I was bitten by breaking dawn...

[beboots]

That has got to be one of the cheesiest taglines I've ever run across, but the book itself is pretty cool. Before you react to the mention of the Twilight series with hissing and shrieking, I swear that it's a really good series! I maintain my position that it's nowhere near as good as Harry Potter, but the characters are strangely addicting. :)  (Also, I seriously think that Jacob and Edward should just stop fighting over Bella and get together themselves. D: Sometimes, I'm surprised at Bella's denseness - you're dating a vampire and it took you, what, fifteen chapters to figure out that your best friend was a werewolf? Come on! D: )

Anyway, so last night I was at the midnight release for Breaking Dawn at the Chapters in St. Albert. It was pretty cool, mostly because the staff were almost universally rabid Twilight fans, so they really went all-out. I really should have worn my lolita outfit; I would have fit right in. :3 Instead, I wore my awesome boots from Amsterdam and my vest. Oh, and the masquerade mask that I made there. Sparkles and feathers, oh my! There was lots of free stuff, too, which is always a plus: temporary tattoos (plus, an air-brush tattooist), beaded necklaces (which you won if you answered trivia questions), "I was bitten by breaking dawn" pins, stickers, mocktails, cupcakes garnished with actually wearable pastic vampire fangs... oh, and there was a tarot station set up, as well as Wii baseball (because of that one vampire baseball game in the book... yeah, you know we're cool). 

Also, I knew a bunch of people who went - some of them I hadn't seen since junior highschool! Also, a few of the cosplayers that I met last summer were a nice plus. :) So, overall? Awesome evening...

You know what was also awesome? Spamalot. :3 I saw it last Tuesday with my friend Leah Nordlund. It was hilarious. I mean, the first half of the first act was essentially faithful to the original "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", but after that, it got... intriguing. :3 I'm glad that they deviated from "canon", as it became more interesting. I wasn't sure how it was going to end! Also, it was a musical, so you know that one king with the son who doesn't want to marry but only sing? ("She's got huge...." *vague hand gestures around chest* "...tracks of land...") Yeah, once he's introduced, he keeps trying to interrupt the songs. XD Also, in the end, Herbert (that singing son) and Lancelot end up getting married. ("Just think, Herbert: in a thousand years, this will still be controversial!") There were many more puns, as well, and the quest changes a bit near the end - the Knights of Ni  asked Arthur to bring them "a Broadway muscial!" And of course, Arthur has no idea where to find one, and becomes discouraged... cue the scene where he sings "I'm all alone" while in the presence of his faithful servant/coconut-weilder Patsy. XD Also, the French Knight taunting scene was relatively unchanged, except for a few more rude gestures. XD Hilarious! I won't give away the ending, but if Spamalot tours throug your cities, guys, seriously, go see it! It's so worth it!

Oh, and the video of the Japan Expo is up! :D (The one I was talking about in previous posts, the one that those awesome British cosplayers were working on while I was hanging out with them.) Here be a link: http://cosplayisland.co.uk/video/japanexpo08 Watch for the Jack Sparrow, the Fujiwara no Sai (me), and so forth. :3

...and it's less than one week to Animethon! :DD

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[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

LOLOL Twilight! XDDD I remember reading it... in 8th grade? 9th grade? I'm pretty sure it had just come out then, because the Twilight phenomenon hadn't started and I remember picking it out because I thought the cover looked cool. It's a so-so book; the author could do better with her writing style, imho. But... well, after the SPARKLY VAMPIRES, I could never really take it seriously anymore. I was dismayed at how Bella kept putting herself into dangerous scenarios so she'd hear Edward. =_= And after reading some quotes from Breaking Dawn--*giggles* I don't know if you've finished reading the book yet so I won't spoil you. But--Renesmee. XDDDDDDDDDDDD

Free stuff is ALWAYS a plus! ;)

Alas, you remind me that I need to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail in its entirety! I have never seen the movie the whole way through. >____> :/

*goes off to watch video* :DDD

Where's Animethon? In Canada? :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

SSSHHHHH! D: I'm only on page 226/754! ;_; Must... read more... at work... D:

You really MUST go watch the Holy Grail! It's hilarious! Did you know, if you don't want to watch the movie, you can put subtitles for Shakespeare's "Henry VIII"? XD

The animethon is in Edmonton, Alberta (at Grant MacEwan College), usually held the first or second weekend of August. It's large (for Canada) - I think it's the second largest? - but positively tiny compared to the Japan Expo (which I SO want to go to again...). However, it's really awesome because the anime community is so tight in Alberta, so when I go I run into like at least fifty people I know by name. :) Plus, the venders are usually pretty awesome. Yay merchandise!

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hope you finish reading it! After reading the quotes, I'm terribly curious as to what happens. XDD

I know! I still haven't watched it, it's a total travesty! D: But hahaha, I didn't know about the subtitle stuff--I'm tempted to try that out when I watch it. :P

Btw, in the video your Sai was awesome. The costume was amazing! :D And the fan! ♥

Ohhh, I see. :) It's so cool that you're so familiar with others in the anime community. :D Are you going to cosplay Sai again?

[especially.livejournal.com]

I am very very skeptical on Twilight.

Also, jealous you got to go see Spamalot :\ I am seeing nothing worth $230 this summer if I actually want to go to Uni in the fall. So couldn't go at all.

[xlirealx.livejournal.com]

Hee~
Your Sai cosplay looks so awesome in the video!! XDD
And I finished Breaking Dawn...but I won't talk about it if you haven't finished it yet. But I WILL say Garrett is awesome!! I <3 him big time!!

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Ack, Garrett? Who's Garrett? D: I'm only on page 460! Must... keep... reading...

And I loved that video! :D ...and I can't wait until the animethon. Like, three days left! :D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Actually, my tickets for Spamalot only cost me $79! And we were in the first row on the second balcony, so we had a decent view. :)

You're still skeptical regarding Twilight? Have you read them yet? I know, I was kind of like "well, I guess I'll read it if you guys like it so much", but once I got into it, well...

[beboots.livejournal.com]

My Sai costume took me far too long to make and is far too epic to NOT wear again. :D I'll be wearing it all three days of the Animethon. Oh, and the cool thing is, Sai is actually in the design of the animethon website! Check out the (badly drawn) banner! http://www.animethon.org/index.php You know, I would love to have a small wooden flute to complete my outfit... But unfortunately, the only wooden flutes that I can find are played vertically like a recorder. D: I could totally have had fun with it, too, because I actually play both the recorder and the orchestral flute! D: Oh, well...

...Have you watch the Holy Grail yet? Awesome, isn't it?

...And I'm still only on page 461 of Breaking Dawn! Must... keep... reading... or risk... being... spoiled...

[especially.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous, how did you wangle that deal?

Also no I haven't read them yet, no library card & I'm not shelling out the $$ quite yet. XD

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I could lend the books to you, if you like. :)

How did I manage to get such a good deal? Er, no idea; my friend Leah bought them for me and I paid her back. She doesn't SEEM like the type to kill someone and take their tickets, but... ;)

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

That's great! The Sai in the banner is really cute. Hmm, that is really unfortunate though, about the not finding a horizontal flute. You've checked all the music stores in the area? I can't think of where you could get one... I suppose you could get pan-pipes and take it apart and cut a hole in one of the reeds for a makeshift flute, but it wouldn't play anything and you'd ruin a set of perfectly nice pan-pipes, so... :/

I've just seen bits and parts of it, like the swallow questions near the end. :D

I read online summaries of it. You're halfway through, so I feel secure in exclaiming about this--she gets PREGNANT? WHAT. And--and--but maybe you haven't got there yet, so--*flails in consternation*

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Eeee!! I'm so excited for Animethon!! Friday is going to have a huge Lolita thing going on (cafe, fashion show, vendors, etc.) so I can't wait!!

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I second that motion! :D I can't wait! I'm going to be in costume all three days (no lolita outfit on Friday for me... D: ) Although, I may be able to persuade my friend Yan to wear it... :3

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I haven't really checked any music stores (there are none within a less than an hour long bikeride of where I live), but at the Heritage Days festival that I went to, I spotted dozens and dozens of wooden "recorder" flutes. I could probably borrow the car and try the music store across town, but... I'm an inherently lazy person. D:

Still, Animethon is going to rock! :D ... Hey, if you ever want to come to Canada, come during August and swing by Edmonton for the Animethon! :D It would be awesome!

Oh, yes, I've gotten to the pregnant part. Yes, she gets pregnant. With a vampire for a husband. Oh, soap opera... XD

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

... perhaps you could hack off the recorder mouth-pipe part so it doesn't have that curved up part and looks like a horizontal flute? ^^;

That sounds really fun. :D I will see if I can wangle that during the summers between college.

XDDD And the spine-snapping? The... imprinting? O_O I really want to read Breaking Dawn for the sheer lulz--the posts at fandom_wank are HILARIOUS. XDD

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the suggestions regarding the flute, but that wouldn't result in a playable instrument. ;_; Still, I had fun regardless! :D

Check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOCgQ5LqwfQ

Fandom_wank? I've actually never heard of them! Link, please?

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

^^; Granted, my suggestions were pretty awful. >_>

Ohhh, nice room! And well-stock fridge, I can always appreciate food. ;) Which character was that girl cosplaying?

Ohohoho, Fandom Wank makes its appearance! And you can find the Twilight wank here, here, and here... it's just far too entertaining to read. :P

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Ashley was dressed as Seras Victoria from Hellsing. (This chick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seras_Victoria ) She did the "bloody Seras" version, which appears in the latest issue of the manga, where the character goes insane with bloodlust, briefly. Hence, the bloody stockings and gloves.

Thank you for the links! I shall have to check them out, now...)

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Oh cool, Seras Victoria looks very interesting. I'm tempted to go look up Hellsing now...

:D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

The manga is very good. Be wary, though, of two things: the first Hellsing anime (which was so badly animated that they had to make a newer, nicer one), and the fact that it's really gory. Moreso in the manga than in the anime, but...

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warnings. :) I'll just not watch the Hellsing anime (I haven't watched any shows at all lately) and go for the manga. Don't mind gory stuff too much. :) Is it related to vampires and such? I remember the movie Van Helsing had a lot of vampire hunting stuff...

[beboots.livejournal.com]

The plot is essentially "big guns, vampires, zombies and nazis", but cooler. :3 It's quite good, though. And I love the way that they draw the vampires.