Scouting for costumed characters for Free Comic Book Day 2008 (FCBD)

The annual hunt for people who want to work as costumed characters at the annual Free Comic Book Day event has begun. Hopefully this year it will not be another case of nobody showing up after several confirmations. This year I mentioned in the ad that only those that are serious about this should even bother to apply. The event will happen as usual at the Readers Den Comic Book Shop in Claremont in Stadium on Main. The shop opens at 9AM as usual.

Corporate event and adding new photos to website

The corporate event of my work was quite fun this morning, but it took up a lot of my time. This afternoon, I have finally added those spotted cat and some chinese shirt photos to my costume renting website. The photos of the spotted cat were really long overdue and the bunnies have to be redone. Now I just need to get someone to pose in various female costumes to add proper photos to my website, since the packaging photos are not always ideal, and I do not always have packaging photos.

Webcam masking

Earlier this evening, I was chatting with somebody about various masks. I have several due to the costumes that I rent out from home and the various events where I help out as various characters. Later on, he wanted to see several of my latex masks which I showed him via webcam. For an upcoming event that got shifted from February to July, I still have to organise an Elvis and a Marylin Monroe mask. The normal latex masks get too hot too quickly and usually have eyesight limitations. I am planning to get foam latex masks from Greyland Film. Those masks are usually quite comfortable even when they fit tight, and can be worn for hours. The entire masking session was quite a lot of fun actually.

Father visiting for a week

Today, I had to pick up my father who will be staying with me for one week. I have to keep him busy and also give him his regular medication due to his kidney failure. This will be a fun week since I got to get home for lunch. Normally I go to work by train but this next week I will have to go by car. The traffic jam will be fun.

Various costume ideas

Recently, I got hold of a supplier who can organise me various costumes and masks at discounted prices. This opened up a lot of opportunity for getting some things that I previously did want to get but could not really afford to buy. Now it is just a matter of waiting for the response to my email.

Major website changes and new costumes

The last couple of days have been a lot of work to rewrite the internal structures of my own costume renting website. This process is far from complete, but the end result will be a more efficient website and the option to add more features at a faster pace.

New Chinese dresses and shirts have arrived. They still have to be added to the website. This coming Saturday, I will be collecting another five new costumes, which include Elvis, Cleopatra, Anakin and Padme.