My Cosplay Costume - Day 3: One Laaazzyyy Thursday Morning and The Space Sheriff

"It's why I'm easy...easy like Thursday mornin'..."

(yawn) The sloth disease hit me after waking up, all my muscles are unwilling to do anything except for my usual hygiene rituals, drink a cup of coffee while having a chit-chat with my folks, and sit infront of my PC. The only significant thing I did was making a call to a very special person (wink). Supposedly, I'll be making the "head gear" for my costume but I feel so laaazzzyyy plus I have a cough, which I just noticed this morning and I'm a bit feverish, probably caused by the messed up weather in our city.

Well, the good thing is, despite my condition, I feel like writing so I'll just talk for the meantime about my previous ideas for the event's costume. Well, they somehow failed to make it as my final choice but still, they are worthy of discussion and like pageants, there is a sole winner and there are runner-ups, which will be presented shortly.

Here is the first one that came across my mind:

1. Shaider

Pros:

• Shaider looks cool.
• If worn, the tokusatsu and metal hero legend would easily be recognized by some of my colleagues who caught the airing of the show.

Cons:

• The laser blade-wielding space sheriff is not an anime character (it was not stated before that costumes shouldn't be necessarily anime characters, which is the main theme for the cosplay)
• If worn, those who haven't seen his adventures on TV might mistake me for Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, the lame Philippine spin-off of the series (toinkz). That would be embarrassing.
• Get sucked by the Time Space Warp. (lolz)

The Challenge:

• The suit is obviously a great challenge plus to make it more convincing, my plan was to use LEDs for the armor.
• Too many colors (paint is expensive).
  
• It would be great to have someone dress up as Annie, the space sheriff's sidekick (in her miniskirts, of course weee).
• Imitating his pre-battle poses.

The Verdict:

• Failed. Not entirely due to the difficulty of making the armor but it's more on the fear of being ridiculed as Zaido that sealed the fate of the popular tokusatsu superhero.

I still don't have the juice of getting my hands on the project but well, I think I'm ahead of schedule so I have all the time to feature the rest of the runner-ups. Stay tuned. (yawn)

My Cosplay Costume - Day 2: Secret...just check out my blog

I went this afternoon to a local store that sells a varied array of products that include floormats, materials for sandals and shoes, ropes, adhesive materials, screens, and plasticware to buy chipboards for my costume. My blog won't be complete without photos so I took a picture of the establishment but unfortunately, my shot was a total disaster. Afraid that I might alarm the guard and could not think of a valid reason why I took a picture of their building (It's for our science project err I lurve your store soooo much uh not convinced eh, honestly it's for my blog...oh, you don't know what a blog is...geez I guess I'm busted) , my trembling nerves got me this...

My futile effort as an investigative show correspondent

Here are the materials I bought from the store and an office supplies shop:

Thank you chipboards! You made the curious increase the traffic for this blog.

2 chipboards (14.50) = 29.00
2 all-purpose glue (18.75) = 37.50
PREVIOUS EXPENSES = 29.50
TOTAL = PHP 96.00

Tomorrow morning, I'll start making my "head gear" as what I've mentioned. Till then, ciao!

My Cosplay Costume - Day 1: Hello Again Blogosphere, Goodbye P29.50

Last night, I had this radical idea of documenting how I'm going to come up with my cosplay costume for our upcoming company general assembly 10 days from now. I don't know but it just struck me, maybe I just missed my days as a student where I got to make art projects for myself and also for my classmates...and crushes (eyes rolling) to impress them (ahhh the good old days) or maybe I'm writing it down because this project is for my first ever cosplay event and for it to become memorable, I decided to make a reality tv-like approach on the steps I'll take on making my gear for the event. Also, this probably would bring my mojo back for blogging, it left me three months ago, making a day-to-day account of something I lurve to do, which is art, surely is a great way of reigniting my passion of writing for the blogosphere.

First off, let me talk about our company's general assembly. Prior to this one, it is held monthly on the rooftop of the building where our office is located, now it's scheduled as a quarterly event wherein all employees gather to hear updates from all departments, know the company's present state and future projects, witness the hidden talents of colleagues, and devour, of course on the food, whether it's the monotonous bread with meat stuffing from the nearby bakeshop or the always inviting merienda treats (afternoon snack) as what we call it here in our humble country. The only difference right now is that aside from the fact that some are eager on showcasing their talents (calling out my colleagues, who wants to participate in a dance number?), it will now be held on a prestigious hotel in the city, unless there are changes on the program proper. Most of all, we are looking forward on what costumes to flaunt for the event, simple or daring, cheap or pricey, we are excited for this is certainly new to us, that's why we are pumped up, so pumped up that there is already a Google search spree in the office for costumes of anime and cartoon characters, superheroes, and hopefully, scantily-clad femmes and hopefully not, topless green creatures (Sor, I'm talking about you). The rewarding thing is there's a grand prize for the best costume as well as consolation for runner-ups but there's a catch, they were not disclosed - Everyone, scream "WE WANT 5 DIGITS!!!". Sir Jeeds, I hope you're reading this hehehe.

I demand a date with Tanduay's calendar girl Ehra Madrigal for the advertisement.

I will now start writing about my costume. See that image on my monitor, that's what I'm going to make - uh uh uh...of course I won't reveal the costume I'll be wearing, much more show to you in full detail the "character" I picked for the event. There will be hints along the way, I can't avoid that but I assure that you're going to have a hard time figuring it out, I don't want to kill the suspense you know. I will also record the items I will use and their prices as well so I could keep track of my expenses. Yesterday I bought:

It's not what you think it is

2 balloons (7.50 each) = 15.00
1 pack 2-ply bathroom tissue = 14.50
DAY 1 TOTAL EXPENSES = PHP 29.50

That's it for now. I'll be leaving in a short while to avail additional raw materials. Supposedly, I should have been busy making the "head gear" but I did not notice that I ran out of glue, bummer...so I guess it has to wait for another day. Thanks a lot to Nana for keeping me company. Till then, ciao!

It's All Part of the Plan

This is no doubt the coolest viral movie campaign I have ever seen. I’m leaving the film’s title for you guys to guess but if the vandalized portraits of US Presidents and the pierced “card” still don’t ring a bell, then click the knife stuck in the wall...


Now you know.

A Little Bit of History

Though it seems just an ordinary day in our calendars, a lot of significant events in history happened in April 24. Here is a brief list.

April 24, 858 - Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope.
April 24, 1872 - Volcano Vesuvius erupts.
April 24, 1877 - Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania.
April 24, 1898 - Spain declares war on U.S. after rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
April 24, 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II knighted Winston Churchill.
April 24, 1961 - John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs.
April 24, 1975 - United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
April 24, 1996 - Records highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11.

and the most historical of them all…

April 24, 2008 - My first ever domain is up :D

From Hollywood Chic to British Comic

After watching Blades of Glory starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, I searched for the profile and filmography of Heder’s leading lady in the film, Jenna Fisher. I spent minutes looking for her photos, video clips, and then…

Goldmine!

There in front of me is a video of Rowan Atkinson’s classic stand-up comedy act. To my delight, there's an archive tagged with the featured clip that features his performances in front of a live audience. I rejoiced for I love the British comedian's humor and having seen every single episode of Mr. Bean countless times makes me one of his biggest fans.

Fate really is funny. I looked for photos of a beautiful Hollywood chic but I got Rowan’s funny masterpieces.

Here I present to you, Rowan Atkinson’s stand-up skit entitled…

Welcome to Hell!

Filler 1

A man died, went to heaven & saw huge clocks behind him.

Man: What are all those clocks?

St. Peter: It's a lie clock, everyone on earth has it. When you lie, the clock's hands move.

Man: Whose clock is that?

St. Peter: Mother Teresa's. The hands never moved because she never told a lie.

Man: How about that one?

St. Peter: That is Lincoln's. The hands only moved twice.

Man: By the way, where is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's clock?

St.Peter: It's in God's office. He's using it as a ceiling fan.