monochrome tea

herein you will find delirious ideas from the wild imagination of a child, who lives in her own fantasy world.

cosplay update

so, i finished my ring suzune costume in time for daicon… kind of. there are a few details i need to add (mainly buttons, yellow trimming down the front, fixing the top to actually sit better on me and not look baggy, make a better skirt, add the microphone to her headphones… this list goes on) i also need to freaking style my wig. the one i bought had bangs already cut into it. so i don’t have a fresh canvas to work with. anywaysss. hopefully everything will be 100% done for fanime!!

this picture was taken by my friend, violet vesper at uc davis. i haven’t explored much of the campus, but i bet there are more places to take photos at. c:

if you’d like to see more, all of the photos i have so far are on my cosplay account:  http://www.cosplay.com/costume/422943/

upcoming cosplay: ring suzune

hayyy tharr! so, my next cosplay project is ring suzune from vocaloid 3. 

she is super adorable. i was debating between her and yukari. it was a really hard decision, but i decided on suzune because i do adore her maid design. i will probably eventually do yukari. DAT BUNNY HOODIE. *g*!! i’m surprised there aren’t a lot of cosplays of her yet. i’ve only seen one of her first design, and another of her second design. owo i’ve started constructing a pattern for her top, and i hope to get her completely done over spring break. i bought a wig off of ebay for her… but i’m not super fond of it. it doesn’t look very thick, and it already had straight edge bangs cut into it. -w- they are long, but i wanted it to be an untouched wig so i could do her flipped bangs. oh well. too late now. >: i am seriously never buying a wig off of ebay again. i’m only going to buy it from vendors that i know sell good quality stuff. rah!

i realllyyy want to get this done before april 28th! there is going to be an anime convention in davis, which is really close by. ;A; i want to try entering their masquerade! it would be the first time i do it alone. in the past, i was always with a group. hopefully i’ll do good!!

side note: i think it would be cool to have her demo songs playing through my headphones, so people can hear. but would that be annoying? owo; maybe i shouldn’t since she hasn’t even been released yet.

celebrate~

i’ve neglected this for a while, but i still haven’t stopped my weight loss journey! i decided to weigh myself today, something i hadn’t done in a few weeks. when i first realized i needed to lose weight, i was at 220lbs. this was back in 2009 when i had started a new job at an asian grocery market. since then i have been struggling to lose the extra love that i had acquired. my current weight is 190lbs! i haven’t weighed this much since high school. xD i’m so happy i finally lost 30lbs! it took two years… but i did it! wooo!!

my ultimate goal is to get down to 150-160lbs. i think this is the ideal weight for my height, which is 5’10”. :3

i’m hoping to lose 20lbs for fanime this may! and then i need to be at my goal weight by september, for my rydia cosplay. >w<

animation on display!

i am going to this years AOD in SF! i am soo excited. i have been wanting to go for a while now! now i just have to decide on cosplays… i definitely want to bring my princess serenity dress. i love wearing it. :3 but i don’t know what else to bring. i have my completed sailor pluto costume… i kind of want to finish my stocking dress and wear that to the con. its only two days. :< but i don’t want to switch in and out of costumes the whole weekend, so i have to decide on just two. maybe i should just do the ones i have already. they just need minor fix ups, and it would be less to do for me on top of school and work.

p90x day 2

did the cardio video today! it was fun and definitely got me sweating! its like i was in a sauna or something. xD it feels so much better when you work out at home… i don’t know why. maybe its because it feels more private, and there aren’t people around to gawk at you? i feel as if i could go for a jog right now, but i need to get ready for work. :<

yesterday, i wandered off track…

i didn’t get a chance to exercise yesterday. its pretty hard to squeeze that in when you’re working and going to school full time again… i think i’m going to ask to work less, because i need more time off for school. here is what i ate yesterday:

breakfast:
bacon and egg croissant

break:
small slice of chocolate cake

lunch: 
sushi and snap pea chips

break:
pure vegetable juice drink (beets, carrots, apples) with a b12 shot, and two shots of wheat grass

dinner:

chicken pot pie
small slice of strawberry cake (my boyfriend made sure to give me a small piece, he’s looking out for me. :P)
small glass of milk
small handful of baked french fries 

not too bad, but not great either. i still need to eat more veggies, fruit, and protein. i was weak with the cake. ;A; but at least i had a small portion size. my mom saw who my next cosplay is, and she suggested to me to eat lean and cut out carbs for my diet. i need to buy a new scale so i can keep track of my progress. ‘o’

p90x day 1

so this morning i did my first p90x workout. i did core synergistic. i plan on doing the lean version of p90x. i did this exercise a few days ago, but i didn’t keep up with it. :c so hopefully now i’ll follow the 90 day program. it definitely works you out. i was dripping in sweat. xD; its definitely challenging doing the video in a small space. i live in an apartment, so i don’t really have a big area to do the workouts in. >.o anyways, i enjoyed it and i feel proud of myself for getting through it! now to take a shower… xD

foood!

okay so, for lunch i had a nice bowl of… chili, i think it was. i thought it was soup. it had small bits of beef, tomatoes, onions, kidney beans and black beans. it was delicious~

for a snack in between, i had celery with a bit of peanut butter.

for dinner i had a stir fry with a palm sized portion of pork chops, veggies, and a bit of white rice. i couldn’t help but eat another pork chop and some rice… ;a; it was really good. but i ate it in a small bowl.

i had a sweet craving so i decided to have some hot chocolate.

need moar veggies and fruit, me thinks. i definitely need to go buy some, all we have is bananas and lemons.