In which Debbie tries Cosplaying, has fun and wins pizey goodness

 Well, it has been a long time since my last post (due to much busy activity and not being near a computer rather than slackness I might add).

For the purposes of clarity and not losing any parts of my entries* I shall post a series a small vignette posts of my holidays thus far.

Armageddon.

On Sunday, I toddled off to Armageddon with Talula, Giffy and Puggle in our Teen Girl Squad** costumes. The idea was sheer genius - making costumes of 2D stick figures and alas I can take no credit for it. I think it was all the work of Giffy and Talula's wunderbrains (I think). As Matt and I are tremendous fans**** of all things StrongBad we were naturally keen.

The multi-talented Matt provided all the voices for our skit in his best StrongBad voice as well as drawing the Fashion magazine and the Princess logo on my dress.

There were many factors that made the whole Cosplaying a throughly enjoyable experience, I shall try to list them in no particular order:

1. The whole vibe in the Cosplaying room. Everyone was buzzing and it was wonderful to be in a room stuffed full of people looking happy and awesome in their costumes. People were taking each others pictures and the enthusiasm did not noticably seem to diminish despite the increasing hot and stuffiness of the room. Whenever people gather together with a shared interest or hobby it tends create an intoxicatingly exhilarating vibe. I was reminded of why I like conventions and similar things. Everyone can openly be rabidly enthusiastic and passionate about their favourite things and feed off other people's similarly radib enthusiasm which brings me onto...

2. People who recognised who we were and got excited. OK, it didn't happen very often but it was supremely gratifying when other Teen Girl Squad fans realised who we were and laughed/squealed/posed for a photo with us.

3. Performing the skit was SO GOOOD. I was a smidgen nervous before getting up on the stage (I was concerned that I might trip or fall or something) and it was heaps of fun once it started. People seemed to appreciate the humour and were laughing. I nearly cracked up a couple of times because the others were doing such a great job. Talula's gesturing as she talked to her imaginary boyfriend (Brett Bretterson) and Giffy and Puggle's dropping their heads in unison with the "That's true" line was perfect. Matt's voicing was excellent. I had been concerned that noone would be able to hear us (several of the prior skits had been hard to hear) but Matt was certainly audible, possibly bordering on the loud.

Well done, my fellow TGS performers and Matt, you guys were great.

4. The joy of hanging out with cool people and doing weird stuff! Yay, thanks Matt, Giffy, Talula, Puggle and the various partners/friends/flatmates who helped out with the costume preparation, rehearsing, giving us rides to and from Queen's Wharf and supporting us in a awesome craziness. It was most excellent fun to spend the hours involved in the company of cheerful and funny people. The laughing and joking made the whole experience fantastic. So much fun that I didn't even realise how exhausted I was until I got home.

5. Thanks to everyone who said nice stuff to us. May the beverages (caffeinated or otherwise) you order at cafes never be disappointing.

* Blogspot is a sometimes greedy beast known to swallow large chunks of blogging when one's post seems long and particularly delicious.

** Teen Girl Squad is a hilarious series of short cartoons by the infamous genius StrongBad. It follows the struggles*** of four teenage girls searching for their own identity, pan asian cusine and the endless pursuit of looking SO GOOOOD! You can watch them here.

*** Struggles include not infrequent deaths, falling down bottomless pits and being mauled by possoms.

**** We even bought the t-shirts (TGS, Trogdor and Stinko Man), and the StrongBadia keyring.