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Ohayocon6

I can’t seem to think of a witty introduction, so I guess I’ll just give you a link to my Ohayocon 2006 photos.

I’ve found one photo of Aaron and me posted online so far. I’m sure there will be more eventually, though.

Aaron and I recorded a con report in the car on the way home from Columbus on Sunday. The audio didn’t turn out quite as well as Aaron had hoped, being that we didn’t take into account the sensitivity of his mics and the acoustics of the car. Still, though, if you haven’t already, check out our Ohayocon report on the Weekly Anime Review Podcast, scheduled for release this Thursday.

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OMG Teh Cuteness

Threadless.com Submission - Pirate Kitty

I require this shirt. Just FYI.

In other news, tonight involves preparations for Ohayocon, including:

  • packing the suitcase
  • ironing the costume
  • printing the preregistration confirmation
  • generally hyping

Which is nothing compared to Aaron’s preparations today. On top of all that, he also printed hotel confirmations and directions, went to the post office for stamps (unrelated to Ohayocon, but still in the list of errands), packed up his iRiver and mics for mobile con recording, and did a bunch of other stuff.

He also pointed out that I have no room to bitch and complain about how my helmet turned out, when I assembled it two days before the con. Good point.

Update, 7:20pm: Why is Norton Security blocking the Threadless banner I posted? Gyarr. I can’t figure out how to manipulate Norton to allow me to view this simple image, so I’m just turning off Ad Blocking. (Not turning off Pop-up Blocking, mind you, although I doubt I really need it with my kick-ass Firefox.)

I wonder what else Norton has blocked before… hmm.

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Ohayocon Countdown

Only two days left until our fourth Ohayocon, and I’m as underwhelmed about it as I was about Christmas.

I have two unfinished Kujian helmets sitting upstairs: one papier-mache, one cardboard and fiberfill. The papier-mache helmet I only started on Monday, and I knew when I got one layer down that there was no way I’d get it done by the weekend. Still, tonight I decided to prime it for painting, just to see… and, really, there’s no way it’ll be ready for the con.

The cardboard one is a retooling of the original helmet I made for Youmacon. It was too tall, and the plexiglas outer brim was too brittle to wrap around the helmet, and it cracked in three places. So, I’ve been trying to improve upon it this evening, to no avail. I’m just feeling… disinterested.

I really enjoyed cosplaying at Youmacon, so I’m not sure why I’m so blase about it this time around. Maybe it’s because I can see how uber-awesome my papier-mache helmet will be when it’s done, and I hate having to retool a funky fiberfill chop job instead.

Ah, well. I should get back to that, I suppose. *sigh*

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Happy Freakin’ New Year.

I have so many different ideas queued up for year-end (or New Year’s, as it were) lists and essays and whatnot. Unfortunately, I am so unenthused about writing right this moment that none of them are going to happen today.

(Some of this lethargy is most certainly due to the extra helping of creamed chicken I ate for dinner this evening. Ugh. Yummy, and filling, but man. I do NOT want to move now.)

So, I guess that, for now, I’ll just mention that my New Year’s resolution (apart from losing weight, which is always a given) is to finish the projects I start. I have so many half-completed projects it’s just stupid. So, this year, I resolve to finish what I start. This doesn’t necessarily mean that I resolve to only have one project at a time, because I think that would be impossible for me. 🙂

In future blog entries, expect a Year In Review (a *real* one, not the meme I already posted) and my list of New Music Discoveries for 2005.

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Back in the Swing

It has been a loooong time since I sat down and did any video editing.

So, I got a hair up my ass to try my hand at making an anime music video. Downloaded a bunch of free apps (and some not-so-free ones), ripped some DVD footage, imported it into Premiere, and sat down to edit.

OMG. I had forgotten a.) how much I love to edit video; and b.) how easily it can suck away several hours of your life.

Even for my little 1½ minute AMV, this is going to take some serious time. If I were returning to Media 100®, everything would come back to me in an instant. I mean, I was an assistant for Media 100® seminars for my second co-op, and I used the program for probably three academic classes after that. Alas, I am now using Premiere Pro, and I’m having to first remember the *process* of editing, remember how I would have done it in Media 100®, *then* figure out how to do it in Premiere. Luckily, it’s making sense now.

Unluckily (depending on how you look at it), I’m still as detail-oriented and anal as I ever was — even more so, now that I don’t have a deadline.

Aaron: When you decide to make an AMV, I’ll do my damnedest to explain Premiere to you. I think I can make it make sense. We’ll see…