Yep, the inner fangirl was out in full force this weekend :D  The anime con was FANTASTIC!!  On Thursday night in the registration line I wore my "My parents told me I could be anything I wanted so I became a ninja" shirt and my brother wore his "My parents told me I could be be anything I wanted so I became a pirate" shirt :D.  I got one of the guys in line to help me come up with reasons why ninjas own pirates and he was great at it :)

On Friday and Saturday we wore our cosplay costumes and they were a huge hit!!  My brother barely got off the elevator the first morning before the fangirls swarmed and glomped him.  It was craziness.  I got glomped too a few times, everyone said I was adorable :oops: (very out of character for me :P ).  Everyone was taking our pictures and yelling our characters' names, it was so much fun!! :D  And there were a lot of great other costumes there.  We ended up taking about 200 pictures :shock:  I won't post all those here, obviously, I'm going through them right now.  I'll post some of my brother and me in this post, and then some of the other costumes in my next post.

Anyway, we had a GREAT time, we can't wait for the next one, and we're definitely going to be dressing up again! :D (I should start on those now, they took me forever to make this time :P )  Then on Sunday I got to walk in the graduation ceremony (even though I'm not officially done until August).  The graduate robe I had to wear was the most uncomfortable thing in the world.  Since it's a higher degree robe, it has thick, hard velvet that makes it impossible to sit or stand in it comfortably, and it has a "hood" which is just this thing that hangs around your neck and down your back.  It was like a final exam to make it through the ceremony with your trachea blocked, fighting the dizziness and blurred vision, and to make it across the stage without falling over.  I barely passed that test :P

So, here are some pics for your enjoyment (and thanks to everyone that wished me luck and a good time in my last blog :D )  BTW, I made my kimono, hakama pants, leiutenant badge, waraji shoes, and tabi socks from scratch.  I made my brother's outer vest and sword from scratch and altered the rest of the costume pieces.  I cut and styled both wigs.  It took me about 4 months and $300 to finish it all.

Aj's brother: Riku from Kingdom Hearts 2
Riku 1     Riku 2    Riku 3    Riku 4      Riku 5    Riku vs. Shadow Heartless

Aj: Yachiru from Bleach
Yachiru 1    Yachiru 2    Yachiru 3   Yachiru 4     Sleepy Yachiru   Another sleepy Yachiru  (hey, it was a couple of long days :P)