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So, I hope everyone's doing well out there~

Genki seems to be right around the corner, and I'm starting to get a little stressed! However, my cosplays are actually coming along very nicely, and I can't wait to show them off~! Zaki and I will be performing in the cosplay competition this time! It's been so long since we performed together, it'll be great to do it again! And Kyouki is being absolutely lovely, offering us a lot of help with the stage decorations! Can't thank her enough for that!

Friday, I'll be Chinen Yuri from NYC, a Japanese group, with Zaki as my Yamada and Kyouki as my Yuuma! It's all thanks to them that I'll be able to wear this cos, they helped me make it! As in, the parts that aren't bought, they made for me! Wonderful girls! It'll be the Haina! version. It's a lovely song, very joyful and happy~

My Saturday (and stage) cos will be Ashitaka from Mononoke Hime! I actually hadn't watched this movie till two months or so ago, but I fell in love with him at first sight! I'm almost done with the cos itself, but there're props too this time, since I'm making his sword, and I'm not that experienced when it comes to props. x3 Hope it'll be fine, though! I'm gonna do my best and work hard!

Sunday I'll be wearing my Tifa cosplay again, I'm still so proud of it! I've gotten myself a new wig in a different black (they call it "Asian black" on the page where I bought it), so I'm all set to go except for the shoes since last time I borrowed a friend's. I need to get some myself!

Anyway, I'll get back to cosplay-making (though I should probably go to sleep since I'm working tomorrow)! Hope to see you guys at Genki!

Oh, and all my love to the wonderful Samie and Yoshu who are representing Denmark at the WCS! I'm so proud of you girls!

And NOW, I'll get back to work!~

Thought it was about time I wrote a new journal seeing how I haven't in a long time. It'll just be a short one  before I have to go to bed because I have work tomorrow (as usual).

I went home to my parents, my sister, and all our animals this weekend. It's always so relaxing to be at their house. We went to the Christmas market in Lübeck, Germany yesterday, and even though all the pushy people were driving me insane in the end, I really enjoyed the trip. It's so beautiful. And, of course, I couldn't help thinking "PHOTOSHOOT!" every time I saw a great location ... Gotta go there someday in cosplay.

Today, my lovely sister Freja helped me do a shoot with my Leon cos for the second picture in my Christmas calendar. I think we got some really great shots!

What else to write? Well ... I sent my books to a publisher approximately a month ago, and they wrote to tell me I'll get a reply in late January/early February. Crossing fingers here! I really hope they wanna publish it!

And I'm considering what to do with my life when it comes to education. Should I apply to author school or not? Hmm ... That is the question.

That's all from me for now. See ya!

/Yono out

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Okay, so it's been ages since I was tagged XD But now I suddenly felt like doing this meme, so here goes! 10 random facts about me:

- My ideal life would be to live off my writings and travel around the world to do research for new stories.

- I'm not very good at striking up conversations with people, except if we find some common interest to talk about. Also, when I'm tired, I'm even worse at conversations, even with friends.

- I'm actually a perfectionist at some point – I always get so very frustrated when there's something I'm not good at and would rather not do it. If I accept the challenge anyway I keep going till whatever I'm doing is perfect (or till I'm so frustrated I just give up).

- I'm currently obsessed with the TV series "ER" and want to be able to tell stories about people in a way as great as that.

- My favourite energy drink is Redbull.

- I've been obsessed with the Final Fantasy VII compilation ever since I played FFVII:Crisis Core and wants to make all of Tifa's outfits because I feel like I can really relate to her. Also, I really, really, REALLY wanna play Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis (because the Turks rule!), but it's only for Japanese cell phones. TT_TT

- I have a dream about people one day cosplaying characters from one or more of my stories.

- I'm currently working full-time in a clothes store while I'm taking a year off studying. I never thought I'd end up in a clothes store, but I actually really like it.

- I want to write all sorts of things, both books, series, and movies, in many genres.

- I have a tendency to have way too many activities and plans going on at the same time and end up stressing myself quite a lot. I think that's my worst habit. I'm too much of a time-optimist, always thinking I can do more than I actually can. I guess that's why I'm bad at contacting people, even if there're a lot of people I'd like to see.

Well, that's it about me. I tag no one, most of my friends here on Devi have already done this at some point. I'm just slow. XD

Hope you're all doing well! <3

I made a blog! You can find it here:
simonelindquist.wordpress.com/
It'll be about everything that's on my mind, from daily life to cosplay to dreams, etc. Sometimes, I may even write reviews or something, should I feel like it, so be sure to check it out (or, to make it sound a little less like an order: I hope you'll read it, please~?).

Btw, I'm currently in the middle of checking all the messages on devi I haven't gotten to yet, so don't be surprised if you suddenly get a comment from me on something old since I haven't been online in ages due to extreme pressure from school. I'm so stressed lately, and it sucks. It's like there's not even enough time to do the things I have to do, and even less time for anything else. Sigh. I really wanna make a new cosplay soon, but I don't know when I'll get started.

Anyway! Enough with the depressing thoughts! Since everyone else seems to be doing this, I'll make a cosplay list for this year as well! What I'm planning to do in 2011:

Tifa Lockhart – Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children outfit
I've been wanting to do this for a  very long time (I'm even - hopefully - having the earrings custom-made for me  by a friend of my mother) since Tifa is a character I feel like I can really relate to. I want to make all of her outfits eventually, but so far I can only afford to do one, so I'll start with this.

Aqua – Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (only if I get the time)
Because I love her outfit and personality. I'm currently in the middle of playing the game, and I love it! Eventually, when someday I get the skills for it, I've been thinking of making her armor as well, but since I'm not quite there yet, I'll just be making her normal outfit. That's also a challenge, due to the corsage-like shirt and the things on her arms.

There're a few others I have in mind, but I won't write them here quite yet, so I may update the list later on. Currently, though, I want to finish my Chinen, NYC outfit, and then I'll get to making some improvements on my Leon pants.

Hope you're all in good health and enjoying your life, even if you're stressed as well. A wise lady told me yesterday that "as long as it's something you enjoy, it'll never be a waste of time", so I'll keep on doing my best with everything I love!

Yours,
Yono.

So, I've had the busiest December ever!

The first week I spent worrying whether my Methods exam had gone well (it was on November 29th) and studying for the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) which was on Sunday 5th – I won't know whether I passed the latter till someday in March, but I think I did okay. It's strange, I can read and understand an okay lot of Japanese by now, but my spoken is still not very good, I think. I need to practice.

Second week. Studying for my oral Japanese exam on Friday 10th. I got a 4. A little disappointed, but then again, the highest grade given was 7, except for a couple of special cases (meant in a good way) who got a 12. I think I could have gotten a 7 if we were supposed to be speaking in informal speech since I've gotten better at that then at the formal speech …

Third week. Writing Asian Societies from a Comparative Perspective (aka Sociologi) exam paper from Tuesday 14th to Friday 17th. I have no idea yet how that one went, though I think I did a good job on the assignment. I don't think we'll get our grades till sometime in January, though, so I'll just have to wait.

Fourth week. Work, work, work, and a couple of appointments with friends (Wonderful Zaki stopped by my job one day to give me my Christmas present <3 And I had dinner with Sophie one of the other days, while celebrating me finally sending my novels to a publisher). I got my grade from Methods as well, a 10, which was very unexpected, but a lovely surprise indeed!
Yet, I felt so stressed! Even though my last Christmas shopping was done on Tuesday  21st and I always enjoy my time with friends, having many hours of work left me so exhausted on the 23rd, especially because I wasn't able to go home that evening (I was off work at 10.30 pm) due to the snow. I was so worried I wouldn't get home for Christmas!

Also, all through December I had work 3-4 times a week. Most shifts, luckily, weren't that many hours, but it was still time I could have spent studying. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but my study just has to take first priority if I wanna do good.

Anyway, on the 24th I got up early after sleeping over at Li-chan's place and went to Copenhagen Central Station to catch a train at 9.11 am. Normally, getting from Copenhagen and to my parents' place on Falster takes approximately two hours, but I wasn't home till 2.45 pm! That's almost six hours! First, the train was going very slowly due to the snow, then I had to wait for an hour to catch a bus, and then my dad walked (5-6 km) to Stubbekøbing to come and pick me up. Or, well, 'pick me up' is a wrong choice of words, seeing as we walked all the way back to the house through enormous masses of snow because cars simply couldn't get through the snow. So yeah, now I've tried that as well, haha.

And now, on my birthday, I'm lying on the couch, with a fever. I think it's from exhaustion. But it's fine; I'm at home with my family so I'm getting spoiled, yay! Plus, I got so many lovely greetings from people! I couldn't be happier!

And so, with this, I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Looking forward to New Year's Eve! <3 Sometime soon, though, I'll have to start reading for my Economics exam which is on January 7th. Wish me luck!