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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: January 11, 2016, 10:48:38 am »
I didn't realize garage sales and things like that would need a permit anywhere... Here in the US you can just sell your junk right on your driveway, even on the sidewalk if you're not blocking the way. Some Amish people would regularly sell strawberries by the closed down gas station near my old house. I think it's only an issue in some cities... I don't even know then, there are usually a lot of people with little stands or street artists in the really busy sections of cities. It's kinda free game here. The boardwalk in Los Angeles is just packed with little temporary stands since it's not a road for cars and it's impossible to get through there without someone getting in your face about selling you something. (It was definitely like that in Ghana as well, LOTS of people selling stuff on the street.)

Uh... Got s little off topic there, huh? Well, my friend told me to go check my mail today since I didn't get my package on Saturday. Maybe it's finally here? Also the weather yesterday was sort of weird. It was so windy my apartment was creaking and it scared my cat.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: January 09, 2016, 12:11:59 pm »
Oh, yeah! That's a good idea. I didn't think about how popular it was (and therefore how many used copies are floating around). I imagine lots of people are like "eh, I don't read these anymore" and bam, they sell them all for fairly cheap. No.6 isn't like that since it's not popular and used volumes go kinda quick I think.

Speaking of which, I should go check my mail to see if my volume 5 came in... I thankfully live one block away from the post office so I can just put on some boots and a coat and no one would ever know I just rolled out of bed and those are pajamas under that coat. (My pants aren't obvious pajama pants, I can get away with it lol)

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: January 08, 2016, 10:09:30 am »
Used copies of No.6 in English are really cheap now (like $5 on Amazon) so I'm really lucky with that. I've been getting all of them used, anyway. So yesterday I was torturing my friend by sending him pictures of Nezumi (I made him watch No.6 and he's still very upset that Nezumi left) and he was like "if you stop right now I'll buy you volume 5" and so now I have volume 5 on the way to my apartment lol (okay, he admitted he would have sent it either way but it was funny). I have three more volumes to get to complete my set and I think so far I've spent under $30 for the first six volumes. Not bad, huh?

(Also don't buy Naruto, you'll be broke forever.)

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Forest Garden / Re: Self-confidence issues
« on: January 05, 2016, 04:18:11 pm »
I don't know anything about that condition, but as someone who has had sparse eyelashes and eyebrows all my life, I've found taking prenatal vitamins has done wonders for me. I started taking them maybe a month ago and my eyelashes are much fuller and longer, and I think my eyebrows have filled in a bit more. (I also think it's sort of silly to totally shave off eyebrows to draw them back on, I just pluck off the stuff I really don't want and use makeup to shape them better when I cosplay.)

As for makeup, eyelashes on male characters generally don't need to show up. The eyeliner is really key in cosplay, and eyelashes are only "needed" for girl characters (or really girly boys lol). I've found that I really prefer clear mascara for my eyelashes for my male cosplays. I actually have a friend who is pretty much the queen of eyeliner, and I could totally ask her about techniques that would work for you. (She's super nice, I'm sure she'd love to help).

Anyway, I don't think it's being whiny, it's hard to feel bad about something you always see in the mirror. I'm still working on my butt chin issues lol...

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Karan's Bakery / Re: Nezushi sexcanon thread
« on: January 02, 2016, 11:15:41 am »
Nezumi complains about his feet getting cold during sex so Shion buys Nezumi warm fuzzy socks and insists that he wears them.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: January 01, 2016, 06:46:12 pm »
I finally got some time to myself (lots of family things going on, I skipped out on going to a show because I need my peace and quiet) so I made a video of my voice! Now you can hear how low it normally is.

http://weiselzelle.tumblr.com/post/136421550485/just-a-quick-video-of-my-voice-for-some-friends-to

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Forest Garden / Re: Self-confidence issues
« on: January 01, 2016, 02:28:36 pm »
I haven't worn my braces over a cosplay yet, only under my cosplay with a cloak, but I've heard other disabled cosplayers express the same frustration that their cosplays tend to be ignored. I might just experiment one day and wear the same cosplay two different days of a con, but one day with my mobility aids and the other without them and take note of the difference.

And I think there's always going to be some kind of hierarchy in anything, as stupid as it is. A lot of people want to feel better than others and hate the people who are liked more. It's all really ridiculous though, considering we're all nerds in costumes... It really does make all the difference to have the right friends for sure. I was feeling super insecure about all my cosplays until I met two of my dear cosplay friends (who I met through No.6, they cosplayed Nezumi and Shion) and they have been so encouraging and positive. Since then, I've been much more confident in sharing my photos and I haven't cared so much about being perfect. Now cosplay to me is about having fun, celebrating achievements, and learning from mistakes. It's much more fun that way.

I should add about the disability thing, my braces aren't generally an embarrassment for me. They either don't show up (they're black and I almost always wear black pants) or if they do, it silently lets people know that I have trouble walking. For someone as young as me, it's nice to have something speak for me about my limitations because otherwise people just think I'm lazy. The cane is something else entirely since it's considered an "old person" thing, but I've had several months to mentally prep myself for when I might need one. A lot of people in the disabled community have trouble taking that step into mobility aids just because of that sort of stigma. I think maybe I'd be a lot more anxious about it all if I was trying to date people or something, but I don't particularly care about that stuff right now so that isn't an issue for me. Still, that's an issue for a lot of people in my position unfortunately.

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Forest Garden / Re: Self-confidence issues
« on: January 01, 2016, 12:04:17 pm »
Weight issues are definitely hard for me with cosplay. Out of cosplay it's not bad, I can look in the mirror and be content with what I see for the most part, but with cosplay it's a bit discouraging to have less attention than I would otherwise. Sure, I don't cosplay for the attention, but it's painfully obvious why I don't get attention when I see other people cosplaying the same character as me with a lower quality costume but a thinner figure and they get a load of positive comments and notes on their posts. It's a bit discouraging, but I at least know now that the only thing that matters in this hobby is that I'm having fun.

Another thing that's starting to get in the way now, and I KNOW this will reduce what little attention my cosplays get to about nothing, is that I usually need mobility aids to get around. Right now this means some large braces on my legs, but I'll probably later need a cane for long days. And with the argument that it makes the character look inaccurate, people won't want to take a photo at a convention or say anything nice about my cosplay. At the very least I have a few very encouraging friends who would tell me I look great, bless their souls. I can hide the braces with very few cosplays and the cane can be built into some cosplays but for characters like Nezumi, I can't do that at all. I can't even fit the braces under my pants. I still don't really know how to go about that. It just feels like having any kind of visible aid takes away any attention from how hard I worked to make my makeup and costume took great.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: January 01, 2016, 07:06:40 am »
As for cosplay and weight, I totally get it. I've lost quite a bit of weight in the past several years, but I'm still a little in the "overweight" range. Everyone I've cosplayed with has been thinner than me and it's a bit difficult to feel confident in that situation because I've been curvier than every character I've cosplayed, and that's really apparent when I'm with someone thinner than me. I know it's silly to get caught up with beauty standards like that, but with cosplay, it's hard not to! Personally I use shapewear as a sort of solution. Of course it doesn't make me skinny looking, but it smooths down the curves I have. I actually use a binder, a corset, and some compression shorts (I need longer shorts though). It makes a big difference in my self confidence as a cosplayer just because it draws the attention away from the fact that I've got some serious lady curves and instead makes people focus on all my hard work. I first noticed the bit with the corset when I was cosplaying from attack on titan and I borrowed a corset from a friend. I'd been really self conscious because the tucked in shirt really showed my squishy stomach, but the corset hid that and wasn't too uncomfortable at all! Basically, it doesn't matter how much you weigh and cosplay is for fun, but little tricks like shapewear under costumes or contouring to hide chubby chins (I do that all the time for my squishy baby face) can make cosplay more fun by concealing those things that make you feel insecure and let you actually focus on enjoying the experience.

As for celebrations... I watched some people illegally set off fireworks on the beach, then went to sleep. So exciting.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: December 31, 2015, 09:28:50 pm »
@Kai I totally get it with the cosplay photo thing, I've been cosplaying since I was around 15, but you'll never see a picture of me cosplaying before I was 20 or so. I just couldn't stand looking at them and so they are all long gone... It's hard to keep the ones you aren't happy with!

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No.6 cosplay
« on: December 29, 2015, 04:17:08 pm »
Omg wow! Those both look so intense like Nezumi's eyes! And I totally feel the "late at night cosplay test" issue, I usually do that too. I'd totally direct you to some contacts for Nezumi, but I have yet to see any that look perfect for him. Anyway, looks awesome!

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: December 27, 2015, 06:25:43 am »
@Ahiku I also feel bad from drinking plain milk (I don't even like the taste so I just drink almond milk) but I don't think I've ever thrown up from it. Bleh.

Also I'm not sure if my audio posts from before really sounded quite like my normal voice... I don't remember which one you're talking about (I just remember the one about if Shion and Safu ever dated). But I do know I was laughing a lot in just about every audio thing I've recorded and my voice gets a bit higher when I'm laughing. My giggle is just a high pitched little "heeheehee!" Maybe I'll just record something later and upload it. Not laughing this time.

Nezumi would TOTALLY have a youtube channel for all his cover videos. He'd do covers of annoying pop songs he doesn't like just for the sake of showing up the original singers. He'd be petty like that. And Shion would be his #1 fan and leave lengthy comments about how amazing Nezumi is on every single one of his videos. ...I'm all for this AU.

As for bees, I don't THINK I'm allergic... I've only been stung once (on my toe) by a normal little bee, and that was fifteen years ago. I've thought about being a beekeeper (my dad and my best friend in high school are both beekeepers, that definitely influenced me) but maybe I'd change my mind if I was stung more often. For a long time I wanted to get a honeybee tattooed on the back of my neck, and then I watched No.6... And I want that tattoo even more lol. Everyone I've told that to thinks I'm messed up. (I don't even hate the wasps in No.6, they're magical goddess power wasps and it's not like they knowingly killed people, they just hatched... It was the scientist that was super **** up and put them inside people.) Okay, bees in general are really freaking cool. Not wasps in real life, though. Those things are mean. The No.6 wasps didn't even sting people, they just hatched and flew off. If only real wasps were that passive. Just... not the hatching out of people thing. I don't want real life wasps to do that. I just wish they'd fly off and leave people alone.

I saw the biggest wasps ever in Cuervo, New Mexico. It's a little ghost town outside of Santa Rosa (which is I think sixty miles east of Albuquerque if anyone cares) with several houses that are falling apart, a cemetery, and a well maintained church. I stopped there because my roommate at the time wanted to check it out, and then after a few minutes these enormous black wasps started flying around and I just got right back into my car. My roommate didn't care though, but he was super weird. He didn't get stung at least. Still, I was like "how is it possible for these things to be SO BIG..." (I just googled Cuervo NM to see if there was anything about the wasps or the church and I just found that last year there were some crimes there... It's hard to say if it's a gross prank or actually evidence of sexual offenses. Gross, people are so **** up.)

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: December 25, 2015, 10:00:14 pm »
@Ahiku Dang, good job on your first lead! Voice acting seems like a lot of fun, even if it is hard work. I guess that's how any kind performance is though, right?

I'm not really sure how to describe my voice other than "low yet girly" so here's one of my stupid cosplay Christmas videos. (Don't feel like you have to watch much of it, it's just to get a sample of my voice.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHXIL538aI

And yes, I think Nezumi would be a countertenor. I had to look up exactly what that was, but yes, that's it exactly. He's definitely got a higher voice in the novels than is portrayed in the anime. Sorry, Hosoya, you can't sound like a woman...

Intolerances and allergies just all suck in general. At least the whole gluten thing is becoming more well known so a lot of things are marked as being gluten free. I'm also lactose intolerant, but it's not bad since cutting out gluten (I can get away with eating lactose without any bad side effects, I think it was just too much for my system to handle after dealing with the gluten thing). I remember when I was really young I'd get horrible stomach cramps every night because my mom made me drink a big glass of milk with dinner every night. My parents thought I was being whiny over nothing until after about four years of this, and then my mom finally took me to the doctor and they figured out really fast that I was lactose intolerant. It's a super easy fix, though. There are pills to help with that. You just eat one right before eating dairy and everything is totally fine. It's too bad there's nothing like that for gluten. I'd totally get pills just to eat a load of soft pretzels.

Also I don't think there are usually breads for sale with fruit in them at grocery store bakeries (aside from cinnamon raisin bread), the bakery I worked at had a lot of original recipes. Apple oat bread makes some amazing french toast, though. I don't think I've seen any breads like those in the grocery store bakeries though, even the more "normal" ones. Like... I think most grocery store bakeries have things like white and wheat loaves of bread, then a bunch of different sandwich rolls, some pastries and cookies, and a fair amount of donuts. At least being gluten intolerant made me stop my bad donut eating habit. They're just so damn good...

Also I totally get overwhelmed at coffee shops when I try to order a drink. There are so many things... Though I don't drink coffee anymore just because the caffeine makes me feel sick. (Jeez, what CAN I eat without feeling bad? Maybe just fruits and veggies... Rice noodles...)

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: December 25, 2015, 11:43:01 am »
@Ahiku Woah! You're pretty dang good at voice acting! Also I remember mentioning that I was learning German back when the forum started (though I've put that on hold since my memory's been bad, maybe I'll pick that up again soon) but I understood some of the dialogue, which makes me feel a little better!

Also I just remembered I was talking to my friend about this the other day, but I was asking if I had a deep voice for a girl and we agreed that my tone is girly but the pitch I speak at is lower. So I'm stuck sounding weirdly girly with a low voice. I don't think that voice fits anyone pffffft.

I think I'm the only one in my family who sang much (everyone else plays instruments only) and I remember when my older sister wanted to try out for the school musical she had me try to coach her on her audition. It was awful, like she could sing the notes but her tone was super nasally and I couldn't seem to get her to sing from further back in her throat, plus she sort of slid to notes like an annoying pop star or something. ...She didn't make it to callbacks. I failed as a teacher lol. I'm not even a good singer, I just knew how to sing properly for choir.

As for bakeries, we have bakeries in grocery stores as well and it's actually pretty rare to have bakeries around like Karan's bakery where it's just breads and pastries. The only ones I've seen around (though I haven't been in cities much) are specialty ones, like cake decorators or gluten free bakeries. The bakery I used to work at shut down a couple years back. Any other bakeries have to have a sort of gimmick like being all organic or whatever. Even our competitor bakery back a few years had to start making fancy pizzas to keep customers coming. Bread isn't a big deal in the United States. Most of it is pretty mediocre. Though now I can't actually eat bread because I figured out I have a gluten intolerance and I do miss bread a bit. Gluten free bread tends to be really dry and crumbly. I don't bake anymore because I either can't eat what I make or it just turns out crappy. (Also I miss beer. A lot. I love beer.)

I have to think back to what breads we had at the bakery, just because we had a nice selection. I'd usually buy one of our mini loaves from the leftover dough and eat it during my shift. I actually had this tactic of eating anything that wasn't selling well so people would want to try it when they passed by. It always worked! We had... white, whole wheat, dill, cranberry orange, apple oat, french (three kinds, white, whole wheat, and herb), challah, st. john's, uh... I might be missing a few. And then we had zucchini cheddar rolls and pesto rolls and english muffins (I could totally live off the pesto rolls and english muffins), and then we had a bunch of cookies and pastries.

...Okay, I think I got a little excited about bread. Apparently I miss it more than I thought.

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The Theater / Re: Weisel's (terrible) videos
« on: December 25, 2015, 10:09:57 am »
:3 thank you!

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