Bi Monthly Bangers - Jan/Feb 2019

Truth be told, January and February are probably my least favorite months out of the year. Where I live, it tends to be miserable dark and cold for both of those months. My city has also been graced with the coldest February in something like 40 years. Sorry to start this off with such a bummer. Good things can still come out of my least favorite time of year. Here are my bangers for the beginning of 2019.

Vintage Vibes

After Christmas, I don’t have much of a budget for new clothes. Also despite everyone and their dog Kondo - ing their entire lives, thrift stores in my area have been kind of lacking. So I did what any logical person would do, and cut my hair. After swearing off of having bangs, they are back. They also brought their new friend bob along too.

Late to the party, me and my partner had started watching The Marvelous Ms. Maisel on Amazon Prime. So far we have managed to marathon almost the entire first season. If you got prime and haven’t checked out this show yet do it up. The costuming and set design is superb, and the show is so funny.

Cosplay and Conventions

Beginning of the year was a dash to pull out my Hawke costume and clean it up for a really awesome Dragon Age photoshoot. If you are interested in checking out the gallery of photos I got of my Hawke you can check it out in my last blog post here. We went out to a local farm, hung out with some horses and climbed into a hayloft.

I also decided to clean out and declutter my craft room. There is so much stuff in my room that I keep holding onto, just in case I need it one day. Really I need to come to terms that if there is a day I need all those jars hiding in my closet, I’ll forget they are hiding in there and just buy more. Along with getting rid of random crafting items, I threw away some costumes in some less than great shape. It was an odd feeling throwing away my Bioshock Elizabeth costume away.

Geek Goods

So basically the only thing I have been talking about on twitter lately feels like The Umbrella Academy. In February, Netflix released their adaptation of Gerard Way’s comic. It has been a series I’ve been waiting for since I heard of it being a thing. The adaptation of the comic was great and so much fun to watch. Needing a new show to watch, do this one.

Additional Articles

Bon Appetit sister site, Healthyish, did their feel good plan for the second time this year. If you are hunting for some new, quick and relatively easy recipes you have to check them out. We also went to Jasper this winter for my partners birthday. It was my first time staying at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, and it was so lovely. Bonus points, I got to see so many animals. If you haven’t checked out this really great article on Polygon yet, do it up. You won’t be disappointed by this person very large Red Dead Redemption horse.

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Bi Monthly Bangers - Sept/Oct 2018

Hey, welcome to the first installation of  what I am going to call Bi Monthly Bangers. I plan for these posts to be every other month, just wrapping up all the rad things that have been going on for the last 2 months that maybe don't need in depth posts of their own. 

Vintage Vibes

• I recently came into a big collection of scarves from the 60s to the 80s from a family friend. I spent a week in October cleaning all the scarves and sorting them through to ones I was going to keep and ones I would be putting up for sale.
• While shopping at a local vintage shop I found the loveliest white crocheted gloves that were well loved. Although there was some tears and discoloration I took them home, and I’ve already worn them to a wedding.
• Cold weather came to my city super quickly, so I put away all my summer clothes mid September. Getting to wear all the wool and plaid kinda made up for it though.

Cosplay & Conventions

• PAX west has been a con on my to do list since I started going to conventions. This year we managed to grab tickets, and spent almost a week in Seattle. If you love games, and have the opportunity to go to PAX, you have to go.
• Bethesda had a community day in Seattle during the weekend of PAX in Seattle. It might have been almost a 2 hour wait in line, but it all ended up being worth it. We got free food, swag, and hung out with our friend in our Fallout cosplays. The highlight for me was maybe chasing down the vault boy mascot to dab for us.
• To have something lazy to wear around the con, I whipped together a Fallout Vault themed dress from a vintage pattern. This was a great idea, and gave me the chance to wait in PAX lines in some comfy clothes.

Geek Goods

• I spent most of sept and oct just waiting for Red Dead Redemption 2 to come out. Between my excitement for this sequel, and all the crummy workplace news about this came, it has been a wild ride. If you only read one thing about this game, I would highly suggest this article posted in late September about the presence of black cowboys in the series.
• What year is it, and how old am I? Because Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy is back. Not only that, but NYCC this year gave us even more peeks at the Netflix series that will be coming out soon. Maybe I can finally cosplay The Rumor.
• After coming back from PAX, my partner and I bought switch and I played through all of Zelda in a couple of weeks. We also finally grabbed Overcooked 2 and played through all of that together. If you have any other good couch co-op suggestions hit me up!

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I've been wearing more grey lipstick, because what season goes better with grey than fall? In our house we also harvested all our squashes from our garden. We have been munching on so much zuchinni, and making so much pumpkin pastries. Also if you haven't heard, my bud Sam Maggs came out with her third book! Go pick up Girl Squads and support this super person. 

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