This cosplay took me a few months of work to put together, and is my very first time cosplaying. It will be worn at Dragon*Con 2012, and I am so excited! First, props. This is a stylized Elements of Harmony book purse. The … Continue reading
This was today’s super fun summery outfit, which I’m calling “Summer Splash”. It’s not high fashion, but I think if I document a few outfits I put together on the fly, I’ll remember to recreate them later. Turquoise capris — … Continue reading
Much of American society has accepted, for the most part, that it’s OK for girls to be tomboys. Whether in the girlish sense of being a sharpshooter with a hot pink gun and a mini-skirt, or the feminist sense of … Continue reading
My favorite book? Might as well ask me to name my favorite friend! They all have so many strengths and weaknesses. Each one seems both entirely too perfect a fit to choose just one, while at the same time being … Continue reading
I’m back in a plane again. This time, I caught the Rotator that goes between Kunsan and Seattle, with stops in Osan and Yokota but nowhere else. That means a few short hops and then one interminable stretch across the … Continue reading
Today, we were to meet a group of schoolchildren Jesse and a few others from his unit have been volunteering with, helping them practice their English. However, today was field trip day, and we were apparently too far behind to … Continue reading
I think when I look back on this trip, I’ll remember it as a blur of long plane, train, bus, and taxi rides interspersed with bright spots of rushing about excitedly. It started with Space A and the ubiquitous “hurry … Continue reading
Note: As with all my posts, click the pictures to see them larger. This weekend we rode with a Lieutenant (one of the few people on base who has a car) and one of Jesse’s coworkers, Sgt. Kim, up to … Continue reading
Well, I’ve been keeping busy since finally arriving at Kunsan. The first couple of days involved a lot of sleeping to recover from my flight and what was apparently an infection in both ears. Unfortunately, my right ear is still … Continue reading
“Wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round!” I’m on my way from Osan to Kunsan, a two or three hour trip. We stopped at a little rest area, where I felt totally uneducated when I couldn’t even order or … Continue reading
We lost a day flying into Japan, so it’s now Sunday evening as I’m blasting towards Osan, Korea. I started out the day at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This morning, they loaded us all up earlier than planned, only discover … Continue reading
I’m in the air again, this time on another C5. We all made it out on the morning’s first roll call. This one is slated to stop at Yakota, Japan, then go all the way through to Oson. Assuming it … Continue reading