Goth Club MN

Saturday night I went to the local Goth club, Ground Zero, with my ladies Kayz0rbeam (visiting us from LA!) and zombiefruit32!  It was fun and we danced a bunch! I am a fantastical tentacle monster on the dance floor (but do my best not to get in anybody's way with my flailing)

The bathroom is the only good place for a photo during the night ^u^v

There was also a bondage show in the back where no photos or video are allowed so didn't take any of the actual dance floor area (they are connected, and I didn't want to accidentally get anybody who didn't want to be photographed)

The bathroom is very pretty though!

Seriously those little mirrors!

Clubbing is my exercise of choice haha!

Do you have any favorite night events? It's much more difficult to get out to nighttime activities in Minnesota compared to Taipei :x 

Happy Belated Moon Festival!

Been ill over the weekend so I failed to post in time, but here's a belated Happy Moon Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival to everybody! Thanks for sticking with me ^u^v I appreciate all the comments always~

Of course, Moon Festival is not a national holiday here, and bakeries don't exactly stock moon cakes on the regular, but my good friend Calvin got the idea to go to Costco, so we went with a couple other friends and ended up getting a lot of stuff, as well as alcohol, for a Moon Festival party!

Taiwan Teddy modeling the moon cakes

He even found a Taiwanese brand one :3  The flavor is salted egg yolk with lotus seed, my favorite!!

Salted yolk with lotus seed paste

We also did a sort of indoor barbecue (a "modern tradition" for Moon Festival started in the 80s) with tofu for me and pork belly for everybody else.  No pomelos, but that's OK!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend/Friday the 13th! Did you do anything for Friday the 13th, the full moon, or Moon Festival? In some faiths the full moon would be a Sabbat as well I think, and some people are superstitious about Friday the 13th. 

Artist Spotlight: Sebastian Masuda

The last artist spotlight of the month!  Sensational kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda (website)(instagram) is immensely popular, with international shows and probably best-known for fashion brand 6% Doki Doki (instagram)!

Za X Sebastiam Masuda powder compact

I bought this Za X Sebastian Masuda compact just for the art, but it turns out I really enjoy the powder foundation too and bought a refill for it before I left Taiwan.  His art is usually super cluttered and detailed.  The more you look at an arrangement, the more you see!

Some people may find it too messy, but I sort of enjoy that messy kawaii aesthetic when it's a small item like this ^u^v  I'm not sure how I'd feel in one of his installation art rooms!

Is this heaven or hell to you?

Image from his instagram

If you're ever in Tokyo, visit Kawaii Monster Cafe (instagram) for a taste of what it's like!  I was so exhausted when I visited that I fell asleep there and missed the performance show T^T  But have some photos to share!

The lighting inside is rather poor, so if you want to take prettier photos, bring an extra light with you!!

Kawaii cake!

Artist Palette Pasta!

He also made the art of "Yoshi's Crafted World" in the TV commercial (side note: that game is ADORABLE!  I played the demo!)

Image from instagram

As for the 6% Doki Doki style, I enjoy the busy prints as accent pieces, but I don't know if I'd dress head-to-toe in Doki Doki?  Of course, the shop staff all ROCK the sensational pop kawaii style!

Image from 6% Doki Doki instagram

Image from 6% Doki Doki instagram

Do you enjoy this style of art?  It's different from the previous artists I've posted about, as he is not an illustrator, but I really enjoy this as well!

Suicune Battle!

Pokemon Makeup again!

Saturday was the Pokemon Go Suicune battle event where gyms had Suicune available from 16:00-19:00.  I went to the Mall of America with my sister and we battled four gyms there.  She caught all four Suicune but I only caught one!  Luckily, I had a couple from the first time it was available, so it's not too bad~

I thought for a long time about how to best express Suicune in a wearable look, and ended up with this!  I didn't draw the diamonds on because I couldn't do it cleanly, but I wish I had diamond crystals or chunky glitter to use on my cheeks instead!

Here's also a short video I posted to my Instagram on the process of doing the look.  I know that my skills aren't very clean and accurate yet, but I like to share the ideas and process so others can try it out too!  If you've got better skills, it'll look better ^^;

Did you participate in the battles on Saturday?  Which legendary dog is your favorite Pokemon?  I like all three to be honest, but Suicune is definitely very beautiful!  I've also done a Raikou look before, so maybe I should do an Entei one next...

Bonus Raikou look

Some Good News and Some Bad News

Life has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs recently!
-Sister got a job, moving to Seattle (yay!)
-Need new housemate because I cannot afford the rent alone (boo!)
-Friend found a friend who needed a place too (yay!)
-Other housemate is moving at the end of the lease, so we need another housemate (boo!)
-Got appointment with work center on Wednesday (yay!)
-New housemate will not move in if another housemate is not found (boo!)

So I may or may not need to move somewhere, which then also affects where I can work @_@;;
Basically putting all my thoughts on hold until Wednesday when I can check with the work center to see what type of jobs I qualify for and whether it will be enough for me to afford rent so we can rent the house with just two of us.

In other news, check this outfit I put together with clothes my sister bought for me from Gen Con!

T-shirt, Leggings: Savage Sparrow (gift from my sister!)
Skirt: WEGO
Bag, Shoes: Swimmer Japan

The leggings have a print of Magikarp and shiny Gyarados on them!  And the T-shirt is ultra cute:

Things aren't going great but at least I look cute with Pokemon gear ^^;  Keep thinking positive!!

Who's your favorite shiny Pokemon?  Mine is probably Ponyta!!  Blue fire is good fire :3  Also I just like Ponyta~