Conventions and Cosplay

Once again, I return to my favorite convention: Anime M at suri (AM). I had been planning my return since the end of last A M . Mostly because I decided I wanted to try new things for 2017. One of those new things would include being a model for the J- Fashion Show . This would be my first time being a fashion model. I applied to be a model when the applications opened and was accepted to much of my delight. After seeing Ale x's experiences back in 2014, I felt like I wanted to see what it was like to walk the stage with such amazing designers and models. The second new experience w o uld be hiring my first photographe r for a convention . I have never gotten professional photography done for any of my cosplays, so this was a whole new experience and I loved it!  To join me on this wonderful weekend were my three roommates Ryan, Dulce, and Tiffani. Day 0: Thursday I feel like, any time I go to AM, I run into transportation issues. Luckily, I made it to AM without losing my lugg...

My long awaited return to Anime Matsuri (AM) came and went so quickly. I miss it so much and once again I have a lot to say about Anime Matsuri. I had no trouble getting there this year and that is always good. I had 5 new roommates: Marley , Dulce , Ryan , Samantha , and Kathryn . Sam and Kat, had horrible car trouble just five minutes from the hotel. Luckily, they were able to get the car fixed and still enjoy their time at AM. This year at AM was sharing my love for Reika and Kaname with my roommates and showing them how cool the guest stars are besides just walking around. By Day 2 of the convention, I think I succeeded *evil laughter* Day 0: Thursday Akira and I Landed in Houston at 1pm, which was perfect timing to attend the Meet and Greet with Akira at the shop Alice in Wonderland in China Town. Marley enjoyed looking at the highly expensive lolita clothing and made sure I didn’t spend all my money there lol. I also got to say hi to one of my roommates from last...

Bit behind about publishing this post.... I got a little busy with work and setting up plans to attend Anime Matsuri 2016. On September 23-27, I attended Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) in Georgia. Its one of the top ten largest anime events in the United States. My mother and one of my best friends, Kayla, went with me. The layout of the event was very nice and there were plenty of areas for photos and finding a place to rest. Convent part was the food place in the convention center, which was a little over priced, but I did not feel like walking across the road to the mall for food especially since it was raining on and off all weekend (-_-); . Also we were not able to attend all of the event, just Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Since it was a last minute booking a hotel, we did not get one of the main hotel and had a lot of issues with taxi service which were very slow and took an hour to have one arrive. That was one of the negatives that I experienced from this trip, but eas...

Photo by Carla            By far a lot better than last year with arriving by airplane and the time of events starting at the convention. I have to say as soon as I arrived at Hilton Americas in Houston, TX on Thursday April 2 craziness started. Met up with my roommates for the convention Alex (who I met last year, ya that crazy girl who fangirled with me last JFashion Show), Carla, and the Kawaii Ambassador of Mexico Daniela....... basically a cosplayer rooming with three Lolitas, what craziness can come of that, right? How about shaking hands with Reika finally!!!! Which caused my heart and brain to over heat and want to rash from over excitement XD Slowly working my way for a hug. Little steps....little steps. I think my roommates finally understood how bad I am around Reika XD, but I don't care it makes me soooooo happy :) It was the most longest weekend, but because it felt long I had 3 times more fun than las...

I've grown up with conventions all my life, my father Joe Motes use to run a convention called Vulkon Entertainment. It was dedicated to most scifi shows, but he did create a few for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Back then I really wasn't into cosplaying, but I did find it interesting to see what people did. It wouldn't be until I attended my first convenion outside of Vulkon that I got really interested in cosplaying, Dragoncon 2009 to be exact. My friend Monica on the left and I am on the right.  Before I started to cosplay I was in a high school club called Paladin Society where I volunteered at Renaissance Fairs thought out south Florida. This is where I learned how to sew, weave on a loom, learned about Apothecary and weapons fighting. After I got into my university I thought I never sew again, but in 2013 I got inspire by a famous cosplayer. Her name is Reika and she a famous Japanese cosplayer that has traveled the world to appear as a main guest fo...