Geeking out retro style.

So, I just made the amazing discovery of an official retro version of the Okami soundtrack. It's just 17 songs/sound effects, but it's wonderfully nostalgic sounding.

<3 Reminds me of the glory days of Left Right A B, *how hard do you have to jam the game genie into the NES to make it work?* moments

<3 Plus, I bought the tin T.A.R.D.I.S. lunchbox at HMV. I intend on using it as a float box in the future, which is totally the excuse I have for buying it. Having said that, it was cheaper than I saw it at the con by over $5 so I feel I made a wise purchase. Also, I now haz a lunchbox. Now if I can only get my little hands on that rolling T.A.R.D.I.S. luggage.

...I really have nothing costuming related to say at the moment. I mean, I spent about 5 minutes trying to work out a more accurate cost of my flower pins, but gave up when I really had no idea how I paid for my brooch backs. I'll see if I can find the ones I bought online and work it out from there. Create a sort of minimum maximum thingie. Of an Excel sort.

That's all. Happy Thorsday, loves.

Grommeting...round two.

Aside from a minor injury (Re: missing the awl and hitting my finger with the mallet instead. That bloody hurt. And the tip of my finger is bruised.) I do rather enjoy grommeting. It is rather therapeutic when you get into the rhythm.....when you're not hitting your hand.

As such, most of the spats have been awled, grommeted and awaiting trimming and lacing. Just need to do the blue ones. Was going to do the fancy chain mail lacing, but the silver grommets will look just as nice. Plus, my dad sharpened the larger awl so I should have less issues that I was last night when it went dull.

....and hopefully the mallet will hold together. I am slowly and painfully destroying it. Gertrude (the mallet) got to the point where pieces of rubber were flying off as I was hammering. I am not gentle on my tools. Not that I try to ruin them, but putting them through the Moofy-test truly tests their mettle.

Finish that tonight, and tomorrow we can start trimming. Should be able to get that done this week, and then its mop up for some other projects and trinkets. Not to mention I need to build my display stand, update my product sheet, come up with some sort of business card etc etc etc.

So, not a thing to do, really. *neutral face*

And I still want to play Okami again.

Sometimes, the mind is an odd landscape.

My mind comes up with some bizarre crossovers. Like the time my brain decided to crossover the movie Real Steel with Pixar's Brave. Not that it made much sense, but my brain got halfway through fighting bear robots and clans wars in a post apocalyptic world before being distracted by something shiny.

Then there was the time I saw My Fair Lady and crossed it with the Hunger Games. The Dover race scene was entirely replaced by people from the Capital. There was a lot of satin and bright colours involved.

Or Pokemon and West Side Story. Starring the Eeveelutions in fabulously swishy skirts.

Like I said, an odd landscape, the mind is.

So, suddenly my mind has gone on an Okami kick. Such a great game. But now my brain, being, well, my brain is trying to cross it with things. Again. Not the first time, mind. My intial crossover, I jealously guard in my own headcannon in foolish hopes I will create the ulitmate fanfiction and associated costume collection.

Maybe I should just play the game again and get it out of my system. Or just...cosplay from it.

Yay, headcannon!