Post-Sickness Ramblings

You ever feel like you don't have something to talk about?  That's not usually me, BUT I was sick all last week and a chunk of this week.  Now that I'm not coughing and headachy every five minutes (more like every few hours or so now) here is some blog material!

First, nerdy news.  I'm sure you've all heard this by now, but Nintendo is dismantling Club Nintendo.  According to a notice from Nintendo - CLICK HERE TO VIEW - there are three big dates coming up.  January 20, 2015 - all products released after this date cannot be registered.  March 31, 2015 - the last day to obtain coins, register products, or sign up for the service.  June 30, 2015 - last day to cash in your coins for awesome stuff and last day to access your account at all.  It is a sad thing, but, on the bright side, there are rumors that they will be rebuilding and upgrading Club Nintendo.  Keep your eyes/ears open for any news on that!

Second, random fashion thing.  So for a while TeeFury has been promoting their new thing ShoeFury.  Now at first I was like okay, interesting, but not nearly as cheap as their tees (yes I know they are shoes).  And then I dug a little deeper and realized the shoes they are selling are Zipz.  What are Zips?  Well if you Google Zipz shoes you are greeted by a site explaining the shoes - you can buy a whole shoe which comes with a removable canvas.  Yeah, the part with print/design on it (the "Top") is removable.  After buying this first pair, you can then purchase other Tops for much less than the whole shoe and just swap them out whenever.  So that means . . . I CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PAIRS OF SHOES FOR MUCH LESS AND WITHOUT ENTIRELY TAKING UP MY WHOLE CLOSET!  This is pure genius and if you haven't seen then, why haven't  you seen them?  Check it out here:

ShoeFury

Third, I started working on my Sakura-Con cosplay!  Technically I should be working on my ECCC cosplay first, but I went nuts trying to find the perfect fabric for

And after a minor brain implosion I spotted the perfect material!  Alas, I accidentally created a monster when I started working with it . . .

I made the neck too small - I doubt it would fit a child's head at this point.  Fortunately, I figured out a solution to the problem so it should look awesome next time I update.

Okie dokie smokies!  That's all for tonight.  Gonna take some medicine now!

NEW YEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Hello Beautiful People!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!  If you couldn't already tell, mine were a bit hectic/busy; so much so I didn't even have time to blog for you all!  So here I am ready to spew some information.  Let's get to it shall we?

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First, Christmas.  I discovered Pinterest some time ago, but only recently did I make an account.  For Christmas I went a bit nuts making gifts using Pinterest ideas.  I made this jacket for multiple people: Cocoon Cardigan.  I also found the beginnings (sorry no links because I didn't actually use any one pattern) for the following hat:

GO SEAHAWKS!

Both of these DIY were very easy to do, BUT, if you are able, I recommend altering patterns or sewing ideas to suit you.  Sometimes posters provide instructions that don't quite fit what you're doing or just don't make sense.  As such, adjust accordingly.

Anywho, after using the site to make presents I went a bit nuts finding pins that I felt were important: Cosplay, Bounds, Sewing, and FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!  Check out my findings using this handy dandy link: Pinterest: TheECGeekette

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Second, Cosplay Plans!  As we all know ECCC and Sakura-Con are fast approaching.  My plans thus far are ECC: Freyalise (MTG) and SECRET (no seriously, not telling you what this one is, you can just guess) and for Sakura: Team Magma Admin Courtney (Omega Ruby version).  I will post progress pics when I can :-)

REFERENCE PHOTOS:

 All rights to this photo belong to MTG!

All rights to this photo belong to Nintendo (I think?)

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So that's all I got for the time being.  BUT BUT BUT, if you haven't checked it out yet, by order of my cousins, I did a Happy Wheels Highlight Reel!  Check out the first video:

Rave of Thrones

So I went to a thing.  A music thing.  Rave of Thrones showcasing the musical stylings of Kristian Nairn.  Let's be honest here though - HODOR IS A FREAKIN DJ!  I must admit I was not expecting much from an actor turned DJ.  From past experience many actors, athletes, whatever turned DJ or singer do not turn out . . . the best.  There are of course exceptions, but general rule of thumb is . . . no.  But Mr. Nairn has been added to the list of exceptions.  His music was awesome to the ear and had me dancing for an hour and a half straight.  In addition to music there were sword swallowers, firebreathers, hula hoopers, women on stilts (didn't quite get that one), and cosplayers.  My apologies for lack of photos, it was VERY dark in there; but I did manage to hunt down a particularly cool pic (the light hits just right :-):

(Courtesy of Q Nightclub)

Not sure if I will be able to find the exact music he played, but he does have a SoundCloud and YouTube:

SoundCloud: Kristian Nairn

YouTube: Kristian Nairn