Metrocon is coming up! June 17-19 Tampa, FL

I haven't been able to go for the past two years and it's made me VERY upset since I like being around fellow geeks and anime freaks! It's likely that I'm only going Saturday though, but I'll be there all day and will be going to the Blackout Rave that night as well. Let me know if you're going or if you live in that area. Maybe we can meet up :3

These are the events on Saturday that I'm keeping my eye on. Not sure if I'll stay the entire panel but I definitely want to check out what's going on inside.

1PM - Pokemon Black and White Contest & Trade Event - Panel Room 19
2PM - Japanese Fashion Show - Panel Room 18
5PM - Maiden’s Gate Host Club - Panel Room 20
6PM - Cafe Pignon - Panel Room 18
8PM - Best Wishes: Pokemon Friends - Talk with N and Hilbert - Panel Room 20
9PM - Korean Pop Music Showcase - Panel Room 13-14
11PM - Parapara Bootcamp - Panel Room 20

This year is going to be the first year that I'm going to be cosplaying! As well as my husband :3 We decided we're going as Touko and N from Pokemon Black and White :D (thus the Pokemon panels)

It's simple, easy, and recognizable.

Plus, it's the first Pokemon game we've played together ♥ It only makes sense!

There are probably going to 20 other N's and Touko's running around since the game is still new but we don't care. We're going to have fun! Plus, we're going to be a real female Touko and a real male N and we can kiss and hold hands and be cute together naturally :3 Other N/Touko cosplays I've seen are normally just friends or both girls so I think Norris and I can take advantage of this for picture xD

We've already got most of the things for them. Part of it is closet cosplay where you take clothes from your closet and make it up for the costume. I'm not too stingy about it. So long as it looks pretty good, I'm happy. But some more hard core cosplayers think it's lazy.

What I need to do now is make the Void Cube hanging off of N's chain, his golden bracelets and cuff, his necklace, Touko's wristbands, sew my vest and shorts to look like hers, buy a black top for N, paint the white shoes we got for N, and style the wigs. There's still quite a bit more work to do when it comes to little details but we've got the main items down.

For example, I got the hats done!

I painted the lid and hot glued felt for the symbol. It was pretty darn easy and I think it looks pretty nice :] Some time ago Norris and I bought these squishy stress ball like Pokeballs from Walmart.

One is a Master Ball the other is an Ultra Ball :D

The N hat was simple xD Not much work, hahah!

We also got contacts! Puffy 3 Tone Blue and Grey. This time I bought them from HoneyColor and the shipping was soooo fast * A*

I'll be doing a review of the Blue ones soon enough since those ones are mine. Eventually, I'll get my husband to do a review as a first time contact lens and circle lens wearer. He's still practicing getting them in and out and getting used to having them in. Though so far he's told me that it only irritates him in the first minute or so since something is in his eye, but once it adjusts he said he couldn't feel them in his eyes :] He has perfect vision so he didn't need a prescription but he did say there was a tiny bit magni

fication but after all, he does have a piece of plastic in his eyes. It didn't bother him though. It was just a note.

I don't have any pictures of the greys but I do have a few phone pictures of the blues and they're GORGEOUS. I absolutely love them, they're comfortable, they show well but not eerily bright like Dollyeye Blue. Fairly natural, considering. The enlargening is very obvious for those who wear clear contacts at 14.0mm but for people like me who wear 14.5mm clear contacts, these enlarge just a bit for that dolly effect. Still a difference but if I had one lens out, at just 2 feet you wouldn't notice the difference.

They pop a lot more when I wear a brown wig :]

So much Pokemon! I didn't even realize xDD

If you want to see something ridiculous....

LOL.

This was my Pokemon team but I traded in Simisear for a Rapidash.

So this is my current team :3

I'll likely post pictures of our cosplays after the weekend of the con. Norris's N wig comes in just a few days before the con and that's the one I need to alter the most x ___x So I wouldn't have the time to really get us to dress up. I'll be doing makeup on him too so he looks more legit B] He doesn't mind either! He knows how it goes. We've also got a couple poses down for pictures xD I'm so glad he's just as into this as I am. Makes it more fun :3

A few of our friends are coming with us as well. Alison, Zeike, Jimmy, and maybe Alex and Jordan (I'm praying they can go!). I know Alison will cosplay. Not sure about everyone else. I believe it's their first convention so they'll just have fun being there x] It would have been awesome doing a group cosplay though. Maybe next year >>"

Also for the Blackout Rave I'll be changing costumes and wearing this cute Nurse costume!

I got it on eBay for less than $20. It comes in "One Size Fits Most" but if you want to buy this cute little dress just search up pink nurse costume and set the price to $0-$20.

By then I'll be adding in my pink extensions to my green hair and I'm gonna try and make my hair super curly and I'll see if I can make or buy some fuzzy leg warmers or something to cover my ankles to complete the outfit some more. I'll be wearing Pretty Crystal Pink Circle Lenses and putting crystals on my face too x] I'm so excited to see how it's going to turn out! :D

Even though we're only going Saturday, we'll be in Tampa from Friday to Sunday.

Friday night. This is going down B]

Me and my group are going to watch the Green Lantern movie which comes out that night! I can only imagine how many people are gonna be there considering there's a convention going on in down town, hahaha. I wonder if anyone will be dressed up x] That would be awesome. My husband and I have been pretty psyched about this movie and I want to eventually pick up the comics. He's talked to me about all different kind of Green Lanterns and I think it's pretty interesting so this might be the first comic I enjoy :0

Sunday, who knows what we're going to do. Alison and Zeike want to go to Ikea so I might tag along. Whatever happens though, I know it's going to be a fun weekend :3 Can't wait! Only a month away!