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I Got Engaged!

December 30, 2014 Jen Ný Cool Story Bro 5 comments

Hey everyone who hasn’t already heard! Hans and I got engaged on Christmas day! This is the kind of thing that’s important to announce on your personal blog, right?

He proposed by putting the ring in a big Pokéball that he took off the Christmas tree and gave it to me as my last Christmas gift!

My ring has a heart-shaped pink sapphire in the center (I may or may not have shown him this ring a couple months ago…). It’s so beautiful! I love it so much!

I think I’m going to have a pink wedding dress too. As with diamond rings, white wedding dresses all kind of look the same to me, and I want something special for my special day. I’m debating trying to make my own dress. I haven’t looked around too terribly much yet, but so far I haven’t seen any dresses that really appeal to me. If I go that route, I might try making a couple regular casual dresses first to practice, since the only clothes I’ve made myself have been cosplay costumes.

We’re planning on getting married this summer sometime, possibly in July. I’m trying to convince him that Legoland is a good place for a honeymoon.

Dinosauring Christmas

December 24, 2014 Jen Ný Comics, Cool Story Bro, Dinosauring No comments

Today is marks the third week of my web comic, Dinosauring. Since today is also Christmas Eve, I did a special 6 panel parody of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

This strip, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, features the three Stegosauruses, Sir Stegington, Gweneira, and Mary Sue, along with a special appearance by Stego Claus.

I hope to make more special holiday comics in the future (including New Years next week!). My interneting goal for the next year (and beyond) is to post a new Dinosauring comic every week, as well as posting here on my blog more often (even if my boyfriend is the only one reading it).

(This post is being filed under “Cool Story Bro.”)

Our Nerdy Christmas Trees

December 23, 2014 Jen Ný Cool Story Bro, Photos No comments

As is tradition, we have a really nerdy Christmas tree this year. Actually, two of them. Our main Christmas tree is decorated with an assortment of dorky things, mostly stuffed animals. I also have a smaller pink Christmas tree that I decorated with Pokemon this year.

This tradition started two Christmases ago. It was the first year that my boyfriend and I lived together, and we didn’t have any actual Christmas ornaments (bought two that year, two snowmen) and filled in the rest of the tree with our action figures tied to string. Then last year, we didn’t have room for the big tree, so I got a small pink one instead and decorated it with pink action figures and small pink plushies.

This year, we have plenty of room again, so out came both trees. We used mostly stuffed animals this time because we were too lazy to put strings on our action figures this year.

Here’s our main tree. I added a winking Pikachu, a smaller Sylveon, and three normal ornaments (including a stegosaurus) since I took the pictures.

And here’s my Pokemon tree:

Maybe next year we’ll have three or four trees!

If you’re curious here are our trees from 2012 and 2013. I didn’t think to post them on my blog before:

Tomodachi Life: Krampus QR Code

December 22, 2014 Jen Ný Freebies, Gaming No comments

If you’ve never heard of the Krampus, be prepared to add this delightful character to your family’s holiday traditions! In Germanic folklore, Krampus is St. Nicholas’s devilish companion. Whereas good old St. Nick brings gifts to the good little boys and girls, Krampus takes care of the naughty children. While Santa Claus is happy with offerings of milk and cookies, Krampus would prefer to be offered schnapps.

I thought he would be a great addition to my Tomodachi Life Island to go along with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. I needed more crazy looking characters.

Even Krampus is getting into the Christmas spirit with his festive holiday interior!

I think Krampus should become a more popular Christmas character in the United States, right along side Santa Claus. What do you think?

Have you been nice this year? Or will Krampus have to visit your house?

Tomodachi Life: Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus QR Codes

December 21, 2014 Jen Ný Freebies, Gaming No comments

Merry Christmas! I made Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus Mii characters for Tomodachi Life. They both live in festive holiday interiors with Christmas trees year-round (unless you decide to change their interiors).

I made the original QR codes with them both wearing matching “ugly holiday sweaters” before I found the Santa Suit outfit in the “seasonal” section of the clothing store (yay for scheduled posting!), so I remade the codes with the Santa Suit outfits, but I’ll keep the ugly holiday sweater codes here too, just in case anyone prefers that outfit.

Have them both move in and see if you can get them to start dating, get married, and make cute little gray-haired baby Miis!

Check back tomorrow if you would like Krampus to move into your apartment building. He’s great for making sure your child Miis stay in line!

Tomodachi Life: Mr. Hankey QR Code

December 20, 2014 Jen Ný Freebies, Gaming No comments

Howdy Ho! I made Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo from South Park for Tomodachi Life to help you get into the Christmas Spirit! If you eat fiber on Christmas Eve, he might come to your town… errr… island.

He’s wearing a festive Santa Claus hat from the Santa Suit outfit to help you get into the holiday spirit! He’s also wearing a brown bath robe because… well…

Check back for more festive Tomodachi Life miis between now and Christmas. I also have Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and a delightfully disturbing Krampus living on my island.

“Mrs.” Garrison from South Park also lives on my island (and is currently dating my brother’s Mii. LMAO!). If anyone is interested, I might share her later so she can live on your island too!

Super Smash Bros and Tomodachi Life: Iron Man QR Code

December 19, 2014 Jen Ný Freebies, Gaming No comments

I originally made this Iron Man Mii to use as a Smash Bros Mii Fighter, but I decided to import him into Tomodachi Life as well. The QR code should work in both Tomodachi Life and Mii Maker, so you can use him in Super Smash Bros and any other game that lets you import miis.

I made him look distinguished in my game. I thought this type of outfit and interior suited him well. I used the dark red hair dye to make his helmet armor a little bit brighter than the default red hair that is available in Mii Maker.

I think he looks really cool in Smash Bros. Set him as a gunner and use the High-Tech Armor to make him look like this:

Unfortunately, you can’t make his “hair” any brighter outside of Tomodachi Life, but I still like how he turned out with the dark red helmet.

Any of the characters that I share for Tomodachi Life should work in Mii Maker as well, but some of them don’t look as cool without the extra items (clothes, hats, hair dye) that can be added in the game.

Pokemon ORAS: My Secret Base

December 18, 2014 Jen Ný Gaming No comments

Nii's Secret Base Team - Amaura, Sylveon, Jigglypuff

If you have Pokemon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire, come check out my super secret base!

Ruby and Sapphire were the only Pokemon generation I missed out on, so I was pretty excited to get the remake. I still think the starters for this generation are kinda lame compared to every other generation, though. I picked Treecko since his final evolution looked the coolest to me, but I ended up breeding an extra Mudkip and Torchic in Pokemon X to transfer over anyway. One of these days I’ll breed extras of the starters from the rest of the Pokemon generations to send to my Omega Ruby game.

Anyway, I’m still not entirely sure what the point of the secret bases are, other than for fun, but I like collecting the items for my base and decorating it. It almost makes up for not being able to customize your character like you could in X and Y.

My super secret base is located on route 120, right here:

Once inside, my base looks like this:

I have almost as many Pokemon plushies in my super secret base as I do in my real-life living room! Don’t forget to take my flag before you leave.

Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist Plush

December 17, 2014 Jen Ný Sewing No comments

Instead of carving a pumpkin this year for Halloween, I made my own Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist plushies. I made these guys back in October, just before Halloween. I just wanted a Pumpkaboo doll, and thought it would be more fun (and cheaper, since I already had all the fabric I needed) to make my own than to buy the pre-made one they sell online.

I made Pumpkaboo, and then decided that he needed a Gourgeist friend, so I made his evolution too. It took one day to make Pumpkaboo, and I think two days for Gourgeist. I started Gourgeist right after I finished Pumpkaboo though.

I made them using fabric I had left over from various cosplay costumes. Their mouths are both hand-embroidered and they have buttons for eyes. Pumpkaboo’s lights are also giant buttons. I was originally going to use yellow fabric, but I thought the big buttons would be cuter.

I made the patterns myself as I went along, which is usually how sewing projects go for me. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a totally complete pattern ready to go before I’ve started to sew. Sometimes I think of a better way to make a later part while working on a different part. That’s probably not how people who actually know what they’re doing go about sewing…

Sylveon Cosplay

December 16, 2014 Jen Ný Cosplay, Sewing No comments

Wow, I’m behind on updating my blog. Anyway, I had so much fun doing the live action Pokemon events for Midoricon that I wanted to do another Pokemon cosplay of one of my favorite new Pokemon. I got this Sylveon cosplay finished just in time for NyanCon. I was going for a kind of lolita type of look for Sylveon. I even got an Eevee in the vendor room to complete my outfit!

I have a tail too, which you can’t see in the pictures. I put a wire inside it to keep it from drooping too much. Also, I realize that the head bow is on the wrong side here. Mirrors are confusing!

I wore this cosplay for NyanCon and for halloween at The Side Quest in Lakewood. I’m planing on wearing it for Shinbokucon too, if go.

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