25 8 / 2012
EFFIE!!!! This costume was made for a friend of mine, but it’s definitely inspiration to keep working. All of her costumes are gorgeous.
11 6 / 2012
Merida Costumes For Sale!!!
So I have my Merida costumes up for sale on my Etsy! I have the dress and the cape listed separately. They are custom made costumes, so you get to pick the fabrics and colors! Please go take a look!
Beautiful Photo by Sonja of Soulfire Photography!
03 5 / 2012
fit. healthy. happy.: WHAT IS ATLANTA, AND HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE?
This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, has ever lived in Atlanta, has ever visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who already lives in Atlanta, or knows anyone who has ever heard of Atlanta.
Atlanta is composed mostly of one-way streets. The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over. Making three right turns and then a left (even if allowed) will get you so lost, you may never see your family again.
All directions start with, “Go down Peachtree” and include the phrase, “When you see the Waffle House.” Except in Cobb County, where all directions begin with, “Go to the Big Chicken.”
Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with:
Peachtree Circle
Peachtree Place
Peachtree Lane
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Parkway
Peachtree Run
Peachtree Terrace
Peachtree Avenue
Peachtree Commons
Peachtree Battle
Peachtree Corners
New Peachtree
Old Peachtree
West Peachtree
Peachtree-Dunwoody
Peachtree-Chamblee
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
People living around Atlanta only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone for directions, they will always send you down Peachtree.
Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. Coke’s all they drink there so don’t ask for any other soft drink unless it’s made by Coca-Cola. Even if you want something other than a Coca-Cola, it’s still called Coke.
The gates at Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport are about 32 miles away from the Main Concourse, so wear sneakers and pack a lunch.
The 8 am rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM. The 5 pm rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM. Friday’s rush hour starts Thursday afternoon and lasts through 2 am Saturday.
Only a native of Atlanta can pronounce Ponce De Leon Avenue, so do not attempt the Spanish pronunciation. People will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you. The Atlanta pronunciation is “pawntz duh LEE-awn.” And yes, they have a street named simply, “Boulevard.”
The falling of one raindrop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules. If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days and it’s on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a week. Overnight, all grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.
I-285, the loop that encircles Atlanta, which has a posted speed limit of 55 mph (but you have to maintain 80 mph just to keep from getting run over), is known to truckers as “The Watermelon 500.”
Don’t believe the directional markers on highways: I-285 is marked “East” and “West” but you may be going North or South. The locals identify the direction by referring to the “Inner Loop” and the “Outer Loop.”
If you travel on Hwy 92 North, you will actually be going southeast.
Never buy a ladder or mattress in Atlanta. Just go to one of the interstates and you will soon find one in the middle of the road.
The last thing you want to do is give another driver the finger, unless your car is armored, your trigger finger is itchy and your AK-47 has a full clip.
Possums don’t really “sleep” in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a couple no one has seen before.
If it grows, it sticks. If it crawls, it bites. If you notice a vine trying to wrap itself around your leg, you have about 20 seconds to escape, before you are completely captured and covered with Kudzu, another ill-advised “import,” like the carp, starling, English sparrow, and other ”exotic wonders.”
It’s not a shopping cart, it’s a buggy.
“Fixinto” is one word (I’m “fixin to” go to the store).
This is all so true and HILARIOUS.
04 3 / 2012
Hey guys, thought I would kill two birds with one stone here… So I notice in a lot of my cosplay photos that you can see the weight in my face. I’ve always had kind of a round face, but after hitting 150 lbs you can really see it… as shown in this picture here. Which brings me to my next point! I am planning a badass costume for dragoncon this year, but need some sufficient funds to pull it off. It is also my fitspiration costume for the year.
SO….. I entered this contest that Jo Anns is having and the prize is a $250 gift card, which should be just enough to fund my dream costume for the year!!!!
So if any of you guys out there would like to help inspire some serious fitness goals and enable my expensive costuming habit, I would LOVE it if you would go vote for my costume in this contest (pictured above) and help me win $250 so I can get all the materials for an AWESOME Dragoncon costume this year! Thank you so much!!!
***It seems that you can vote about once an hour, so don’t feel like you can only vote once :P Also there are a lot of other good costumes and projects there. even if you don’t vote for me, go check it out!***
(I think the link should work….)
P.S. The costume I’m hoping to make will require me to be in fantastic shape, so I am going to the gym 5 days a week (3 days of cardio, 2 days of pilates), and I’m doing Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred to see if helps kick start my weight loss at all!!!
02 3 / 2012
Allrighty, time for some Cosplay Inspiration!!!! Dejah Thoris!
I went to see the prescreening of John Carter last night and I am SO doing this costume for Dragoncon this year!!!!!!
I am looking into purchasing p90x to get in crazy good shape for this costume!
28 2 / 2012
30 day fitness challenge day 5
Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
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I want to lose the weight and get in shape because I remember what it felt like to be thin and fit. I fit into pretty clothes better, I didn’t feel fat in a bathing suit, summer is just around the corner and would LOVE to have my awesome athletes legs back in time for sundress season! Also, I do a lot of costuming and convention going and I want to look good in my costumes. If you are thin and in shape, your costumes are generally viewed as higher quality (even though it’s not true) and since my own costumes are the basis of my advertisement for my costuming business, I need to make them look as good as possible, and being a fit, in shape model for them is a BIG part of that. Also, I would love to make some slightly more revealing costumes for Dragoncon this year, and I will not be wearing them if I am not in GREAT shape!
22 2 / 2012
Stats
I suppose some stats would be useful :P
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As of freshman year of college in 2007
height 5 foot 4 inches
weight 120 lbs
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As of Jan 17th 2012
sex: female
Age 24 years
Height 5 foot 4 inches
weight 155 lbs
chest 38 inches
waist 33 inches
hips 40 inches
body fat % 31.9
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As of Feb 21st 2012
Age: Still 24 years old :P
height 5 foot 4 inches
weight 152 lbs
chest 37 inches
waist 31 inches
hips 40 inches
body fat % probably about the same :P haven’t checked lately
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So there’s all that, now I can keep track of my progress and have a starting point!
22 2 / 2012
Food Journal!!!
Allrighty, so here goes my online food journal, I was told that keeping an accurate log of all of your food intake and workouts will help you with your weight loss and fitness, so HERE GOES!!!
Breakfast: 11:30 one medium Banana
Also, I spent the morning chopping up veggies for a veggie roast later, and I roasted a whole bunch of garlic last night, I also have plans to make a vegetable stock with all the cuttings and leftovers from the prep :)
P.S. All this hard work is dedicated to looking AWESOME at Dragoncon this year!!!
