life is musical

It's over.

Yet I don't feel like it's over. Our musical I mean. Our long-term project, Hopeanuoli!musikaali. (Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin!musical/Silver Fang!musical).

Last Friday everything was a complete mess. Our microphones didn't work, we had problems with lights and timing the music, the head of our Akakabuto kept on dropping, the cardboard bears were unfinished... To cut a long stroy short: we didn't have a decent, complete dress rehearsal.

So, on Saturday afternoon we tried the cardboard bear battle, we didn't have time to go through the whole musical. I sewed the head of Akakabuto with our Wilson and we didn't have time to test it on stage.

Then the workers let the audience in. I had checked before, there was quite a line behind those doors. After the show I heard that every seat was taken, the VIP balcony was full, people were even standing there and in the end of the rows, some even sat on the stairs even though it was forbidden and still, over 50 people (some say over hundred, some even more...) couldn't get in.

When it started I was nervous. Nervous if the audience would like the musical or not. But when they clapped hands after our opening choreography I knew we couldn't fail. So the musical went on and everything went almost perfect. After the ending, the audience clapped their hand for like six minutes straight and I was just... overwhelmed. The audience gave us so much strength I can't even describe it!

In the middle of the great battle against Akakabuto I saw Yoshihiro Takahashi in the front row. The creator of Ginga series. The world-famous Takahashi-sensei. After the show, he suprised us by visiting the backstage, telling us that he had cried and then he took many photos with us and shook our hands. It was such an honor.

Whole crew with Takahashi.

Many people asked why we only had one show and why we were in the small hall when there was a big one. We got loads of compliments and I haven't heard a single comment which was completely negative. And this was truly heartwarming: some little girls waited for an hour to get an autograph from our Gin.

During this time, from December to September, our group has overcame difficulties, made new friends and some even call us their "mental family". I started dating my very dear friend and I think all thanks go to this musical and Rewe. (I was always like "NOOOO I'm never gonna start dating him, we're good as friends" :D But things happened, hahaha! I'm glad.) But I bet we all are going to stick together, some more, some less, but still. Many things await us in the future and nobody can tear us apart, nobody can tear apart Hopeanuoli!musical! Auuuuu~

You can watch the whole musical on YouTube (Finnish only).

Avaan ikkunan

hengitän sisään maisemaa,

niin täydellistä, että pelottaa.

Pelkään että aika ajaa meidät erilleen.

Mitä sitten teen,

mitä sitten teen?

Eikä ajatella sitä kuka on kenenkin,

että meillä kaikilla on kotikin.

Toisilla on joku, joka siellä odottaa.

Nyt ei kukaan muista,

eikä tahdokaan.

Kiitos.

boil our blood

Hiyaa!

I have to tell you.. I have to tell you! I started reading Watership Down! ...since I've heard that the book actually is good. And so far it has been interesting. I just try to overcome my ultimate fear of the movie... :'D

The Flogging Molly gig was awesome! I had so much fun! All of the seven members brought us a brilliant, energetic gig... I'll probably share my thoughts later when I can upload my low-quality videos and photos :'D

And for the first time, I've been blog-tagged! :'D

"There are six things you have to tell. 3 negative and 3 positive, and be honest about them. In the end, tag six blogs and link the blog who tagged you.

Three negative things you have to tell.
1. Your least favourite cosplay and why. 2.Your worst experience at con. 3.Your worst con and why.

Three positive things you have to tell.
1. Your favourite cosplay and why. 2. Your best experience at con. 3. Your best con and why."

1. Your least favourite cosplay and why.

The photo tells it all:

2. Your worst experience at con.

I've never really had bad experiences. Sometimes being in con has been boring, sometimes I've had headache. Maybe the feeling after an all-nighter at Desucon :'D Or when I was playing with a toy gun at Nekocon 2008 and got scolded. Bwah.

3. Your worst con and why.

Well, I won't count Manga Day as con. Agh, this is a hard one. It's either Nekocon 2008 or Tsukicon 2008. Nekocon was boring boring boring and expensive, Tsukicon was way way WAY too crowded and full of wannabes. Sorry for being rude but it was like that back then. I don't know the current state since it's not that fashionable to like all this japanese stuff anymore.

1. Your favourite cosplay and why.
It has to be this:

I love Clannad, I love Kotomi and this one was done carefully. And my wig wasn't half-bad. I used this at Bakacon 2010 and I just have to use this again!

2. Your best experience at con.
I have way too many good experiences!! Like in the 2006 when I had so much fun with Rewe and the rest of the crew or in Bakacon 2009 where me and KiBi (we were getting to know each other then, heh.) competed in Iron Ganguro and spent a lot of time in Desuroom watching Mikan Seijin-Hour and laughed our asses off. Or in the following con, the first Desucon where we watched Kimagure Orange Road dubbed in Finnish... Or the night in Desucon 2011 where he asked me to be his girlfriend. ♥ And I bet our GNG!musical will be one of the best con experiences as well :D

3. Your best con and why.

I think I just have to say Desucon 2009. All the crazy randomness me and KiBi did... was just... I dunno. Unforgettable.

I have to tell you, I haven't been cosplaying since 2010. I have no money and no sewing machine for example :'D I'd like to cosplay more but hrmm. Maybe in the future!

I WON'T TAG ANYBODY MUAHAHAHA.
But here's the link to Viv's blog.♥

shit happens when you party naked

but we won't stop.

space invaders

a moment

Hey!

1/4 of my summer job, DONE! I'm more than happy. The work is pretty nice and the days go by fast enough...

Desucon takes place in Lahti this weekend. It's going to be... Veeeeeery interesting, I tell you. And I have to get my accessories done for the artist alley... Aaaagh... The only problem is the lack of inspiration! I need inspiration and I need it quick.

Here's me and pizza. From our GNG musical practises. We've done progress but we need to hurry a little to get it done in time. In my opinion. :'D Photo taken by Rewe!



We've known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see

...it just suits the situation too well.

pieces of me, my life

Yep, went to Bakacon 2011 at Pieksämäki and had lots of fun ♥

Yep, went to see Stage live. Our school is in the semi-finals! ♥

Yep, went to my American friend's American Boxed Food Party. I can't believe they really eat this stuff... :'D I mean, it's all artificiaaaaal... SO FAKEEE XD This photo includes: Nutty Bars, raspberry (I...think?) Jell-O, Jell-O pudding, brownies, Moist Supreme cake & frosting, marshmallows, two different Kool Aids, blueberry muffins, Rice Crispies and Mac&Cheese. And we had also Tuna Helper. For example that blueberry muffin-package said "Imitation blueberries, artificial taste" oh God... And my friend claimed this all to be "pretty healthy" :D

Yep, went & baked muffins. REAL blueberry muffins. With white chocolate. And uhm... To be honest I've never made better ones so I'm pretty darn happy. (:

Get yourself a bouncy feeling!

happiness

Either:
1) Something super bad is going to happen.
2) Karma is paying back her old debts.

...because I am happy. I mean... I just... There's nothing wrong. Everything is perfect and beyond! The whole world just shines before me. Too good things happen to me... But I deserve this feeling. I do.

No, I'm not high. I'm just... Filled with this cozy feeling of happiness. Can you imagine it? The feeling when you're bubbling inside because everything is going perfectly. This may not last long but... I enjoy it with every cell of mine!! ♥

I do have reasons:
- Bakacon and all the great people I met and got to know and all and all and all and all!! AND YOU TOO ♥
- Hopeanuoli!musikaali (GNG!musical)... This one holds a story actually. I enjoy our practices A LOT. But to top it all... The original creator of Ginga Nagareboshi Gin is the quest of honor in Tracon where we are going to perform. It's... It's such an honor. And we ended up in the same event by coincidence!! WE ARE GOING TO PERFORM TO THE WORLD FAMOUS MANGAKA WITH HIS OWN PIECE OF WORK. OH MY FUCKING GOD !!!!!!! ♥

- Finland won the ice hockey world championshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!!! ♥
- I got my larp profile and bought some of the props already (:
- This one might seem a small one but... I bough a paintbrush today! It's super thin, 0. I love it and want to give it a try but I don't have the inspiration yet. And I found old watercolours so I want to try them and and and I bought more water colour paper sososo I really want to give a try to it too andandand!!!
- I'm going to watch Stage live at Helsinki on Wednesday! Our school is still in the competition!! ♥

HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~

But no photos this time. AHAHA I AM LAZZZZYYYYYYY.

But then I also have some more serious chit-chat :'D

There's a thing that has been bugging me for a while now. I'm a computer addict, REALLY! Oh my God. I spent way too much time in front of the computer. And then I whine about how I am not good at anything. A while ago I began to think how much free time I would have if I didn't use computer at all. And if I had used that time well I would be good at drawing. I would. Be. Good. So I decided to free my Wednesdays! This little experiment sounds so good... I can bake, read, draw, draw, draw, watch movies I haven't watched, come up with good LARP ideas, EVEN GO JOGGING LOL and maybe finally start planning the children's book that has been on my mind for a while now. And when I have my violin I could practise andandand~ So, byebye computer (for one day of the week, lol.) I'll also decrease my usage of the computer in the other days of the week as well. Tried it today, it's hard. So this is going to be so helpful for me.

UNTIL NEXT TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~ ♥