The Word from MTAC

Originally, Mac and I were supposed to go together, but we broke up this month, so I ended up taking the whole drive alone to Nashville to go the 11th Middle Tennessee Anime Convention. It was not truly that big a deal since I was pumping the tunes and just feeling good in general that I was seeing my friends and had an amazing weekend ahead of me.

So on Friday, I dressed people in yukata at the Anime Blues Con booth. I had some very enthusiastic takers, but unfortunately no guys to let me practice my kai no kuchi musubi XP. My friend Sarah and I went to another friend's room party where we had way too much to drink and way too much fun ^_^. I met some very cool people that I hope I will see more of in the future. The party got shut down after some crazy guy trying to avoid security ran through the room.

Saturday was my yukata panel. I asked for a screen and projector, but got a TV, sound equipment, and no cables, so I threw out my PowerPoint presentation and just winged it. It went surprisingly well. I dressed two people from the audience and answered a lot of questions. I also helped a few girls with their kitsuke. Due to residual hangover, I went back to my room to rest for a few hours following my panel. In the evening, I helped my sister and friends to judge the cosplay contest at the Pokémon Party, which was bigger than ever! We had an amazing time for sure.

Sunday was a bust. I was supposed to do a panel on geisha, but since the presentation was highly visual, and I still had neither a screen and projector, nor even the TV that was there the day before, so I had to cancel the panel. I am sorry to everyone who wanted to attend, and hopefully, we'll try again next year. Good did come out of this in the fact that I was able to leave Nashville early enough to get home in time to see some family before they left back to Houston. And I got to meet up with a very amazing guy named Josh who I am seeing now. Who knows? Maybe I'll get him to wear kimono with me XP.

Rose Komon with Hakata Obi

I got this great cream and green hakata obi from one of the members of the Immortal Geisha forum during our monthly kimono trade. I had owned a hakata obi before, but only briefly (the seller told me it was much longer than it actually was, so I resold it). This one is plenty long for me and goes with many things in my wardrobe. Today, I paired it with my rose komon and a pink obiage and obijime.

Steampunk Inspired Kimono Hime

The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention is coming up in only one month now, and it's definitely the highlight of my year! I have been trying to come up with three kimono ensembles to wear for the weekend, and I decided to do one kimono hime at the request of some of my friends. I have some vintage-look items hanging around, so I made a steampunk inspired ensemble. I used my brown yukata and brown floral obi, as well as my brown and red obijime and dark red obiage, and of course, Victorian style boots! I added some accessories, and well, here it is...

Cherry Blossoms in Collierville Town Square

My parents and I made a quick trip to the town square yesterday. No matter what the time of year, it always look so nice there. I took some pictures of the cherry trees, red buds, and tulips. What a way to welcome spring!

Ro Ensemble - All Put Together =)

Despite the fact that it is still only March, it's already 80˚F (27˚C)! Since I finally got my ro ensemble finished, I took pictures outside. Some of the photos are "accidentally artistic". Despite two of them being blurry, the look was still very neat, so I've included them anyway.

Ro Ensemble

I finally got the ro obi I ordered, so my ro ensemble is finally complete! The only piece I'm concerned about is the obiage, as it kind of blends with the light color of the obi. I'm considering dyeing the obiage and obijime bright red to match the red leaves on the kimono.

RIP Sugar

My hamster Sugar passed away today. She was the sweetest hamster ever, and I miss her so much. She is completely irreplaceable. Rest in peace, my sweet darling.