hihi~ ohisashiburi goshujinsama, ojousama<3
emi has been really super swamped with schoolwork lately…! you would think that majoring in comics makes life easier… it doesn’t!! it’s junior year so that means junior thesis! which means a 19 page comic which really, i guess, isn’t much considering some mangaka do that in a week, but i-i’m doing this all alone! and i hate drawing backgrounds… ganbarimasu.
but i also dyed my hair recently!! jyanjyan~~
hahaha just kidding that is a wig @w@// gomen nasai goshujinsama ojousama…
wait! i’m not kidding! i did dye my hair, that is really a wig but it’s pretty much the same color… XD the wig is just curlier and longer :3
what? you don’t believe me anymore? uu,, ;_;
Hello Everybody,
I am back. I was so lazy for the couple weeks. I finally decided on the posting on the blog again.
See what did I do recently?
YAY – Kchan finally performed in the big dance on stage – the Hapi Hapi Morningu. Thanks everybody for helping me practicing. I am still bad but I will practice more and more.
The maid cafe has been busy recently. We have couple of events coming up.
Friday November 13, our maids will be hosting a cosplay contest at uWink club in Hollywood and Highland
Saturday November 14, we have an event at HAX with ActiveGamers.
Saturday November 21st, we have our 3rd event at Yorba Park.
I have to practice more dances – more dances…ahhh
Ohhh – I took my midterms last week – I FAILED..oh well…i ended up watching anime and drama…all night..i deserved it. hic hic hic..
I will try harder next time – my teacher said that..maybe he just wants me to stay in the class or else he will have bad review from the school asking why so many students dropped from his class.
Next semester, I will start taking Japanese class at a college next home.
I can’t wait for Xmas – I love Xmas…
~High Quality can be found here~
Hai hai~ Good afternoon Goshujinsama, Ojousama and my darling maids and hosts!
Okay since today is a federal holiday, Tanpopo was able to stay home and do this~ XDD But youtube wouldn’t let her upload a flv file for some reason, she had to upload an avi file which just isn’t as nice… Q_Q So listen to the Hgh Quality one ne? vvv
Tanpopo’s dream is to cos Meltdown!Rin and perform this song live someday! *u*
That is all~ Must go scan some meido art an do more claning!
Love you all~vvv
So another convention has come and gone. This past weekend was the Pacific Media Expo otherwise known as PMX. What is PMX? Well it’s an expo that features media .. from the pacific. … Yeah, I can really paint a picture.
If you’re into anime, j-rock, lolita manga or anything related to the Japanese culture, chances are they’re going to have something there for you to enjoy.
PMX is a small convention, but it’s size both hurts and helps it. Because it’s small there isn’t a whole lot for you to do, but also, because of it’s condensed size it’s a perfect convention to just hang out with some old friends or even make some new ones.
There weren’t a lot of cosplayers there, but what it lacked in cosplay it made up for in lolita fashion. .. Or maybe it just seemed that way because of the people I was around during the Con.
They even had a lolita fashion show. .. Which I attended .. Yay …
Angelic Pretty Lolita Fashion Show – PMX 2009
I only shot the Angelic Pretty portion of the show, because they also had a shop set up at the Con, and we had to zip over there to be the first in line after the show. Luckily we were, and Maiyu managed to get the dress she eyed at the show. I was given the privilege of snapping the first photos of her in her new dress.
Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot:
It seems to me that the lolita craze is becoming more and more popular, which could be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view. Me personally I don’t mind it. In fact a part of me rather enjoys it. I get to take photos of girls dressed as dolls, and they have fun doing it.
I didn’t get to experience every aspect of the Con. There were a few minor details that slipped passed me, but what I did get to experience, I had fun with. Again; the con isn’t very big, but if you play your cards right it can be a very enjoyable experience. It’s a con that is very much what you make of it.
.. Oh and if anyone can tell me how to embed video onto hear, that’d be great.
well if anyone hadn’t heard by now Ichi got her drivers license!!! yay!!! last Thursday huzzah! she went out for the first time by herself today, not only did she not get lost she felt like shes done it before! yay now to pick a car, a Yaris in red or white or a green beetle x3 is it weird referring to myself in third person? haha
Halu halu minna-san!
Finally, Chiyo can talk about the game that I’ve been working on since I moved to Austin! The title is EPIC MICKEY! muahahah, this game will hopefully be released in Wii console by fall next year.
This is the cover art that my friends did for Game Informer November issue.
enjoy!
Hai Hai~ Good afternoon Goshujinsama, Ojousama and my darling maids and hosts~
As predicted Tanpopo has been super busy, drowning in work and school and the likes. But she’s still very much alive~ vvv Hopefully she will have something more exciting to update with next week. Q_Q
Oh~ But she did get a youtube channel and it can be found here~
Nothing very exciting but something to look (or listen) to nonetheless y/y? *3*
More updates after Mid-Terms! Love you all~ vvv
8 hour days suck, but today at orientation I learned a lot about people with a mental illness. They’re people too. I’ll post a poem that one of them wrote when I bring it home.
un-edited Journal continued:
9/17
Ditched my plan today. Went to Osaka Castle. Its just like in Alex’s videos. The park itself though is huge. I didn’t take pics of the forests because they would’ve sucked. Got lost for a bit then trained to Osaka-eki. Crossed the st. to a 8 story mall. Tons of stuff everywhere! Toys, games, phones, art. Its kind of scary being alone here, but oh well. Sucks that my Japanese sucks..
Found a cool okonomiyaki places called “Fugetsu”. They cook it for you @ ur own table. I thought I would make it myself but I’m wrong lol. I ordered large but it looks normal sized to me (saw others) looks tasty. Cost me $12 but it has squid, pork, shrimp. Its sooo good. Breakfast was carboriffic but only $5. On second thought I’m gonna be full. Taking my time, my feet hurt. I’m not even sure if I can cover Umeda in 1 day. I guess I will though.
Failed. I got lost a whole bunch in the underground area. Later I walked to the station on foot & got an idea of whats around. Found an underground food area. They sold everything from eel to hot wings & dessert. Need to go back and explore later…
9/18
I missed the train to Hakata, so I’m going to Hiroshima instead. Ate at the museum cafe. Omellette & salad. The salad was good. They eat lots of carbs here in Jpn. At least the egg had some protein. Tons of kids here on field trip. Looks kind of nice, not as much as Osaka castle though. Found a ramen shop where u order from a machine. I got… well I find out when they bring it. Really, really wish I was fluent in Japanese. Servers here are cute. Apparently I ordered shoyu ramen, plain. Its almost as good as Daikokuya, but soy sauce…. not as good as pork. Went to Hiroshima Castle. They recreated the rampart and ppl can go inside. I saw a big temple but didn’t know wat to do, so I left… Central park was mostly grass, stopped by a mall on the way back.
Got stuck in a smoking car, all the cars are full! After the first stop, I got a normal seat but was standing between cars for a good 15 minutes. Better than being smoked to death though. Cute girl 2 seats over. Want takoyaki. Days in Japan w/o Sushi: 2. Its getting foggy for some reason. Girl 2 seats over not so cute. Hope I can charge camera. It only uses USB. Next change I get, I will play Border Break. Looks fun. Have lots of bug bites on one leg. Wtf? I’m dreading switching hostels. The other one is near a subway not covered by JR pass. Need to use ticket machine. My suitcase is not heavy but is large and unwieldy. Hope yuri & Tina & kaz actually want to see me, former 2 can’t say no, its too direct. They do that “its not convenient” thing that 日本 ppl are known for. Yes, I wrote 日本 in my journal instead of “Japanese” even though it should’ve been “日本人”. I guess I’ll see when the day comes, eh?
Stopped at takoyaki shop near osaka stn. They have 5 kinds, hope I ordered the right one (squid). 12 for 4 bucks. No sauce =[ really hot/fresh. Soft... wish it had sauce though.. Squids very real though. They have soy & vinegar but it isn't as good as okonomiyaki sauce. Its a popular place though. Everyone works super hard in Japan. At least at restaraunts & stores... & trains &gardeners.. Kind of like Americans before the 90's... Saw a notebook like mine (its small and green!) I wrote in it! Guy next to me wolfs them down. No sauce or anything. Hes mad!
Met Jim, and 2HK girls. Had fun talking with them all. Matthias left. I checked out but am staying an extra night in secret. HK girls share a bed. Met matt & Diane from CND [Canada]. cool ppl.
Well Halloween’s come and gone and we can no longer play make believe .. well not until the next convention or opportunity to cosplay that is. This year Halloween seemed a bit underdeveloped. I can tell there were people that were excited for it, but for the most part people didn’t seem to care. Anyway, I had a great Halloween and a great month in anticipation of the day. Every year I like to imagine what it’d be like if that one Simpson’s: Treehouse of Horror episode “I’ve Grown A Costume On Your Face” were to come true. You know? The one where the witch wins the costume contest but it turns out she’s actually a witch so she can’t technically win. She get’s angry when they take her title away and then she cast a spell that causes everyone to become the costume they’re wearing.
I’d always end up as something cool. … Hey wait. Why was she offended when they took her prize away but not offended when the entire town thought her regular everyday clothes was fit for a Halloween costume? .. Whatever.
So this past Halloween was spent trick-or-treating then later parting. I didn’t take many photos but I did take some.
Anyway here are some costumes.
Maiyu as Cover Girl
Momo as Sailor Moon
Mokona as Rabi En Rose
Night as Soul
Leon as .. um .. what?
Your's trully as Beachhead
Yo Joe!
Fairly sad that its over though me in steampunk I had a blast at the party you people are so funny haha had so much fun, though i was inside while all the pinata hijinks happend I saw video of it so that made up for it. watching koto and a Soul trying to beat a witches stuffing out was very entertaining. I did come out to see everyone on the roof though.
Migrating back to the lovely hospitable Venus’s quarters with co in tow talking nonesnse and laughing till the wee hours of the night I loved, havnt done that in years, and waking up in the morning to camera flashes and Mokona petting me. And the guys cooked while the girls….Night and Chris *friend of Venus and amazing all over* watched live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Then off to Little Tokyo in maid garb to promote….all over good weekend
^ ^ Thanks to Momo, Maiyu and all the other peoples of the cafe for throwing an awesome party! and Venus for letting us crash at her place….and the Venus’s roommate….for her….good humor? haha I came home around mmm 7 something last night still in my maid dress, my dad telling me the skirt too short and my stockings too high, apparently liking the longer one better. so yes guys it was great seeing you all together again missed you and I LOVE you all forever.