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This year I will be going to my first anime convention in August. I'm so excited! I'm going with a couple of my friends and of course I'm going to dress up because if I could I would wear a costume everyday, so how could I ever pass up an opportunity like this? ^_^

After much consideration and thought, I have finally decided on who I'm going to cosplay as...and I've decided to be...drumroll please...Szayel Aporro Grantz from Bleach! If I had to pick a single favorite character in Bleach (I love so many that it's hard to pick just one) I think it would be Szayel. <3

It was a hard decision between Szayel, Ulquiorra, and Nnoitra, but unfortunately Nnoitra had to be eliminated rather early because I am just too short to be Nnoitra. ^_^ I am, however, almost pale enough to cosplay as Ulquiorra without any makeup (hahaha, yes, I am that pale!), but I think Szayel will be a good first costume. Because of course I plan to keep doing this!

I am cheating a little, though, and I'm having my grandma help me make my costume because I am challenged in the sewing department. But we will see how it goes! I can't wait until it's finished, and it isn't even started yet! Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures once it's finished and I have all the accessories made. Now I just have to wait until August!

Haha, I love comparing people to characters in books or movies...and I love when people compare me to characters, because then I get to see myself how others see me! It's quite fun...

Anyway, I submitted an application on the bleach_rating community to see what character I am...so we will see what people say! Here's the application, in case you were curious, and I would love it if you would tell me who I remind you of too! ^_^

( Application Time! )

For Christmas I got a Nintendo Wii, and so being a Bleach fan, I decided to buy the game Shattered Blade...unfortunately, now I'm addicted! It's basically a fighting game, but I love the fact that there are so many characters to choose from! I think Ulquiorra is my favorite character to play...but you could probably guess that from my userpic and username. :)

And now for a rather funny story involving aforementioned game. It all began when I wanted to play with another player instead of just the computer. However, my sister is vehemently against anime and manga...not that she's ever tried watching or reading either, but just because she thinks it's "uncool." So she refused to play with me. I asked my mother, who is definitely not a video game person, but she said she would give it a try since she knew I wanted to play with someone. Oh dear. Have you ever tried to explain the concepts of Bleach to someone who has no idea what it's about? It was quite amusing, and I'm pretty sure my mother thinks I'm insane. Anyway, I tried to avoid using characters names and the word "bankai" so that made it extra interesting...

So my mom and I start playing, and the best part is when she's picking her character. She comes up with nicknames for a lot of them: Ulquiorra became known as "slapper boy" because according to her, he looks annoying because of the fact that he has his hands in his pockets and only takes them out to slap people. She picked Rangiku once because she thought maybe her assets would cause her to win automatically. She did like Kenpachi's hair, though. But I believe her favorite was Captain Komamura, because she claimed she could just flail around and still do damage with him.

My sister was watching us as we were playing, and she finally decided that she would give it a try too, just because she wanted to beat me. The funniest moment of the entire evening was when my sister chose to play Kenpachi. Her bankai meter filled up, and my mom told her to shake the nunchuk. Now, this causes the Kenpachi on the screen to look like he's on fire because of his spiritual energy...at which point my sister exclaims, "I'm on fire!" and proceeds to panic and yell at me because she thought I told her to do something that would hurt her. I almost lost because I was laughing so hard.

So, as much fun as it would be to play this game with people who actually know the characters and the story, I think it may have been more amusing to listen to the commentary of those who have no idea what's going on. ^_^

So here it is...my very first entry in LiveJournal! What excitement...Anyway, I'm determined to actually write interesting things in here once I have some interesting stories to tell. :) Or perhaps it will just be a place for me to rant and talk about anime and manga and all the other things I love.

The first day of 2009 has so far been...well...not too exciting. I did stay up until midnight last night after I left a party full of people I didn't know. Haha, it was kind of interesting; a lot can be learned by just listening to people talk. But then again, it was also kind of awkward, like many moments in my life. :)

So sorry for the pathetically boring first post! But I will hopefully be back with something a little more interesting next time! Happy New Year everyone! :)