I want to make my own headbands!!!!!!!!!!1

This link gives us an idea of what kinds of headbands we could make. I want to make something similar to the Gossip Girl headbands. (I actually didn’t know they were popular because of that show. I saw them on the lolita communities I watch on LJ.) I prefer sidebows to top bows as is common in a lot of lolita coordinates I’ve seen so far. The sidebows aren’t as popular as the ‘head-eating’ bows probably until Gossip Girl? I don’t know for sure… It’s just that I find sidebows more reasonable. ^^;

I still have some lace at home. I’d probably ask Nay Lita to save my left-over grey cloth (from the jumper skirt I commissioned her to sew). I plan to make bows with them. Might as well add one to a headband XD

So many people, so many toys, so little time! I wish I was there in Megamall earlier so I could have seen if there was anyone selling Re-ment. Anyhow, I picked up two of my new Pinkies from Rotch! She was there around the time my sister and our friends were just about to enter the hall so it was great timing.

On to the pictures:

Yoko Kurama in a photo op with a girl in maid cosplay. Not sure of the character she’s cosplaying. Gomen. ^^;;

Yoko Kurama in a shot I really liked a lot.

Soul Eaters group shot

Pullips and their owners. I want a Pullip too!

Sachiko! ♥ Kaoko spotted me earlier than this shot. When I saw her later that day I just had to take a picture of Sachiko.

Eureka 7 cosplayers!!! ♥ I love Eureka 7 and so I just had to follow these girls and take their photos. Anemone and Eureka without Dominic and Renton. I would have liked to see Renton and Dominic too!

My sister and her BIG FLUFFY PIYOPIYO PLUSHIE FTW!!!!!!!!! Of course, she really had to buy this plushie. She couldn’t resist. And it was cheap too! It was just 350pesos.

Shaider and Ultraman

Rock on~!


Mojo Jojo

Not sure about the anime/game/manga they’re from but they look cute ne?

Random photos I took simply because I liked what they were wearing:

For more of the Toy Con pics I took, you could check them out in my Flickr photo set of ToyCon 2008.

I regret the following about the ToyCon though:

1. There is no Kalye Pinky booth
2. I wasn’t there early enough to check if there were Re-ment stuff for sale.
3. I didn’t buy a Manikako doll kit. :( But Sean that his cousin ran that booth and he’d give word about my interest!
4. I didn’t see Stikfas :(I suppose there were Stikfas there but because of the crowd, I didn’t see any.
5. I didn’t bring my other officemates along with me because they’d enjoy seeing all those cosplays and toys.
6. I didn’t see Kel and Sean

Things I am happy about yesterday’s ToyCon:

1. I got a 2oz Sculpey Premo pack for testing.
2. My sister got a cute Piyopiyo
3. We saw lots of cute plushies!!!!! My eyes were checking them out!
4. I ran into some of my online contacts and a few RL buddies.
5. I saw a booth showcasing the works of Alfredo Alcala.
6. I saw HardGay and his bouncers

Maybe next year? I suppose there’d be better stuff! And I’d watch out for them

Materials:
straw hat
crimson wide ribbon - shiny, gauzy
crimson not-so-wide ribbon - opaque, satin
white lace
synthetic flower
thread
needle

I basically just decorated a straw hat. I had to cut up the gauzy ribbon so that it will go around the hat. Then I sewed it up so that it will be a band. I added white lace to the band. After that I made a bow with the gauzy ribbon and pinned it to the band using the flower. I cut two ribbons so that I could sew them to the inner part of the hat. The ribbons will be used to tie it under the wearer’s chin or the nape.

It’s so fun decorating hats! I sewed up the stuff by hand

The two j-dramas are quite different from each other but I download the fansubs regularly. (Love you, SARS-fansubs! And Kioku too! )

It’s Rjene who told me about Zettai Kareshi. It’s based on a Yuu Watase manga which I saw in one of the copies of Shojo Beat, IIRC. It’s amusing how Riiko, a temp at a company, has managed to purchase a robot as her perfect boyfriend. There’s this love-hate relationship between her and the robot which she named Night. It’s more of love for her from the robot and her loving and hating Night. There’s also this building attraction between Riiko and her boss Soshi and so it is now a love triangle among the three of them. I like watching it because it questions the perceptions of what a robot is and what is important in a relationship. Also, there are pastries in the story too because Asamoto (the company where Riiko is a temp) is making them and selling them.

Last Friends was mentioned in a friend’s LJ and so I had to compulsion to watch it because it raises the issues such as domestic violence, homosexuality and other personal issues people could relate with. In contrast to Zettai Kareshi, Last Friends is quite realistic and serious. I’ve only seen two episodes and I have this feeling that it will have such a tragic ending, judging from the opening theme and the sequences of events. I just started episode three a while back (but had to stop because I had to do something) and I have this sneaky feeling that I’d probably cry at the end of it. I don’t know yet but the feeling is there.

J-dramas are short, thankfully. So after ten to twelve episodes, of each series, I’d be watching yet another set of J-dramas. Maybe something that would give me a break from all this madness around me.

I currently blog for more personal reasons. I used to blog a lot because of what I learned and felt like sharing. Now it’s more for capturing certain moments in my life and remembering them.

The Internet is full of blogs about all sorts of topics. I am not sure if every niche has been filled. But I wonder if too many blogs just add to the noise and filters like RSS Readers (which give recommendations, etc.) are getting saturated by so much content.

I also blog because I need to interact, somehow. Even on a relatively passive manner, I must interact with others. Over the past how many months, I’ve become more introverted than ever (even though some of you might not believe it). As such, this blog as well as my food blog and my LJ keep the rest of the world in the know.

There’s also my Linux blog on b5. I like blogging there because I know what it’s like to be a new Linux user and I still feel it sometimes. I get some emails correcting my posts or feedback that they have interesting ideas to share and it’s a learning experience for me. It’s not easy to maintain several blogs but it is still fun.

And I still have some personal projects which I need to blog about. Someday soon, I know I will. That’s another reason for blogging. Blogs enable people to give feedback even if you don’t personally know them.

I used to work for Eversun Software and we have a blog which aggregates the rest of the blogs. Well, it isn’t just like that. There are also updates within that encompassing and aggregating blog. Maybe some announcements and opinions concerning the entire group of blogs.

Now I am considering something like it. The front page should have the latest updates from the other blogs within the domain. But what should I do? Use an aggregator like Planet or maybe something else like the Feedwordpress plugin we used to have.

A chat between me and Rjene:

Rjene (4/7/2008 12:54:06 PM): time is running
Rjene (4/7/2008 12:54:14 PM): stop time
Clair (4/7/2008 12:54:17 PM): :))
Rjene (4/7/2008 12:54:19 PM): :((
Clair (4/7/2008 12:55:47 PM): lahat tayo gusto pa ng oras
Clair (4/7/2008 12:55:52 PM): pero wala tayong magagawa
Clair (4/7/2008 12:55:53 PM): limited
Clair (4/7/2008 12:55:55 PM): life
Clair (4/7/2008 12:56:05 PM): has a way of making us cherish each moment
Clair (4/7/2008 12:56:13 PM): (malalim daw kunwari)
Rjene (4/7/2008 12:56:21 PM): huwow
Rjene (4/7/2008 12:56:55 PM): clair sempai~~ *squeels like takemoto ala romaya sempai**
Clair (4/7/2008 12:57:20 PM): hahahaha
Clair (4/7/2008 12:57:35 PM): oo nga, nasobrahan ata ako ng honey and clover

Maybe I’ve been watching too much J-drama but I do feel that way sometimes. I want so much more time. I want more time to spend with people I love so I could have more memories with them.

Maybe it’s so cheesy for me to tell Rjene something like that but I think it’s true. Maybe I was trying to be poetic and stuff like that. But I guess it’s exactly why people try to create art: to re-construct life and ‘trap time’ somehow.

There are seasons in a person’s life.

Though I don’t think they come in cycles similar to the ‘typical’ seasons we have like chilly, spring, summer and monsoon. (We don’t really have winter and autumn here, I think.) I think that the seasons come and go in varying durations and cycles.

These days I can’t help but think that I am in the season to just explore other creative stuff I haven’t really been exposed to or wanted to try before but didn’t have the resources. That or I didn’t have the courage to try them out. Maybe it’s because I think I ‘missed out’ on some other things because I focused on particular interests I had/have.

Some things I am interested in right now didn’t appear to be this interesting before. While other interests I have, I still like them but I don’t feel like spending so much time on them, if you know what I mean. Like technology, I am still interested in technology but it’s not the same as before. I don’t think it has died down. It’s probably just taking a bit of a backseat for now. Maybe I’ve tried too hard to keep with it more than what was enough for me. Maybe right now, I might be saturated with the technology because I work in the IT industry and I just feel the need to keep work and play as different things.

Sometimes I wonder if it’s because I don’t feel that there’s a tangible thing to work with when it comes to analysis. I mean, the situations are there, the people are there but I can’t hold it physically and I can’t mold it physically. I noticed that I’ve been fascinated with personal projects that give me something tangible or at least immediately visible and the ‘high’ I get from that is something I missed a lot.

Like poi. I have the poi in my hands and I could spin them in directions and learn new things to do with them and it’s nice. I could see the results of learning and practicing poi.

Blogging. I could easily see if my blog’s layout sucks, or if my writing is terrible or too verbose.

Now I am getting fascinated with PinkySt dolls and the thought of modding some. That’s something really tangible. But I have yet to research on materials.

My creative side is itching to do something different, something I could say is my work and physically see it. I want myself to be reflected in the things I do. Maybe I spent so much time on working with other people’s template documents and submitting analysis of other organizations’ systems that I am now wanting to just express things in a different manner than before. I don’t really know yet because I don’t understand what’s really going on with me either.

I am just letting all this be part of the season I am in right now. It might pass quickly or it might not. But I am sure that I’d learn a thing or two, somehow.

Site maintenance time. I finally put up an index page on the root folder of craftyneko.com — nothing fancy. I haven’t been able to bug my sister to draw because she’s been really busy.

Things I’ve been working on this afternoon:

• Subdomains and the respective blogs - I have to set up multi-author plugins in the blogs. Also, I am looking for themes to use and/or tweak for these blogs on the subdomains.
• The index page on CraftyNeko.com so that you at least have something to read.

There are several things I want to accomplish this summer. I will list them down so I won’t forget.

• Create a room for the Pinkies that are coming my way (and my sister’s way too!)
• Make new poi with colorful ribbons at the tail.
• Get new clothes.
• Make my custom blog layout.
• Spin fire.
• Jumpstart the group blogs JM and I planned out.