it's hip to be square.

christmas cards.

2011-11-09T00:29:02Z

heyyyy i wanna do christmas cards this year since i didn't last year... from what i remember, at least. SO YEAH. if you want one, leave me your mailing address. i'll do my best! comments are screened. :V

ycon junk MOVE ALONG NOTHING TO SEE HERE

2011-09-16T23:23:44Z

hey guys! LJ is still the easiest place to post a lot of information & easily accept comments and discussion, so here I am. you're reading this because I've whined at you until you've begrudgingly accepted my pleas for you to play with me. THANKS, BY THE WAY. let's start with AoEx.

cast.

rin nerdcore
yukio antieden
shiemi parfaits
izumo
bon
shima ultimaaa
konekomaru
shura
shirou sonteen12
mephisto
amaimon
igor eeveil

UM WHENEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THIS TIME WISE IS FINE WITH ME? probably ~~friday or~~ saturday afternoon would be best imo. we can do some photoshootan and whatnot, i think it'll be fun ;3;♥ I GUESS if you know anyone else to fill the additional roles send them over? it's not a big deal if we don't get any more than we have, but the more the merrier!

okay & now harry potters

cast.

james ultimaaa
sirius eeveil
remus nerdcore
peter napkins

severus antieden
lucius
regulus
tom riddle melts

OKAY this one requires some discussion, because of the multiple options regarding what we can wear. PERSONALLY, IT'S ALL GOOD TO ME. I have first gen HP stuff that I'm planning on mixing and matching and I definitely want a robe, but there's also the option of wearing a sweater vest or cardigan or whatever you want. If you want to get something HP specific, I recommend whimsic alley, which is where my stuff came from. The other important question is whether or not you guys prefer gray or black pants? let me know! i'm also going to try to find the last two slytherin kids because it'd be fun to have everyone, but we have a good core group right now. I think the best time for this as of right now is either on Friday evening or Sunday morning. let me know what is better for you so we can work around your schedule. c:

what i like about you.

2011-01-14T01:38:24Z

WORKING!! @ FanimeCon 2011

Hey, guys! This is a post regarding your possible interest in a WORKING!! cosplay group at Fanime 2012.

Also, if someone has a hold feel free to express interest anyway in case it doesn't work out! I will probably open this up to others later if I can't fill all the slots, but I wanted you guys to have first pick.

Takanashi Sota.
Sōta is a 16-year-old high school student recruited by Poplar to become a new employee at the family restaurant Wagnaria. He is enamored by cute things and thus favors Poplar over the other employees due to her cute appearance. He voices his thoughts out loud and occasionally offends his co-workers, often resulting in him getting punished by them. He usually finds his co-workers and the rules of the restaurant to be strange, but he still has an attachment to his job. He is able to adapt quickly to his job at the restaurant. He has three older sisters and it is because of them that caused his dislike for older women as he had been tormented by them all his life. He received hand-me-downs from his sisters when he was young, giving him the appearance of a little girl. He also has a younger sister in elementary school who is almost as tall as he is, but unlike his older sisters, respects him. (NOTES: Takanashi is preferred to be 5'8" - 5'10".)

Taneshima Popura.
Poplar is a short 17-year-old high school student who works at Wagnaria. Ironically, she was named after the poplar tree so that she would grow tall. She is a hard worker, but she sometimes makes clumsy mistakes in her job. She is very sensitive about her small appearance; many customers usually mistake her to be younger than she really is. She often fails to gain respect from Sōta, who is one year younger than her, as he usually regards her as an elementary school student. She is also unable to properly call him by his surname, saying "Katanashi" rather than "Takanashi", even when corrected. (NOTES: Popura is REALLY SHORT.)

TAKEN. suspicious

Inami Mahiru.
Inami is a timid, 17-year-old girl who joins the rest of the employees at Wagnaria. She has androphobia and is thus terrified of men; she punches any male that comes near her. This violent behavior arises from her belief that every man is ready to attack her, but instead she is prone to violently attacking men at a moment's notice due to this fear. This androphobia was caused by her father who did not want her to eventually wed due to jealousy and thus told her that males would attack her, which ended in her fearing men since then. As she and Sōta usually share shifts, he takes the brunt of her attacks. However, she makes considerable progress with her fear of men by taking it out on Sōta; she states that she is able to be about two meters close to guys without having the urge to hit them. Though this extends to only having fairly civil conversations (often ruined by Sōta's rudeness) or if Inami launches an attack on him. She wears a hairpin in her hair, which she changes every day due to Sōta's compliment on it (according to Sōma). At first she begins to develop a crush, but later she falls in love with Sōta when he confronts her father (as Kotori) about her androphobia.

HOLD

Shirafuji Kyoko.
Kyōko is the manager of Wagnaria. She usually maintains a rather apathetic attitude about how the restaurant is run and almost never bothers to do any work herself. She is not beyond using violence to deal with unruly customers and firmly believes that employees come before the customers, as the employees are the ones doing all the work. She is 28 years old, but she becomes despondent whenever her age is mentioned. Kyōko saved Yachiyo as a little girl from bullies, which is how they met.

TAKEN mymerrilymemory

Todoroki Yachiyo.
Yachiyo is another employee at the restaurant and is 20 years old. She usually carries around a katana which, according to her, was made by her parents who used to be blacksmiths. Yachiyo is unaware that some of the customers, and even Sōta, are intimidated by her blade. She admires Kyōko considerably. She gets angry if anyone offers Kyōko food or tries to take her away, although is willing to allow Satō to feed her because she considers him trustworthy, much to his chagrin. Yachiyo is very close to Satō, as she has worked with him the longest and considers him her closest friend, though is unaware of his feelings for her. She is often addressed as "Chief" by Sōta.

Sato Jun.
A 20-year-old chef who works in the kitchen, Jun is a helpful but intimidating individual. He is in love with Yachiyo, though does not express it. Of course, because she is so devoted to Kyōko, she fails to recognize any hints he attempts to make. He likes to take out his anger on Poplar by messing with her or bending the truth, to which Poplar naively believes. When Sōma tries to help with Satō's development with Yachiyo, Jun unrelentingly hits him with a pan, showing that he is sensitive about his feelings for Yachiyo.

Soma Hiroomi.
Another chef who works in the kitchen, Sōma is a young man with an easygoing attitude. He often blackmails other workers to do his job for him and pass it off as a form of modesty from the other employees. He can blackmail anyone except Satō and Inami; the former usually responds to his blackmail with hitting him with a frying pan and the latter punches him even before he manages to talk to her. He is terrified of Inami's urges and is thankful for Sōta's existence in the restaurant since Inami is taking out her urges all on Sōta and not him. His biggest weakness appears to be crying girls. Moreover, Yamada has been the only person to ever backfire his blackmails, leaving him depressed.

Yamada Aoi.
Aoi is a mysteriously, self-proclaimed 16-year-old girl who Otoo meets on his travels to find his missing wife. He brings her back to Wagnaria where she starts working as a waitress and lives in Wagnaria's attic. While she has great confidence in herself, during work she is an unhelpful troublemaker who gets yelled at by other staff members, especially Sōta. Since she is in training, her position among the staff is low, which she complains about. She is bad with dealing with Sōta's constant complaints about her, but she does write down some of his suggestions (along with idle complaints). She yearns for the idea of having a family, especially towards Otoo whom she sees as an ideal father figure, and goes as far as to apply to be adopted by him. She is also rather childish and does not like to (in her view) to be "left out", in that sense she goes so as far so as to ask Kyōko to drive her home (even though she "lives" at Wagnaria) or ask for Sōma to poke her, as he and Satō poked Inami and Poplar. Her favorite food is nattō.(NOTES: Yamada is on the shorter side. Under 5'5" is preferred.)

Matsumoto Maya.
Maya is an 18-year-old glasses-wearing girl who works at Wagnaria. She professes that she is a "normal person" striving to be completely ordinary in work and life in general. She has a hard time understanding the other employees seeing how awkward all of them are and tries not to be too familiar with them. The irony is that because she tries too hard to be "normal", she ends up being pretty weird herself.

Otoo Hyogo.
Otoo is the top head of the restaurant. Most of the time he is away searching for his missing wife, but periodically returns to Wagnaria to check up on things and bring back souvenirs. Due to his habit of bringing food back for Kyōko whenever he returns, his life is constantly in danger from a jealous Yachiyo. He is noted to have a light presence, and is even compared to (and named) "air" by Sōta when the latter is attempting to convince Inami not to attack him. HOLD

SPECIAL CHARACTER: Kotori.

Takanashi Kazue.
The oldest sister, is a lawyer who is very serious about the law. She uses "law-speak" often, and always carried around a law book so she can throw it at Takanashi when he says something that "violates her rights.

Takanashi Izumi.
The second-oldest sister, is quiet, gothic girl who locks herself in her room all day and all night and writes romance novels. She emerges from her room once every day, covered in ink and wiped of energy. She said that it doesn't matter how she looks, just as long as her writing it beautiful. Besides, she doesn't know how to use a computer, so she writes her "novels" down on paper with an ink pen.

Takanashi Kozue.
The third-oldest sister, is a drunk who slouches around the house all day drinking sake. She often gets drunk after breaking up with a boyfriend, then goes to Wagnaria to complain about it to Takanashi. In fact, Kozue was the first sister introduced since she was passed out in front of Wagnaria, waiting for Takanashi. In order to avoid embarrassment, Takanashi said that he didn't know her, and that she just lived in his neighborhood. However, it was soon revealed that it was actually his sister.

Takanashi Nazuna.
the youngest sister, who is also the only sister that is younger that Takanashi, is a twelve year old, elementary school student. She is kind and sweet, and is probably the only normal one in the house. However, even though she is twelve and in elementary school, she is 172 cm tall, almost as tall as her 16 year old, high school student brother. Being oblivious to it, she calls Takanashi short, even though she's the one that's tall.

this entry is public for your pleasure.

2010-11-19T04:30:16Z

So! As a result of my car ~~exploding~~troubles, I had to empty out my cosplay fund account to contribute it to building my emergency fund back to its pre-explosion state. I also need to buy a new car sooner rather than later and do something about this little holiday called Christmas that's coming up. I can't in good conscience use money I need for important things on a hobby that (while I love it) I consider trivial at basic view. Because of that my attendance at Anime Los Angeles (and to a more extreme extent, Katsucon.) is up in the air. I would love to go, but not if I achieve it by means I consider to be irresponsible. I'll be gathering up more wigs and costumes to sell on the cosplay.com marketplace soon, but I also wanted to point out that while I don't advertise it so much any more, I do take wig commissions. I'm open for 2011!

I've been styling wigs for several years now -- wigs I've styled have been in Cosmode and Cosmode USA a number of times. My prices are inexpensive and most customers I get are repeat customers, which I'd like to think means they appreciate the work I do. If you have done business with me in the past and care to comment on it, I'll leave a space for testimonials in a comment thread below.

It's a pretty simple process! You can e-mail me at oh.shouchan@gmail.com with 'commission' in the subject line. Let me know what it is that you want and please provide a picture -- the more references, the better. Let me know when you need it by and I can provide you with an estimated price quote. If you need help finding a base wig, give me some time and I'll give you a few options to choose from. We can discuss what's best (heat resistant, thickness, shade of color vs your skin tone, etc.) for you and move on to purchasing it. Either I can provide you with my address and you can buy the wig and have it sent to me or I can purchase it for you and send you an invoice. From there I will notify you when I receive it and when I am finished working on it. At your request I'll provide you a photo and if it is styled to your liking I will provide a final price quote and send it to you. (I only use USPS Priority Mail flat rate envelopes and boxes.) If we're both going to the same convention (within California only please!) I can even deliver it to you so you can save on shipping.

My pricing ranges anywhere from $15 - $45 typically. I can do quite a few different styles from basic trims, texturing, spiking and updos. (If there is anything requested that I feel is out of my skill level I will gladly refer you to someone else.) I find the average total price is between $25 - $35 for a styling and materials fee. The materials fee is a small fee ranging from $5 - $10 I place on each wig commission. This enables me to purchase any special items I need to style your wig, as well as make sure I can always be fully stocked with new razors, scissors, hair spray and stands. I feel that my prices are relatively cheap, especially compared to other wig commissioners I see on cosplay.com and deviant art. I don't boast the most expensive equipment or most skill, but I do have a knowledge of what I am working with and a goal to provide you with a wig that is ready to wear. I would never send someone anything that I wouldn't wear out to a convention myself. This is why I only charge as much as an average hair stylist would.

Aside from my ACP, I wanted to provide some photos of a few wigs I've styled in the past,

Ulala from Persona 2. Yuzuriha Nekoi from x/1999. Miyagi You from Junjou Romantica. Aino Heart from Arcana Heart. but please no more of these ever lmao Kittan Bachika from Gurren Laggan. Ryoji Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Prince Soma from Kuroshitsuji. Saburo Kujo from ZONE-00.

So if anyone has any questions or wants to ask for a slot/get a base quote I'm leaving this post open. If you'd prefer not to discuss it publicly, please send me an e-mail! I'd really love to get back into styling wigs on a more regular basis, so I can at least help fund my hobby by helping others. As most of you know, I'm a lame duck when it comes to sewing -- if anyone ever needs a commission but is short on cash, let me know. We may be able to work out a trade.

Thanks for reading, guys! ♥

another irie shouichi fst.

2010-08-31T03:56:51Z

skip the youth.
an irie shouichi fst.

track 01. vampire weekend ♫ campus 2:57 then i see you you're walking cross the campus cruel professor studying romances track 02. the kooks ♫ see the world 2:39 do you want to see the world in a different way track 03. hot hot heat ♫ what is rational? 3:08 looking back he knew he gave himself a head full of holes take it from me, take it from me, he says track 04. the academy is... ♫ we've got a big mess on our hands 3:26 to let some light shine in to remind me of what i've done and where i've been when it all comes crashing -- track 05. devo ♫ march on 3:51 letters froze inside his mind spelling words that seemed to say everything would be revealed in some twisted way track 06. klaxons ♫ surfing the void 2:30 turning myself away from the future unable to explain anything track 07. animal collective ♫ chores 4:30 now i've got these chores and i'm not gonna hurt no one and when at last my work is done track 08. junior senior ♫ headphone song 5:03 if you had a bad day, put your headphones on track 09. motion city soundtrack ♫ point of extinction 2:40 i can figure out the point of anything just not as quick as i can mess up my life with all my dreams hooked to hospital machines i think, "let's try redefining beautiful" track 10. we are scientists ♫ ambition 3:16 so long, ambition it's not a competition i can't win anymore track 11. frightened rabbit ♫ skip the youth 6:19 skip the youth, it's aging me too fast skip the youth, it's aging me too much track 12. oasis ♫ some might say 5:11 some might say, you get what you've been given if you don't get yours, I won't get mine as well 12 songs. 45.3 minutes. 82.6 mbplease comment if taking -- input is always appreciated. ♥ 『 DOWNLOAD. 』

wanna be hackers? code crackers, slackers.

2009-10-24T03:07:16Z

『i'm fluent in javascript as well as kingon.』
an irie shouichi fst.

track 01. weird al yankovic ♫ all about the pentiums
3:35

strictly plug n' play. he ain't afraid of y2k.

track 02. drew d'amelia ♫ mathmaticious
6:24

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track 03. datarock ♫ the pretender
3:08

a nerd of many faces is still a nerd.

track 04. we are scientists ♫ let's see it
3:57

i know i'm responsible for the downfall of the universe but just give me one more chance.

track 05. devo ♫ watch us work it
2:13

this is how the vongola tech squad gets down.

track 06. andy samberg ft. chris parnell ♫ lazy sunday
2:19

"hello?"
"what up, shou."
"yo spanner, what's crackin'."
"you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'? NARNIA man it's happenin'."

track 07. calvin harris ♫ flashback
3:42

obligatory gay dance club anthem vaguely tied to the character.

track 08. metric ♫ gimme sympathy
3:56

he'd probably prefer to be blur. or radiohead.

track 09. star wars ♫ the imperial march
3:06

it's all in the cape.

track 10. weird al yankovic ♫ white & nerdy
3:56

because you knew it was coming.

09 artists. 10 tracks. 35 minutes and 10 seconds.

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