Soooo I started my new school year at ITT Tech! Classes are on Tues and Thurs nights and Sat afternoons, and that's fine, except now my Saturdays are a bit hectic and I only get one full day off per week. Oh well, I was getting lazy. :p I'm taking the starter classes that mostly leech money from you and do't teach you quite as much as they ought to. Though to be fair, it was only one day per class so far. Problem Solving is like remedial math, Strategies for the Technical Professional is like self-help with computers, and Introduction to Personal Computers is... exactly what it says on the tin. Huh. 

I also actually sold something from my LJ sale post! Wyndham bought my Gibson books. :D

OMG, Eric (my brother) and I went and exercised at the gym by our house on Fri, and he showed me his really intense weight-lifting routine for toning one's upper body, and I HURT SO BAD FROM IT. D: Mostly 'cos I haven't done a serious weight workout for at least a year or two. So I am very sore, but since it's routines like that plus cardio that will help me lose weight quickly, I'm game for it. Apparently we're set for a workout tomorrow too, hahaha. I'm hoping I hurt less in the morning than I still do now. ^^;

I get paid on Fri. This is a good thing and a bad thing, since I have accumulated quite a few things that I'd like to buy, mostly clothes. First things, though, are taking Carrie and Eric out to dinner for her birthday, and paying some credit card debt. Maybe next paycheck I'll even get a haircut. :p

So I've been looking for stuff that I need in order to be Grell, and I am sooo excited to do this cosplay! I just know I can do it so fucking awesomely... The problem I have with many costumes is that they just look so fake, what with the weird fabric choices (are you sure you want to use polyester for that coat? o.o) and the obvious I-made-this-myself look. The point, after all, is to look like your character. So I'm ridiculously happy that I already own or can get pieces for my cosplay that are real clothes! :D (The shirt, the waistcoat, the gloves, the pants, and the shoes.) Even though the best cosplay is when you make it but it looks like real clothing... But whatever. Next best thing!

Also, I figured out how to do the teeth! I did a little digging and it was mentioned that fake nails can be fashioned into teeth, and are cheaper than buying a bunch of vampire fangs. XD; Though I did find these "Werewolf" fangs that are a seriously awesome idea, executed well, and a good last resort for being Grell. When in doubt, go crazy, after all! Hopefully fake nails are as cheap as I want them to be. And that they can withstand the humidity of a mouth. :o

Ahhh since last Thursday I've managed to go to the gym almost EVERY DAY! The one exception was Sunday - I went at 11 at night and it was closed. ;_; I'm sooo lucky and grateful that my apartment complex has its own fitness place. XD Hopefully I'll be shaped nicely in the next few months!