Leah Rose FTW!

Hi friends! Thanks for coming and peeking over here, I know facebook is a lot easier to check in on but we all know how FB feels about long posts, keywords, and basically anything other than not taking my money, hahaha/sad Anyway, let's just jump into it- my announcement for today is I'm beginning a Patreon account. My emotions on Patreon are pretty conflicted a lot of times, I have to be honest, and I'm sure you can understand what I mean if you've been online and seen all the backlash that some people get from starting Patreons. I've always been afraid that my work wasn't good enough, consistent enough, or popular enough to warrant anything like this. But then my personal (financial and time restraint)  circumstances changed, and my options were: 1. Stop cosplay nearly entirely, disappoint you and myself, and lose something that brings me and many other people a spark of joy.  or 2. Ask for help, be able to continue, and with the money that I receive...

I have to admit, I feel kind of bad. I was so intent on making this blog something... cool, maybe not something to bring me some extra money, but a personal journal of all of the things with a focus on the nerdstuff and the health stuff. But that's obviously not happening, and for once, I can say it's for lack of trying. My cosplay and costuming have kind of taken over my life. All I do is live that nerdness that I love to write about, and while it's not a bad thing, documenting it has kind of falls down on my list of priorities. And it's not really reasonable to try to make the blog something it isn't. SO AS IT STANDS this website will sort of transition into an official page for me, costuming, my calendar, and basically an expanded facebook fanpage (which you should totally go check out at facebook.com/leahroseaz) I'll still make posts as I have time, but I won't beat myself up for not getting to it. I'll document my conventions and work and every...

I'll be the first to admit, I'm bad at bashing myself. Not like self mutilation, mind you, but nitpicking about stupid things I don't like about myself. And where does it get me? What can I do about them? Not a whole lot. Granted, I don't verbalize it that much, but I'm always thinking something needs improvement. Why the hell do we do this? We keep looking at the negatives instead of seeing the awesome big picture. And you're always you're own worst critic, so it's not like anyone else even notices half the things we hate about ourselves. But others can tell what we take pride in and are most confident about, so why not focus on those? The big three things I have a problem with are mostly just genetics and by chance- nothing that I can help, so I shouldn't act like it's a problem. And I'm a big believer that for every negative thing you think abotu yoursself, you should remember a positive so you can realize how good you really have it!...