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What got you into cosplay?
I needed to be more involved attending cons. Watching videos, taking cosplay pics, and shopping at the dealers room were the activities I did at anime cons 2004 and earlier. Since I started cosplaying in late 2004, I met new people, participated in gatherings, and saved me from quitting anime.
What was your first costume and why?
Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist. I watched 17 episodes of FMA at Fanime Con 2004 Midnight Madness. After I watched 9 episodes and watched Edward kick butt, I said to myself, "I'm going to cosplay Edward." FMA is my all time favorite anime series and cosplaying Edward saved me from quitting anime. I thank my Mom for making the red jacket and the black vest ^__^
What is your favorite costume and why?
Edward Elric. The reasons are Edward is my signature cosplay and my cosplaying roots. More people recognize me as Edward.
Do you have a dream costume you'd like to make?
Brian from Family Guy. Brian is my favorite Family Guy character. I imagine walking around a con holding a Sailor Moon coffee cup on my right hand and a Newtype magazine on my left hand.
What has been your most memorable cosplay experience?
There are two. The first took place at Anime Expo 2006. There was a mini FMA gathering after the Vic Mignogna panel. Turnout was excellent for an on the fly gathering. After the group shots and actions shots were completed, the craziness began including Yaoi pics. A female cosplaying as Kimbly and I did a Yaoi shot. After the gathering, her friends and I hung out for the rest of the day. The second is the CLAMP gatherings. Since Anime Expo 2006, the CLAMP gatherings have been consistently excellent. I met a lot of people. To quote someone from the CLAMP Fanime Forums, “We’re beautiful, we’re powerful, we’re CLAMP.”
Tell us a little about yourself
I'm a contractor for Cisco. I graduated from San Jose State University with a BS in Economics. My other hobbies are reading comic strips, working out at the gym, listening to CDs, playing video games, reading investment books, reading business books, cooking, and learning technology. My number one value is always meet new people. When I'm at cons, I always seek to meet new people. I live the present, act and behave modesty, hang out with family and friends, work smarter, and take life one event at a time.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Please visit my Anime Page at my website www.innovateinfinitely.com/animepage.html. The Anime Page contains cosplay pictures from anime conventions I attended since 2002.
My favorite anime
Full Metal Alchemist, Sailor Moon, Vision of Escaflowne, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Card Captor Sakura, Cowboy Bebop, Ah! My Goddess, Read or Die OAV, Fooly Cooly (FLCL), Rurouni Kenshin, Azumanga Daioh, Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) Live Action, Rozen Maiden, Gokusen Live Action, Bleach, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Tsubasa Chronicle, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Lucky Star, and Maho Tsukai Tai OAV
My favorite game(s)
Video Games: Gauntlet II, 1943, Star Wars, Super Pac Man, Time Pilot, Area 51, Blood Brothers, Midnight Resistance, Street Fighter II, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Cyberball 2072, Magic Sword, Time Crisis 3, Team Fortress 2, and The Legend of Zelda Non-video games: Four Player Chess or Tandem Chess or Bugout, Monopoly, Family Business, Pictionary, Poker (Texas Hold'Em my favorite), Craps, Liar's Dice, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Fluxx, and Junta
My favorite book(s)
Moneyball by Michael Lewis, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki, One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch, and Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay
My favorite character(s)
Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist, Syaoran from Tsubasa Chronicles, Toushiro Hitsugaya from Bleach, Osaka from Azumanga Daioh, Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Shinku from Rozen Maiden, Sailor Jupiter from Sailor Moon, Belldandy from Ah! My Goddess, Haruko Haruhara from FLCL, Konata Izumi from Lucky Star
My favorite movies(s)
All the President's Men, Beauty and the Beast, A League of Their Own, Stand By Me, Toy Story, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Titanic, Aliens, American Beauty, Black Hawk Down, Office Space, Finding Nemo, Wall Street, and Clerks