Finished Costume

So here is the finsihed lego man costume. I think that it turned out pretty well myself. And I can walk rather fine in it. And it really isn't that hot, but we'll see about that after I've been walking around for an hour. But I will be wearing a camel back filled with ice water to keep me hydrated. Unfortunately, I am unable to go to the bathroom in this costume so I'm gonna have to figure something out later on tonight. Will post more pictures from Downtown and Waikiki. Later.

Newer Pumpkins

So here is the pumpkin that I carved for my work. In case you can't tell what it is, it's our two presidential candidates for the upcoming election. I'm a little disappointed that the McCain part came out a little bit better than Obama, but that's just my perfectionism coming out. I think it might be because of the picture sources that I used...oh well...I'll just be happy if the majority of the residents who look at it can tell who they are. And trust me when I say that it looks much better in person. I'll be posting pictures of my finished costume tomorrow after I do some minor tweaks. And perhaps some day I will post a tutorial.

Pumpkins

So I usually like to carve at least one pumpkin every year for Halloween. But this year, I figured I would try something different and sculpt one instead. I'm pretty happy with how it came out considering that it was my first attempt. I'm really happy with how the teeth came out though...it does look pretty creppy when I open my fridge up after I've forgotten that that's where I've stored it. I also decided to do the pumpkin for my workplace to represent my department. I decided to go the usual route of a three tone pumpking. Since the residents are the ones judging them, I figured that I would do something political since the election is coming up. I'm putting Obama and McCain on the pumpking, that way it caters to residents in both parties. I'll post pictures of the finished product as soon as its done. I've also got some last minute adjustments to my lego costume so I'll be posting pictures of those as well.

Costume Update #2

So I finished painting the head:



It will look a little bit better once I put the screen in the mouth and put a nice clear glaze over it so it has that nice shiny, plastic look. And I know that this may be over doing it, but I may install a small fan inside of the helmet to get more air circulation. I figure if I'm gonna be wearing it all night, it might as well be as comfortable as possible. Next update: the legs and hopefully the finished product.

Costume Update

As promised, I'm going to post pictures of my costume. It's still not done yet, but it's coming together quite nicely if I may say so myself. Check out the picture:



I still have to finish putting together the head and painting the rest of the face. Because of my asian genes, I am unable to grow a full beard, so I think I might give this guy a nice full 5 o'clock shadow. I'm also still not sure how I wanna tackle the legs. It's gotta look nice, but I have to be able to move in it as well. I'll update again when I finish the head.

Heh

I know that it's been almost two months since I've updated this thing so I'll sum it up as best as possible. I studied. Or at least tried to study sometimes. My PCAT exam was this past Saturday and all I can say is that I'm glad that it's over. No more feeling guilty about whether or not I should stay home and read. I get my results back in about 5 weeks so we'll see how that goes.

One of my favorite holidays is coming up, Halloween, and I've just started on my costume. I'm gonna be a lego man figurine. In my opinion, the best costumes are homemade because you know that it will be original, for the most part. I've already finished the hands and the torso, so it's just the head and the legs. I'll post pictures of it when i'm finished. Perhaps I'll make a tutorial of it as well if it comes out pretty good. I'm not trying to boast, but I would say that so far it looks better than what others have come out with on the web. I just hope that it stays together come Halloween.

I was also introduced to something called StubleUpon and all I can say is that I am addicted. All you do is download this toolbar for your browser. Then it asks you to pick your interests. Once you've done that, you're ready to stumble. You click the buttom , oddly enough, called "Stumble!" and it will send you to a site based on what you set in your profile. These sites are based on what other users have recommended for a certain category. I now "Stumble" for at least half an hour a day. I'm actually doing it right now in another tab as I type out this blog. Sure, not every site is going to be great, but you do find sites you would have otherwise never came upon that will pique your interest. Check out this awesome video that I stumbled upon:


EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.