Over the past few weeks, I've been busting my butt with packing and cleaning, while still trying to maintain life as usual. It's been a hard road, and I'll continue to clean like an indentured servant until the 1st, but the most important part of our move happened yesterday.

My boyfriend, Bob, and I rented a moving truck and loaded up a good portion (though not all) of our stuff and brought it to our new apartment. Of course the first thing that happened was Bob trying to park under a car port and crunching up the roof with the 11' high truck. :/ But after that we really didn't have any problems. It was a lot of hard work loading up ALL of our boxes and furniture, then unloading it in the same day. By the end Bob told me I couldn't bring so much stuff next time we move. Lol arts/crafts/cosplay apparently equals having a ton of stuff! Until Animazement, we will be living in our old place because we do have it until June. Then we'll be living in the new place and I'll just be driving back and forth to go to work and to finish cleaning the old place.

I know none of this is interesting at all, but writing it helps me sort out what's been going on and what I still need to do. Sometimes it's hard for me to mentally process all the responsibility that comes with moving to a new place, especially since I'm doing the bulk of it so Bob doesn't have to take any time off work. Also, writing about it is a good excuse to procrastinate.

So internet things are going to be on hold for a while, except when I can spare time to get on here and do whatever business that needs to be done. Don't forget that I'm donating 50% of my internet sales to =Saya1984's suicide awareness walk until June 9th. Basically anything and everything is for sale. Just send me a note. Also, Animazement is coming up, and you can check out my tentative con schedule a couple journals down if you're interested.

Kate out.

Hey guys! As many of you who watch the Grell club already know, is raising money to participate in an overnight walk to support suicide awareness and prevention. I really can't stress enough how admirable I feel she is for doing this. Not a lot of people put themselves out there for any kind of cause, but she's really giving this her all! Over at the Grell club, I'm already giving some support by way of features, but I'd also like to do a little more than that. Because she's already raised $500 of the $1000 she needs to participate in the walk (omg!), I'm hoping that I can help get her closer to her requirement by pledging to donate some of my own sales money! So here's the deal...

50% of ALL my online sales will go directly to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Saya's name until the fundraiser ends!
So if you've ever wanted to buy something from me, now's the perfect time to get a nice treat for yourself while contributing to a very important and often unspoken about cause. I believe the walk is on June 9th, leaving only a couple weeks, so order soon!

What can you buy from me?
-Pretty much anything! Take a look in my gallery (especially the Etsy and Artists Alley folders on the left) for an idea of what I make.
-Right now I'm offering to make 1" magnets and pins of ANY image in my gallery for $3 each. Examples: [link] [link]
-I also sew and sometimes make cosplay props in addition to art and jewelry.
-Have another idea in mind? Just note me and I'll see if it's something I can do!

To order from me, please send a note!
I prefer Paypal/credit card, but will consider check or concealed cash.
Yes, I ship outside the US.

Interested in the rewards Saya is offering here? -->
I'll be sure to let her know what your contribution amount was so you get what you've earned.

Because I will be moving and settling in to a new place, all orders will be shipped mid-June at the earliest.

$5 donated on behalf of
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$16 donated on behalf of

My last journal was full of frustration and lamentation over what to do about my upcoming con. Since then I've talked to a couple friends, my boyfriend and my leasing agent. I've managed to push my move up to this weekend instead of the weekend of AZ, so I should be all in the clear! Hurray! But that does mean I need to scurry around and pack ASAP. At least I'll still have half a month to clean, so I don't need to worry about that so much.

Meanwhile, I've been in contact with the Artists Alley staff. Of all years to not get an AA table, this is probably the worst for me. I NEED the extra money. As I've mentioned, I'll be basically without a job and having to pay for more things this summer. I will be paying well over $2500 on one time expenses between now and September. So like I was saying, I've been in contact with the Artists Alley staff, and at first they were like "don't hold your breath", but feel free to try (just as a side note, they're very courteous with their wording). However, just today I received a follow up email that gave a slight glimmer of hope. I do believe all other waitlisters will also receive this email, so there's going to be competition, but with some luck and determination, it may be possible to procure a table.

But I don't want to get my hopes up too high. Even if there is a spot that's open, competition may prevent it from going to me. :/

Regardless of what happens with AA, I'm excited to be seeing who for some reason I can never cosplay at the same time with. Lol I'm going to do my best to bring DRRR goodness this time! Also, it sounds like my good friend will be going, possibly Saturday I believe? This is someone else who I wasn't able to cosplay with at the last con. Omg Katsu was just all kinds of missed opportunity! So yeah. I'm looking forward to seeing digit, because if she wear Undertaker (and I hope she does), I'll actually get to see it in person and admire all the gorgeous work she did on it. Also, I bet anything she roleplays him like a pro.

So not that anyone's really clamoring to know what my schedules looking like, here it is anyway:

Thursday
-Get to the con before 6pm and try to be first in line
-Sell my soul for an AA table
-If I get one, the following probably won't happen unfortunately, but chances are that won't be the case

Friday
-Put on mah kitty ear helmet and rock Celty like a boss
-Meet up with Koe and Toya!
-In the evening (briefly go home?) switch into Elizabeth
-Fight exhaustion and sleep deprivation to make it to the dark hour Persona meet at midnight

Saturday
-Either wake up ass early and open my AA table or...
-Bring on the derp by channeling my inner Ronald Knox
-Meet up with Digit I hope!
-Possibly mack on some Meilins if I see any (lol she's like the only one I'll pair Ronald with)
-Go to the Kuroshoot and continue the derpfest
-Possibly go home for a bit of a respite
-Change into Rose and join my Tennessee friends for some Homestuck fun

Sunday
-Cosplay something? Omg I don't even.

So anyway, that's the story. Thanks for all your support while I'm being a whiny kid about everything. I really do appreciate that there are still some of you out there who read my journals. I noticed that when the Grell art stopped flowing, the comments did as well.