In which I am Death and ComicCon rocks

Confessions. I haven't blogged in a whole month. I haven't actually looked at anyone else's blog in that whole time either. All of sudden I felt weary of blogging and then I was caught in a little guilt cycle. The shame I felt at abandoning my blog for so long made me afraid to look at it again. But here I am? And the worst thing I found on return was a pile of spammy messages. Not sure what I imagined - disappointed letters? A huge backlog of things to read? Well, yes that one pretty much.

So what has been happening in my life? THIINGS! I tell you, many things have indeed happened. I went to Edinburgh and got my wedding dress and some fabulous shoes, had a crazy throat infection for a week that involved blood tests and a paramedic, went to comiccon and saw some sharks. These things did not all happen at once.

ComiCon London was amazing! I am going to share pictures of that here and now.
I dressed as Death from the Sandman in the fourth time I have worn that dress, but it took bloody ages to make and taked up lots of room so I want to get the most use out of it as possible. This time was the best yet though. I went all the way with black lipstick and darkening my eyebrows and whitening my chest. I absolutely loved being Death, but the standard of cosplay all round was incredible! We watch the parade at the end of the day but all the things we saw across the day were blow away impressive.

 

I took some photos of other cosplayers but I didn't like making strangers pose for too long and the lighting was just awful in there, so most of them aren't even passable. However the two below were amongst my favourites. 

 Jareth and Sarah from Labyrinth, one of my all time favourite films!

And then this cosplay. Seriously. This is a person, not a model. I don't think I should say anything else.

 And I bought lots of things, including the best soft toy ever. Here he is tucked up in my bed:

This totoro toy has barely left my side since I got it. The softest thing ever and works as the perfect cusion, acompanying little mini-totoro who I have had for years.

There were many other cool things, like meeting the author of one of my favourite webcomics and seeing Nel and Eric from NCIS LA, but that's probably enough words for now.

I will try and blog a little more now, although it is a month till the wedding so life is a little busy. :)

In which I am happy about halloween

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Happy Halloween Everyone!

I realise everyone in the blogosphere (especially the fashion camp) are talking but Halloween. But I don't care! I love Halloween. I'm going to talk about it too, so there. It is a date in which everyone dresses up and even the people who normally feel they are too mature for costumes join in. It is also the date when the people who love costumes and cosplay can put that much effort into an outfit and instead of being mocked get to win prizes and be the envy of their friends. It is the time when that guy who shows up in jeans and a t-shirt saying proudly 'I came as myself' looks like an idiot. Josie Long does a lovely bit in one of her stand-ups about how people become proud and happy in a costume. So all in all I manage to find a lot of positives in a festival that essentially celebrates the monsters I aim to destroy.

I have always been an absolute sucker for dressing up. Back when I was wee in primary school we had world book day where you had to dress up as a book character. I went as Asterix, Willy Wonka and Mary Poppins.

Yes. I was a guy twice. However guys always got to have the most fun in stories. My Asterix costume was awesome! I had the hat with wings, the gourd and everything.That was when I grew to despise the people who came as 'Alice in Wonderland' year after year. Put some effort into it!

The past few years I have dressed as Death from Sandman (the dress took hours of sewing)

Sailor Jupiter

and as Sakura from Naruto. I apologise for the hastily drawn in mask. You know how it is with protecting secret identities.

This year I am going to rewear my Princess Mononoke outfit from m

y birthday party so I'm sorry for the repetition. That's why I won't bore you with more photos of that.

However, I can show you my joker inspired pumpkin carving!

Me and my awesome friend made this last night from the last pumpkin in the town:

There are so many fantastic pumpkin carvings out there (I mean things like these)

that mine pales in comparison. All the same I like my creepy jack. There may even be some pie from his remains later.

We also watched Mirrormask, a fantastic creepy children's story by Neil Gaiman. Did she? Yes I definitely mentioned Neil Gaiman again. I just can't get enough of the guy. I seriously recommend m

Mirrormask to pretty much everyone.

I realise I haven't told you the story about the pyromaniacs. I'm afraid you are going to have to wait for that. This is Halloween and so it comes first. Have a great night everyone!