Yesssss
Posted by: lillymelody on: May 26, 2012
“A boy with the love in his heart, ‘boldened by the courage in his soul He will fight for the rights of the fairies and the sprites, a hero among trolls”
- “Bronze Page” by Ian “MyUsernamesMud” White and Eston ”silence” Schweickart with vocals by Ally Clark
The local Movie Stop downsized, so I went to check out their inventory. (They still have the best selection and price for anime….the section did not shrink even when the physical store did! yay)
I ended up buying The Secret World of Arrietty and Persepolis. Yesterday, I also grabbed Face/off for dirt cheap, so now my summer movie collection is growing.
I still have Uta-Kata, Juno, the rest of Summer Wars, and a few others ahead in the queue, so I hope I can get to them soon. I’ll be stuck on very long car rides, so I’m going to be catching up on my reading instead.
Summer :D
Posted by: lillymelody on: May 26, 2012
“Take off both your shoes Whatever chances you get Especially when they’re wet.”
-”Ghost of Corporate Future” by Regina Spektor
Yay! I am now officially free for the summer. I celebrated my first few hours of freedom by hitting up downtown for lunch and attending our second annual Hetalia party. (I am starting to enjoy this tradition) Sometime before the end of May I need to record my audition for an anime singing contest, and style my new wigs. My main goal is get my hair dyed pink before I have to go out of town. I plan on dying just and inch or so at the tips.
I don’t have much time before my great big vacation starts, so updates may be sparse. Eeks!
tumblr
Posted by: lillymelody on: May 2, 2012
As you may recall, months ago I created a tumblr account to promote the Metrocon Cantown project. Finally, after spending a lot of time on tumblr, I decided to make a personal account. If anybody’s interested, the url is matryoshkarose.
I mostly post silly things that I don’t feel warrant a full post on this blog, so it’s not very active. I do feel that having such an account opens up more ways of communication, though.
Bodyline Review- 1 OP, 1 petti, 1 necklace (positive)
Posted by: lillymelody on: April 21, 2012
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I placed my very first order with Bodyline. I bought a necklace from the “last one” section, petticoat pan049 and dress 1447 in blue (gre)
I used DHL instead of EMS, since right now shipping is $10. I placed the order on March 25th, and received the package on April 13th. The pricing was reasonable, with the dress costing somewhere around $50. The petticoat was %27, and the necklace was $7.
Customer Service/communication: 5/5
I quickly received confirmation emails, and was able to use the tracking number to check its progress. I never encountered any problems.
Speed- 4/5
I wasn’t in any hurry, so 3 weeks seemed reasonable. It came just in time for Khaotic Kon, but then I decided not to wear it.
Packaging- 5/5
There was no noticeable damage, and each item was neatly packed into individual bags.
Construction 4/5
There were many loose threads and frays by the end of the first wear. On the other hand, the zipper is well hidden to the side and does not get stuck. (as opposed to my last dress, which had it right down the back, and jammed frequently)
The fabric is a nice and sturdy herring bone pattern, slightly nicer than just cotton. I assumed it would be a thinner fabric, but the quality of the garment is very satisfactory.
I’m also glad to see that the color is faithful to the website’s images.
There are many nice details to the dress, especially on the neckline. As you can see, the buttons are shaped like roses, and are surrounded by decent quality lace.
The sleeve is edged in lace as well, and looks very nice when worn.
As for the petticoat……wow. I didn’t expect so much poof from a $27 petti. I wore it for several hours and it hardly deflated. The only drawbacks are it is incredibly short and itchy! I was surprised by its length, and feel a little disappointed that I can’t wear it with my longer dress. It’s still worth buying, but I really need a good pair of bloomers to wear under it in order to tolerate how itchy is can be, especially around the waistband.
Finally, the necklace! It looks pretty, but the chain is plastic and not metal. I have yet to wear it because minutes after removing it from its packaging, the chain broke. I haven’t had a chance to break out the pliers and repair it. I may end up buying a new chain to hang the pendant on.
I’m stalling
Posted by: lillymelody on: April 20, 2012
“Hello, myself.
Haven’t we met before?
Goodbye, yourself.
So, want to talk?”
-“iNSANiTY” by matt9five (doofus-P)
Today I wore my new Bodyline dress to school, and got a pretty positive reaction to it. Underclassmen thought it was neat, and some of my anime club friends immediately recognized it as lolita. The only downside was that we had an impromptu lab involving lots of liquids during science, and I had to stand there, extracting DNA in loli. Perfect!
Later, I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up a manga (Durara volume 1) and a woman stopped me as I was paying to compliment me. Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ Good day.
Haha I’m still not finished typing up my Bodyline review….I haven’t even uploaded my pictures yet. I have tomorrow off, so I hope to have it posted here and on EGL by the weekend. (p.s. my username is matryoshkalilly)
Convention Report: Khaotic Kon
Posted by: lillymelody on: April 15, 2012
Yesterday I attended Khaotic Kon for about three hours. At first I didn’t even want to buy a con pass, and just hang out in the artist’s alley, but in the end it was worth it. Within minutes of arriving at the hotel, my friend and I went straight into the Khaotic Combat Musical. The performance was a mashup of Doctor Who and various anime, cartoon, and video game characters. Some of the fight scenes were cheesy, but it was very entertaining overall. The crowd was moderately rowdy, giggling and singing along, even shouting out to certain characters on stage. I had a nice conversation with the girl sitting to my right, and left the main ballroom feeling excited for the rest of the con….
….until I realized that there wasn’t that much left to see. The artist alley boasted a better selection of artists than Shadocon, but the vendor room left me wanting more. For the first time in seven conventions, I left without buying any merchandise whatsoever.
My friend and I wandered the halls, searching for any panels to drop in on, but discovered that there were seldom few of those, either. We sat to eat lunch, took a few pictures, and left right as the maid cafe was preparing to open. I was surprised to see that there was very little Homestuck cosplay (which had been a huge fandom at Mega) and Hetalia cosplay was on the rise again.
I’ve been spoiled by Megacon and Metrocon, that’s for sure, but Khaotic felt anti-climatic. Shadocon was quite small in its first year, and even in its second year, lacked the panels and vendors that other conventions have, but still had enough going on to keep visitors occupied. Khaotic occupied an even smaller venue than Shado, and seemed to have less attendees as well. (I figured that because of the lack of overflow into outdoor areas- even the main lobby was not full to the brim by a long shot. If too many congoers had attended, the pool and outdoor walkways would have been in more use)
The convention has lots of potential! This con wasn’t advertised as much as I would have expected, and the lack of buzz was reflected in its attendees. Few of the people I know had heard of the event before I threw flyers at them. Once the word gets out more, it can grow, just like Shadocon did.
(no photos because I was closet-cosplaying, and I didn’t take too many pictures of other people. Plus, I don’t have any of their urls to credit them ):)
Like this:
All my hobbies are colliding.
Posted by: lillymelody on: April 12, 2012
A friend suggested No. 6 and showed us the first episode during Anime Club on Monday. Now, on Thursday, I’ve already watched all 11 episodes. ;A; Wahh, I shed a tear or two. The only good thing is I get to relive these emotions reading the manga scanlations and novel translations.
Meanwhile, I’m still waiting on my package from Bodyline.
Also, tomorrow is Homestuck Day!!! I will do absolutely nothing to celebrate beyond read the update and listen to the new album. My schedule is so jam-packed orz.
Friday I have a ton of work to do, but then I get to dress up as Touko/Hilda, and go to a Pokemon party! (I spent all evening today reading Bulbapedia, and creating the perfet TCG deck. Someday I shall blog about my huge Pokemon collection). Saturday is Khaotic Kon, so I switch into my Gumi costume. Yessssss.
Only a week away
Posted by: lillymelody on: April 9, 2012
“I wonder if I hear even the songs I listened to as a kid in a whole different way now?” -”Cherry Bon Bon” by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Well, the past couple weeks have been fairly hectic! since the last time I posted, I made several more squiddles, placed my first order with Bodyline (I’ll post a review here and on livejournal when it arrives, which should be any day now), completed a research paper, and managed to fall even deeper into the Homestuck fandom. I sewed half a skirt, and I just need to gather the bottom piece and attach the waist band before I can wear it! But I may never find the time to at this rate.
This saturday I am attending Khaotic Kon, a small anime convention in its first year! Friday is 4/13 (aka Friday the 13th, aka Homestuck Day) but I’m too busy to fully celebrate. What I will do, however, is cosplay as Matryoshka Gumi at the con.
I don’t feel that I’ll be staying at the hotel long enough to warrant full troll makeup, so I decided to go back to my roots and reuse a crappy party city with to revive one of my earlier costumes. I’ll shed a few layers from the outfit I wore as Karkat in February, since it’ll probably be in the 90s by the weekend, but hopefully the modifications I made for the troll costume will blend nicely with the whole vocaloid look.
Tangle Buddies!
Posted by: lillymelody on: March 22, 2012
“Sea unicorns and happy candy corn shrimp, they all sing the song of the sea.” -”Squiddles”
To celebrate spring, I took a trip to the beach, and did what all normal people do there- sew! I came intending to sew a basic navy floral print skirt for myself, but I succumbed to the alluring cuteness of Squiddles. So far, I’ve made two green and started one blue. (I want to give them to all of my friends!)
Also, I discovered a new vintage clothes shop on the beach, in a cute shopping area. The dresses I tried on were too boxy on me (welp, 80s shoulder pads) but I look forward to going there again. Although it’s a trendy little boutique (rather than a thrift store kind of thing), the pricing is very reasonable!
