Holy fuck 2015 has been one hell of year!
I try to do one of these blogs annually, and every year my resolution is the same: to make the following year bigger and better than the previous year! Let me just say, this year has been pretty great!! ;D Wanna see? (warning: text and photo heavy!)
I started 2015 with an open mind and a busy travel schedule! Early this year I was lucky enough to be asked to team up with @GotVape (GotVape.com) and asked to come out to Vegas with them to CHAMPS Trade Show (one of the most awesome annual smoke shop/vape conventions in the country!) I gotta say, I love hanging with Got Vape! Not only because they're all amazingly awesome people, but because I feel like total a rock-star when I do! We got to stay in the Hard Rock Vegas and hit some of the most awesome parties! (super memorable for a home-body video-game nerd like me, lol) It was just too cool to be true! What made it ever better was that I guess I didn't make a (compelete) ass of myself and they even invited me back to do more shows with them in Atlantic City & Miami! I can only hope I get as lucky to get to work with them again in the new year!
^ 5am selfies at the Hard Rock Vegas because I was still on EST, lol
^ Booth love! My first time working a show with GotVape! ♥
This has also been a crazy year for cosplay conventions! Right after CHAMPS Vegas I turned around and packed my bags to go spend time with my bff artist @Inks and babes @Vivid, @Neptune, @Lua, and EnvyUs at MegaCon in Orlando! I put together a brand new Cl4P-TP cosplay to debut and, as always, I was just excited to get a chance to be involved! What made things even better was that nearly the entire cast of both Boondock Saints movies was in attendance, and I may or may not have had a chance to go on a mini-date with Sean Patrick Flannery (cue fan-girling!)
^ My sweet CL4P-TP cosplay based on original artwork by NoFlutter ♥
^ Super babe @Neptune let me borrow her Magikarp dress and I was lucky enough to take it with me to GenCon as well! Easy and comfortable, you can't beat it! (Speaking of, Neptune, if yous see this... I've been waiting for us to discuss what you want to do at this point. Let me know if you still want to, uh, do that thing we talked about *clears throat* Or if you want me to ship it back, or buy it from you, lol. Just, ya know, PM me.. ♥)
I also got the opportunity to shoot a Legend of Zelda themed cosplay set with gorgeous model Anastassia Bear and @ShortFusePinups while I was in town for MegaCon. Omg you guys! I are Hylian princess! :D
Ugh! Good times! The summer went a little more slowly for me, thankfully, and I spent most of the year running my new smokeshop! Last year I was given the opportunity to run my own smokeshop in central Florida and it has been going amazingly! I couldn't be prouder of how far it has come in just this past year! It also gave me more time to spend with family and to work on more cosplays! ;)
I finished my Codex cosplay just in time for GenCon with Cosplay Deviants! I'm not even gonna lie, GenCon is probably one of my favorite things I get to do all year long, and I've only gotten to do it twice so far, lol (fingers crossed for GenCon 2016!)We do an Adult Anime Game Show Night and an awesome mid-con party! I have incredible stage fright, but being up on stage is still one of my absolute favorite things!
^ My team won their challenge during Adult Anime Game Show Night. That's my victory dance, lol
^ That's MS. Tiefling to you! *whip crack*
^Time to invest in a pole and start practicing real pole tricks! Time to get in shape!!
^ Hotel selfies during that rare time before the room gets trashed with costume stuffs
^ Codex (The Guild) anyone? I was so excited that @wilwheaton stopped me in the halls and was kind enough to take a few photos with me and compare octopus tattoos! (My phone was dead, I don't have any of the photos D': )
^ 'Karp 'Karp 'Karp! @shortfusepinups shot some prints + instax with me in a fountain across the street from the hotel! I really can't wait to see these! I'll probably put my Magikarp instax up for sale on Etsy when I re-open my store ♥
Omg, so, this babe @Saturn and I managed to meet totally coincidentally, off site, through a mutual friend. We knew we were destined to get naked together! When @Sunshine (whom I love and miss dearly) came down to Florida to visit family, we put our heads (and butts) together to plan our "Sailor Scouts" shoot! We actually both owned our Sailor Scout lingerie already, we didn't buy it for the shoot. It was meant to be!
^ To make things even sweeter, I just found out this weekend that SG BOUGHT OUR SAILOR SCOUTS SET!! It's been years since I had a set do well enough to go front page (though we had high hopes for 'Hot Donna!) I really can't believe it! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS SET!! It was such a blast to shoot and I was SO lucky to have so many awesome ladies around to help us make it happen! ♥
We also managed to shoot another set while I was there, but that one won't be hitting the MR queue for a little bit ;)
Hmm, what else? OMG! I almost forgot that I had the honor of being named one of the "20 Hottest Tattooed Models of 2015" by TheChive.com & TheRichest.com (check the links if you want to see the lists) with lovely ladies @Lua and @Riae! I'm absolutely floored and incredibly flattered to be included with such amazing ladies!
I went to Miami with Gotvape after getting back from GenCon and I didn't realize the beach across the street from our hotel was a topless beach! All I noticed was 1 woman in the water with no top, and I was amazed that nobody seemed to notice or care (considering it was an all ages beach, and usually people would flip about something as inconsequential as topless-ness, lol). I finaly went and asked someone and was told it was topless, but most people are too shy. I don't think the poor guy even finished his sentence before my top was off, lol.
It's the end of the year now, and the holidays have been nothing short of amazing! My family had all decided to take Christmas easy this year and only do gifts for the children. I was really fulfilled with being able to afford to be the gift giver this year, despite how financially stressful this year has been! But everyone (you guys) still managed to surprise me!! Elder Scrolls, WITCHER 3 (omg my new favorite game ever), and an entire Wii U console with Super Smash Brothers! I could not be more grateful for how thoughtful you guys are, seriously. It just floors me every time someone thinks of me; and not just in the gift-giving sense. Every kind comment, letter, tweet, message... they all just make my day! I don't always have the time to respond to every message or comment I get, but trust that I do see them, and I appreciate every single one of them more than you know!
I really can't wait for this New Year to get started! Also, comment if you actually read all of this!I really don't expect any of you to do so, but I'd be crazy impressed if even of you did, lol. Anyways, here's some more random selfies to round it all out. If I don't see you guys before the 'Dawn of the Final Day,' I hope you all have a blessed New Year! ♥
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Love and creme puffs, you crazy kids. ♥
~Anna
