Happy 2010, everyone! It’s been a decade since the Y2K scare, isn’t that crazy? I remember 10 years ago, my family stocked up on food in case the end of the world was to happen I also intentionally left my computer on to see if the date would freak out. Luckily, neither of those happened. 2012, you’re next!

So, I missed doing a one-year blog anniversary post AND a Christmas post! Time flies when you’re having fun, haha. It’s never too late to give a one-year anniversary shout out to my blog. <3 I vow to myself to blog more often this year; I do have lots of things to write about in the next couple of weeks, especially with all of of the unopened DVD box sets, video games, and gunpla lying around the room. I’ll get to it, promise. I also want to try and finish up some art that’s been lying around, too (I know, I know; I keep telling myself this). I can’t find the sketch I did for Gordon a while back ^^;; So I need to draw it out again. I think it got thrown away in another stack of papers Humbug.

How was everyone’s Christmas and New Year’s? I hope everyone had a grand time!

The family ended up opening Christmas presents on Christmas afternoon. My parents and one of my sisters ended up falling asleep before midnight. No worries, though. My other sister and I ended up baking mini red velvet cupcakes! That was my first baking excursion After baking from scratch for the first time, it made me want to explore baking a bit more and gave me hope that I can really successfully bake. Usually, I tend to burn things. By the way, one of my acquisitions from Christmas was a pair of Gloomy Bear gloves! They’re very warm and make great puppets, too. I wonder if there are any bloody Gloomy Bear gloves…

Everybody scored really cool presents for Christmas, especially my dad. We got him Beatles Rock Band for the PS3 and a USB microphone so he can sing to his favorite Beatles hits. I bought my mom a Starbucks gift card so she can get her Mocha Frappuccino whenever she wants. I bought my sisters some shirts from Threadless when they had their Black Friday sale. And lastly, Lester got a shirt from 8Five2 (that was on clearance at Giant Robot) and DJ Hero for XBOX 360. If you haven’t tried out DJ Hero, do so NOW. It’s so fun!

As for my loot, you can see the Gloomy Bear gloves in the front. The cardigan is from Saltlick and the poo plush that has pockets is from Le Neko Noir, both obtained from the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco. Mom bought me a Swatch watch from the Navy Exchange (= no tax, woo hoo!) and Dad bought all of us necklaces. I now have another package of Chapstick. I’m notorious for losing my Chapstick a lot Lastly there’s a cupcake luggage tag and a DIY Bub from Kidrobot. Awesome gifts ftw!

Here’s a picture of the mini red velvet cupcakes my sister and I made alongside the cream cheese frosting. I’m thinking of what other recipes to get into. Does anybody have any baking recipes that they’d like to share with me? I want to explore and dabble into the world of baking! Or at least attempt to, lol.

Also, what did you all do for New Year’s? I usually stay at home with the parents to welcome in the new year, then knock out shortly thereafter. Again, I kept my computer on to see if the date would freak out, and it didn’t! Here’s to the new year. I can’t believe it’s already 2010

I’d make a list of resolutions, but I like living in the now, so I’ll just tackle whatever comes my way. Bring it!

…Geez, where do I even begin?!

I’ll start off with the PVC figures. All 4 of these figures totaled to a whopping $65! Yes, $65. The Sega Aphrodite ver. 2 Rei and Asuka were $20 altogether and the Kaiyodo Parfait was $10. $10! I was at Organic’s booth and they were running out of Parfaits really quick. I also snagged Kaiyodo SFA3 Cammy for $35, even though she retails at $80. One booth had her at $80, but I found a vendor that I frequent every year selling her for $35. Her regular color was $45…wth. Why couldn’t they be the same price?

The girls still in their boxes. They’re so pretty I can’t wait to display them!

Parfait’s absolutely adorable (and absolutely pink). As for Cammy, she sure has a butt I actually prefer Shadoloo Cammy over Delta Red Cammy. Anybody else have a preference?

Went to my usual gashapon vendor and got 5 little figures for $15. Here’s Athena Asamiya from King of Fighters and Anna from Tekken. Anna’s in some weird funky pose but Athena’s adorable as always.

Louise Halevy and Christina Sierra from Gundam 00 S1. Oh Christina. How I wish you stayed with the Ptolemaios for both seasons. I wish the place had all of the set; wanted to snag Sumeragi and Wang Liu Min too.

Tron Bonne of Megaman. She was a pain to set up and she keeps falling off her seat, but she’s still cute! Now all she needs is an army of Servbots.

I actually didn’t buy this; rather, Melvin bought this for me. Silver Surfer Mighty Mugg! My first Mighty Mugg, too. Thanks, Melvin! I have something to remember you by, haha. What a memento.

Some goodies from JBox‘s $25 grab bag: an old issue of Newtype featuring Gundam SEED, an Evangelion voice…thingy (they’re talking something about AT fields; not too sure what the actual quotes are, but it’s cool ), a Macross trading figure of Minmay which I haven’t displayed and assembled yet; it’ll go next to my other Minmay, a Star Trek toy thing that I haven’t opened yet, and a Super Mario magnet that I didn’t display here. Why? It’s already on the refridgerator, lol.

Lester and I now have matching Poketo wallets! The booth was selling them for $15. Please check them out: they have some amazing artist wallets, including Cupco (like the one I have) and Devilrobots. Also, I couldn’t help but get more Oryzaes Thank you Giant Robot for having Moyashimon merchandise.

It’s so tiny! I wanted a whole army for no reason. You know, just to have an army of Oryzae.

Here’s a size comparison of the Oryzae next to Athena. So freakin’ tiny! D:

And now…freebies! Lots and lots and lots of freebies. I don’t even know where to begin with this! I got a lot of samplers and catalogs this year. Oh, and I managed to snag two 48-hour free XBOX Live Gold trials. If anyone wants them, let me know. I don’t have an XBOX, so it’s useless to me

Got these on Sunday: a full set of collectible cards from the upcoming Tim Burton movie 9. Anybody excited for this movie?

Even more freebies here. Some notable ones: a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom towel from demoing TvC, a Jedi shirt from Star Wars: The Old Republic for sticking my hand out for a shirt , and a Dissidia fan for signing up for Square Enix Members. There are some little trinkets here and there like some buttons, tattoos, and keychains. One keychain is a bottle opener from Inglorious Bastards that’s also a baseball bat

Here’s a gigantic Halo Legends poster promoting the new anime for the popular game. I’ve never played Halo, myself D: But I’ll give the anime a try! The fact that Production I.G. is doing it intrigues me.

Here are some posters from the Nickelodeon booth. Alex, I know you want the Avatar posters, so I snagged multiple posters lol.

Getting this poster was an adventure all in its own. Summit Entertainment was always packed! I’m actually going to give Twilight a try My sister lent me her copy, so I’m bound to read it. Oh man.

The Pokemon booth is still in full force! I never played the TCG, but I used to collect the cards! I kind of miss my Japanese TCG cards, though. I had a good number of Team Rocket cards, including an evil Charizard.

Posters for the Penguins of Madagascar and Sorority Row. “Theta Pi must die” is quite the catchy phrase.

A really cute fold-out poster from the Viz Media booth. It’s also educational!

Another fold-out poster from Viz Media, promoting anime Twilight, I mean, Vampire Knight. I’m kind of curious about this series, too. For those who’ve watched it, do you suggest it?

Some cards I picked up from Yamato USA promoting figures. Simca!

And lastly, a free Stykman statue from Symbiote Studios. On Preview Night, if you went by their booth and tweeted that Symbiote Studios rocks, you were handed out this free statue. Win!

I actually have a huge amount of posters, but I didn’t feel like taking them out. Some are still rolled up, too.

That wraps up this massive post of loot and freebies. Until then!