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I've decided to go as Nei from Phantasy Star II as my first cosplay. I know it's old-school, but I tend to lean towards that anyway . However, it does invite the problem of not being recognized (and considering that I'm using her outfit in the Playstation 2 remake, I'm only making it worse...). Blargh.

If I lose about 10 more pounds by next July I'll either go as Shaina from Saint Seiya, Nadia from Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, a random vereia from FF, or Momoko in her battle outfit from Wedding Peach (yes, Wedding Peach. I can't help it...). Considering that I'm going back to college at the end of this month and I'll be eating alot better and exercising (gym class!), I should be able to handle that. Now it's just deciding on which costume to make....

I booked a room for next year at the Days Inn, too. At first I was going to go with the Radisson, but then I saw the lowered rates and changed my mind. I wonder if the rooms will go really fast this year...

Just two quick questions about reserving hotel rooms, since this is going to be my first time doing this and I want to DO IT RIGHT: When you reserve a room, do you have to pay right then and there or after your stay at the hotel? Right now, I don't have the money to do so, and I'm not sure if my friends are going to go through with me on this, but I think that by next summer I should have saved up enough money for the room itself (being a poor college student sucks...). I'd really like to reserve a room now so that I can have a place to stay because this year I missed out on all of the