- RT @pKjd: Strike Witches movie in Spring 2012. New character silhouette http://t.co/pC19Dvj – YES! #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27
- Stuck in line at #PAX Let Anime Aftershocks be your #linecon companion! http://j.mp/dESrQj #Kindle #cosplay #ebook #
- Visited the wig shop down the street today. I got some huge assed pig tails to make soon! #cosplay #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26
- @ButerflySamurai have a great PAX! in reply to ButerflySamurai #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-25
- The Great Robot Adventure, a 4th grader's take on friendship and giant evil robots. For #Nook and #Nookcolor http://j.mp/nisnCD #ebook #
- @birdies_like_me Sounds good! I gotta get out some today too! ^_^ in reply to birdies_like_me #
- RT @The_MarySue: David Foster Is Pitching a New Star Trek Series and He Is Very Serious About It http://t.co/e7HwoHp Yes! Yes! YES!!! #
- Can't make it to Youmacon this year, so I've decided to swing by Kollision Con instead! http://t.co/CGIv8io #
- For Kollision Con I'm going to freshen up one of my favorite cosplays with a new and better wig. Do blondes really have more fun? #
- Wow, just heard about Steve Jobs' resignation. Knew it had to happen some day, but wow, not ready. #
- Love him or hate him, Jobs brought Apple back from the edge and went on to change the world. #
- @ButerflySamurai Hey, Happy Birthday! Easy to remember because mine is today too! ^_^ in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- @ButerflySamurai Really! All the cool kids are born in August! LOL XD in reply to ButerflySamurai #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-24
- At the #anime cons I've been too, Touhou #cosplay has become almost synonymous with #crossplay Lots of guys loves them some Touhou! #
- Someone suggested I do Sakuya #cosplay but I've got to play the Touhou games some more first to see if she suits me! #
- Anyone crossplaying Touhou for PAX might find A thinking man's guide to crossplay useful! ^_^ http://j.mp/emXPoS #cosplay #ebook #
- Most of the Touhou crossplayers I've seen usually need a bit more makeup and padding. But those guys are definitely having a good time! #
- Oooh I love #ebooks Learncrest books have sold in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany! http://j.mp/fote9R #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-23
- My son's #ebook The Great Robot Adventure, is now available for the #Nook and #Nookcolor http://j.mp/nisnCD #scifi #fantasy #
- The Great Robot Adventure is the first children's #ebook published by Learncrest. http://j.mp/nisnCD #Nook #Nookcolor #
- The Great Robot Adventure is now available for #Kindle Use a reader app to see illustrations in color. http://j.mp/qz8DxQ #scifi #ebook #
- The Great Robot Adventure is a kid's story, by a kid who loves robots and legos! LOL http://j.mp/qz8DxQ #Kindle #fantasy #ebook #
- @ButerflySamurai LOL, I'll definitely enjoy seeing Zoe Saldana kicking some ass! Bring on more female action stars I say! in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- Saw Spy Kids 4D on Sat. with kids. Fun flic, but Jessica Alba only kicks butt there. Kids movie ya know, no ass kicking allowed. #
- Ack!! Just learned the hard way that Kindle Desktop Publisher does horrible things to imported PDF… Back to the drawing board… #ebook #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-22
- End of the con weekend. Got the crossplay bug? Let A thinking man's guide to crossplay be your guide! http://j.mp/emXPoS #cosplay #ebook #
- @bansheekat I remember they promoted the heck outta #Apollo18 at #C2E2 in reply to bansheekat #
- Soon I'll be promoting my son's book, The Great Robot Adventure which I uploaded for #Kindle and #Nook today. #
- And I finally got some quality time on my ship in Star Trek Online. Felt good to finish some missions! #STO #
- I like being able to chill in my ready room while deciding upon the next mission. #startrekonline #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-21
- I'm glad to see JManga up and running! Hope to seem more titles available soon and some love for my iPad too! http://j.mp/nvPcn9 #manga #
- Anime and Comic cons every weekend! At one or want to be? Check out Anime Aftershocks! http://j.mp/dESrQj #comiccon #kindle #ebook #
- LOL, my #Otakon report says more about my thoughts than the con itself. Otakon was a lot of fun BTW, but man was it hot! http://j.mp/pelOLk #
- Oh, what's that on the telly? #Bleach Sure I'll watch. #anime #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-20
- @emperorj As many as humanly possible..LOL, there's always the sperm bank! #crazyassedideasonfriday in reply to emperorj #
- My 2 youngests return from camp today, yay! The dog will be very very happy, as am I. ^_^ #
- Not sure when this happened, but Kalafina's Magia single is on iTunes! #anime #madoka #
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It’s been quite a summer of travel for me this year. Right after Otakon, it was off on a road trip to Toronto for nearly a week. Then back to work, followed by this year’s installment of Wizard World Chicago Comic Con.
Otakon was fun and full of interesting feelings for me this year. I’ve been doing contract work most of this year, so for a while, I wasn’t even sure if I’d be able to attend. But things worked out and I hit the road for my 7th consecutive Otakon. I had three cosplays planned, Miho Tohya, Stocking, and Uhura. The Uhura costume was fun, challenging, and a lot of work to make. But I finished in time for the convention.
I wore Miho on Friday and as I had expected, there wasn’t a lot of recognition of the cosplay. Miho is a character from MegaTokyo, a web comic and OEL graphic novel series. Still I had fun with the cosplay and enjoyed singing and dancing in it. One extra level of difficulty came from staying at the Sheraton, which is a couple of blocks from the convention center. That meant navigating the public streets in costume, something that would prove interesting as well as enlightening over the weekend.
Saturday it was Stocking cosplay day. I had worked up the courage to go to the Panty and Stocking photoshoot, unfortunately I was late and basically missed it. It’s okay though. I was late because I just had to squeeze in some karaoke first. Karaoke trumps everything, LOL! Made it to the Masquerade, which was okay for the most part.
Normally Sunday is not a big cosplay day for me, but with a new costume to show off, this Sunday was different. I had no idea just how different it would prove to be. The heat had been a problem all weekend and even the convention center was hot in places due to AC failures. So I was bit concerned about makeup with a new cosplay. As I stepped out into the heat, my main thought was to get to the BCC quickly.
No sooner had I crossed the street than a woman with children stopped me for a photograph. She was excited telling me how much she liked my costume. Soon I realized that she had no idea I was a guy, so I just nodded and smiled to maintain the illusion. Pic requests are part of the fuel that make cosplayers go, so I was pretty happy when I reached the BCC where I was immediately stopped for a picture by a man with a professional looking camera. Again, no idea I was a guy.
I got a lot of compliments and picture requests for my Uhura cosplay throughout the day. It even lead to a very enjoyable conversation with a fellow Star Trek fan. In the dealers room, I noticed a couple of thing immediately. One, a lot of pic requests came from black people. Two, a lot of these were black guys! This is really the first time I cosplayed a character who was black like me, but I wasn’t really expecting it to be so popular.
At the end of the con, while walking back to my hotel, I’d learn that my Uhura might be just a little bit too popular. About a block from the hotel a black man on the street asked if he could take my picture. I agreed and struck a pose. He took the picture and then asked me, “Can I walk with you?” I’m not sure if I was alarmed, shocked or what. I just silently shook my head. He got the message and we parted company.
In retrospect, I realized that it was a good thing that I did not reveal my true gender. There’s no telling how he would have reacted given that he’d just tried to pick me up. This was when I had my epiphany. I’d been worried all weekend about my cosplays and whether I looked good in them, and as a crossplayer whether I was passing. Turns out I was passing pretty damn good!
On the way to the con I had random guys apparently trying to talk to me. At the con, when I was getting food, some of the staff clearly didn’t know I was a guy. I enjoyed some of the ruckus that caused as I left. On Friday night on my way into the dance, a guy stopped me for picture. That was the only pic request my Miho got, which actually looks kinda like rave wear. And on Saturday night on my way back to the hotel after the Masquerade in my Stocking cosplay, while waiting on the corner next to another random guy, I noticed him totally checking me out. Hello! I’m standing right here! Nevertheless, he was running his eyes up and down my body. If he knew I was male like him, I doubt he’d have done that.
The only logical conclusion to draw from all of this was that despite some misgivings, my crossplays were pretty good. And, I was especially attractive to black guys. Or at least they were the most likely to make their interest known in a visible manner. So as I left Baltimore, I had my usual post con glow but on this occasion it was mixed with an extra portion of pride for a job well done!
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-19
- Woo hoo! Off to the Lord of the Rings concert at Ravinia with my lady! #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-18
- Oh My! A thinking man's guide to crossplay is sort of a Cliff's Notes to #crossdressing #cosplay. http://j.mp/emXPoS #kindle #ebook #
- @ButerflySamurai Trump is just trying to get publicity for himself, as usual. He probably doesn't care much about Bachman. in reply to ButerflySamurai #
- JManga launches digital #manga site, but is it too expensive? http://j.mp/nvPcn9 #ebook #
- The Ol' Switcheroo: A Consideration of Gender-Bending in Geek Culture http://t.co/Bk1pSg9 via @The_MarySue #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-17
- To the making of books there is no end, so it's time for me to get started again! #
- LOL, I gotta do some superhero #cosplay one of these days just to enjoy wearing a cape for a day…or two or three! #
- All graphics are pasted in for The Great Robot Adventure. Next is retyping the text. #ebook #
- The #Kindle may be king but Anime Aftershocks is on the #Nook too! http://j.mp/a6Bkcx #cosplay #ebook #
- Learncrest publishes on the #Kindle #Nook and #iPad From #anime and #cosplay to #scifi http://j.mp/fote9R #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-16
- Amazon Fires Back With HTML5 Kindle Reader – http://t.co/auB9VUC #
- I don't usually follow trends, but Thank God I'm still alive! As the new week begins, I don't want to take God or His gifts for granted. #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-08-15
- Just uploaded my Wizard World Chicago Comic Con #cosplay pics to Flickr. Thanks to everyone who posed for me! http://j.mp/pxUvji #
- Oops forgot my #WWCC tag! Cosplay pics here. http://j.mp/pxUvji #
- Had a fun and interesting time at #WWCC More material for a future edition of Anime Aftershocks! http://j.mp/dESrQj #kindle #ebook #
- All con goers attend #linecon eventually. Let Anime Aftershocks be your linecon companion! http://j.mp/dESrQj http://j.mp/fw2blb #ebook #
- @GeorgeTakei To quote Redd Foxx, I believe in capital punishment! Everyone in the capital should be punished! in reply to GeorgeTakei #
- It's funny, but I think that this con season, #cosplay has really helped me enjoy just being me. ^_^ #
- Finally saw Evil Dead. Great stuff just before bed! Lol! #
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