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PAX East 2014

PAX East 2014

I FINALLY finished editing all my PAX photos! The photo quality isn’t the best because I sort of underestimated how dark it was in there so some of them are a little grainy.

I also completely forgot to take photos of myself, although to be fair it was like two full days of overstimulation. Plus walking in that cupcake dress took a ton of concentration. I actually only lasted three hours in it. Whoops! Anyway, here is a photo stolen from a friend’s phone. We ran into the cutest family dressed in Firefly gear and Tiny Jayne lent Boyfriend one of his guns for the photo. And then I died of cuteness.

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There were some really sweet cosplays happening. Like this guy.

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This guy yelled at me in a Batman voice. It was awesome.

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This is what I meant by “overstimulation.” We just sort of wandered around staring aimlessly at things.

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PAX East 2014

PAX East 2014This was actually probably my favorite part of PAX. They had all kinds of board games set up and you could just walk over and sit down and someone would teach you how to play. We played Boss Monster (which I then bought because it’s’ awesome), Smash Up, and Ragnarok.

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I’m a little sad we didn’t get to play this one. It has “Carson Cards”!!

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This is also a thing that exists.

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Our characters in Ragnarok. I think mine was the dude in red with the smashy hammer thing.

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And then Saturday night there was the concert! First up was the cutest nerd folk duo, featuring nerdy lyrics and a cat keyboard: The Doubleclicks. At one point people started waving their DSs in the air, instead of lighters or cell phones. Hee.

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And then VGO played and I basically died again. These guys are insane. Plus they brought in vocalists and some strings this time! And they did Skyrim. -ded-

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Anyway, PAX was amazing. I’m super tempted to go to Boston Comic-Con in August and I’m already thinking up ideas for costumes. I REALLY want to do Elsa from Frozen even though I haven’t actually seen Frozen yet. (I know once I see it I’ll have to drop everything and make that one dress so I’m saving it for when I actually time time/resources to do so.)

Also Kaylee dress photos are coming as soon as these gorgeous pink flowers by this gorgeous reservoir nearby bloom. Hopefully soon!

Katniss revisited

Katniss reaping dress

Katniss reaping dress

Katniss reaping dress

Katniss reaping dressdress: self-made, pattern here // boots: Clarks

One WIP down! Three to go.

You guys, you have no idea how amazing it feels to finally have fixed this effing hem. You can see my original post with construction details here. (Basically just a modified Darling Ranges bodice with a self-drafted quarter circle-ish skirt. Is that even a thing?) It’s kind of hard to believe that was two whole years ago and this poor dress has been sitting abandoned in the closet ever since. All because of the stupid hem being completely off. By like 4″ on one side. If you go to the original post you can see what I’m talking about in the first photo. But I’ll get back to that tomorrow.

I wanted to style it Katniss-y for photos but I love when costumes are really secret costumes and I can still wear them in public without looking silly. I’m totally going to be wearing this with my Swedish Hasbeens and an over-sized cream cardigan. Or just on its own with some cute sandals.

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PAX was so much fun! I only went for one day but I’m still recovering. I feel old. In my defense, 14 hours in a corset is not the most comfortable thing in the world.

We had a great time checking out some games I’d never heard of and talking to tons of game developers, and then we got to play some awesome tabletop games! I played my first deck-building game called Ascension and then played another awesome and hilarious card game called Flame Wars.

I’m still exhausted and have to get ready for school so I’ll leave you with some photos, not in order.

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Codex and Dr Who. 

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Boyfriend was a zombie magnet.

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My friend (the one with the 3D glasses) organized his own photo op of all the Drs Who!

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I got to meet VGO!!

I’m already thinking of costumes for next year! I still want to do Zoe Castillo at some point. And Dovahkiin from Skyrim. And maybe something a little more ridiculous like Kaylee’s poofy dress from Shindig.

Make ALL the costume!

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone on this side of the country is safe and dry! Here in Boston we had tons of rain and wind yesterday but it’s suspiciously sunny and dry now.

We celebrated Halloween this weekend with a little too much vodka. And now I’m sad that my favorite holiday is mostly over. I had been wracking my brain for over a month and couldn’t for the life of me think of what I wanted to be for Halloween. It wasn’t until the morning of the Halloween party while Boyfriend and I were wandering around a thrift store that we both happened the find the perfect alterable garments for a couples’ costume.

Anddd here’s what we came up with!

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I tore up the top a bit to make it more ratty, and that skirt used to be ankle length. I cut the top off and gathered the bottom, mostly in the back, to create a faux-bustle effect.

Boyfriend did his all on his own! The costumer in me swells with pride.

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And here is Boyfriend being pervy. <3

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Have a great Halloween everybody!

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone on this side of the country is safe and dry! Here in Boston we had tons of rain and wind yesterday but it’s suspiciously sunny and dry now.

We celebrated Halloween this weekend with a little too much vodka. And now I’m sad that my favorite holiday is mostly over. I had been wracking my brain for over a month and couldn’t for the life of me think of what I wanted to be for Halloween. It wasn’t until the morning of the Halloween party while Boyfriend and I were wandering around a thrift store that we both happened the find the perfect alterable garments for a couples’ costume.

Anddd here’s what we came up with!

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I tore up the top a bit to make it more ratty, and that skirt used to be ankle length. I cut the top off and gathered the bottom, mostly in the back, to create a faux-bustle effect.

Boyfriend did his all on his own! The costumer in me swells with pride.

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And here is Boyfriend being pervy. <3

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Have a great Halloween everybody!