Is everyone else having as crazy a summer as I am? I thought I would just lie about and be lazy, but much to my surprise it's been exactly the opposite! And I do hate venturing out of my house when it's so ridiculously hot outside. It's been up to 38 C here the last couple weeks and that makes it hard to wear many of my outfits without melting.
On the bright side, I got to see Welcome to Night Vale live in Vancouver just a couple of weeks ago, and I'll definitely do it again if they come back around. Cecil brings so much energy to the show and Dylan (Carlos) is such a cutie pie. I met both of them afterwards and they're really the sweetest. Also, they signed the poster I bought, and a couple of unfinished pieces of artwork. (Which I won't be showing off because they're really only sketches). One thing that I noticed? I'd never seen so many awesome shaved/funky/colorful haircuts and awesome styles at a geeky event like this before. I mean there are always some people, but there were attractive alternative fans everywhere I turned! It was a lovely experience.
Carlos' hair really is perfect XD
Meg's dress was lovely
I look like I'm in pain That's because I was desperately trying not to embarrass myself.
Now with my part of the adventure out of the way I can focus on the highlight of this post, which is the musician who went on the Canada tour with them. If you're not familiar with the podcast, what they do for the 'weather' on Welcome to Night Vale is play a song, usually from a lesser known artist. Normally, I'm not a fan of the weather songs, but to my extreme excitement the artist on tour with them was none other than Eliza Rickman.
We'll start off with the fact that half of her dresses are lovely, ethereal things that I need badly in my closet. As for the music, well I'm not great with genres so I can't tell you exactly what hers should be called, but I can tell you that she has the most haunting, beautiful voice I've heard in a long time, and at certain points she reminded me a bit of both Siouxsie and Emilie Autumn. Still, there's no question she has a style that's uniquely her own. I bought her CD after the show and there's maybe one song on it that I don't like. Unfortunately, or fortunately, she was even better live and I really got the full effect, so now I definitely have to see her again.
I'm also a fan of Cinnamon Bone and Start with Goodbye, Stop with Hello. If you're a Nick Cave fan she's covered Into My Arms and that's on this CD as well. You can buy her album on her bandcamp page, and currently she's got two more in the works, so if you'd like to donate to her kickstarter here's the link.
Sweaters! I love sweaters. They're just so comfortable. I own several cardigans, but didn't have a sweater until a week ago where I picked up an adorable cat one at Target. Someone in my textiles class stole my phone yesterday (And my faith in humanity has dropped even further than normal) so it was difficult finding a picture of it. Luckily, I was wearing the sweater while doing a school project so some silly pictures remain.
If I were practicing for real I'd probably need some sheet music XD
The cats think they're Batman and I'm wearing a scarecrow mask. Contradiction?
School projects are fun on occasion as you can see.
I also have pictures of the sweater dress I bought the same day. Thankfully, I'm paranoid and normally email photos I think I'll need for something (Ex. a blog post) to myself right away. I really like the pattern and I can rock it with a leather jacket which is always a plus.
I really liked my hair that day. It made me forget that I need a haircut.
And well, I can't leave without showing you guys the Cecil costume I put together yesterday for Halloween. Luckily, I was wearing a sweater vest so I can sneak it in and it still fits the theme.
My mom's closet is the only place with a full length mirror.
Can you tell we haven't been here long?
Blogger ate my post! I did this entire thing once already, went to publish it, and it disappeared. Hopefully second time's the charm. Anyway, I've been living out of a suitcase for 6 weeks now, and I think it's going pretty well. I've managed to throw together a bunch of outfits and I figured I'd dump all the pictures here in one big post. You know, I've noticed around here that nose piercings are a dime a dozen. It seem to be the thing to have. One on hand, it's nice because people don't care. On the other, sometimes it's fun to break societal norms and be a little different. It makes me want to get some new ones more than ever. Of course, the lip is out of the question till I move out, but I ought to start getting the rings I want in my ear where my hair is short
My new tie from Goodwill~
New tights from Target~
My beloved Lip Service shirt.
I bought this dress at H&M a few months back.
Because cats.
This Trash and Vaudeville jacket is one of my favorites.
I mean just look at those shoulders.
Beautiful bathroom shot from my new school.
I may or may not have gone on a zombie walk with my friends.
The picture doesn't really do the costume justice, but I was quite proud.
I've actually got another new Trash and Vaudeville jacket which I completely forgot to take pictures of. However, since this is already a picture heavy post I think I'll throw in these sketches of Cecil I've been doing. I need to get started on some Carlos ones pronto. If you're not currently listening to Welcome to Nightvale, you need to be. It's brilliant.
I subscribe to white haired, one eyed, tentacled Cecil.
Because he's adorable.
Hiding from Management. Poor baby.
I promise to write something a bit more substantial for next time. Maybe I'll get started on a Halloween related post. That time of year is upon us once more ;)
I love hats. Unfortunately, they don't seem to love me back. There's something weird that my bangs do whenever I wear them. I never used to have the problem with sideswept bangs, so I believe its the straight ones I've been sporting for quite some time. There are a few hats that work with my hair, few and far between as they may be, and I picked one up at Macy's a few weeks ago. It's a bit Lydia Deetz inspired (Always a wonderful quality) and it went perfectly with my polka dot scarf. A benefit of helping my mom in the office is that it's cold inside and I don't have to forego things like scarves, or even jackets ^^
Of course, another sort of hat that will always work is a mini top hat! These are arguably my favorite kind of hat because there are so many different variations and they automatically spice up a plain outfit.
I think the veil on this is what makes it such a great hat~
In other news, progress is being made on my Scarecrow costume! (By all means, stop me if you're not interested or else I'm going to continue to give updates) I started with an airsoft mask as a base. I cut out the mouth (which needs to be a bit bigger really), cut off some of the chin, and drilled holes for the string. Then I shaped some upholstery foam to build up the features and now I'm starting to paper mache the foam layers. I need a couple more coats to make it stronger (And more layers to build up the nose, cheeks, and forehead) and then I'll sand it down to the right shape before attaching the burlap.
He looked very silly at this stage
Still silly
BUT I did a test with all the materials and when he looks like this he won't be so silly~
I can tell you, weathering those cheap paint respirators was not fun. I used my brother's model paints, but it took forever. Overall, its been lots of fun, even if it becomes a bit frustrating at times.
See how shiny the spray painted one on the left is?
And the right one looks much more worn in real life
Well this was...fun. (And by that I mean not fun at all) Looking at this picture makes me cringe.
Where to start? First of all, that hoodie is so obnoxiously pink that I seldom wear it unless with copious amounts of black. If I paired it with any of this I would die. Secondly, that tight skirt would look bizarre with such a slouchy hoodie instead of a nice top. That scarf has to be my favorite one, but it's not doing justice to this ensemble. And the flipflops. I don't wear those unless I'm around the house or at the beach (If you can drag me there that is). I don't think you guys will be seeing me in this outfit any time soon!
The outfit I wore yesterday is helping to relieve the pain of looking at that mess up there. It's as basic as I get, but hey, it's summer! It's way too hot for any more layers than this and makeup just runs off your face. I don't care how good your primer is. When the heat index is 103 degrees it aint doing squat.
We went to Islands of Adventure! The ONE redeeming quality of life in Florida is being so close to the theme parks. IOA has always been my favorite (With Universal coming a close second) and last week we decided to make an impromptu trip. We were lucky that it wasn't so crowded because we got to ride all of the rides multiple times AND spent a few hours in the arcade. I could live the rest of my life in an arcade. There aren't many things I like to do better than blow my money on Pacman and arcade shooters. You should have seen all the tickets we had won by the end!
I STILL haven't gotten to ride the Harry Potter ride, much to my dismay. I've been to the Wizarding World three times since it opened, but the line has never been shorter than two hours and I cannot for the life of me make myself wait in line that long for a two minute ride. Hogsmeade is as scenic as ever, though I'd have to say Marvel Island is still my favorite area. If I had to pick one favorite "ride" (not including roller coasters) then the Spiderman ride will always be my favorite. I smile so much as the villains all attack you. It's wonderful. Of course, thematically the wait to Doctor Doom's Fearfall is the best. Doombots everywhere. I didn't get many pictures, but here are a couple I took and a few taken from google images.
Cute lil monster book~
The tm sign in the corner completely broke my immersion.
I burst out laughing and inadvertently ruined the experience of a few tourists.
As far as roller-coasters go I have never been on one more fun than Dueling Dragons.
And that's that! I'm going to have to hold on to the "Big News" I promised until everything is settled and for certain. But for making you wait I'll drop another exciting tidbit. I've fully devoted myself to making a cosplay for the next Con I go to in the future. But not just any cosplay. Scarecrow from Arkham Asylum. It's a doozy, and that gauntlet is going to be the death of me. I also see my money flying out the window. But this is going to be fun! I've already bought a base to build the mask off of, some craft foam, burlap, and a paint respirator so I'll keep you updated.
I've been dressing out of a suitcase six weeks today, and somehow I've managed to make it work. I had a bunch of outfit pictures lying around, so I figured I'd compile them all into one big post. You know, I've noticed a trend around here. Nose piercings are a dime a dozen. It's bizarre. It seems like it's sort of the 'thing to have'. On one hand it's nice to see that people don't care. On the other, I feel like now I want to get a couple new additions more than ever. The primary reason I like piercings is for their aesthetic value, but it's also nice to break some societal norms and be different once in a while isn't it? Unfortunately, the lip ring I've wanted for years isn't happening until I move out, but I'm going to start getting a bunch of rings on the ear where my hair is short.
New tie from Goodwill~
New tights from Target~
My beloved Lip Service shirt~
I bought this dress at H&M a few months back.
One of my absolute favorite jackets from Trash and Vaudville
The shoulders are fabulous
Beautiful bathroom shot from my new school.
Also, I may or may not have gone on a Zombie Walk with some friends. I didn't get any pictures which did this justice, but I was rather proud of it.
I've got another new jacket from Trash and Vaudeville that I completely forgot to take a picture of so I'll need to remedy that soon. Since this is a picture post I might as well drop a couple of drawings I've done of Cecil. I really need to start working on some Carlos sketches. If you're not currently listening to Welcome to Nightvale, you need to be. It's brilliant.
I subscribe to the white haired, third eyed, tentacled Cecil with glasses. Because he's adorable.
Hiding from Management. Poor baby.
Sorry I don't have anything more substantial for you. I think I'll start writing some Halloween related posts soon. That time of year is upon us once more ;)
