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Sunday, June 26, 2016

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[This is a fictional blog for Gemini's Lyrica System Online round 1 entry.]


Sunday, June 26th, 2016


Hello! ´͈ ᵕ `͈ It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog, but I do hope you’re all doing well~

As for me, I’m doing better now. For a while I was feeling more and more like I’m living up to my online name Leia. Having to tell and act out lies everyday... It’s hard not to feel suffocated.

I want to thank again all of the kind readers that stuck by my side when I became student council president. ; ; Truthfully, I’m still haunted by that heartbreaking day. I remember clearly when I had to announce the dissolution of the Gaming Club—how the students believed me a traitor, and the school admin a praiseworthy messenger of their voice. Maybe I’m just a coward. A tool, certainly. The painting has been drawn, and I don’t have the courage to shatter whatever illusion they want to believe in. > <

After all, I am the student council president and it’s my “duty” to make sure our test scores go up again, even if the school thinks the solution is to “stop” gaming… And even until now, none of the students have cared to ask about my true feelings, sigh. Now I don’t know if I can imagine telling anyone that I actually wanted to join the gaming club or that I’m a blogger, or anything. At least I can always come here because you guys give me a haven in which I don’t need to lie, a special place where I can express whatever. ; ◡ ;)9 So thank you~

Well, in the past few weeks, I’ve set off on kind of a new adventure!
Our school has a pretty popular anonymous forum for students to chat without registering their real identity. But ever since all the gamers graduated, went into hiding, or gave into the pressure to retire, it’s been pretty dry there... But out of nowhere, there was the first gaming-related thread in eons! I don’t know if they’re new or just don’t care, but someone with the username xoxoAvacadoxoxo posted about the new RPG Lyrica System Online, which has surprisingly gotten a handful of responses!! ✧◡✧

Actually, I’ve been playing this game since release hehe.
What I did was something I’ve never done before…… I.. Somehow I built up the courage to do it!!! I invited all of the thread respondents to join my party in the game, and they all accepted! We decided on the party name Gemini

I’d say we make a pretty well-rounded team:

We’ve got RoyalTea as our assassin to serve attack speed.
Most of our physical damage is dealt by xoxoAvacadoxoxo the great lord.
For spells, AcuteMage plays the most calculatingly mana-efficient sorcerer ever.
FaunaHime is the queen of PvP… Most shrine maidens don’t play aggressively, but she slaughters everyone with her summons.
Of course, we have to have a healer and that’s RockChanx3 as our lovely songstress.
And I, waterpixieleia, am in charge of sniping with my archer range!

It’s been really fun playing and even chatting with them. ^ ^ Admittedly, I do wish I knew who they were at school… Maybe I’m even in classes with them. How am I supposed to even figure out who they are, and do they even want to be figured out? I guess that’s kind of an adventure of its own!

Until next time, take care!
- “Leia” ♡




Friday, July 1st, 2016


Hi everyone! ´͈ ᵕ `͈ It’s been such a wild goose chase of a week.

Classes and student council work have been tough, but it’s always relaxing to spend some time hunting baddies with Gemini. We play together everyday now!! * ^ * And I’ve actually figured out who two of them are hehe.

There’s a girl named Chiisana that I was close with in elementary school, but I haven’t talked to her in years because we didn’t go to the same middle school. Actually, I was a little intimidated too. She became so idol-like and seemed to spend all her time at the Theatre Club. I was skeptical at first because it was such a giveaway name, to call yourself RockChanx3 when you’ve had a pet rock since childhood…..

Bringing up LSO to her was awkward but as it turns out, she’s kind of similar to me. ;д;She actually eats by herself at Theatre Club; this wasn’t the first time someone was intimidated by her idol-like aura, but she was also scared to be something others didn’t expect her to be. Oh and apparently playing games helps her work on acting because she can put herself in the role of different characters, which is so cool! Now that we’ve found each other again, we’ve been eating lunch together everyday TT TT..!! I haven’t had a friend like this in so long ♡

I’ve also found xoxoAvacadoxoxo, the starter of the thread from the forum! Rather, he gave himself away hehehe. During PE yesterday, I overheard the captain of the Sports Club straight up in the most carefree manner tell his jock friends about making an LSO thread and asking if students are just too shy to respond!!!!! He’s so funny (like he is online!) I could barely hold in my laughter….. I couldn’t believe my ears, although the next part didn’t surprise me as much. > < His “friends” started making fun of him for everything--making the thread, wasting time sitting around playing stupid games, skipping orientation and completely missing my big announcement about the school’s stance on gaming. ( ̄  ̄|||) T-that guy……

Anyway, I looked up his files (no, really, I’m just doing my job as student council president) and his name is Jeffrey. How he was approved to be Sports Club captain I don’t even understand since he’s a recent transfer student from Australia, but I hear he’s basically a pro at most athletics? (My VP Razzy will be hearing about this.)

Today, Chiisana and I found Jeffrey and asked if he played LSO, but he quietly denied it and left. ; ; What happened to the bold and hilarious guy we became friends with? There’s no way I’m mistaken… Aaaah Jeffrey why!!!

Also~ I went to the Animation Club room to give them some papers and saw that two girls named Curry and Mari are working on a project that features some characters from LSO.. °Д° I haven’t gotten to talk to them yet but who knows if maybe they’re actually Gemini members too!!

That’s all for now for my findings. ^ ^ It’s interesting going around school now and almost feeling like I’m navigating through a labyrinth. There’s so much to uncover around every corner, puzzles to piece together, and the NPC’s are all hiding secret dialogue.

Until next time, hope you are all having fun adventures of your own!
- “Leia” ♡

GR8

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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Round 3 is now underway for K-pop coverist competition PRODUCE90 and somehow I'm still in it LOL.....

I mean I was surprised to even get as high as 19th place for round 1, but ??????????????
I rose in rank?!???!


For round 2, I was rank 8 !!!
WHAT THE FISHSTICK LOL. I'm in the top 10that's crazy.

Thanks to anyone that voted for me Q_Q That's really nice omg.. I honestly don't expect much since I don't necessarily try to promote myself in this contest, so this is a huuuge flattering compliment!! <3

This next round will be a fun one because we're going to sing the 5 original songs made for the show on which this contest is based, Produce 101, and it's probably what most contestants joined for. I'm really happy that I'm in the group for the song I wanted to do the most, Fingertips! After the show aired, I wanted to do a solo cover of the song but alas :c no good instrumental and no time. But now I get to sing it with others yay~ Or to be more precise, I get to rap it. ;D I'm the main rapper and my Gemini bro Ryan will be my partner in the big rap section!!

Although now the question is when can I record------
I can't believe the LSO chorus battle deadline is in 2 days and Anime Expo is in a week. FUUUUUUUUCK. I'm writing this on the flight home from my business trip and when I get back I need to finish the mix and and then back to cosplay sewing hell and full time work I'm so omg ;;;; why did this life choose me I'm too weak

[Phlog] Boston!

Friday, June 24, 2016

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Blogger app is actually so incredibly inadequate. :/ Here goes writing all of this a second time.


So I'm in Boston now!!! (edit: was at time of writing) For a business trip! We're shooting interviews with our client's employees at their different branches for their 20th anniversary video, so we'll be flying out to Kansas City, Missouri too on Wednesday.

I had to wake up at 3:30 AM to leave at 4 for my 6 AM flight..... RIP........ o<-< I thought I could stay up working on cosplay til then since lately I've been working til that late anyway lol. The night before I slept at 6 AM, but I guess I was too sleep deprived to make it past 12:30 without sleepy headaches. @_@

Was able to nap a bit on the plane, and then I had a very productive flight!! 8D While watching two movies I've been meaning to see, I sewed the snap buttons and decorative buttons onto the wrist cuffs for my cosplay hehehe..

The first movie I watched was a Korean one called Beauty Inside that I've been interested in since I heard such a film was being produced. It's about a man whose appearance changes every time he sleeps--he may even wake up as a woman or a child. What makes him break out of his reclusive lifestyle for the first time is a woman (Han Hyojoo) whom he admires, connects well with, and of course falls in love with. Despite one story complaint, I enjoyed the film a lot and even teared up twice but I didn't want anyone on the plane to see me cry. QAQ Would watch it again! Beautiful cinematography, overall good acting, and an EPICCCC CAST for those that follow the Korean drama sphere. They lined up BASICALLY A LEGION of beloved actors and actresses to portray the different versions of the protagonist which was so fun! I loved so many of them TT TT!!! And Han Hyojoo was simply gorgeous in this; I can't explain entirely how much I adore her demeanor and expressions. She was so charming and smile so warm and character so diligent, smart, passionate, and genuine with some understandable flaws--even I couldn't help but admire and fall in love with her LOL. Aaaaah #goals

Then I watched The Intern starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, which I also enjoyed and found hilarious ;u; Very heartwarming, and I love seeing movies like this with empowering and successful women protagonists!!

Edit:
I didn't get to finish this post so I'm updating the next day 8D

Yesterday I was able to hang out with Pan/247th, which was fun! We basically had a sampler of Bostonian foods kekeke~ WE WERE DISGUSTINGLY FULL but /everything/ was delicious omg. 

FOOD BLOG, GO..!

Mikumo Cosplay Post!!11 [updated 6/19 again]

Sunday, June 19, 2016

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[This post will be continually updated! ?]

Whether I'm being extra blog-active to try to compensate for feeling like I don't spend adequate time online (no wifi), or to make up for STILL not having written about the cosplay I made last year--certainly I'm trying to compensate for something. And I don't mind!! :'D I've said for a while that I would blog more often if only there were more time in the day. Or I guess if I didn't have wifi and don't feel like sleeping at 3:51 AM despite full time work.

Anyway, this year I wanted to record my progress and expenses for the cosplay I'm making for AX. :> I've actually never kept track of my cosplay spending which......was irresponsibly bad and also good because seeing numbers would have just stressed me out. Cosplay is hella expensive.. This year I realize how much those amounts from the past few years must have added up, so I'm curious how much I'll spend now being more careful.

Mikumo ("Bokura no Senjou" outfit) from Macross Delta
(it is actually really damn sad that I can't find any references other than screencaps from the episode.
why does nobody care about this)


Expenses:
 - $10.00 [fabric (light blue, blueish gray), buttons, snap buttons, thread]
 - $0.00 [fabric (white, blackish blue, yellow).. already owned! yay leftover materials not going to waste!!]
 - $1.50 [zippers, ribbon]
 - $5.46 [pattern for blazer vest]
 - $2.46 [white blouse from thrift store]
 - $0.00 [over-the-knee black boots.. borrowed from sophie! ^^]
 - $35.00 [wigs are so expensive dammit]
 - $0.00 [sewing machine that my parents bought for their own use, not knowing that i rly needed one too!!!! bless]
 - $1.99 [ribbon for stripes]
 - $6.90 [black belt why so expense dammit]




As of June 9th, I've done this much from top to bottom:
 - ordered a wig
 - fitted, cut, and hemmed the white blouse! have not chopped off the sleeves yet
 - made the tie
 - made the blueish black short ruffly shoulder thing
 - cut out the fabric/pattern for the vest, added interfacing... only partially hemmed. not put together at all. NEED TO ADD WHITE STRIPES TO BLUE FABRIC..
 - pleated all three layers of the skirt yay! have not attached them together yet.
 - borrowed Sophie's boots wooo!!


[Edit 6/18]
OKAY THIS IS WHERE I WAS AT EARLY LAST NIGHT. Still looks shitty omg LOL. The skirt isn't put together at all; the pieces were safety pinned to my shorts and I still have to make a waistband to hold them together.

After this picture last night, I cut half of the vest to midlength, sewed together, and hemmed most of it!!! Now trying to figure out the collar which is actually really hard..


[Edit 6/19]
OKAY FAM NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO SEE THIS COSTUME UP CLOSE. I'm actually so bad at sewing. God damn it.


[Edit 6/19 again]
OHHHHH MY GODDDDDD
Q____________Q
my blood and sweat (so far no tears but I just jinxed that for myself) and I've finally finished the vest piece........... OHHH MY GODDDddd...... Tbh it's really badly sewn and LIKE NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LOOK AT ME FROM WITHIN 6 FEET but right now I'm just happy I did it LOL......



WE WILL SEE IF I CAN FINISH IN TIME FOR AX..!
TO BE CONTINUED.

Edit:
I FINISHED.

TO6ETHER - Come Back Home (Unplugged ver.)

Saturday, June 18, 2016

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I knew I was celebrating too soon...... Day 2 of having wifi again, and it's already being fickle about when it wants to work properly.. ;^; NO WHATEVER, WIFI, I DON'T NEED YOU ANYWAY—I HAVE COSPLAY (pit of hell) TO KEEP ME BUSY, HMPH!
Fuck I'm so sleepy but I have so much left to do but sleep deprived fuck



Round 2 is currently happening for the k-pop coverist competition, PRODUCE90!
It's an individual battle, so sadly 4µla will probably remain a one time deal. :'c For this round, we all chose from a pool of songs (members not revealed until everyone had selected) and the first person to choose each song was the leader of the group. I lucked out again because I met some really nice ladies this round.<3

Our group includes bestie Chiisana, Liana whom I know from waaaaaay back when but haven't worked with in years!, leader Jaehwa, and supportive sweeties Mima and Stella.

HUUUUGE props to Jaehwa who took on way more responsibility than she needed to as leader. She was always there and always supportive, kept us on track, and worked harder than anyone tbh. Since none of the rest of us were able to help out, she did both the audio mixing and video!! I remember how I felt a bit pressured to be as responsible as possible when I was the leader of 4µla last round, so I've nothing but respect for Jaehwa and what a great leader she was. QuQ

Like last round, you can vote for as many people as you want to, once a day, HERE.

So here's our entry! I was the rapper and don't appear until the second half. ^^
(If you're confused about who's singing, look for the black flower crown!)


♡ CAST 
Vocal1 - Jaehwa
(http://youtube.com/user/jaeekayymusic)
Vocal2 - Liana
(http://youtube.com/user/letigressfabu...)
Vocal3 - Chiisana
(http://www.youtube.com/chiisanachanx3)
Vocal4 - Stella
(https://www.youtube.com/user/StellaUta)
Vocla5 - Mima
https://www.youtube.com/c/MLOUDMima)
Rapper - Eva
(http://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva)

♡ CREDITS 
Audio Mixer: Jaehwa
Video Mixer: Liana, Jaehwa

drown me in the umi

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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HOLY SHIT. After 7 and a half weeks of not having wifi, the drought is finally over!!! I've already published 2 posts today but...throws more at blog.....


Yesterday I uploaded a video of when I scouted in Love Live! School Idol Festival to get the new Marine/Sailor Umi UR........ what is my life...........


Look at how precious this is Q___Q





On a very unrelated note,
I finally updated my youtube icon after 6 years lmao. Such creative.

Obligatory 'I went to a wedding' Selfies

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From this past weekend for my friend Lauren's big day! I'm starting to like long dresses? Makes me actually kind of like my height. This was a lucky find at the big Forever 21 in NY Times Square that goes perfectly to my ankles. :'D


(lul I installed snapchat just to play with filters and not as social media)

【Angels】 Devil

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Okay, this no-wifi-living-on-cellular-hotspot thing is such a bitch. :c So much waiting just so I can grab the embed code of a video and get here aaaaa but I finally made it!!!

~

If there's one thing I have good luck in, it's having the friends that I do. ><
Gemini, special guest singer Fome, and special guest animator Razzy surprised me again this year with another birthday gift AND I AM UNWORTHY. Such suave oppars!!!! (includes mimz and chiisano)

Gemini is besttttttt and Fome and Razzy are also bestttttt waaaaaa

I was hesitant at first because I haven't actually ever sung in a youtaite chorus battle battle before —although I helped out with mixing here and there—but now I think I'm looking forward to it..! Gemini will be participating in the upcoming chorus battle Lyrica System Online with all 6 vocalists, plus A BANGIN' AWESOME VISUAL TEAM. I've been mixing nearly nonstop for the past few days for our entry. I think we're gonna put out something we'll be proud of so I'm starting to get excited.

For now please enjoy Devil before we make our big battle comeback. :>
SQUEALS IN DELIGHT AT GEMINI



Vocals (In Order of Appearance)

Chiisa https://www.youtube.com/user/Chiisana...
Mimi https://www.youtube.com/user/mimimois...
Ryan https://www.youtube.com/user/RyanEatPho 
Jay https://www.youtube.com/user/jaysingyou 
Jeffrey https://www.youtube.com/user/jevacado 
Fome https://www.youtube.com/user/Fome 

===

Illustrations: かぎお
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=37...

Animation: https://www.youtube.com/user/itsRazzy...

Mix: Chiisa

omg......

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahHhaha

There was a business trip to Boston and Kansas City that I passed on because it overlapped with my time off for AX, but then it moved to the week before and I said yes because YAY PAID TRAVEL IS SO COOL! And I've never been to those places before! I'd totally regret it if I didn't take the chance!!

oh

that's one less week for me to work on cosplay and all the other shit before AX
OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH

JUNE IS DEFINITELY HERE

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Not the worst, but usually my floor is ~spotless~.

Fabrics and patterns and interfacing, oh my--

Ombre no. 1!

Monday, June 6, 2016

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I don't know how I forgot to make this post LOL.... It's something I've been anticipating for a while. 

A week and a half ago, I got my hair dyed ombre to pinkish coral! *___* It only took one bleach job and 2 hours total~

The pink has already faded out a lot, but that's cool with me 'cause I initially wanted it more peach than pink anyway. :'D

Sophie and me at the salon right before magic happened~

Sophie's cool blue peekaboos!

This happened~

And what it looked like 5 minutes before publishing this post hehehee

Cospray for me pls

Sunday, June 5, 2016

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Aaaand now it's 4 AM. Why did this life choose me again?!???

I blame my lack of proper wifi at home for my increase in productivity and crazy. Mostly the crazy. All year, I've been saying that I don't know if I'll make a new cosplay for Anime Expo (July 4th) this year because lack of time and motivation/enough interest in a character. Then last week, I watched episode 4 of Macross Delta, during which the idol protagonists introduced cute new performance outfits that are light blue, black, and white....... @____@ And without real wifi at home, over the week I had enough time and crazy to think, HMMMMMMM WHAT IF I COSPLAYED THIS BECAUSE THIS IS MAYBE PLAUSIBLE.....


And now just today, I've put in the order for the wig, scouted for fabric, thrifted in attempt to find fitting boots, and stayed up late combing through my leftover cosplay materials and making a tie for the costume... AND I recorded+edited a decent amount of lines. I haven't been this productive on a weekend in eons!!!

Oh yeah I should mention that I'm currently in two singing battles, joined a few collabs, and am working full time. I HAVE 3 WEEKS TIL AX. AM I PREPARED TO MASO AGAIN OMFG........... I hate this why do I do this when cosplay is fuuuckiinnn expeeensiive and time-consuming and yet somehow always persuades me to accept it back into my life. 

Food for Thought: Social Producing

Saturday, June 4, 2016

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Here goes for the first time using dictation to blog on my smartphone. Trying to bypass slow and typo-laden mobile typing hehehe. 8D I'm sleepy so this is kinda rambly and nonstructural. Does this even count as food for thought idk

I had the realization today that learning more about being a producer (specifically for video shoots) has been a particularly big factor in shaping my social conduct. This comes in both observing my coworkers who are great producers--and even greater people--and in preparation/anticipation since my coworkers want me to eventually do producing too. It sounded scary at first because it's a social role, but now that I'm able to be more sociable and outgoing(?), the ideal traits of a producer have become something more of a goal.

A producer is someone that manages people. A responsible person that makes sure everyone has the information they need and has answers to questions, but is also firm as to assure things get done. Respectful to others and mindful of the balance between not being insulting and being honest. An accommodating person that cares that everyone is comfortable and not left out. Introductions are imperative--whether it's having the courtesy to always introduce yourself, or being sure that those around you have been introduced to each other rather than awkward confusion. Get to know your collaborators and don't be shy! It requires being a little fake tbh. Even if you're tired or frustrated, you have to learn to put that aside temporarily. Encourage others!

And it's important for a producer to express gratitude. :> Nothing should go unappreciated~

I think for a while already this was the kind of person that I wanted to be. But it was maybe hard to put into words or to sum up into one thing until now haha. I noticed it's really affected my attitude recently especially in working with people for singing collabs (ok more like being angry at disrespect and i just wanna scream at them TO ACT AS IF THEY HAD THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PRODUCER DAMMIT), but it also goes beyond work and I think should apply to social interaction in general.

So I think, even though I'm not particularly aiming to become a video producer, I want to be a producer-type of person? Ayyyy I've figured out my first real social model !!!
Let's see how I can learn to live by it uvu;; So strange that I'm mostly okay with talking to people now~

♛19

Friday, June 3, 2016

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Hiiii lol at this point, I'm staying at work much later than needed solely to leech off the wifi. Sad life. It's been a fuckin month so we better get proper wifi at home again soon because I've way too much to catch up on. Good thing I've been busy! I just finished week 1 of working full time officially, and it's been good! It didn't feel routinely at all because I also helped on some shoots, not just staying cooped up in the office. As the videos were of science experiments and cocktail making, they were pretty interesting shoots.

Ranks came out for round 1 of PRODUCE90and tbh since I haven't been actively covering k-pop recently and didn't promote myself as much as many participants did, I thought maybe I wouldn't make the cut? Plus, I did a bad and.....always forgot to vote each day....I think I only voted twice in total lol orz..........



BUT NOPE, sooooomehowwwww?? I ranked 19 out of 76. And the top 50 move on to round 2.
WOW.
MUCH THANKS TO WHOEVER VOTED FOR ME..... I'M PRETTY SHOCKED LOL.
THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME OF YOU; THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!

So now onto round 2 :D;;;;; I wonder when I'll get to record now that I'm working full time hrm--

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