New video has been uploaded to our Youtube page - the brilliant plan to take over the universe, part 3 745 106, starring Princess Megs and Lady Star.
Minggu, 06 Mei 2012
Sabtu, 05 Mei 2012
What happens to your costumes afterwards?
If Cosplay is like a dream in fantasy land then the aftermath would be a huge slap of reality. Left over fabrics, sequins, glue, feathers, ribbons, fake gems, chains, interface, sponge, craft foams, wires, spray paints and felt aside.
What about the costumes??????!!
Let’s face it, how many use will you get out of one costume? One rarely even manage to get 3 use out of it.
Okay, fine. Even if you do get like, 3 use out of it. What happens to the costume next?
I don’t know about you, but every time I rummage through those stacks and drawers of costumes, I start to entertain quitting cosplay. While I really enjoy cosplaying and is somewhat addicted to it, there are also lousy moments when I look at what’s left and groan. And then I ask myself, was all those hours of hard work and money worth this short moment of fun =_=;;?
For space constrained Singapore, this is an on-going challenge >_<;;
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME PWEASE!!!
What about the costumes??????!!
Let’s face it, how many use will you get out of one costume? One rarely even manage to get 3 use out of it.
panel management
Okay, fine. Even if you do get like, 3 use out of it. What happens to the costume next?
I don’t know about you, but every time I rummage through those stacks and drawers of costumes, I start to entertain quitting cosplay. While I really enjoy cosplaying and is somewhat addicted to it, there are also lousy moments when I look at what’s left and groan. And then I ask myself, was all those hours of hard work and money worth this short moment of fun =_=;;?
online surveys
For space constrained Singapore, this is an on-going challenge >_<;;
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME PWEASE!!!
Wayne Foundation Charity
Last year I posted about the Wayne Foundation and how they work to stop child sex trafficking.
They are having another Charity drive at DriveThruRPG/One Bookshelf.
All money goes to stopping the trafficking of children as sex slaves/merchandise.
Please consider this bundle of games, fiction and art.
They are having another Charity drive at DriveThruRPG/One Bookshelf.
All money goes to stopping the trafficking of children as sex slaves/merchandise.
Please consider this bundle of games, fiction and art.
Zatannurday: More Monday!
So popular in fact that Jettie herself Tweeted about it, asking if I had seen her newest version of the costume.
Well I have now! :)
And imagine my delight when I saw they were Steampunk Zatanna!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258798927493343.68039.209333585773211&type=3
So here they are by request and permission of Jettie herself! Photos by Bill Nash, http://www.billn.net/
http://www.billn.net/Events/Causeplay-Las-Vegas-Sept-2011/19100465_Rw3GcM#!i=1486556791&k=wJBV74f
I think she looks fantastic!
So please "like" her on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/jettiemonday, and follow her on Twitter, http://twitter.com/#!/jettiemonday and view her Flickr page, http://www.flickr.com/people/jettiemonday/
AniSama Live - I'll Believe (Shakugan no Shana iii, ending song)
One of the best things to an Otaku, is listening to the songs of their favourite Anime sung live! Even better, is to see elements of the Anime being mixed into the performance.
This AniSama live performance of Shakugan no Shana Final’s 1st ending song, “I’ll Believe” by ALTIMA does just that!
The Shana Fan girl in me squealed when I saw so many of the dancers wearing the Shana School Uniform xD Then when Shana’s image came up on the screen along with Kugimiya Rie’s voice, I screamed along with the entire stadium XD
Does anyone know exactly which event is this from? Animelo or Anisama? The uploader wrote Anisama but my internet search seems to imply both are the same???
Jumat, 04 Mei 2012
One Solstice Night
So I enjoy reading lots of different types of books and the one thing the advent of the eBook has given me is access to authors I might not other know about and access to their books. So I stepped outside my normal range of books and found this new-to-me author Elroa Bishop.
One Solstice Night
Take equal parts of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and give them a solid twist and make it a love story then you might have something close to One Solstice Night. But you should read the book anyway just to be sure.
OSN is a new novella by Elora Bishop, http://elorabishop.wordpress.com.
A self described “Author of magical lesbian love stories” I had read her previous work, “The Witch Sea” and enjoyed it. I got a copy of OSN and instead of completing my curriculum redesign I read it. I am glad I did.
The book is rather short (one of the downsides) but very entertaining. The book focuses on Isabella Fox (a very mediocre witch) and her talking familiar Alice. Isabella has just been run out of her last town and she needs a new job. As a witch for hire, especially one that is only so-so, she doesn’t have a lot of options. So she ends up with the town of Benevolence (which is part of a series I guess). Benevolence is quiet to be boring and she only has one spell to cast every year (and she is not even convinced it’s needed) and it would be the perfect gig. Except for the Outcast.
There are a lot of cool locales that I hope we get to see in other books. The Hag Bar in the World’s Largest Swamp was a really cool idea. It was very easy to see all these witches, holding brooms and their drinks walking around, drinking, chatting. I wish I had thought of it. Benevolence is an interesting town. I enjoyed the causal magic people were using and Bishop did a great job of detailing the inhabitants.
What I liked about this tale is there is a certain timelessness about it. No indication is given on when it takes place or even where, leaving it all up to your imagination. I think this is a good thing to be honest.
We get witches as a given but we also get “Changers” which are people that can change into animals. Not like werewolves, one minute they an animal the next they are human. I liked it to be honest.
The love story part of this is between Isabella and another woman (natch) and it is very well handled. There is nothing here that would be above a PG-13 level really. The relationship builds over the course of the book and when it happens you believe it.
The climax of the book is something Isabella didn’t expect (nor did I) and frankly the action parts really pushed this book in my opinion. I will not spoil the end, but I will say I can’t wait to read more about Isabella.
My only issue with the book. It was not very long. It is described as a novella, but it is on the short side of that I think. I like short stories and this is closer in size to that (maybe longer) though the plotting is more novel like. In truth though to make this story longer would have been unnatural. There is a well defined begging, middle and end here and to make longer would have seemed odd.
In the end, girl finds girl and they live happily ever after. At least till next year when she has to do the spell again. ;)
I would love to read more about Isabella’s future adventures.
What strikes me the most about this book is how much it would work as a Witch Girls Adventures setting. http://channelmlive.com/witchgirls/wgahome.html and http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/channelm/witch-girls-book-of-shadows-witch-girls-second-edi
The Hag Bar would be right at home with everything else in Witch Girls. I can also practically stat up Isabella Fox, Emily Deer, Mrs. Cat, Mrs. Goose and Alice in my head now.
It does make me want to read some of Bishop’s work.
One Solstice Night
Take equal parts of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and give them a solid twist and make it a love story then you might have something close to One Solstice Night. But you should read the book anyway just to be sure.
OSN is a new novella by Elora Bishop, http://elorabishop.wordpress.com.
A self described “Author of magical lesbian love stories” I had read her previous work, “The Witch Sea” and enjoyed it. I got a copy of OSN and instead of completing my curriculum redesign I read it. I am glad I did.
The book is rather short (one of the downsides) but very entertaining. The book focuses on Isabella Fox (a very mediocre witch) and her talking familiar Alice. Isabella has just been run out of her last town and she needs a new job. As a witch for hire, especially one that is only so-so, she doesn’t have a lot of options. So she ends up with the town of Benevolence (which is part of a series I guess). Benevolence is quiet to be boring and she only has one spell to cast every year (and she is not even convinced it’s needed) and it would be the perfect gig. Except for the Outcast.
There are a lot of cool locales that I hope we get to see in other books. The Hag Bar in the World’s Largest Swamp was a really cool idea. It was very easy to see all these witches, holding brooms and their drinks walking around, drinking, chatting. I wish I had thought of it. Benevolence is an interesting town. I enjoyed the causal magic people were using and Bishop did a great job of detailing the inhabitants.
What I liked about this tale is there is a certain timelessness about it. No indication is given on when it takes place or even where, leaving it all up to your imagination. I think this is a good thing to be honest.
We get witches as a given but we also get “Changers” which are people that can change into animals. Not like werewolves, one minute they an animal the next they are human. I liked it to be honest.
The love story part of this is between Isabella and another woman (natch) and it is very well handled. There is nothing here that would be above a PG-13 level really. The relationship builds over the course of the book and when it happens you believe it.
The climax of the book is something Isabella didn’t expect (nor did I) and frankly the action parts really pushed this book in my opinion. I will not spoil the end, but I will say I can’t wait to read more about Isabella.
My only issue with the book. It was not very long. It is described as a novella, but it is on the short side of that I think. I like short stories and this is closer in size to that (maybe longer) though the plotting is more novel like. In truth though to make this story longer would have been unnatural. There is a well defined begging, middle and end here and to make longer would have seemed odd.
In the end, girl finds girl and they live happily ever after. At least till next year when she has to do the spell again. ;)
I would love to read more about Isabella’s future adventures.
What strikes me the most about this book is how much it would work as a Witch Girls Adventures setting. http://channelmlive.com/witchgirls/wgahome.html and http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/channelm/witch-girls-book-of-shadows-witch-girls-second-edi
The Hag Bar would be right at home with everything else in Witch Girls. I can also practically stat up Isabella Fox, Emily Deer, Mrs. Cat, Mrs. Goose and Alice in my head now.
It does make me want to read some of Bishop’s work.
Kamis, 03 Mei 2012
WIP it Out
I was digging through my hard drive the other day. Just looking through files after files of things I have written spanning 3 decades, 6 different computers, 8 different OSes and countless game systems.
I have a huge desire to get these out of my hands and into yours. Either as free, purchase or whatever books.
So here are the statuses of my various "Works in Progress", or in this case "Witches in Progress".
The Witch (for Basic Era Games) is off to an editor for final edits. Art has been purchased and then I can wrap-up the layout.
Eldritch Witchery for Spellcraft & Swordplay is off to a different editor. Art has been purchased for that one as well. That one will need some tweaks according to my editor, but that is expected to be honest.
The Complete Book of Witches & Warlocks (working title) is a Pathfinder update to my Liber Mysterium book. It is a collection of everything I have done for d20/OGL witches. Significant edits and rewrites to bring my witches in line with the Pathfinder one.
Here There Be Dragons... my son's old school (OSRIC/LL Advanced) book on various new dragons. Written, needs edits and stat revisions.
On other fronts I have:
The Vampire Queen adventure. Needs maps. For Spellcraft & Swordplay.
Darwin's Guide. A collection of monsters for Gaslight. Writing.
And some Ghosts of Albion adventures: (various stages of completion)
GoA: Obsession - who keeps killing singer Miriam White?
GoA: Blight - the Protector of Ireland is dead and you are prime suspect.
GoA: Wilderness - the Industrial Revolution is on hold when the Wood fights back.
GoA: Dinosauria! - You are invited to a most unusual New Year's Eve party.
GoA: Angst - strange goings on at a local school for girls. Ran once. needs edits.
GoA: Underground - The new London underground train has unearthed something horrible.
GoA: Pygmalion - an artist is surround by death.
GoA: Synchronicity - what threat is so horrible that it takes the combined casts of Ghosts of Albion and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to stop?
Some of these would work for other systems.
Anyway. Lots of stuff. I'll need more time to sort it out, but no sense is letting it languish any more.
I get these moods every so often. The desire to clean house. Normally it takes the shape of me packing up a bunch of my books and games and unloading them at the local game auction. But the last time I did that I so regretted it that I vowed never to do it again. So this time I'll create new books to unload.
I have a huge desire to get these out of my hands and into yours. Either as free, purchase or whatever books.
So here are the statuses of my various "Works in Progress", or in this case "Witches in Progress".
The Witch (for Basic Era Games) is off to an editor for final edits. Art has been purchased and then I can wrap-up the layout.
Eldritch Witchery for Spellcraft & Swordplay is off to a different editor. Art has been purchased for that one as well. That one will need some tweaks according to my editor, but that is expected to be honest.
The Complete Book of Witches & Warlocks (working title) is a Pathfinder update to my Liber Mysterium book. It is a collection of everything I have done for d20/OGL witches. Significant edits and rewrites to bring my witches in line with the Pathfinder one.
Here There Be Dragons... my son's old school (OSRIC/LL Advanced) book on various new dragons. Written, needs edits and stat revisions.
On other fronts I have:
The Vampire Queen adventure. Needs maps. For Spellcraft & Swordplay.
Darwin's Guide. A collection of monsters for Gaslight. Writing.
And some Ghosts of Albion adventures: (various stages of completion)
GoA: Obsession - who keeps killing singer Miriam White?
GoA: Blight - the Protector of Ireland is dead and you are prime suspect.
GoA: Wilderness - the Industrial Revolution is on hold when the Wood fights back.
GoA: Dinosauria! - You are invited to a most unusual New Year's Eve party.
GoA: Angst - strange goings on at a local school for girls. Ran once. needs edits.
GoA: Underground - The new London underground train has unearthed something horrible.
GoA: Pygmalion - an artist is surround by death.
GoA: Synchronicity - what threat is so horrible that it takes the combined casts of Ghosts of Albion and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to stop?
Some of these would work for other systems.
Anyway. Lots of stuff. I'll need more time to sort it out, but no sense is letting it languish any more.
I get these moods every so often. The desire to clean house. Normally it takes the shape of me packing up a bunch of my books and games and unloading them at the local game auction. But the last time I did that I so regretted it that I vowed never to do it again. So this time I'll create new books to unload.
