Comiccon 2013

On Saturday the 26th October 2013, I got up at 4am to meet my friends and take a train down to London! It may have been early but we were so excited! We were on our way to Comiccon at the ExCel Centre http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/. We were all cosplaying as different characters. I went as Princess Mononoke from a Studio Ghibli film.

If you have never seen a Studio Ghibli film then I would highly recommend it! They are the most beautiful, uplifting, magical, amazing, perfect movies you could ever watch. I would start off with Spirited Away as that's probably the best and most beloved one!

The journey their was really funny. There were lots of other people who were going to Comiccon too, especially on the tube, it was like nerd heaven! But the judging looks we got on the train and at the train station were hilarious!

This next picture is my favourite because we're the Anime girls!

When we finally got to Comiccon it took us ages to actually get in because we kept getting in the wrong line for wrist bands about three times! We met some great characters along the way though! A lot of people recognized who I was, well who my character was - it was like being famous, something which I did really enjoy. Being noticed is a great feeling.

Comiccon was so great! I wanted to buy everything! They had so much Studio Ghibli (SG) stuff! Well so much Totoro (from the SG film My Neighbor Totoro) and they had a lot of Pikachu (from Pokemon) everywhere. Like they literally had them both at every single stall! They didn't have a lot of Supernatural though but at least they had some! 

They had a whole section just dedicated to Japanese food! Me and my friend got a Chocolate Dorayaki from The Wagashi Japanese Bakery which is a Japanese pancake. It was amazing! It was the size of the palm of your hand yet it was so filling! I couldn't even finish mine. 

We met some great people cosplaying, my favourite was when we met No Face off of Spirited Away. 

I know it was just some guy in a costume but it was such a magical moment! There were also some youtubers there. We met Chris Kendall. 

We're not doing the same pose intentionally by the way - it was a happy coincidence. He recognized who my character was as well! I was very proud!

A really great part of the day was when we got a picture with the TARDIS, K9 and Davros. 

Unfortunately we only saw this section at the end of Comiccon when we had about 20 minutes left. I'm very glad we did though!

I didn't buy a lot because it was really expensive but it all looked so good! The top I bought myself actually makes me so happy and I love it so much! 

I love Japan so much! I really want to go. They actually have the best stuff. Anime and Manga films are so amazing! They have ninjas and everything! I think I might have to put 'learn Japanese' on my bucket list. I know it's not true but I imagine Japan being so magical, like filled with little anime characters walking around! The actual country does look amazing though. All that culture and beauty, and their language is amazing, I really wish I was born in Japan.

I also bought one other thing from Comiccon however I can't upload it because it is someones Christmas present so I don't want them to see.

In the middle of the venue was a giant minion! 

We got a group photo in front of it.

It was all around an amazing day! We were so exhausted by the end of it though.

Seriously though, if you have never seen a Studio Ghibli film then what is wrong with you!? You MUST MUST MUST watch them! They really do change your life. I can't wait to go to a Comiccon in America because they're even bigger and even better! 

This was a perfect start to half term - the treat we all really needed!

- Sanny :)

ps. sorry about the mass of pictures on this page, you really just had to be there!

Great Friends

On Friday me and three of my best friends met up for a sleepover and during that night we made a little music video to our cover of Best Song Ever. It was so much fun and watching that music video always makes me so happy because we are such a tight group of friends and honestly we love each other so much! We have never had a fight...well that's a lie. We fight ALL THE TIME but it's not like huge big break ups its like who gets to use the toilet first and who gets to use the charger first. They're just tiny fights but they last long because we're such a stubborn group. For example me and one of my best friends both wanted these shoes off another of our best friend's really badly so we took one shoe each and refused to give in even though none of us our ever gonna wear them now - especially considering we only have one shoe. Fights like those aren't huge fights though. They're little fights were we're laughing the whole way through!

So basically, I encourage you to find a bunch of freaks who scream all the time and have little battles because they're the most fun to be around and they're the ones who you're going to have all the memories with. We never really have serious conversations in our group but if one of us ever needed help then the other three would be right there to back them up. We may just seem like a group of strange, weird people but we can turn so evil if one of our friends gets hurt!

My friends annoy me like hell but I love them for it and I wouldn't have them any other way!

- Sanny

ps. buy Hold Tight on iTunes on Monday at Midnight!

Busy Days

Do you ever have one of those days were absolutely everything gets to you? Like all the little things just add up to make one huge giant problem that's way to stressful to try and get out of. I think I might be having one of those days today.

It started off with not being able to meet up with me friends because I had to go to the shops. I thought I would be able to make it on time after the shops but I didn't manage to get a hold of the money I needed until about an hour before I was suppose to meet up with my friends. Then when I did go off to the shops it was chucking it down with rain which was okay on the way but on the way back it was awful because I didn't have enough hands to hold an umbrella and some very heavy ASDA bags at the same time. It didn't help that my earphones kept falling out and could potentially be broken now as they're all wet from the rain. It was so windy as well so my hair was blowing all over my face making it hard to see anything. My day continued to get worse when I got home. My clothes were all sticking out of my wardrobe because I was in such a rush this morning as I thought if I hurried I would be able to meet my friends, which of course didn't happen, so I cleaned up my wardrobe and folded all my clothes to find out that one of my drawers were broken and therefore could not fit back into my wardrobe so I was on the floor trying to get it back in for an hour or so. That's when I noticed how dusty my carpet was so I went to go and get the hoover but for some reason it wouldn't work so I opened it up and loads of dust and dirt and everything just exploded all over my bedroom floor. Didn't help that even after that the hoover wouldn't work so I had to do it the old fashioned way with a dustpan and brush which by the way takes so much longer!

So basically, I've had an awful day, doesn't help that I have college tomorrow and still need to highlight through my notes and have a few essays due in in two weeks. Luckily I have my lovely cats, Laurner and Patch, and season 2 of Supernatural to cheer me up.

I think the most important thing to do when stressed is try and find something to relax you. I learned in psychology that the best way to relieve yourself of stress is too: exercise, talk to someone, listen to music, eat, watch a film etc... just in case you wanted to know. Oh, and the best way to calm down is to hug someone for 20 seconds, it gives off some sort of hormone.

So yeah, this post has been more of a stressful diary entry. Hope you guys are having a better day than me!

- Sanny Hoskins

ps. buy All That Matters on iTunes at midnight tonight.

HEARTBREAKER

THIS IS JUST A POST TO SAY GO BUY HEARTBREAKER ON ITUNES NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :D

Its so good and so emotional and its just an amazing song!

- Sanny

Partys!

Going to parties with your mates is one of the best things you can do. I went to a house party on Friday which was so much fun but loads of people just sat down or just stood there, no one actually got up and jumped around and danced (other than me and my friend but I do that pretty much every day anyway). Whats the point of going to a party if you're not going to have fun? It was a house party so there was alcohol but the only way you could tell who had drunk some and who hadn't was by who was laughing and having a good time. You don't need alcohol to have fun but the ones who had been drinking were the ones who were loosening up and actually acting as if they were teenagers. The best memories come from bad ideas so you may as well live a little, you're only young once.

- Sanny