JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Angel and Nicky spoiled me on my birthday week by taking me to see the Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses at the Greek Theatre. What a great way to kick start the summer! I thought about wearing my Link costume, but I couldn’t convince myself to wear tights. I like my clothes baggy and comfortable… I did, however, put on elf ears but ended up with way more glue in my hair than on latex prosthetics. Nicky’s solution to removing the glue: “Put your head under water for a few minutes.”
We arrived at the Greek 40 minutes before the start of the concert. Unfortunately, the line for merchandise was too long so I didn’t get the new tan-colored Zelda SoG shirt. I’ll try again in December at San Jose! The Prelude (“The Creation of Hyrule”) was replaced with “Link’s Awakening” and “Spirit Tracks,” both of which I’ve never heard before. After the first movement Eimear switched to the Wind Waker baton that Angel and I made especially for her. I got a little emotional~! It will be a memory that I will keep with me forever. We were treated to several encore pieces including “Gerudo Valley,” “Majora’s Mask,” “Dragon Roost Island,” and a new piece from “Skyward Sword.” We didn’t hear the Dungeon Medley that night, but who knows what San Jose will have in store for us, right?
A few days later, on my actual birthday, I mourned my youth at the happiest place on earth with Angel and Nicky. In the evening, we met up with friends at Orange Hill for happy hour and to enjoy the sunset view. We went back to Anaheim a week later to celebrate Angel’s birthday. No Disneyland, but we got Star Class seats at UlraLuxe to see “End of the World,” and wrapped up the night with a relaxing dinner at McCormick’s and Schmick’s.
Kenny’s birthday was also in June. Geminis sure are popular… Our special nickname for him is “Sunflower.” I thought it would be cute to make him a sunflower fleece hat with removable petals. I found a basic hat pattern online and modified it so there would be room to attach the petals. I don’t know anything about sewing, and my mom’s sewing machine is ancient, clunky, and dangerous. I didn’t trust myself with the sewing machine and hand stitched everything together in two days. For some reason, my fingers, joints, and wrist locks up after a few hours, and I get these sharp, shooting pains when I try and move my hand. It happens when I’m painting or sanding, too. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious.
ANIME EXPO 2013
My interest for anime and manga has dwindled over the years, but I still enjoy going to Anime Expo to people watch and take pictures. A group of us from the build gathering go every year for Clem’s Gunpla model building panel. We got to LACC at 11AM and had the entire day to kill because the panel wasn’t until 7PM. Clem hung out at Blue Fin’s booth snapping pictures of kits from the competition while Angel and I walked the entire exhibit hall looking for the elusive Messala kit. (I finally got it a few weeks later at Comic Con.) We had lunch across the street where several food truck vendors had congregated. There was even a boba truck…so they do exisit… It was over 100 degrees and there was literally nowhere to hide from the sun. I got in the shortest line and was rewarded with the driest pulled pork sandwich ever. We quickly finished our lunch and ran back into the convention center. Ahhhh. AC… There were still a few hours before the panel so we headed over to the bar/lounge area where the boys got their drink on. Clem passed out on the couch and a staffer came by and took a picture of him. I claimed an unoccupied ottoman and tried taking a nap, but the disco lights and throbbing music was too distracting. We arrived at our 15 minutes before the panel and found the line of attendees had already wrapped around the hallway leading back towards South Hall. Wow! I brought Angel’s Wind Waker case to work on during the presentation. I was setting the inner tray in and had to mix epoxy glue, so I had to apologize to everyone around me for the funky smell. During Q&A, Clem spotted a pair of identical twin brothers. They were both bald, had a scruffy beard, and wore matching Hawaiian shirts! Clem asked them some silly questions and they answered together, word for word! You don’t see that everyday…
I made this brain slug for fun. Here’s some pictures of me and my friends being silly.
COMIC CON 2013
(See separate post here.)
SCARFACE
I have these dark spots on my face that’s bothered me for a long time, but I never got around to doing anything about them. My sister recently had laser treatment to remove the moles on her face. The moles are still there but much lighter than before. After seeing her results I decided to make an appointment to get the treatment as well. The procedure for moles and dark spots removal are basically the same. I asked my sister to accompany me for emotional support, but she tagged along just to be entertained by my “torture.” She knew I would break down, scream, cry, and whine my butt off. …and, of course, I did. Luckily there weren’t too many people waiting outside. I would have scared them away. The lady applied numbing cream on my skin before the treatment, but honestly, I don’t think it did anything. It still…hurt….soooo…much… It feels like a hot knife being scraped across your skin. And, oh my goodness, the smell…! THE SMELL! Burning flesh! Yuck!!! My sister’s boyfriend made a last minute decision to get his dark spots removed, too, and he was a lot braver than me. He waited until the lady lifted up the laser tool before screaming and reaching out to hold our hand. I just screamed from start to finish. Yup. I was a mess…
Before After
I still need to go back in a few weeks for a touch up… Oh…Yayy… I originally scheduled the treatment the week before Comic Con. Thank goodness I postponed it until afterwards, otherwise, I would have been walking around the convention looking like I had chicken pox or something. That would have been horrible… I guess I could have blended in with the zombie cosplayers, though…
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