had saved up tens of thousands of dollars to go on a trip around the world! She visited so many countries so far, parts of mainland Asia, Europe, and New York was her first stop in the United States. A couple of gal meets were made (I didn't really know of them til last minute, didn't really bother to look into them), but me and Kayo made our own private get-togethers and got to know each other.
The first day, we met at Coney Island! I figure that might have been a place she wouldn't really get to experience since it's all the way out in Brooklyn, so we decided to go to see Luna Park and stuff.
It was sort of a cloudy kind of day, definitely not much of a beach weather to go swimming and stuff, so we walked around the amusement parks, and took pictures and whatnot. After that we bought a couple of ride credits to go on one of the rides and to play the carnival games. ♥
My outfit for that day:
Cowgirl swag? LOL
Eye makeup shot
While we were at Luna Park, we ran into my lolita bby Aria with her friend from school, who was there playing DDR in the arcade and stuff. After we were done we went with them to Chinatown and went to a Chinese restaurant and had a feast for under 10 bucks each ♥ It was soooo good
The food... already half-gone xD
We had steamed pork dumplings... vegetable dumplings.. General Tso's chicken... vegetable lo mein and some other thing I forgot the name but, boy we were full once we were done! We couldn't eat much anymore, but Kayo took all the spoils and ate them by herself @ w@ like woah
After that it got a bit awkward because Aria's friends joined up with their friends who were pretty awkward, but Kayo seemed to enjoy the company. We strolled through Little Italy and SoHo and stuff and made our way over to St. Mark's for a bit, just to show Kayo where the Japanese restaurants were at xD She said she missed Japanese food because our food is so much different than what she's used to!
At the end of the night when everyone went their ways, Kayo was showing me the different videos from the other gals, like Maggie and her Italian gal circle and stuff, it was really nice~ and then I had to make a message myself to the LA gals (her next stop). @ w@ I was nervous and didn't know what to say so I made a small message saying hello to LA gal Michi because she was one of the Western gals I always looked up to style-wise, said to everyone else hi and that hopefully some day I'll come and visit them and stuff!
The whole time Kayo talked about makeup school and trying to become a makeup artist, and asked if I wanted to be one too. She was really trying to push the suggestion! xD She said she was so impressed by my makeup and that I should do it as a profession ; w; I don't know though, I've only ever done it on my face and I'm not too interested in doing it to other people's faces xD; And then we took more pictures before parting ways.
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At first I thought that would've been the only time I'd hang out with her, with me trying to save for Otakon and stuff! But there was one free day and I figured I would see if she was available again and she was! So I took her to the MET Museum since she didn't go yet!
I got this at Whole Foods while I was waiting for her. She was running super late so I decided to take a loooong stroll across Central Park, then up 20-so blocks to 100thish street, and then allllll the way back.We were in there for hooooouuuuurrrrrssssss. We went to see the Prada exhibit, and ended up seeing over half of the museum as well. I think she was most impressed by the Egyptian exhibit, and the Rococo rooms.
The newest exhibit on the rooftop, our last stop in the museum xD
Taking a photo through one of it's mirrored surfaces.Once we were done, we were beat! My feet were so tired from walking xD So then we went to Starbucks, hopped on the train and parted ways for the last time ; w;
(Minimal eyemakeup that day, I was doing a whole lot of running around
and didn't wanna inconvenience myself xD)
I had such a great time meeting Kayo, she's a really great person and very social and her English was so good! I hope she comes back to New York, just as she hopes I go to Tokyo xD; One day we'll meet again! ♥
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