Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

Recently, I've found myself reading Tamaki/Kaoru fics. >>; I can't seem to help it, there are a lot of cute Tama/Kao fics coming out lately for some reason. And the two of them are adorable! My Hikaru-muse HATES ME SO MUCH OMG LAWL. XD;

I'll placate him later. Somehow. Maybe.

Today Mom took me to Barrie to pick up the rest of my books for the Writer's Craft course; basically, they only sent me a quarter of the course, and didn't bother to give me the textbook, so even though I signed up for/paid for the course like six weeks ago, I haven't been able to do any of it. Anyway, so got the rest! Finally! :D

Then since we were in Barrie anyway~ we went to Chapters. X33 She got a bunch of novels that I'm generally not interested in, and I got a book on stonehenge, the 9th volume of Ouran, and updated my Tsubasa collection, since I was 3 volumes behind. I <3 Mom for buying me manga. lol.

RP: Uhh... Demyx and Zexion are a couple now (and are very cute, omfg) and probably going to move in together. Kyo is hooking up with Zelos for some reason, which is interesting to say the least. Dante was all :3 about the twins in their schoolgirl costumes, but right now he's hitting on Nuriko so they're safe for the moment. XD;

Still no photoblogging catch-up. I'm off to eat maceroni. Ye-up.

I'm in a manic swing right now... I haven't slept much in the last few days, basically a couple hours in the morning between 8am and 12-ish. This last morning I slept from 8:30 until around 11 or so. Yey. >>;;

Haha, so I probably shouldn't be drinking coke right now, right? XD; Caffeine~

At least I usually get a lot done when I'm manic, lol. I'm working on like 12 ponies right now; last night I started my Alien!facehugger pony bwahaha~ XD, and a second Roxas pony, this time in the Org XIII trenchcoat (next is Demyx and Zexion!) And I finished the second Axel last night, too.

Now I'm working on various Riku ponies, and a Zero (from Vampire Knight), as well as a Duo and an Utena. One of the Riku ponies is sitting to the side right now, waiting for me to do his hair/tail, and for me to sew him a trenchcoat. We'll see how that goes. ^_^;;

Oh, and Anthrax for papercut917~ ♥ Oh, by the way! *pokku* What colour of hair do you want me to use for him? I don't have any shades on hand right now that are even close (I fail), so go poke around restoredoll and let me know which one I need to order! ^^~

Did I mention that the more I look at the sketch you sent me, the more I <3 Anthrax? =3

...hm.

Earlier today I randomly had the urge to start a blog crew. There are like a billion of them around (I'm in one or two Ouran ones XD;;), but they're interesting and actually I find them good for writer's block. Unfortunately, the ones I'm in are about a sneeze away from dying...

I should start a Valdemar one! =O

Anyone want to do that with me? We'll all just pick Valdemar characters and blog as them! Or Valdemar OCs? That'd be fun, too. I have about two hundred characters to pick from in that case. >>;

I miss my Ouran blogs, though. I'm still gonna keep blogging in them even if no one else in the crew does. XDD

...I feel like baking now. .__.;

Hah, I finally got my hands on a copy of the Cherry Boy doujin I've been trying for for the last while~ Yey! ^___^

...I need to stop spending money on Ouran stuff doujinshi. >>;;

( YAAAA~Y )

The pants are at my Grandma's because they needed to be hemmed and she lives to sew, lol. I'll get them back in a few days.

And I still need to stitch the patch onto the jacket, but I haven't yet because I'm not sure if I'm happy with the color of the jacket itself. It's a little light. I could dye it darker, but I'm afraid of screwing it up... what do you think? Is it good enough, or is it too light? I dunno...

Anyway! I still need to buy myself some decent looking shoes, but other than that I'm good. I even have an Ouran uniform watch to wear with it; though it's a man's watch so it's huge on my stupidly skinny wrist. XD;;

I want to go as a specific character, but I suck at wigs. >>;;

( Besides which... )

And I need a Kaoru to go with me anyway. ;.; Not that I couldn't find one there, I'm sure, but you know~

OMGYEY I found a light blue blazer~~ X3

Last night I invited Mom and Lee over for dinner and we had the various pies I made the night before, lol. We also had broccoli. Basically, I wanted someone other than myself to try the meat pie and tell me what they thought, because I mean, if I like it but no one else does then there's still clearly something that needs to change.

But they both loved it, so I'm good. <3

Anyway, the point of this post was that late last night I decided I want to cosplay at Anime North. [/random]

But because it's semi-last-minute (seriously, for cosplay two months is like nothing), and I want to spend as much time as I can working on ponies, I'm going to just pick three school uniforms from different series and wear one on each day, instead of going as specific characters. I might do that next year. :)

So I decided I want to do a (male) Ouran uniform (of course), and the female uniform from Fruits Basket (the long-skirted version that Arisa wears). I have yet to decide what the third one is going to be... hmm. It has to be something relatively simple that won't take long to put together. (Like the Ouran one, I don't have to actually make anything, the most I have to do is iron on the school crest to the jacket, lmao~ XD;)

Any suggestions?

DONE, WHOOT! =D

Now I just need to do Renge and Nekozawa~ ♥

( Haruhi )

Haruhi was made from one of the 2006 Easter basket ponies... Cherries Jubilee? I think. Her hair turned out to be easy to do, which I'm glad for. Her symbol has a coffee cup, along with the Ouran coat of arms, and she has a red rose on her hoof.

( Tamaki )

Tamaki was made from a G3 pony that I can never remember the name of. XD; She was purple and had a gem in her symbol. Anyway, his hair was a bitch to do, and I'm still not really happy with it, but I think it's probably not as bad as I think it is. ^_^; His symbol has a crown, along with the Ouran coat of arms, and he has a white rose on his hoof.

( Kyouya )

Kyouya was made from a Beachberry (I think). His hair was easy, but didn't turn out quite the way I was hoping it would. His glasses are made out of craft wire. His symbol is a shine and a Yen sign with the Ouran coat of arms, and he has a purple rose on his hoof.

( Honey )

Honey was made from a baby pony... you know the purple one that had no name? ^_^; His hair was super easy to do (which surprised me, actually). His symbol is those pink flower things of his, along with the Ouran coat of arms, and he has a pink rose on his hoof.

( Kaoru )

Kaoru was made from a Sew-n-Sew (the same pose as the last one I did, but a different pony); his hair was easy since I've done it before so I knew how to do it. His symbol is the Ouran coat of arms with angel wings and a halo, and he has an orange rose on his hoof. <3

( Hikaru )

Hikaru was made from a G3 pony, but I can't remember the name. His hair was easy (like Kaoru's); his symbol is the Ouran school crest with devil horns, wings and a tail, and he has a light blue rose on his hoof.

( Mori )

Mori was made from a Rainbow Flash. His hair was a pain to do, and in fact, I finished it once and baked it off... then removed it and redid it again. I'm pretty happy with how it came out the second time. ^^ His tail is much shorter than the others' tails. His symbol is a (crappy) kendo sword, with the Ouran coat of arms, and he has a dark blue rose on his hoof.

( Group pics~ )

Ahhh, I'm really happy with how these turned out. The photos don't do them justice at all... I need to invest in a new camera, I think. :p Of everything, I'm most happy with the eyes on all of them, and I think Honey turned out particularly cute. =3

EDIT: ARGH, I CAN'T DRAW ROSES. ><;

Working on finishing up my Ouran ponies, yey. I should have them done in the next couple of days.

I planned to do the rest of the clay work tonight and finish up the last of the painting probably tomorrow, but my meds are doing something weird right now and I'm having trouble concentrating. BLEGH.

I did finish up the clay on the twins set for AN, and I'm going to try to get Honey finished, but chances are it won't get done until tomorrow. -.-;

Also, I haven't had dinner yet, and I'm starting to get hungry and tired. Must go get food.

*does so*

So last year I asked this, and then ended up not being able to get a table at Artist Alley, which SUCKED. But that's digressing. >>;

Basically, I'm asking what characters you all think I should attempt to make ponies from~

Because I know I'm not always 100% in tune with the newest big series/characters, lol. XD;

So far, my plans are Fruits Basket ponies (Jyuunishi, Tohru, Hana, Arisa), Ouran ponies (Hosts, and maybe Nekozawa and Renge), FMA ponies (so far just Ed, but probably at least Al as well) and SM Stars ponies (Seiya, Taiki and Yaten.) So that's like 30-ish ponies planned already. But I can do two a day (and I've got 9 done already), so I can do more than 30 if I get my bum in gear. ^.^

So what else is big right now? Any other characters I really should be doing?

I guess they don't have to be anime ponies, either. People at Artist Alley do all kinds of things...

Maybe I should try to get some of my CSI ponies done in time for AN, too...

EDIT: Yes, I'm still awake. Shush. >>;;

My thumb keeps breaking open and bleeding. >>; This may take a while to heal.

BUT.

Despite that, I have a whole freaking herd of Ouran ponies half-assembled and milling around on my coffee table right now. They are joined by 2 Ed!ponies, and a Rin!pony, as well as four ponies that I haven't started customizing yet. XD;

But alas, Tono is not among the half-finished Ouran ones. ;~; Because the pony I'm making him out of had a stupid jem in her symbol, so I had to remove that and trim around the crater, and I have to fill it in with clay and bake it off before I can start working on him.

Tamaki. I mean TAMAKI. Not Tono. DAMMIT HIKARU GET OUT OF MY BRAIN.

....

No wait, I was just kidding! Don't go~~~

I'm hoping to finish off the last bits of painting and ribbon-ing, and start doing hair tomorrow. That may take a few days to finish, since all the Ouran ones have clay hair. There are two Kaoru ponies and a Hikaru pony there, one set to go with me to sell at AN, and the extra Kaoru to go with the Hikaru pony that's sitting on my shelves making big sad eyes at me because I mailed his twin away to Kao-mun. ^_^;;

I feel bad, so I'll probably end up making another Hikaru one to send to be a set with her Kao!pony, too. >>

I've been guilt tripped by inanimate plastic ponies, despite how determined I was not to be. -.-;;

Anyway, I started painting Rin!pony today (the Horse from Furuba), and I don't know if I'm happy with the color I chose. I was looking at the color scheme on the front of her volume of the manga, and ended up picking the dark green that's on her uniform cuffs. But I'm not sure if I like it or not... I might end up re-painting her.

I want to paint her black, but with her being black, her hair being black, and then her symbol being black (even though it's 3-D), it probably won't stand out enough. I might try painting her the green-white that the rest of her uniform is and see if I like that better...

Yes. I'm really rambling, aren't I?

Also... we keep losing people over at the RY RP. TT~~~TT Now Rit-mun is gone, so we've lost Ritsuka and Haruhi F., too. I'm sure Kao-mun will just weep about not having a Haruhi... [/sarcasm]

The last couple of months a lot of people have dropped out. Le sigh.

I've got a really bad cold right now. -_-;; I'm pretty sure I got it from Mom, since she's been sick with it off and on for about two months now. Thanks Mom. >>;

I'm taking cough syrup to try to keep it out of my lungs, but it's slowly creeping in there anyway, the bastard. I've got a barking cough and my lungs are starting to get congested. That part aside, I also have a chronic headache and my sinuses are rebelling against me.

It's been winter-y (with snow and everything) here for like 3 seconds and I've already managed to get sick. I frickin hate the winter. >_<;;

Anyway, other than that...

I've been struggling against insomnia (again) the last few days, but at least I've been productive while I couldn't sleep; I think I'm in a manic swing right now. I haven't had one in a while... I hope I'm not building an immunity to the meds again. =__=;;

But anyhoo, I've finished three ponies for AN in the last couple of days (as well as one really late Christmas!gift!pony for khriskin), and I'm rather proud of them. The beginning of a set of Fruits Basket ponies; Tohru, Ayame and Kagura. Their symbols are 3-D of their animal forms, and Tohru's in a smiling onigiri. XD

Now I'm taking a break from Furuba ponies for a while (the next Furuba pony I work on is going to be Kisa and/or Momiji) but for now I'm going back to Ouran ponies for a bit. <3

I've got photos of Tohru, Ayame and Kagura that I'm going to share, of course. Probably later today~

LMFAO, right now the Spice Girls movie is playing on CityTV, and I'm having these crazy flashbacks to grade eight and the talent show when my friends and I did a dance/lip synch thing to Spice World. I was Sporty Spice. And it was rediculous fun, no matter how dorky it seems to look back on it now. Shut up, Spice Girls were cool back then! XD;;

EDIT: Ugh, this cough syrup is making me sleepy. -.-; Maybe I should take come cold pills too, ne Kao-mun~? XD

If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

Oh, and my second Ouran art book dealie came in today. The first one got here last week. (I like the one that came in today better [/random] lol.) They were both a little bit bent in the mail. ><; I guess that's what you get with books that aren't hardcover...

And I got a Christmas card from Nana-mun, too~ ♥ DIE OF THE GLITTER ATTACK. X3

I had to amble down to the pharmacy today to pick up prescriptions (Apo-Carbamezapine, Ratio-Citalopram and Avandia), and while I was down that way I wandered through the Dollarama. (I should never be allowed in there, seriously.)

I spent like $25 on stuff to send to people in my next round of P.O.S. boxes, and craft supplies for myself. XD;

Why is Dollarama such a good dollar store??

>>;;

And while I was there, I got some treats for the rats/cats (mostly the rats); they're these pork-link chew-things, actually meant for dogs, but I find that dog treats are excellent for the ratties, they love them. :)

Anyway, I gave Yuki and Kori a couple to munch on, and since Loki was giving me big PRETTY PLEASE MOMMY eyes, I gave one to him, too... and he was like WHOO!, and took off with it-- and now he doesn't seem to know what to do with it, lol. They're supposed to be chew-toys, so they're hard and he doesn't seem to get that.

Right now he's nosing it around the floor trying to figure out what to do. Ahhh, Loki. <3

So~ I spent a while today reorganising by movies and books a bit. I have to do that every year around this time because I always get DVDs and books for Christmas. XD; Plus one of my Ouran art books came in today (*fangirl squeal HERE*), so I needed space for that on my shelves, too. <33

I'll probably have to do it again after my birthday, too. ^_^; Which is January 3rd~ Getting close~

Ah! And thank you kierseth! Yay paid LJ time! =3

I hope my packages arrive to people soon... most of them haven't gotten to their destinations. I need to ship stuff earlier next year to try to avoid the bulk of the Christmas rush. You guys need to let me know when you get the stuff I sent so I can stop worrying about them, lol.

Oh... and Kisa and Kagura died this morning. Well, I mean some time last night I guess. I found them this morning. They were really old for mice, though, and they were both sick; Kisa had tumors, and Kagura had been losing weight for months, and I couldn't get her to gain it back. I'm sure they're happy wherever they are now. :)

Now I only have one mouse left; Ichigo. She's Tohru's daughter from her litter last October. She's over a year old now too, so she might not be around much longer either. I don't know if I'm going to get more mice once she's gone... I haven't decided yet.

I'll think on it...

Look at me go!

( Hikaru and Kaoru in pony form, omg! )

The photos are a touch blurry because I suck at closeups. Sorry.

Hikaru was made from a G3 Island Rainbow, and Kaoru was made from a G3 Rainbow Dash. Ironic that I ended up choosing ponies that both had "Rainbow" in their names for the twins. ^_^ They were re-painted and glued together, then I sculpted their manes and tails from sculpey (there's a lot of detail that was washed out by my camera's flash, unfortunately), and painted them as well. Then ribbons, and ribbon-neckties.

It sounds simple, but they were actually a pain in the ass, not that I'm really surprised bloody twins. >___> lol.

Do I get the prize for the weirdest fan-stuff? ^_^;