Armageddon Expo 2013~

I figured that seeing as I made a special post about Armageddon last year, I should do the same this year. But then I realised that I don't actually have much to say about this time. I didn't dress up or cosplay or anything this year, I just went as myself. So I guess it'll be more like the feature if this post, but I'll probably keep it short and talk about other stuff too. It's been a while since I posted anyway, so I may as well take this chance to update on the rest of what's been going on in my life too... Which admittedly isn't very much. No surprise there, right? Anyway~

So this is what I wore. Sensible shoes for walking around for 7+ hours obvs. Also chose a really good day to wear entirely black. Clearly you can see how horrible the weather was //end sarcasm. I just wanted to be a little punk ok sorry I'm working on it.

One of the two people I actually bothered to take a photo with. She was really cute and I looooved her outfit! I've never seen anyone else dress in this sort of style over here. Her shoes were totally killer but unfortunately I didn't manage to get a photo with our feet in them...

Aaaand this was the other person I wanted to take a photo with. I got a photo with him last year, and he we totally precious (I think he was dressed as Gintoki from Gintama last year? Idk I haven't watched it). Anyway when we got there this year I was wondering if we would see him around, and we did! So of course I had to say hello and get a photo. 

Just a selfie. Nothing to see here. 

And this is what I bought this year. I'm actually surprised, I was anticipating spending much more. I had pretty good self control this year. Well, that and the fact that most of the anime "goods" being sold there are bootleg/fake. It's so easy to tell a fake collectible when fan art that I've seen on Pixiv is being used as packaging... Look at all that SNK though. I didn't even know that it was available here until a couple weeks ago when I found volume one. I wasn't going to buy that many but then I couldn't just leave them behind... And as you can see, Blue Exorcist volumes 4 and 7. I was missing 4 and 7 was the next one I needed so yup. Also Natsume Yuujinchou volume 1. I started reading this recently after wanting to for a long time, and it is so cute. Lastly I picked up Hetalia Axis Powers series 2. Because I love it. 

And that's pretty much it for Armageddon this year. Sorry it's not that interesting, I should have taken more photos or something. I'm considering cosplaying next year, or at least wearing kigurumi, so I'll be thinking about that and hopefully will have something more exciting for you next year~

Anyway to fill the rest of this post, I'm gonna do my usual pic spam update. I've pretty much just been working heaps (this week was my first week off in almost two months) so I haven't really done anything of interest. Just been out here and there, but I've mostly just been sitting at home spending way too much money internet shopping for things I may or may not need. 

The only time (that I can remember) that I actually went out for fun. And it wasn't even that exciting. We just went out for dinner one night. Yup that's pretty much it.

This is probably the thing that's had the most impact on my life lately. I got Dynasty Warriors 8 yeahhhh boiiiiii. I'm so stoked to finally have this game, I've been wanting it for so long but it was just a little too expensive. But as I said, I've been working lots lately, so I was finally able to afford it! Honestly these games keep getting better and better I stg. I am absolutely in love with this game and this series. This is what's eating all of my time lately. I regret nothing.

Also got some useless anime goods don't judge me ok. It kinda sucks cause the Eren and Levi straps can only be used one at a time... I kinda wanted to have them swinging around together on my phone but it's alright, they're suuuuper cute. I guess I'll just alternate?

See what I meant buy spending lots of money? I got the fourth Karneval Blu-Ray. I've also ordered the fifth one, so I just need to save up for the sixth and seventh. Pash! November, mostly for the Free! posters. I don't even watch that basketball one so yeah. And Animage Prince. This magazine is so gorgeous I can't even deal with it. 

Last Tuesday, I had my nails done again, finally. I've really come to hate my nails without having anything on them, so getting this done was quite relieving. It feels natural to me now, idk.

So yeah that's pretty much it, the past two months in a nutshell. Actually, I've bought more stuff than what I've shown here, but I don't have anything to show for it... yet. I got in early with some preorders. You know, preorders of the Figma Eren from SNK kind. Iamsoexcitedholyfuckingshit. This is my first ever figure, and I couldn't be happier. I don't have any intentions of becoming an avid figure collector or anything, but I do want to start getting some. You know, like favourite characters/series and such. So, that being said, I've also ordered the Nendoroid Eren and the Free! Collection Box. Whooo it's gonna be like Christmas in April. Oh, I also reached the height of weeb and ordered Free! plushies, the Mako and Haru big size ones. Fucking hell putting it in writing really reinforces how much I spent when I should be saving... haha, well, I'll be saving from now onwards, so it's alright... right? In conclusion, literally all I've been doing is working, watching anime, playing DW8 and spending too much money. That reminds me, we're a fair way into the fall anime season aren't we? It's pretty good so far. So, my next post will (most likely) be an anime post again, talking about what I am (and aren't) watching this season! Look forward to it~

Ok, so I guess that's it for today. Sorry for yet another messy, hideously written and terribly uninteresting post. I'll leave you with my face. Byeeee~

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Look who's trying really hard to not be a useless blogger~

Which, now that I'm thinking about it, is probably a bad idea, because I honestly have no plan of what I'm going to write about here. At least if I put of writing for like a month, I have at least one or two things to say. But right now I'm just like /blank. Pretty much my life. I know, the life I lead is so exciting. Please note the sarcasm. Really, other than spending my days obsessing and crying over bandmen, expensive merch, shojo/yaoi manga and all of my ships, I honestly don't do much else. Sometimes I'll play video games, mostly the Dynasty Warriors games because I'm useless at every other game. Or I'll play The Sims, but obviously never for very long because without fail SOMETHING will go wrong and my game will crash. Of course I listen to music. All the time. Although, I don't listen to as much music as I would like to. There are lots of bands that I want to listen to, but I just don't. Sometimes it's because I can't find valid download links wait what I don't download music what do you mean. I'd say it's mostly because I'm lazy. I just like to listen to my favourite songs over and over again, you know, so I don't listen to much else for a while. My play count for Samurai Dreeeeeam Breaker by GOTCHAROCKA is insane. I'm getting round to it slowly, though. I've got lists of bands to listen to, so I'll just keep working through it at my own pace I guess. No hurry. Oh wait this is the world of visual kei. Bands here drop like flies. Better hurry if you want to catch a band while they're still actually together... Sigh. I can't count the number of times where I've just found out about a band or just started to really get into a band and then the dreaded disbandment announcement rears it's ugly head. It's tough huh. I hate visual, but I love visual. I can't be bothered with it but I never want to let it go. So bittersweet. =_=;;

For a while the Japanese Yen was doing really, really shit (no offense), so I took the opportunity to exchange what money I had saved. It isn't nearly enough, but it's some. Oh yeah I guess I haven't mentioned this yet, but in December/January, I'M GOING TO JAPAN! Wow I can't believe I forgot to write about it, it was all organized like a month or two ago. It's going to be a family holiday, but with plenty of opportunities for me to go and explore on my own. Which is fine by me. Originally it wasn't going to be a family trip, i.e. my parents weren't going to come. That was how I'd always imagined it. But when I started the planning for it, I started to get really anxious. I've never been out of the country on my own before, so flying 12 hours away to a place where I can't speak the language and am unfamiliar with it's culture was kind of scary. Yeah, it was scary for me alright. Judge all you want. My parents weren't too thrilled at the idea either, and neither of them have been to Japan and wanted to go, so it was decided that we would all be going. On the condition that I would be able to go and do things on my own, like shopping in Harajuku. OHMYGOD I GET TO GO SHOPPING IN HARAJUKU. It still hasn't really sunk in yet, that it's finally happening. After all these years, my dream is coming true. I have lots of friends that I'm hoping to visit, so many stores that I want to spend my soul in, and of course immerse myself in the culture. We're only going for 16 days, which isn't enough time to see everything I want to see, but our budgets really can't stretch for any more. So we're spending half the time in Tokyo and the other half in Osaka, using these places as bases to visit other places from. We'll be getting the JR pass, so we'll be able to get the shinkansen to almost anywhere. Our flights and hotels are already booked, so now we just need to wait until a few months before our trip to book things like the JR pass and Ghibli Museum tickets. And hopefully get some tickets for lives! That's one of the things I'm most excited about, really. Going to CD stores and hopefully attending lives! There are so many bands that I would love to see, I can't possibly name them all. And I know I'm not going to get to see them all. But still, I'm going to try to see as many bands live as possible! Even if I have to go without food for a couple days lol what I'm not poor... I'm still really anxious about the language barrier, and sometimes I find myself thinking of all the things that could possibly go wrong, but I really am excited. I just have to push those things out of my mind. Because this is something I've wanted for so, so long. And I'm really going to make the most of it.

Actually, speaking of Japan, something I have been doing is starting to learn some Japanese. I'm starting out by self-teaching, but my goal is only to self-teach hiragana and katakana. Once I have a sort of handle on those, I'm going to ask someone to give me proper lessons. I can't explain why exactly I wanted to do it this way. I just feel like it will take some of the pressure off myself, if I learn the basics first. I'm a really slow learner, and I get super stressed when I have to keep up with others, you know? I like to learn at my own pace and my own way. I thought about taking a course for Japanese, but the fact that it was a set course as in - this week you will learn and master this, next week you will learn and master that, there will be a test at the end of this course and by the end of this course you will be proficient enough to go to Japan, open a restaurant, marry a native and become the prime minister. Ok so that's exaggerated, clearly, but you get what I mean. I hate it when they put "By the end of this course you will be able to..." Not everyone has the same way of learning, and not everyone can keep up with a structured course like that. Some may be too fast for it, and some, like me, may be too slow for it. And that's ok. It just means that I have to find someone who can give me private lessons in a casual environment. I'm actually pretty lucky, because I may know someone who would be perfect for it. But I'm gonna see how my self-teaching the kana goes first. I only started recently, so I don't know very much at all. But I'm really enjoying it! It's really fun! I'm sure my handwriting is awful, but seeing as my main goals for learning Japanese are reading and listening, the written part doesn't worry me so much. Once I get to complicated things like grammar and kanji (oh god kill me now) I'm sure I'll take back what I said about it being really fun, but I'm going to stick with it. I've never been good at languages, but I won't let that stop me. I'll just have to try harder, yeah!

Oh yeah, I was supposed to write about my new wig in this post... my bad. Well, I had intended to make it a review of sorts, but I actually can't be bothered. Ahhh sorry. I'll sum it up, I guess.
So the wig I got is from the very well-known Rhapsody collection from Gothic Lolita Wigs. The colour I chose is rose, so it's the darker pink coloured one. From what I'd seen, this colour wasn't as popular as some of the others (the the light pink or mint colours), but I really can't understand why. It's such a gorgeous colour, with this perfect gradient. It's not just one flat colour, either. It's hard to explain, but it's got lots of different colours mixed into it. It's a really stunning, well made wig, and I believe it can suit any style and any skin tone. The only problem I have is the fringe (or as everyone else in the world seems to say, the 'bangs'), which comes pre-styled. It's not the style I have a problem with, I really like side-swept styles. It's just that it's too thick! There's too much of it! I have to use three bobby pins to keep it out of my eye. I know I could just cut it, but I've never cut hair before, so I wouldn't know what to do. I don't want to do it myself because as you know, the rhapsody wigs aren't cheap, and I'd never forgive myself if I fucked it up. I'm planning on taking it to a hair-dresser, as I took my white wig to one and he did a really good job, but honestly, the fringe isn't thaaaat much of a problem. Once you have it under control, it actually looks pretty cool as a side fringe. So I'm gonna leave it for a while. That's about it. Like I said, it's a really, really stunning wig. The quality is mind blowing. It's so comfortable and surprisingly light, I almost forget that it's not actually permanently attached to my head like real hair. The texture was also surprising, it's so soft and fluffy, and feels so real. It really doesn't tangle that easily at all despite the waviness of it. I haven't had to brush it yet, I just run my fingers through it a couple of times and then fluff it up and it's good to go. Also, buying through GLW was a real pleasure. It was really easy and straightforward, their customer service is top notch, and the packaging/shipping was really good. Very highly recommended. I don't really want to buy wigs from anywhere else in the future.

I guess I'd better post some photos of it, huh! I apologize for the crappy quality and awful lighting. It really doesn't do the wig any justice... OTL

Sorry for the derp face too lol. This was the day after I got it, I just wanted to go out as an excuse to wear it. 

Then I tried it out with my Gachapin kigu. I like the way the colours (don't) go together ok.

Went out again the other day. Same place, as usual. I was feeling lazy that day, but this actually turned out to be one of my favourite outfits so far. It's so comfy and casual but I like it a lot. 

And that's about it! I haven't really done anything else or had anything else happen to me! This post was kind of word-dumping, huh. Sorry about that. I still haven't gotten the hang of writing coherently. I  feel like I sort of just rambled my way through this. Oh well, I'll keep trying. See you~

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