Yesterday marked one year of dating . We went to Izumicon near Oklahoma city as sort of a weekend long "date" to celebrate. We got there Friday afternoon and met up with our friends, some from Texas ( you guys are all full of win ) and many local to Oklahoma. One of our friends, was on the Staff for the convention and in charge of many of the larger events, and Malinda and I helped out with a couple of the events.
The first was an Ouran Highschool Hostclub tea party. We all dressed up as characters from the show and hosted a number of congoers just like in the show. We all acted in character the whole time, and it was a real blast (expect Malinda to put up a video of it before long).
The Second event was the cosplay contest yesterday, in which Malinda and I helped out as judges. It was a lot of work, and very difficult to make choices for many of the awards (there were quite a few outstanding costumes) and we were both pretty worn out by the end of the day. We did get a break in the afternoon between prejudging and the actual event, so we browsed around for a while and also had some photoshoot fun in our Tsubasa cosplays. It was a great shoot location too, though it was FREEZING outside (some people there had very unforgiving costumes for the weather as well).
Today we didn't have any duties, so we packed up early and hung out with friends for a while (got to see a panel for some VA's which was loads of fun) and then we left for our respective colleges.
While the con was fun and an overall good experience, I feel like I made it a really lousy anniversary for Malinda. The cosplay event took up a lot of time for us, and while I didn't mind helping out in the least, I'm thinking it wasn't the most brilliant idea to volunteer us to help out on our anniversary...that alone may not have been such a big deal had I not also been a completely oblivious moron after the pre-judging and hurt Malinda's feelings as well. I don't want to really go into details but basically I screwed up, and I'm still very sorry for my mistake. She told me that she's over it now, and I hope that I was able to make it up to her with the rest of this weekend, she means the world to me and I hate to be the cause for her sadness...aside from that I personally did have a good time this weekend, and I still consider myself the luckiest man alive to have her. I'm glad that we've been dating for a year and I look forward to continuing that relationship for hopefully many years more ^____^

I realize that I've been rather vague on con and cosplay plans lately, mostly just mentioning my immediate schedule, so here's a rundown of what's to come (as far as I'm planning at the moment anyway, lol) as well as future cosplay ideas I'd like to make eventually...

Ikkicon - February 6-8, 2009 (website: [link] )
Yubel-Johan, Jack Atlas, Gene Starwind, and Jack Skellington

Anime St. Louis - March 27-29 (website: [link] )
Yubel-Johan, Jack Atlas, Gene Starwind, and maybe one other (not sure which yet)

A-kon - May 29-31 (website: [link] )
Yubel-Johan, Jack Atlas, Gene Starwind, Jack Skellington


More cons will be added later on once I figure out what my job situation is (I graduate this next semester so career hunting time doth approacheth)


Future cosplay ideas (I don't know if I'll make all of these or not. Costumes I assume I'll be working on soonest are closer to the top, but nothing is set in stone)

-Jack Atlas from Yugioh 5D- (the wig is styled, though I'll probably go back and fix a couple of things on it. I'll be completing the outfit over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks)
-Gene Starwind from Outlaw Star- (only have the wig for this one so far, I plan on taking care of the bulk of it over Christmas break)
-Jeremiah Gottwald (orange) from Code Geass-
-Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist-
-Ganondorf from Legend of Zelda: Twilight princess-
-Hatsuharu from Fruits Basket-
-Johan Anderson (disney princess version) from Yugioh GX-
-Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII:AC and Kingdom Hearts II-
-Heero Yuy from Gundam Wing-
-Riku from Kingdom Hearts II-
-Balthier from Final Fantasy XII-
-the Big O from Big O-
-Meier Link from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust-
-the Iron Giant from the Iron Giant-
-Totoro from My neighbor Totoro-
-Ryuk from Deathnote-
-Alex Rowe from Last Exile-
-Ace of Hearts from my own designs-
-Archangel Michael from Wen-M's angels and demons series-

I've been tagged by a couple of people to do this, so here' goes...

1)Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
--> "ShutterBox" (Vol.2) by Rikki and Tavisha Simons --> "MY BODY..." (I really don't think this one works all too well with Manga...)

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
--> My family's color printer, the phone cord, a picture of my parents, the desk that all of the afformentioned are on, etc...

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
--> The New York Thanksgiving Day parade this morning

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
--> 8:30pm

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
--> 8:33pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
--> my dad coming down the stairs, tv upstairs

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
--> coming home after hanging out with for most of Thanksgiving day, and also seeing a few other friends as well.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
--> my gmail, myspace, and college email

9. What are you wearing?
--> jeans, socks with holes in them, and a grey shirt that says "Hii saved me, John 3:16" on it with a Mii that looks like Jesus on it

10. Did you dream last night?
--> Yes, and I can't really remember the details sadly. That happens a lot actually, I'll know I dreamed something but I won't be able to remember any details. I do remember that at some point in the dream last night I was cooking something in a giant oven though (Thanksgiving on the brain perhaps?)

11. When did you last laugh?
--> earlier this evening

12. What are on the walls of the room you are in?
--> shelves full of books and other decorative things, a mirror, light switches, pictures and paintings, a plasma screen tv...

13. Seen anything weird lately?
--> Yea

14. What do you think of this quiz?
--> looks like something somebody put together out of sheer boredom (like most tags xD)

15. What is the last film you saw?
--> Twilight

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
--> I would hope I'd have the wisdom and restraint to put a good portion of it to various savings and other investments, I'd give some to charities (I'd have to research a bit to decide what I'd like to give them to, but I think giving to charity is always an awesome thing to do if you have the money), I'd put some aside for my friends and family, some aside for hobbies such as costuming and gaming and anime, and I'd probably buy a house and ask to marry me xD

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know about.
--> My favorite pokemon is Jigglypuff

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
--> I'd get rid debt in the world...period. I'd eradicate its very existence, because it ruins so many lives everywhere...

19. Do you like to dance?
--> I'd like to learn how to...

20. George Bush:
--> Monkey

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
--> o.0'

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
--> 0.o'

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
--> Yes

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
--> Welcome home

25.Tag six people who must also do this in THEIR journal:
The first six people who read this and loose the game

and Aaron