Working For The Vacation

 

Happy Monday little bots! Last week was full of frantic last minute emails and sound editing/mixing on top of trying to finish my cosplay for RTX. If you don’t know what RTX is well it's Rooster Teeth's convention held in Austin Texas. Don t know who Rooster Teeth is... click on the logo here to find out more:

So last week was full of emails back and forth on altering the mix, having a deadline finally, and finishing the film once and for all! I probably did 3 different versions of the mix before today. I'm happy to say that I finished in time for the deadline so Team Awesome can send it out to festivals without having to pay for a late entry. I have not heard back from them since last night about my final mix, so yeah that is a tad nerve wracking but not much we can do at this point.

Aside from work, I've been busy throwing together my costume for RTX and praying everything will fit into my carryon bag. For the better part of week was spent hand sewing beads on my dress. I am so glad the Netflix has all the seasons of Dexter, I've been having that as background noise while I work is very relaxing. I probably spent about over 12 hours beading the dress. I also dyed my cat ears blue, make a harness, construct the wings, and finished my accessories. I took a few pictures but I'm not very good at recording my progress. I'll post some pics of it for Friday's blog.

Some sad news, my man's grandmother past away on Friday. I've only meet her once but she was a very nice lady. I'm very sorry to see her pass but her health was failing and i'm sure she is more comfortable now. Aside from her passing, I'm disappointed with the interaction and communication failure between my man and his mother. Once again they have butted heads, he is unable to make it out to the funeral service and she wants him there. I understand both points and arguments that both parties have made and I'm afraid their differences has driven a wedge further into their relationship. The only plausible outcome for them to every have a healthy relationship is counseling but I know my man would never agree to go. An intervention with them sitting down to talk would only result in them strangling each other so that would be a no go as well.

In the end they are both the same, suborn asses.

This week I'm prepping to fly out to Austin, getting the apartment ready for when we leave and having my mom take care of our cats. I hope Blogger will post Friday's blog without a hitch and instead of a Monday blog it will be on Tuesday. Have a good week everyone, stay tuned for some RTX recap when I get back!

See you on the other side

Project Crunch Time

 

Hi little bots, sorry for not post on friday but I really didn't have much to post about on my cosplay that would fill an entire post. Last week I worked on the final mix for Team Awesome and worked on my Catbug costume for RTX. The majority of my week was spent on hand sewing covers for the outer shell of the ladybug wings. I really do need to get a sewing machine.

But this weekend I made progress on the rest of the wings, made the clear wing part and harness. I have discovered that I will need to assemble the wings in austin due to there size and me not wanting to have them go threw baggage claim. I've spent way to long on them to be broken and tossed around.

So today as I wait to hear back from Team Awesome I will be getting the back piece done so all I have to do in Austin is stick the wings threw it and tape that shit up. After that it is a matter of adding flair to the rest of the costume, I've already cut my wig and dyed my ears. With any luck I should have it done by the end of the week if that is all I have to do.

See you on the other side

I'm Not Dead, Yet

 

Hah-aha, hemmm... sorry for not updating in like forever (nearly a month). I've been desperately trying to pin down and finish the sound mix for Team awesome, I just need to do a few more things and have them sign off and BAM, done. I really want to be done with this by the end of the week. So that is what I've been doing for the past few weeks, mixing/editing and sending it off, waiting for almost a week in some cases to hear back, and go threw the edit changes and repeat. Here's hoping that this will be my final mix.

Aside from work taking over my life I have gone out into the world, seen a few movies (Maleficent,Edge of Tomorrow, and How To Train Your Dragon 2), went to a soccer game, and even spent a few days with my mom. It was nice to get out the apartment and realize that there was a world out there.

During E3 week, my man took a week off from work for vacation. By vacation I mean sit at home, watch the E3 coverage, and play games. During that week I let myself slide a little and was lazy. Yes , yes the real reason why I haven't been updating is out of pure laziness. Hey, everyone is allowed to be lazy once in a while and I did have a few meetings, one with Team Awesome and another for another project that I will talk about...now.

I meet this guy at last month's Film & Music happy hour, an artist looking to get into film. Fast forward a few weeks later and I receive an email from him asking if I would be interested in working on 3 short films he is working on. I said yes, and we meet up at his studio to discuss his films. Sadly he is still in pre production and evidently did not look at my website or resume since he asked me to do the on set film mix. Another downer was the fact that all 3 of the short films would be a labor of love, meaning working for free. For now on whenever I get contacted by someone before I meet with them I am asking upfront if it is a paying gig. I have paid enough dues to not be paid and paid for my worth.

So that is the long and short of what I've been up to. Working on my Catbug wings this week, hoping to finish that before the weekend, thus giving me plenty of time to fine tune the rest of my costume before RTX. I'll post some pics of it on Friday and on twitter.

See you on the other side