Hi there, my name is Cassandra (Cassie for short) and this is my personal website. I'm a costumer, convention goer, I live in Tennessee with my husband and several furry family members.
In 2007 I earned my Bachelor's Degree in University Studies. I started out in Elementary Education, changed over to Veterinary Medicine and realized in my last semester that I should have gone for costume design. I hope to make it back to school one day to do just that.
I made my first official cosplay in October of 2002. Earlier that year, Cartoon Network had aired a few episodes of Sailor Moon and I was immediately hooked. The show was abruptly cancelled so I turned to the internet for answers. I was delighted to find those answers and so much more. I learned about cosplay and conventions and soon started planning my Sailor Moon and Serena costumes for that Halloween. I went to my first anime convention the following year and never looked back. I won my first cosplay award (Best Craftsmanship Novice) in 2003 at MTAC and went on to win Best in Show in the Master division at both MTAC and AWA in 2006. I helped judge the cosplay competition at AWA in 2007, but have not gone back to compete as of yet.
Other stuff that keeps me entertained...
Collections: My Little Pony figures, poseable Care Bears figures, Disney snowglobes and Asian ball-jointed dolls.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Record of Lodoss War, Inu-Yasha, Ranma 1/2, Cowboy Bebop, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Paradise Kiss, Ah! My Goddess.
TV Shows: Xena, I Love Lucy, Dick Van Dyke, Bewitched, Pepper Ann, DuckTales, TaleSpin, My Little Ponies, Eerie Indiana, Get Smart, Batman (all of 'em), Powerpuff Girls, Legend of the Seeker, Battlestar Galactica, Forensic Files, Big Bang Theory, MST3K, Dr. Who, Eureka, The Wonder Years.
Movies: The Princess Bride, The Labyrinth, DragonHeart, Legend, Hook, A Knight's Tale, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Neverending Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Shakespeare in Love, Bridge to Terabithia, The Princess Diaries, Beetlejuice, Ever After, The Last Unicorn, Edward Scissorhands, P.J. Hogan's live action version of Peter Pan, Secondhand Lions, What Dreams May Come, Shrek 2 (largely due to Puss in Boots), You've Got Mail, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Last Starfighter, Practical Magic, The Karate Kid (all except that atrocious remake), Home Alone, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, Good Will Hunting, Road to Perdition, The Sasquatch Gang, Enchanted and most animated Disney movies. Oh, and practically anything by Tim Burton. I'm just going to stop there lest I create the dreaded "wall of text". So yeah, I like my movies.
Music: Elvis Presley, The Beatles, David Bowie, Prince, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, Adam Lambert, The Eels, Owl City
Books: Charlotte's Web, The House of 30 Cats, The Last Unicorn, The Crickle Crack Tree, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Neverending Story, the Redwall series, Warriors, Watership Down, Howl's Moving Castle, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Tailchaser's Song, The Sword of Truth, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Lost Years of Merlin and let's not forget old school Goosebumps. I'm starting to purchase many of my books in digital format these days. It saves trees and clears up a lot of space in my house. I make exceptions for reference books on sewing and crafting.
Video Games: Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Dance Dance Revolution, Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon, Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, Katamari, The Sims, Beatles Rock Band, Professor Layton.
Activities: yard sales and flea markets, home improvement
