Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

My Bday is Black Friday this year (day after) we are going to go see a Jim Henson exhibit at the museum for it, and have gay cake and stuff. I am very excited I wanted to see Where the Wild Things Are with my friends this weekend but apparently it's going out of theaters ALREADY (and right before this weekend as it was playing last weekend)? like srsly WTF. Gotta make room for those 4 screens of Twilight ug. o__o

Also I've been having a blast playing TF2 - lots of funny people in there. I'm slowing becoming a not-total-fail Spy...especially since I FINALLY got a Clock and Dagger (I'm such a voyeur hurrr ) and I am feeling pretty good as Medic [ getting the hang of that syringe gun ] Keepin on keepin on!

Just finished up Zenkaikon - *waves to people I met there*

It was a smaller sized con in King of Prussia PA, it was Sat-sun. I made money in Artist alley , saw friends, was a sexy awesome Fujimoto, and had fun seeing cool cospays as usual. Expect a video up in a week or so. I didn't finish my blue white striped Fuji coat yet, but I wore this AWESOME striped really-from-the-60's jacket my mom gave me, it's the same style as his stuff just it's like different colors of stripes! It looked really nice with my wig/makeup/cravat (I made the cravat the MORNING of the con sat and it turned out really nice!) I'll post pics if I got any good ones, or if someone sends me one they got.

There was even a TF2 panel Sun morning held by this amusing bloody-labcoat RED Medic I saw the other day (she bought one of my medic hair clips on Sat) I even threw on my pimp white 'labcoat' thing (A coat I've had since high school), my medic boots, and some nitrile gloves and did lazy BLU Medic for it lol. I sold my medic bubble pins/clips to some Scouts and Medics who were there as well as other cool people.

To people interested in a Moomba: I shall promise to get one made within the next month to get up on Ebay to sell. I'm sorry for the long wait, he's just such a complicated pattern to cut/sew I was focusing on lots of little projects instead of the one big one. X3

In other news I got a job working at this business down 95 which distributes vending machines. It's not bad, they people are nice there, and pays well - but yea, it's money. I'm saving up for having a cushion to have the ability to move towards places in my CAREER path (ART stuff obviously). but it's nice to have a steady source of saving income besides random commissions and my crafts, which is GREAT too of course and I love meeting all the nice people at cons who like/buy my work ....but yea....steady income is nice too.

Tigercon
Tigercon was cute, little, profitable, and FUN! Me and Vanessa (who was the BEST table helper EVER!) went and worked my table in Artist Alley. I got to meet adorable , and saw some familiar con faces. Be sure to check out the video for what we saw: [link]

Team Fortress 2
You don't even WANT to know ALL the angst I went through to try make Steam work on my computer (TRUST me I picked that troubleshoot FAQ apart). But basically it wasn't connecting to Steam to finish it's update/install, however did so FINE on another computer in the same house. The magical way I got it to work on my computer was by copying the whole Steam folder from the PC it worked on my PC. And viola, fine. o_____o Downloaded TF2 / Garrys mod no problems! I went "yay I got it to work!" to Steam support and they responded:

Many users do find that copying Steam installations will fix problems they are having, at least temporarily. Sometimes the solution is permanent, other times it may need to be repeated, typically any time there is a Steam client update. I am glad that the issue is resolved to your satisfaction. Please let us know if you encounter any further difficulty - we will be happy to assist you.

WELL then why didn't you SUGGEST that?! (As I said I tried all your FAQ's already, which you so kindly pasted to me in your support responses WHEN I told you I TRIED them all. UG. And temporary, well, I'll deal with that if it comes up... >_>

And oh boy I played Team Fortress 2 all evening until 2 am.... XD
I even got to play with , her brother, and .

I was never too good at FPS's (I wanna be good at this one tho) but I did make a good handful of kills and achievements for being a first time player (and about 10x as many deaths :'D ) BUT IT'S FUN. I love my headset talking to the other players, it's a riot if you get some funny/good natured people on the server. And some were very amused I was a girl. XD Well, I vow to be a top notch Support class player! And it must be fate cause the first two items I unlocked (through the random granting system) were The Blutsauger and The Ubersaw >D ! Hell yea!


AND FRIEND ME on Steam so we can play together sometime if you play TF2
My username: LitheFider ... I shall give you da healz.


Zenkaikon
I will be attending Zenkaikon Nov 7-8 in King of Prussia PA because I was able to get in on table share with another artist in the alley! I should have my Fujimoto costume done for Halloween so expect me to be Fishy Daddy there!

FYI I'll be attending Tigercon next weekend, I have an artist table in the alley. Tigercon is a free, one day con at Towsen college (above Baltimore). Maybe I'll see some of you there!

I think I found my Fujimoto wig on Ebay , been stalling to buy it cause I was kinda waiting to see what the opening Halloween stores will have. I plan to find a white jacket (that looks like his) & mask off / airbrush the blue stripes on I wanna have this for Halloween, mmmm. Tho a TF2 Medic cosplay would be VERY Halloween appropriate Tho a lot more work than Fuji so I might go with him in lu of time.

Lots of things to post that have gone up in the past few weeks! :3

Stuff of mine:

Otakon 2009 - The Music Video [link] (It's finally up! )

New cute things in my Etsy store! : [link]

If you haven't read it, my sexy crack fic of Shibi x Kuroji (YES you heard right) has been up on Y! for all to read, but sorry 18+ folks only (cause you need Y! account to see it obviously). THE FIC: [link] THE ART: [link]

[link] My fic "Fujimoto and Granmamare's Story" which is me / Vanessa's brainstorming as to Fujimoto's human years has been up on FF . net

ALSO:

My friend Crystal's Aburame-win fan works all you Aburame Ichizoku fans NEED to see, ESPECIALLY the Kuroji crocheted plushie! : [link]

Some Youtube win:

[link] THIS is where I found the song I have been listening to all week, on a decent TF2 vid of some Medic's ubercharge chaining. If FPS vids make you sick just listen to the song.

Even if you have never heard of or seen the game "Portal", I'm sure you have heard of "The Cake is a Lie" well this catchy fan made Machinima music video basically outlines the game where this joke CAME from if you still don't get the joke [link] WARNING some SPOILERS...tho if you are not a FPS/puzzle gamer whatever cause not like you'd be playing the game :'3.

You've seen Slap Chop Rap, now let the Team Fortress Scout sell you this product! [link] Seriously, these are all just voice clips USED IN THE GAME, and it's scary how well it fits. XD

This Ponyo cosplayer gives me CAVITIES [link] OMG I WANT BLOOMERS. HAMMMMM!

Even if you don't know Team Fortress 2 this song/video all about the Medic class and how they CARRY YOUR ASS is really catchy [link] Just imagine Lither hacking people or something if you need extra amusement. :'D

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Etsy Store: [link]

Homepage: [link]



Commissions:
General Pricing Info: [link]

If you are interested in quality character sculptures, custom plush, drawings / watercolor paintings, or small-medium cosplay accessories email me : thenyssa@yahoo.com SERIOUS QUERIES ONLY PLEASE.

(SLOTS CLOSED) << Last Updated June 22 >>

> 'Trickster' plush [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Plush Anthro Bat "Rainy" [Pending]

I didn't want to post about Otakon till I had the music video made but I have not had time to finish it XD! But I have other stuff to report so I'll post anyway. I do have a video up of the NARUTO PROM tho [link]

Otakon was GREEAAAT this year! I had a lot of fun! I got to see Duckie, Marcie, Tonks, meet Anna, and also meet a girl I met on OK Cupid for the first time. I also met lots of nice people at the con, even some new friends, miss you already ;3; I sadly did not finish Okami in time... We got a LOT done tho I need to take pics. I wanna be done by winter now so I can get pics in the snow!! I am not mad or sad about not finishing, so don't feel bad for me I'm cool. <3 we did out best and we have a lot worked out now, I'd rather it be done RIGHT then rushed anyway.

Instead I cosplayed ttly-thrown-together-in-two-days costume of Henry Wong from Digimon Tamers. It was an epic win excuse to carry around my life size official Terriermon plushie It was GREAT I got some many 'zomg Digimon <3 <3 !!!' fans yelling at me. So nostaligic! I also met super nice people at the two photoshoots. I posted pics of those shoots here: [link]

I also cosplayed Shibi of course , and Shino at the Naruto Prom in a suit. I met a super cute Hinata we had fun together! I'll have more pics/video of Otakon up sometime soon (just editing them together).

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We took a trip up to Canada for a bus camp out 'Buses of the Corn'. It was fun too - swimming in the great lakes is wonderful ;w; *swimming around like a dolphin with her flippers and mask* I wish we could have had more time at that one campground where I swam...also I wish it had been sunnier (It was cloudy all weekend). There was some drama with getting home monday morning dad's car was getting similar symptoms to our ill fated Ohio trip just around the Canada border XDD

...but we found the blockage in the fuel line this time, and lucky no more came down so we made it home okay. Though for like one night (we stayed overnight, this was unplanned, at a random hotel in upstate New York. We were cranky stressed and tired so we just stopped and didn't wanna risk it REALLY breaking down like in the middle of the night.) we were thinking we were going to have to spend hundreds of dollars to get us all home in time for mom to get to work. o___o It was not fun.

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This past Sunday we saw Ponyo in theaters. It was SUPER DUPER awesome, SO beautiful!!! The animation makes me weep with Animation Nerdy joy. It reminded me of Totoro - a more slice of life with magic interjected movie - like calming and simple with no violence or stuff, perfect for younger kids but also kept us older kids amused - especially with Sosuke's crazy mom and Ponyo's father Fujimoto, who I LOVE .

Within 15 min I yelped "I'm cosplaying Fujimoto NAO!" This is him btw: [link] (fanart but shows him off well). I was already sold on cosplaying him but then we heard the words 'DNA' come out of his mouth I was like "I WANNA HAVE YOUR BABIES!" D: Lither was jealous but he'll be over it soon, he's seen me fangirl over new character loves before and he always comes out on top Expect fanart, lots of it D: !

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Etsy Store: [link]

Homepage: [link]



Commissions:
General Pricing Info: [link]

If you are interested in quality character sculptures, custom plush, drawings / watercolor paintings, or small-medium cosplay accessories email me : thenyssa@yahoo.com SERIOUS QUERIES ONLY PLEASE.

(SLOTS CLOSED) << Last Updated June 22 >>

> Etsy commission: Clip on Ram Horns 'BreeDreger' [In Progress]

> Plush Pins Commission for Gayle [In Progress]

> 'Trickster' plush [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Plush Anthro Bat "Rainy" [Pending]