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Day 3 is over (finally), and now it’s time to unpack all the books and goods! Nearly USD 2000 spent at C86, wow.

If you haven’t emailed me with your address and preferred shipping method, please do so. And if you are combining shipping with another order, remind me — I probably have it noted down in multiple places already, but it’s always good to double-check.

If I ever volunteer to attend Day 3 again, remind me that being declared mentally incompetent is imminent, and that I may wish to reconsider. :/ Worst conditions, ever. I always remember it being horrible, and then I get there, and it’s /worse/. (The weather could have almost been called cool until an hour before I could get into the event — that and the requests I had in a row in H section were the only saving graces about that day.)

But to end on a happier note, I got to meet up with a few other Marvel cosplayers on Friday! :3 Went as Pepper Potts from the end of IM3 — the costume is a bit of a hot mess, as I only started work on it on Tuesday, but then again, that may be appropriate. :D Cosplay pix will go up on my main tumblr, feikoi! (Once I check permissions from the others, anyway ^^)

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Insomnia + Comiket are unmixy things. Sigh. Might as well post an update while I can't sleep.


( comiket blather here )

I've also had an influx of SH2JW Toranoana orders. Hi, new people! *waves* I've sent in a batch of orders already, here's hoping they keep in stock for anyone else who wants to order! TAKE MY WHOLE LIFE is already down to half stock sold out.

Direct orders will be continue through the new year, though because of Comiket and a few, ah, cosplay-related vacations in early January, I might not be able to respond quite so promptly. I need to double-check when Japan Post is closed for the New Year holiday, but I think the earliest the next batch of packages will go out is January 3rd. That includes a shipment or two from before Christmas, sorry guys.


Edit 1/1/2014: Apparently I posted this to my personal journal. orz sleep deprivation is a bad thing. Also, Happy New Year!

Summer Comiket is finished! *collapses* Yet another hot, sweaty, crowded event (ugh, last day is the /worst/), but that's generally to be expected for August events -- the hottest month in Tokyo. 

I've gotten all the books in, and have mostly managed to recover from jet lag at this point, so, yay! Today, I'll start going through the lists of what I did and didn't get, and sorting the books out for you. It may take a week or so for me to get around to fully organizing your order, as I did have more than 60 people participating in this event's pick-up. 

If you need information on what I did and did not pick up sooner than that, please send me an email. I'm aware that some of you are stalking the auction sites for what I may not have been able to get this time. ^^

Quick update here, as the last one didn't seem to crosspost.

TIGER & BUNNY EVENT STATUS:
❀  Have sent out invoices to most clients; will contact remaining clients right after I post this. If you haven't heard from me by tonight, Tokyo-time, please let me know.
❀  For those from whom I receive address details and payment in time, I plan to start shipping packages tomorrow or Wednesday. I will contact the clients after shipment.

Movies Paradise STATUS:
❀  Will sort through books today or tomorrow and contact clients with acquisition details at that time. Please bear with me for a few more days.

MISCELLANEOUS fanservices UPDATES:
❀  First and second winners of giveaway contacted. Awaiting more information to contact third
❀  Upcoming deadline: Group Orders, deadline September 29th. 
❀  I am taking Individual/Direct Orders through the end of October.
❀  It's looking likely that I'll be attending COMIC SPARK 6 in October, and taking limited orders. I'm not sure what my winter vacation plans are as of yet; if I am in town for Comiket, I will only be taking very limited orders. Otherwise, I do not have any upcoming events planned until February. If you hear of any I might be interested in, please let me know, but I think I need to pace myself a bit better. ^_^;;
❀ I am trying to be consistent in using the #fanservices hashtag on my Twitter account (@feikoi) to denote community/service-related updates.

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Movies Paradise report!

This event is one of the smaller ones I attend -- only about 300 circles in total, all for non-Japanese fandoms. It's pretty awesome, if that's your cup of tea. (The only downside is there seems to be a greater proportion of novels available than other events, which, if you're like me and can't read much Japanese....)

I brought my friend @KuriLu along -- it's her first Japanese convention, and I'm pretty sure the first thing she remarked on was how it's pretty much all women attending. Which is true -- I had told her before hand about the size, and the potential lines, and the fandoms included, but not the specific demographic. I managed to convince her to get a How to Train Your Dragon doujinshi (her first doujin! I'm so proud! *tear* *such an enabler/corrupter of minds*), as well as a few other items, including some BBC Sherlock pins. AWESOME. I did my usual rounds of the SPN and Holmes booths, but this time picked up a fair amount of XM:FC titles, too. No Inception for me, this time. :(

Another friend of mine, Marixsa, met us at the event. Marixsa is accustomed to massive events like Comiket, and marveled at the small size of this one. :P (It's not even the smallest I've attended by a long shot -- I'm pretty sure the FFVII ONLY event had less than 40 circles, and SuperDiner was less than 100, I believe. The upcoming Duo/Heero one has only 30. But when you're used to circle participation being in the several thousands...) Afterwards, we went to lunch and had TURKEY sandwiches (Japan doesn't do turkey, it was wondrous to eat it after so long), and walked through what must have been a mini-cosplay event -- two sets of Kotetsu and Barnaby, a few One Piece cosplayers, and several others from various series. Then, @KuriLu and I went to the Vampire Cafe! But I think I've overshot what properly belongs in an event report already, so I'll stop there. :P