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My best friend just published her first book.

I will tell my mom to read it first since she's got a kindle, then I can read it on the app. Maybe. I'm already in the middle of two books, Insurgent and The Priest's Graveyard.

Spam Biography

Barioth said
You've given yourself a big task, Joe. All these people want a biography and this thread will look petty if they aren't given one.

I resent false advertising.

"Fedora Bandit Robs Supermarket"

Blitzkrieg said
Hows the neckbeard treating you?All we need is a trench coat and we are set.

I happen to already have a trench coat. But Minnesota weather has already transitioned from winter to summer so now it is too hot to wear it.
It is also too hot to wear a fedora, but I surmise that a nice wide-brimmed sun hat will do.

"Fedora Bandit Robs Supermarket"

People who wear trilbies don't tip their hats and say "M'lady"

"Fedora Bandit Robs Supermarket"

It's a trilby.

Fedora:


Cheap douchey wal-mart knockoff (trilby):

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Kaga said
I'm glad.

The best cosplay I ever did was the Invisible Man, and I spent less than $5 on it. I scraped up most of the pieces from around my house. An ace bandage, semi-nice pants, trench coat I got for free, and some giant sunglasses I found at a thrift store replaced the shaded goggles I used before. And a brimmed hat I found lying around. I've never been to a con but our local theatre has this thing during the summer where they show old horror films for free one night a week on the big screen, and my friends made me go dressed as the Invisible Man once and I was a big hit so I went that way ever since. I've even had people take pictures with me. Quite a lot of fun.

On one such night we stopped to get gas on the way home, and I'm sitting in full costume in the passenger's seat, and there was a police officer there. He was just chatting with the guy at the counter, and they both looked out the window and spotted me. I guess word gets around because they recognized the costume and laughed. Which I was grateful for, it would have been terribly embarrassing to get arrested for looking sketchy. Especially since the real Invisible Man was a psychopath.

But yeah, costumes are fun. I want to make an Assassin's Creed one sometime.

"Fedora Bandit Robs Supermarket"

Morons. That's a trilby.
Common criminals aren't cool enough to wear fedoras.

My thoughts on missing the Sherlock bandwagon

What does that even mea--I mean, congrats your parents must be so proud of you.

Hey Watson

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Kaga said
Well yeah, but you really don't have to do that in order to make an awesome cosplay. I always hate when I hear about people spending hundreds of dollars on cosplay websites that I swear , as well as when people claim that they to use such sites because they can't sew or w/e.In the case of most cosplays, you can get most of the clothing you need from second-hand stores with minimal edits needed. That's what I did with my Grell Sutcliffe cosplay - $7 at Goodwill for every piece that I needed, as opposed to the hundred-or-so dollars I would've spent on one of those stupid cosplay-selling sites. Not to mention, if you buy actual clothes while intending to mimic the look of your character, then it feels a lot more like you're wearing actual clothes that the character would wear, as opposed to just a costume. (Not to mention, with a lot of characters, you probably already own a lot of the basic stuff you might need.)As for wigs, always go generic. Most places that sell wigs for halloween costumes will sell them year-round on their websites, and you can get wigs of most colors and styles for about $15 for a short-haired wig or $30 for long-hair. It might seem a bit pricey if you need longer hair, but that's a thousand times better than the hundred-dollar wigs those stupid cosplay sites will charge just because they can claim theirs are custom-tailored to look like the character. Not that it matters much since, unless your character has some really wild, really signature hair, you can find a generic wig that looks just like theirs. Also, wig caps are about $2. Ladies (and men with long hair): they're a wise investment.As for weapons/accessories, that's a good chance to get artsy. If you have that kind of talent, go for it. If you don't... well, it's probably not essential to the character's look, and it's probably not worth the prices on the cosplay sites, either. Even then, a lot of unique accessories that you wouldn't be able to find generic you can still probably find elsewhere on geek-gear sites and the like for far lower prices than they'd be sold as for part of a cosplay. A Death Note? $15. River Song's journal? $10. The t-shirt worn by virtually any Homestuck character? About $20 on one of the two Homestuck shop sites. Not to mention any one of the things I just mentioned can also be homemade if you have the time and effort.

I feel so inspired