Anime Revolution 2014 Loot

So a month after Anime Revolution, I finally post the stuff I bought from there X3 Yes, I made the same face as the tako on the left! These octopi/takos were the first thing I bought at the convention. My quest was trying to help a friend get $10 bills for change in her artist alley booth XD So I found a few random things where I can get small change!

Anime Revolution 2014

Another Revolution ends and time for a post-convention blog post! Last week, on August 22nd to 24th, was Vancouver's Anime Revolution at Canada Place Convention Centre. I went on revolutionary one cosplay per day con! One was a failure, one was pretty fun, and one was secret. But it was a mostly fun convention, cosplay or not, especially going around with friends.

A New Car!!

Yes! It's April Fool's Day again! It's like how they yell it out loud in Price is Right! A new car! Just got this new baby and I couldn't wait to take photos of it! ^o^

Anime Revolution 2013

On August 16th to 18th, I attended one of the anime conventions in Vancouver. This one took place at Canada Place Convention Centre. I was looking forward to this convention and was not disappointed! I am blogging about it way too late though ^^; It has been over a month since it happened. Regardless! It was a draft with the photos posted in my blog and I intend to finish it!

Sakura-Con 2013 Cosplay

Ahhh... Finally gotten around to posting Sakura-Con photos ^^;;; It's been two months since Sakura-Con finished... Oh well, better too late than never, right? Sakura-Con took place from March 29th to March 31st.

Anyway, the first photo is Takanashi Rikka from Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai. More cosplayers under the cut. If you're one of the cosplayers and don't want these posted on my blog or if you'd like a copy of your photo, just let me know via email and I'll try to fulfill your request as soon as possible.

It All Comes Tumbln' Down, Tumbln' Down

A little update to this blog... I've unfortunately neglected this because of Tumblr :( I didn't want to jump into this hole that is Tumblr, but sadly there's just something about it that kept my interest and my time. I thought of it as a poor man's blog, but it's actually very rich in content. Too much content... I still have so many things to post on this actual blog! At least two from Sakura-Con and one from Fan Expo Vancouver, yet this thing has occupied my time way too much. That and also work... So my goal is to at least post once a month. Seeing as it's the last day of May, I thought I ought to post today ^^;;;;

The Fourth Blogday

Konyanyashiwa! Welcome to Nekomimi Tuesday! Err... Oh wait, this is my blog. The Necomimi Maridah above threw me off for a sec... Ahem, anyway, as the title above, this is my fourth blogday. Meaning it's been four years since I started this blog. Usually I try to prepare something special on this day, but time has been lacking lately. So I decided to do a quick project that I asked Chun about way back in the end of May of this year ^^; The fanart above is Chun's Real-Life Nekomimi Saber after hearing about Maridah wanting a Necomimi. I commented that Chun should make a movable one like in Maridah's Necomimi video, but no such luck... So I figured I'll make one. Since I'm no artist, I can only work with what's there, so that's all I can do above. I had more fun animating the ahoge than the nekomimi XD

Tea, Park and Rei

On Tanabata, July 7th to be precise, my friends and I decided to go out for tea. It was a nice summer day in Vancouver. A good day to go out especially since it had been cold and raining the week before.

Sakura Con 2012 Coverage

It was quite an amazing weekend at Sakura Con despite the rough early mornings I had to go through to get there and back. This time around, it was a different experience. I had a press badge which was quite handy for some events and had some privileges attached to it, but there was also a responsibility of reporting the events and quickly rolling out articles such as the interview with Urobuchi Gen et al.

Bird Watching

On a rare sunny day in Vancouver in February, a few of us decided to take a nice walk in Tsawwassen. Yes, that's an actual name of a city south of Vancouver. Very close to the US border. It was intended to be owl-watching walk, but we didn't find any. We saw many other birds though. Also, it didn't stay sunny for long because fog descended very low in the area.

2011 Backlog Part 2: Point Roberts

I quite a bit of photos from Point Roberts that it warranted to have its own post, though backlogged that it is... So I bought these new shoes from eBay and to save some shipping, I sent it to a package receiving service in Point Roberts. It's the first time I'm using this service. It's also the first time I went without my family, though I wasn't by myself for this short trip. There are four points of interest in Point Roberts that had some views and good photo opportunities. So we took'em! Even though I only brought two Pureneemos, I sure took a lot of shots with them, lol. This trip took place on November 10th... The day before Skyrim came out ^^;;;

Festival of Lights 2011

In the winter, the Van Dusen Botanical Garden always have their annual Festival of Light where most of the garden is decorated with lights. This year the event runs from December 9th until January 2nd in the next year. It helps that it gets darker sooner these days in Vancouver. The sun has been setting around 4:30 pm these days. I didn't know it was such a popular event either... It was busy! The parking was full, inside and outside on the streets. I think this may also been the first time I've entered Van Dusen Garden in the years that I've been living here ^^;

Canadian Autumn Starring Helen White

While it was still sunny out in the usual rainy Vancouver, I took the opportunity to go outside and take some photos. No, I don't usually do this, but I remember seeing very nice red leaves when I went out in the morning, so I figured I'll take a few more pics while I'm outside.

Cospa Collection (as of Oct. 2011)

For my third blogday (third year anniversary of blogging), I was going to do a more complex project. Something to commemorate the third year... Unfortunately I've been so busy and tired that I forgotten it all until I realized that it was almost time. So I guess I'll forget it and finally do this Cospa collection post that I've been postponing for a while. The pic above is just a sample of the Cospa tags I've collected over the years. Unfortunately I've lost some already even though I tried to keep them all. I wonder what determines which shirts get the dark blue and the light blue tag...

I had to borrow the guest room (formerly my brother's room) to display the shirt. My room is just too damn packed. This should be almost all of them. I didn't include my Imagine Breaker gloves because I've misplaced them somewhere. Probably in the car in the glove compartment... Appropriate place :P There's a total of 38 T-shirts. The rest of the items consist of one hoodie, one windbreaker, one embroidered jacket, one cap, one cell phone pouch, one bag and two coin pouches (three if you count the one I'm using).

Sea-to-Sky TakoLuka

Sea-to-Sky Highway is one of Vancouver's famous roads that goes from Vancouver to Whistler and even further into the mountains. I'm borrowing that name for this post, because it's pretty close to where TakoLuka has gone for this past two weeks ^^

ReaperofLeaves Birthday Sleepover

This past Friday was reaperofleaves' birthday and she held a sleepover party at her place. It was a bit far from where I was, so I guess it made sense to have a sleepover ^^ It took about 30-40 minutes drive without any stopovers or if the GPS doesn't lose its battery power... We came 3 hours late from the appointed time but were still the first ones to arrive XD I drove Galamirix and MysticaGrey along.

Cos & Effect 2011

What do you expect when you see the event called "Cos & Effect"? I was only expecting a one-day cosplay only event. Apparently I was mistaken. It was almost like a full convention minus the guests. A mini-con if you prefer. I thought it'd be a small event so I wasn't expecting a lot of cosplays, but I was wrong again! There were lots and lots of cosplays, some that I couldn't immortalize in a photo ^^; There were also some panels and vendors and artist alley! And it was a two-day event. Since I underestimated it I didn't take a day off for Sunday from work to go there. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted on the one day that I did go... I did regret missing that Swimsuit Competition panel -_- Hoping to find videos or photos of that event soon ^_^

Oh and I also wore the Kyuubey shirt from J-List... I didn't think it would get that much attention ^^; And I thought there would be other people who'd wear that shirt XD

A Week in Vancouver (After a Week in L.A.)

Well, technically three weeks in Vancouver, and technically it wasn't really a week in L.A., but you get the gist of it... I was trying to post this a week after my AX trip, but turns out it was one of the busiest month for me thus far! It's like every weekend there was something going on. I was going nuts XD Anyhoo... To begin, the picture above was actually taken before my trip, but it's a good starter. I actually found a shop in Richmond where they were selling these "breast enhancer" cookies ^^;

Cardcaptor Lightning Sabre

I've captured a few cards from Anime Expo. I'm not sure what kind of magic is in it if I call out their names... "Hooeeeeeeee!" Ah yea... I am a big fan of Cardcaptor Sakura after all, lol. Now where's my guardian animal, Keroberos, to explain what these cards do?

To Live and Eat in L.A.

Yeah, that's right, I took that title from a movie, To Live and Die in L.A. You got a problem with that? :P Anyhoo... This post is mostly photos from outside of Anime Expo which consists of scenery and food. That's right, food pictures, so if you're hungry, you may want to look at this post and lick the monitor...