~StrawberryL

Howdy guys....SO! Guess who is going completely insane! Thaaaaat's right! You guessed it! YOU! Lol JK. Anyways, I am completely drained. I have an AP Test and graduation coming up next week, our school's musical is going to be performing on the stage of Starlight Theatre. ( big deal). On top of that, I am getting enrolled into my college this week as well, and trying to survive in school now. AND ALL ON TOP OF THAT...

I have cosplay withrawls. Last time I cosplayed fully was a few weeks ago. But I miss having so many other people around me cosplaying as well. Like a con! I love the atmosphere of cons sooo much! It a mixing pot pretty much! All these different people coming together to do one awesome thing! I love it! Being a Thespian also has a part of it ya know. Being able to turn into someone else for a day. Not having to worry about your own life! It's such a great feeling! A bunch of my friends are talking about going to A-kon the end of this month...also Acen...*sighs* I wish I could go sooooo bad! But alas, noo mone' T_T. I guess once schools out, and if I get this job. I'll be on a good track to being able to get out of this rut.

At least I'll have the Naka-kon Reuinion. I can't believe 60-100 people will be coming this year. XD I don't know if you've ever set up something by yourself and watch it grow into something amazing, but it is a great feeling! I am a staff memeber for Naka-kon. The First Kansas anime convention *coughs* and the best* coughs* and I get to see it there along with others, and when people tell me how grateful they are...it's such an awesome feeling. Now, I myself have taken charge and have for the second year in a row set up the Naka-kon Reunion. Our first year we had 25 people come out and we had a blast. This year it's quadroupled! I am so excited to see friends come together and have it be just like an anime con again!

I got my White Mage Yuna in the mail today! I'll have to take pictures of it and post them for everyone to see! I don't know if I've ever ellaborated on my cosplay dream. Ever since I first started cosplaying I decided that I wanted to make myself known for one thing ( now two). I want to be known as the "offical Black Yuna" and now the offical "Black L". But all it really comes down to, is to be known as an awesome Black cosplayer. I've recieved some nasty comments in my day. " Black people shouldn't cosplay." " Cosplay is for whites." Really ignorant comments like that, but that has never brought me down. Infact comments like that simply make me stronger ya know? So now I'm out to prove myself, that Cosplay isn't just for one race, cosplay is for everyone to enjoy and express themselves! Sometimes I wish that everyone was color blind, or at least like how we were as children. Children do not discrimate by skin tone because they cannot, everyone registers as equal and the same until they start to develop more. There are many others like me that want the same thing, so that is another reason I love cosplaying. To put more diversity out there, and have people see, at least in small places, if not the big huge world. Everyone is equal...*sighs* I love cosplaying for that...WHICH IS WHY I AM HAVING WITHDRAWLS! GRAAAAAH! XD XD XD XD

-Ichigo