In memory of Bernhard Ernst

This entry is for my father who died this morning after three years of suffering from kidney failure. Dialysis kept him alive much longer than anticipated, but it also caused damage.

Age: 58
Bith date: 5 October 1949
Deceased date: 28 February 2008, 01:15 AM

May his soul rest in peace.

Difficult purchasing decisions

Buying new costumes is becoming a problem lately. Currently I am having a quiet time and hence money is scarce. The fact that I am already waiting for two other orders where I will still have to pay 40% customs fees and I will have to pay the monthly credit card fees due to these orders.

Now the purchasing becomes more difficult since I am trying get Bunny suits for Easter and I am trying to get hold of various Zentai suits. All of this will cost me a lot, but I really need them all. Another popular request is a Barney costume which I am not allowed to have due to legal and copyright reasons.

Five realistic foam latex masks ordered from Greyland Film

Yesterday evening (this morning actually since it was after midnight), I finally ordered some of the masks from Greyland film which I wanted to order. The foam latex masks ordered were Marylin Monroe, Elvis Presley, a really ugly witch (for Halloween), Oliver Hardy and some or other professor.

Later on during this year a friend of mine and myself are planning to go to an annual costume party as Elvis Presley and Marylin Monroe. Hopefully she will keep the mask on for a long time. We haven't been together at the event since 2004. Last time she was in a Catwoman costume. For the Marylin Monroe dress that I am waiting for, I still have to get a wig to cover the bald head of the mask.

Last year, my girlfriend came along to the costume party, but she refuses to wear any kind of costume or anything out of the ordinary. She is unfortunately very self conscious. My other friend from many more years ago is sometimes up for something like this.

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

The long hunt for volunteers to be in costumes for the annual Free Comic Book Day at the Readers Den is in full swing. There have been several applicants after three weeks of advertising, but already several signs of drop outs due to no actual responses to emails or SMS. Many are obviously keen, but if they will show up at the actual event on 3 May 2008 is another matter entirely. If they do not show up, then they will miss out on a fun event. The target market of the event is of course the general public, but mostly the comic fans and those that collect action figures. Part of the purpose of the event is to get people to read more and to be able to enjoy reading.

Waiting for many things

Hopefully today or tomorrow I will be getting the solar based lights to light up the walkway outside my home. This will help me in the evenings, friends of mine when visiting and the clients of my costume renting business at home. During another Eskom power cut, I can move the lights indoors at least to have some light. The lights are supposed to be able to give light for 15 hours.

The other thing I am waiting for is a package with new costumes that I have ordered. Amongst other things the bunny suits for Easter, a Marylin Monroe dress and the Evil Queen costume from Disney's Snow White.

I am also waiting for my bank account to show my application on PayPal, so that I can get access to all of those costumes that can be found on the EBay shops which require PayPal for payment.

Floating lights have arrived

The long awaited floating solar based lights have arrived. They will come in handy outside at my walkway. They also seem fairly large overall. This evening I will be able to see how bright they are. Hopefully this will help clients to find out where to go.

Possible new experiment with Zentai suits

Due to a recent chat, I was pointed to a company in Beijing that sells Zentai suits. I do realise that not everybody would want to put on suits like that, it should be noted that professional wrestlers use pants or the same material for various good reasons. I am interested in those that look mostly like superhero or comic book character costumes. They are not like the proper thing due to copyright reasons, but they are close enough. Some of my clients would probably not mind to put those on. For upcoming events I will need a few outfits.