Happy Canada Day, eh!

[locker_monster]

- Happy birthday, Canada. You're 147 years old. You don't look a day over 140. ;-)

- It's such an awkward day to have a stat holiday, though. The middle of the week. A lot of people at work were smart and took yesterday off to get an extra long weekend but I was one of the suckers who went in to work. Actually, I kind of didn't have a choice in the matter since I was covering for the other admin who's on vacation right now, but I'm also saving my vacation days for September. It was a very slack day, though, which was nice. It was quiet in the office and there wasn't much to do, so I sort of just sat there and wrote and read a book on my phone.

- As for celebrating today, well, I usually don't do anything. Much easier to stay inside. Ironically, I have been playing Assassin's Creed III today, which is set during the American Revolution. So, so much for Canadian content on Canada Day (though the game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal). I think if the game had been set in Canada during the 1860s, it'd be a very boring game. There would be no battles or assassinations; just sitting in rooms listening to men talk and debate.

- Doctor Who is back on August 23. I'm excited to see Peter Capaldi in action. I wish the BBC would release a decent trailer though. Come on, show us some footage!

- Speaking of Doctor Who, I have found myself putting together a new Doctor Who cosplay. I had sort of promised myself I wouldn't do any new costumes after I bought the femme!Eleven coat, but I got talking to the Seven cosplayer from the local group and I ended up committing myself as Ace for the next comic book expo. So, I've started work on Ace's jacket. It's an easy costume; the hard part is just finding all of the patches, pins, and buttons. It's fun, though. You kind of get a rush when you find an exact match on eBay or wherever. I should be done everything before Halloween so I'll have a chance to test it out before April for the expo.

-Oh, and The Flash pilot got leaked online. Let's just say I'm looking forward to October. :-)

Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! I had been wondering when the new episodes would come back on.

An Ace costume sounds really really cool. :)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

And August 23 isn't that far off!

The great thing about an Ace cosplay? She had a backpack in a couple of episodes so you can totally carry a backpack to hold all of your stuff during the con and it doesn't clash with the costume. I'm actually quite stoked about that. :-)

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Awesome, I'm sure you'll do a great Ace, and a backpack is a plus (just be sure to have a container of Nitro-9, just in case you need to blast through long lines!)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

I'm specifically doing Ace from "Remembrance of the Daleks", so I will definitely have a baseball bat and some Nitro 9. The Seven cosplayer suggested the grenade launcher as well, but I don't think even a fake one made out of plastic and cardboard will pass the peace bonding process.