Well, I'm changing that today!!! As part of my new life regiment, I've decided that I need to blog again! But unlike before, I'm not gonna limit my musings to only past tour memories, or kpop, or cosplay, or deco, or cakes, or sewing.... I want to write it all!! Whatever I'm feeling, whatever I'm thinking, I just want to let it out/share it all! :D
I'll start off by talking about all my new endeavors!
First- I have a jobbbbbb!!!! I am a sandwich artist at Quiznos :D~ I worked here already about... 4 or 5 years ago? (back in 2006), but I only worked for the summer/fall, so only a few months and that was it. Now everything is totally different! I mean, the fundamental ideas are the same, but the details have been all switched up on me! It's hard to re-learn everything, but I'm trying my best and I love it! anddd, our perks are WAY better this time around!! Not only do we get free sandwiches, but FREE MOVIES! OMG! (Saw Black Swan for free today! It was SOOOO crazy, omg.. but, that's another story xD). So far I really like my coworkers, especially my bosses!! They're not scary or intimidating which makes me want to do my best! :D I just started working like.. 2 weeks ago? I hope I wont be too tired/have scheduling problems once school starts, so we'll see how things go~ :3
Oh, and I'm trying to taste most of the sandwiches/items off our menu! I say most because I'm a little picky, so every sandwich might not be exactly how it's supposed to be (like everything without tomatoes or onions, lol), but the best way to learn/sell everything is to taste it myself! :D So far all I've had are the Triple Meat Club, Chicken Carbenara, and Oven Roasted Turkey~ Tomorrow I'll get..... Honey Mustard Chicken? :D
Andddd, one of my coworkers, Jona, goes to anime conventions and loves cosplay and loves pokemon and loves yo gabba gabba, I love her!!! :DDDD I'm so excited!! I've asked her if she wants to be Sailor Moon for our cosplay group, and she said yeah! :DD
Which brings me to my next bullet point: Cosplay!!
Oh how I've missed it!! I haven't cosplayed/gone to a convention in.. over two years now...? WOW. That's WAYY too long, lol! It's about time I make my big comeback! :D So far I only have two cons planned for the year, and several costumes. I'm going at it with a completely new outlook, though! I keep holding on to certain mantras such as 'Work smarter, not harder!', 'Measure twice, cut once', 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket', etc. Those really inspire me to do my best without rushing things/giving anything less than 100% of my best into it! Like before, cosplay was all about quantity versus quality, and I never set solid deadlines/checkpoints so I never even ending up finish costumes as well as I'd like. I'm ahead of the game this time! I love making mock-ups of costumes (making the garment out of muslin to get the look/measurements/etc. right before you use the actual fabric), and then using that to make the costume perfect! And I'm starting off slow- (well, at least slow for me!), and not overloading my plate with costumes, limiting myself to one costume a day for a convention, etc. I'm really excited and have already been working hard!
At the moment, I'm currently working on Hanon from Mermaid Melody! So excited to be a frilly singing mermaid :D hehe~
(picture!! this is her power-up outfit~ ^^)
I've also been working a LOT with polymer clay (like sculpy!) making little mini sweats and treats in order to decoden stuff! Decoden is a Japanese term which means basically decorating the crap out of something, LOL! But seriously, decoden gets SOOOOO adorable!!! I love it so much, and it's so easy to do yourself! I'll post up some pictures soon of all the stuff I've made/decorated so far :DD
(If you're not familiar with decoden, here are a few examples!)
SOOOO cute!! :DD <3
Another thing that I've been working on is my body~ Normally, I am SUCHHH an inactive person. Sitting for 20+ hours? no biggie. lol! But I'm trying to change that!! Not only am I a lot more active and out-and-about because of work, but I've been playing WiiFit [pretty much] everyday!! :D It's so fun, relaxing, and good for me! :D. I've also ben trying to eat healthier, drink more water, etc. ^^
Oh yeah! My 365 project!! I am challenging myself as a[n amateur] photographer to take a photo every single day for the whole year!! So far so good (haven't missed a day!) so yayyy! I have all my pictures uploaded on facebook so far, but I'll post them here from now on, as well! ^^
Something I have to work on more is studying Korean! I was studying/learning a lot during school, but I've been so busy lately I've kind of put it on the back burner TT____TT, but, starting now, I will try to get better at Korean!! 화이팅!!! ^^ (I've already decided to learn Quiznos terms in Korean and practice at work, haha~ :3
Okay. I have a ton more I want to/can talk about, but it's wiifit time!! I'll write more next time~~ I will be sure to update often!! :DD
Phew, even writing this much has been therapeutic already! Maybe it's because I was going crazy after seeing Black Swan today, LOL!
toodles!
~Rosie
