/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Just sent out a rare dress to a buyer and the postal office removed some of my safety wrappings before sealing the envelope "to remove air bubbles". I'm scared

>sewing machine needle breaks, have no backups so I have to go out to buy new needles before I can do anything else
>get food poisoning so bad I can't even sit upright for a few days
>still somehow manage to drag myself over to first interview with jobcoach
>talk about six month gap in resume resulting from PTSD-inducing burnout, which in turn was partially caused by undiagnosed Asperger’s
>"Yeah that gap makes you look like a total loser and will put off 100% of employers. Have you tried like, just getting over that PTSD nonsense and not being autistic? Btw this advice costs €90/hour :-)"
>drag myself home just in time to receive package with ridiculous customs fee
>feel a little better physically, put new needles in machine so I can at least finish this project and this week isn't a total shitshow
>needle breaks AGAIN

I give up
I'm going to hibernate, wake me up when it's spring 2018 thanks

I'd rather not be e-famous because I'm super insecure and prefer not to get too much attention.

There's a girl in my comm who I'm starting to get along with very well. We have practically identical tastes in lolita as well as many other interests, we're the same age and our personalities work well together. It's awkward though because she's the most e-famous girl in our comm and I worry that people will think I'm only cozying up to her for that reason.

>>9426489
Yep yep. In fact she did the latter because I asked her to stop swearing in public lmao.

I threw the stuff she'd worn into a corner of my room where it sat for a week because I didn't want to deal with that shit, and then I washed it to purge the negativity from it. And the weed.

Maybe one day I'll do a Danger-chan type write-up about it. I'm sure y'all would get a kick out of that.

>>8457222
That reminds me:
>friend of boyfriend is throwing an Alice in Wonderland themed "high tea" for her birthday
>invitation is so pink and glittery it would put any OTT sweet lolita's tumblr theme to shame
>"strongly encouraged" to dress up according to the theme
>don't know friend that well so I keep it relatively simple
>Alice-themed ETC OP, plain tights and tea party style shoes, would get me booed off CoF for being too boring if I tried to post it there
>still end up being the most overdressed person at the party
>literally everyone else is wearing jeans or track pants with t-shirts and hoodies
>one girl has a small plastic bow in her hair, another dude was fidgeting with a pack of cards
>get tons of compliments but the girl whose party it is kept sulking and glaring daggers at me the whole afternoon
>probably thought I was stealing the show on her birthday
>not expecting to get invited next year

>>8426186
>LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LACE LACE LACE LACE LACE LOOK AT ME
>yo this isn't about you
>UMM WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT JOHN

>tfw everyone flakes on you for a meetup
>tfw wear lolita anyway
>working on updating/editing resume and cover letter at a cafe
>tfw looking kawaii as fuck, but physically uncomfortable as hell


Ugh, I remember why I rarely wore lolita to uni. I figured that I'd be sitting for a while, so I'm not wearing a petticoat (though, my jsk has a built in one), but I really want to my in my PJs now.

>haven't bought lolita in ages
>finding myself looking for/at Bodyline items
>past experience w/BL mostly unsatisfactory
>not even into sweet, but really itching for macaron print among others

I'd like to have more pieces I can wear casually, but man, I'm scared that i'll end up wasting my money with a boat load of items that I might dislike because of the quality.

>have been sewing for upwards of ten years now
>entirely self-taught, by no means amazing but idk above average? I think
>everything I make gets mistaken for store-bought unless they saw me make it

>boyfriend's mother is a quilter and knitter
>talks about sewing a lot but isn’t really good at it at all
>yet every time I meet bf’s extended family it’s
>”Oh anon it’s so cute that you’ve gotten into sewing too! Aren’t you so lucky to have someone like [bf’s mom] around to teach you? You must have learned so much from her!”
>they think she is the most amazing seamstress on the planet
>”She made her own wedding dress, you know!”
>sounds impressive, until you see the pictures
>it literally looks like a bleached potato sack or large pillow case with a ruffle wonkily sewn to the bottom
>I’m 95% sure it actually used to be a pillowcase but afraid to ask
>in the few months that I’ve known her she’s learned more from me than I from her (she’d never heard of pressing your seams, for instance)

>mfw “If you keep practicing you’ll be just as good as her one day!”
>mfw my face hurts from smiling and nodding politely all day
>I know it’s not their intention to insult me, but…
>at least the bf knows better
>I hope

> been feeling nauseous for almost 2 months now
> Keeps being anxious about if I'm pregnant even though I had my period
> My nausea is probaly caused by all the worrying I due and also lack of sleep
> suddenly woke up yesterday and had no emotions whatsoever
> Only felt annoyed and worried
> mfw today I have no emotions toward anything
> Why is this happening
> Bf tries to flirt with me or be nice and I don't know how to respond to it

I don't know what the fuck is happening, it's like someone popped the lid off me and poured out all sorts of feelings I could have.

>tfw hot enough to boil a monkey's bum
>no AC
>all windows wide open is only way to survive
>can't wear lolita abloobloobloo

>children playing outside
>singing about "fucking whores" and calling each other faggot niggers and SCREAMING
>literally, those are the words they are using
>can't be older than 10
>parents are right there but not saying anything, possibly deaf
>can't close windows to shut out noise because heat
>need to concentrate on work and can't concentrate with music on
>tfw I've never wanted to punch a ten-year-old this much in my life

>tfw always want to cosplay cute shoujo manga/anime heroines
>tfw prominent chin ain't kawaii

>have waist-length hair
>tfw want to use real hair for cosplay
>tfw probably will get snubbed by cosplay comm

I think I might cosplay as Lin from Spirited Away since I feel like I can't get away with young looking characters. I definitely will be using a wig for her. In spite of it being a practical costume for summer cons, I can't help feeling unready for the amount of weight and heat on my head since my hair is already quite long.

>tfw waiting for packages

>>7501431
my face while watching.

>>7449135
I love to imagine her when she's 22, looking back on herself like "OH MY GOD WHAT WAS I THINKING WHY DID I PUT THAT ON THE INTERNET"

>>7414727
********NEWSFLASH********
People are always going to think lolitas are weird sexual deviants/Little Bo Peep actresses, no preteen will ever get famous enough to represent the """"""community""""""" diffrently. Who the fuck cares what "popular g33k gurls" do? SPOILER ALERT: nobody!