December 19, 2011 - Girly Blogging

I started a new blog last week for girly stuff. COMMIXTURE - This blog is for the many ingredients that make one girl. That girl is me. This is what I believe, think, and do. Fashion, makeup, politics, love, design, aesthetics, and life from a decidedly uncommon female.

I get questions about some of these things a lot, so I figured I’d put it somewhere that people could follow if they wanted. Any questions/comments can go that tumblr account. Thanks!

December 14, 2011 - The FX network is trying to kill me

An entire TV network trying to kill you? Surely not! And no, I don’t actually believe they are trying to kill me specifically. But I do believe that someone in their events department has some sort of mental deficiency or is at best incompetent. This story needs some background, so first let me link you to my post about Fox’s fiasco at San Diego Comic Con 2010 where their event planning resulted in physical injury to myself and others.

Now also let me give you a bit of information about myself which will inform this latest issue. I live in Las Vegas. I do not live here by choice. I moved here for my job and since then everyone I know has up and left. This is a horrible place for anyone who is not a hooker/stripper/pimp/gambler to live. I only see friends if I drive out to LA to see them, or if someone comes in to town on a rare occasion. So when FX announced they would be “at the Fremont Street Experience here in Vegas at 425 Fremont St from 5-7pm Wednesday December 14”, you can imagine that I was delighted to have something going on here. So my husband and I took the 45 minute drive (rush hour traffic, it’s awesome!) down there, parked the car, and walked to the address. Oh, it may also be important to tell you that it is winter here and I am asthmatic. So I don’t usually volunteer to go walking around after dark in the cold because it usually ends badly for me.

I would love to tell you that it was worth it, but yet again Fox/FX/whoever runs their event shit decided it wasn’t important to give correct information. There was no bus, no event, no anything. No one at the address given knew anything. I was on my phone checking to see if their Facebook page gave any update about a cancellation. As I write this, they have to post anything and are not even responding to people that are asking what happened.

So, in wasting my time and money you’d think I’d be mildly annoyed. And I am. But more than that, I have to wonder if they are hurting for competent event staff or even social media staff. Are you hiring? I know lots of people who would love to do these jobs and would be 100% better at it than any of the morons you’ve had running your shit for the past couple years. Seriously, EMAIL ME.

UPDATE: 8:13PST - Seems like the Family Guy Facebook was given different times but no exact location. WTF Fox?!

December 09, 2011 - Submissions open for cosplay music video!

I know what you are thinking. It’s been like, a million years since I released Costume Play and made promises of a music video. Unfortunately I am too poor to do what I really want to with it. But that means that more of you will actually be able to participate in it!

What I need is for you to video yourself in a costume. You can be dancing/lip-syncing to THE TRACK, strolling down the street, or doing something in character. Here is a list of costumes I’d like to include in the video:

Any Cowboy Bebop costumes

Any Sailor Moon costumes

Any Naruto costumes

Tony Stark - Iron Man

Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter

Vash the Stampede

Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Any Gundam costumes

However, any cosplay outfit is fine! All you need to do is take a video (30 seconds to a few minutes long at the most), zip it up, and then email it to: ginny (at) ginnymcqueen.com with the subject “Music Video Submission”! And that’s it! I’ll be sending a release for everyone to sign once it’s edited. We will try to use every submission, but we may not be able to. Feel free to email me with any questions. Remember to be creative!

The deadline for submissions is now January 31, 2011!

PS- If you live in Las Vegas, I may be able to film you.

November 22, 2011 - Holidays!

A Christmas story!

October 16, 2011 - Where in the world is Ginny?

I know, I am being a huge jerk by not updating my website lately. But listen! I’m redesigning the whole site right now. So make sure you follow me on Facebook and Twitter because that’s where I am every day. In fact, I’ll be having a Twitter contest this week where you can enter your suggestions on my next cosplay. Just know that there is some crazy awesome stuff happening and 2012 will be awesome if the world doesn’t end!