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[ausa] karaoke video! [25 Nov 2009|07:25pm]
Oh man guys I don't think I've made NEARLY enough AUSA posts in the past two days, so HERE HAVE ANOTHER ONE! Here's The full video of Alli and I karaoking Gekokujou! I thought we did pretty well for Alli not being able to breath (lol, getting used to breathing properly with bindings takes practice yo) and for not being able to here the music very well at certain parts due to another event one room over. I totally got off at one part, aughhh. And I was reaallly sharp in Rin's second solo section...BUT OH WELL IT WAS FUN :D Thanks for being our cameragirl for this Bur XD



GREEN IS THE ENEMY!
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[ausa] jj log and some pictures! [25 Nov 2009|12:09am]


More like a Jalli Log amirite? WATCH IT WATCH IT!

Also omggg Vicky put up a preview pic from our Devil Survivor shoot *_*


I also found more pictures of various things from Lou's gallery over at Refractor Productions, so here's a few of those:

Vocaloid, trading card America/UK, and some NANA )

Kay that's enough of that.
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[ausa] con report! [23 Nov 2009|06:46pm]
Oh man, having to be at work at 5:30 in the morning the day after a con just...blows XD But I survived!

Anyway, Anime USA! It was...the most boring convention I've ever been to, lol. But as usual, a boring convention is saved by the amazing people there! I got to spend time with some of my favorite people who I don't get to see often, and also holy shit I actually got photoshoots done for every costume I wore :D

ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT AN ANIME CONVENTION )

That pretty much concludes the report. I feel like overall the convention was...good and bad. There were so many times were I was having an absolutely blast, but then there were other times where I just felt really...off. Not myself. I'm not positive as to why. I know some of you noticed it, and to you guys, I'm sorry. But I certainly had lots of fun, so I'm just going to focus on that and hold on those memories, and let go of the not-so-good ones. Who needs the bad ones anyway?

...Wow that was pretty damn long. If you got this far, good job! Next up, JJ Log!
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Ice Skatiiiing~! [07 Nov 2009|01:19pm]
Boston Cosplay Ice Skating

I went ahead and started a thread about it on cosplay.com, and I'm going to make a facebook group too :D SINCE FACEBOOK IS AWESOME AND TRENDY.

Cosplay.com thread: http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=194583

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171963453230 (lol, I have it listed as a 'holiday party'. WHY IS THERE NO 'COSPLAY GATHERING' OPTION, FACEBOOK?)

When: Dec 5th, 1:00 PM (date is tentative for now, but I'm guessing it'll work out. All the other Saturdays in December are within exam period or Christmas time and most people want to avoid that)
Where: The Frog Pond on the Boston Common
What you should bring: Your wonderful self, and a (WARM!) cosplay! Christmas-themed is a bonus but not necessary! Also, bring $4 to get into the ice rink, your ice skates (or $8 to rent a pair), and money for snacks at the concession stand.

GUYS IT'S GONNA BE SO FUN, COME SKATINGGG DO IT DO IT
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[unlocked cosplay post] NYAF pics and video links! [30 Sep 2009|11:12pm]
Pictures from NYAF! I didn't take many since I was so busy, but I also stole a few from other people (Wayne and Ollie mostly :D)

And now, your soul is mine! )

That's pretty much it for photos!

But since this post is photos AND videos, here are links to the videos I mentioned in my con report!

Soul Eater re-enactment improv skit AWWWYYEEAHHH!

Macross Frontier skit from the cosplay variety hour.

THE L SKIT. There are no other words to describe this work of genius.

Gekokujou! Kagamine twin Vocaloid skit. OK, GREEN IS THE ENEMY!

Pretty soon I'll get up my own videos too!(and maybe fashion them into a JJlog? I think I just might!) Oh, and I'm making my con report temporarily unlocked so that new friends from the con who I don't have friended can read it :D

[edit] Hey Soul Eater people, Jessie just posted her AWESOME photos from the event, go check them out!! http://www.pridemorephotography.com/funimation/
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NYAF report! [28 Sep 2009|10:36pm]
So I've been back from NYAF for a day and I'm finally starting to get some of my energy back. [info]gwiffen-STYLE CON REPORT, GO!

Thursday
-Bolt Bus to NY with [info]lousyitachi and [info]stardustshadow
-Met up with [info]harl for foods
-FRIENDSHIP BANNER
-sewsewsew omg no sleep

Friday
-two steps into the con center and I run into Tomino. HE IS TINY OMG.
-Funimation/ACP booth work as Soul. MY SOUL SHOES MAKE ME SO TALL I LOVE IT
-Visted Harl at her booth not enough times. But I feel really cool because I sold two shirts for her while she ran off to the ladies room.
-hotdogs for lunch with the Soul Eater crew
-I DO NOT FIT INTO JAPANESE SQUARE ENIX COSTUMES. I AM A HUGE AMERICAN NOT A TINY JAPANESE GIRL T_T
-First autograph session: line trafficking.
-Adam from the FUNi booth is all kinds of amazing
-Got my Soul Eater promo poster autograph signed by the VAs, yay!
-Bought a P4 poster set and GOT THE RISE POSTER SIGNED BY LAURA BAILEY YESSSS ♥
-changed in the bathroom into Sheryl borrowed from [info]usa_ko for the Cosplay Variety show skit that [info]doodleplex asked me to be in.
-Soul Eater skit rehearsal while dressed as Sheryl. WAT, I CAN FIGHT IN HEELS!
-felt ugly and trashy in Sheryl T_T
-popped a seam in the Sheryl shorts because I'm way fatter than Janina lol. I'll fix them before I mail the costume back to you Janina!!
-somehow the skit went well and I had a great time onstage. Thank you Sarah and Laura!!
-canceled Karaoke plans, went with Robsie and Alanna back to Rob's place and CRASHED.

Saturday
-MOOOOORE SOUL EATER!
-[info]waynekaa peaces out and SUDDENLY I'M IN CHARGE OF GETTING EVERYONE ONSTAGE TO REHEARSE BLOCKING WTF THANKS WAYNE
-waaayyy more people at the dub premiere/improv skit than I EVER expected to show up, holycrap that was scary.
-GUN! GUN! GUNNING! MORE GUNNING! GUNNING TWICE! SYMMETRY IS AWESOME!
-[info]burloire, wiggle your bum more plz.
-BEST FRIENDSHIP OVERALL. BEST USE OF FUSION. HONORABLE MENTION FOR AWESOME SYMMETRY.
-holy smokes all the VAs voice their characters SO WELL. I couldn't be happier with a dub cast *_*
-ordered sushi take-out with Harl, waited for it outside with some of the Soul Eater crew. It was BEAUTIFUL outside. Saw [info]s0nified and Chris, who was getting into his kickass Izanagi costume
-Second autograph session: Stand behind the VAs and look cool. Way preferable to line control!
-I'M A TEN-WOMAN MAAAAAN!
-All the VAs (plus Zach Bolton, the director!) are PRECIOUS CUPCAKES. I still can't get over how nice and fun they were to work with. And in some cases, pretty damn hilarious (TODD AND MICAH, FOR SERIOUS)
-P4 cosplay with Rob and Alanna which we only wore to sit in the back at the masquerade and not get any pictures taken. AWESOME!
-L SKIT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET WATCH IT.
-also GEKOKUJOU SKIT. I was in the back screaming my head off because FUCK YEAH KAGAMINE REVOLUTION! GREEN IS THE ENEMY SHUT UP I KNOW I'M WEARING A GREEN TRACK JACKET.
-CONGRATS to everyone who worked their butts off in the Yume Cup!
-by this point I'm feeling pretty damn sick and I crash hard in Paul and Lizzy's hotel room.
-woken up several hours later in order to be transported, half-conscious, back to Robsie's house. Thanks for taking care of meeeee!
-the last night of NYAF passes with NO PARTYING OR FUN AFTER HOURS WTF T_T

Sunday
-all three of us too tired/sick to go back to the con. Sleep foreverrrrr.
-Grabbed lunch in Chinatown and saw [info]blackmarth, [info]ryoko, [info]cyberbird, [info]saber_rider, and maybe some others? I was really out of it because I was having so much trouble breathing so I kinda don't remember T_T
-found perfect P4 umbrellas in Chinatown.
-megabus back to Boston and ran into [info]daveydynamo who was waiting in line for his bus back to Baltimore. DAVEY YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST COME BACK TO BOSTON WITH US!
-back in Boston, starving, delicious dinner at Harry's bar. Then passed out at Rob and Alanna's.

Overall, I feel like I worked my butt off and didn't really get to have any down time, and probably made myself sick from pushing myself, but hey it was rewarding work. It was truly an honor to work with FUNimation for the Soul Eater dub promotion! And I spent time with some awesome people, friends both old and new. I miss everyone!!
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[unlocked cosplay post] updates! [21 Jul 2009|05:19pm]
I finally updated my ACP gallery! I hadn't touched it since updating a few pics from Katsucon, but it's now fully updated with more costumes from Katsucon, plus Anime Boston, the Boston Hetalia Picnic, and Otakon!

Updated Cosplay Gallery

Updated/new costumes include: Akira from Lucky Star UK/Arthur from Hetalia, bunny girl Mikuru from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, Marie from Soul Eater, Prussia/Gilbert from Hetalia, Naoto from Persona 4, South Italy/Romano from Hetalia, Miria from Baccano!, and Rin from Vocaloid 2.

[FYI, this is probably the way I'm going to do things on this journal now - since I'm going to be using it mostly for my personal life as opposed to cosplay networking, most journal entries will be locked. However, entries related to cosplay will be unlocked so all my cosplay buddies can read them and keep in touch should they so desire :D]
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Otakon! [20 Jul 2009|08:51pm]
Back from Otakon, had an awesome time!!

Allow me to tell you a story about an Otakon. )

Overall, I'd say Brotakon 2009 was a huge success! For my last major convention for a very long time, I'm glad to have gone out with a bang :D

MEET YOU LATER AT JUNES, BROSEPHS!
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Just thinking. [08 Jul 2009|10:13pm]
If I were to simplify things to an extreme, I might say something like this: there are two kinds of people in the world - people who are sensitive to others, and people who have a blatant disregard for others' feelings.

Unfortunately, when I slow down, step back, and take a look around me, I'm noticing a lot of that second type of people are my "friends."

It upsets and enrages me. Why do I let it get to me so much? Probably because I had faith in a lot of these friends and I feel betrayed. It may also be because I have such high expectations and low tolerance of my fellow human beings. Either way, it's time to move on from those types of people, rather than keep them around me and continue to be disappointed and disgusted by them, and let myself get miserable over it.

That being said, I actually went ahead and deleted my myspace. I figure getting rid of silly sites like that are a good step towards cleaning the junk out of my life. Next I'll be cleaning out my facebook. Also regarding my previous statement, I've decided to start my friends cutting now. Way wait till after Otakon? I can't really think of a good reason.
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A wall of text. [04 Jul 2009|10:24pm]
I'll be doing a massive friends cut after Otakon.

As a person, I am both private and serious. Considering that, it's pretty ridiculous for me to be sharing my daily life with hundreds of people. If you're interested in being a friend and staying in touch, leave a comment, shoot me and email or text, whatever. If you're interested in being "cosplay buddies", well...this journal is not going to be for that sort of thing any more.

Cosplay, while it is something I love, is not something that I want as a central part of my life. When I first started cosplay, it was completely amazing how I could make so many friends and so many people liked me and wanted to hang out with me. I was happy, with stars in my eyes. Now I'm realizing how shallow most of those bonds are. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of cosplay friends I have, I can count on one hand how many of them are actually real friends.

The world of cosplay attracts misfits like me for a reason - even the nerdiest weaboo can feel cool and popular. What's not to like? In a high school, and then a university, where I couldn't seem to make any friends or feel like part of a group, there was this community where everyone wanted my picture, wanted to cosplay with me, wanted to be my friend. Not surprising which path I chose.

Nowadays, as I continue to be the weaboo to a fault that I've been since high school, I'm still clinging to the cosplay community as the one group that I can fall back on, where I can always have fun and feel like everyone loves me. But, how unfulfilling it is! Once we're home from the convention, who of all those people really cares about me? As I pointed out earlier, only a small handful. And yet, I continue to cling to this, as if it's my one last lifeline. But, why?

When I ask myself, I can't really come up with a good answer. And thus, I think it's time recognize that maybe this community, which has been my life for the past five years, and once was a great community with which to share my creative energy, is now holding me back. Maybe it's time to move on?

These thoughts have been spinning through my head for the past couple of weeks. And I've decided, yes, it is time to move on. Many of you only know me as a cosplayer, and only want to know me as a cosplayer. That's totally fine! As a cosplayer, you'll still see my pictures up on ACP from whenever I do hit up a convention. It's not like I'll stop going to conventions with my friends (my real friends), after all. However, this journal, from Otakon on, really needs to be for my personal life, and for those of you that are interested in that, as opposed to my cosplay life.

I'm not saying, "I quit cosplay." How could I quit something I love? I'm simply relieving myself of a lot of the baggage that comes with being an active part in the community. In order to move on with my life and nurture the relationships that are truly rich and fulfilling, I need to stop catering to a community that I don't get happiness from any longer.

To my cosplay friends - you're all wonderful pals to see at conventions. I'm sure many of you are also wonderful people, and wonderful friends to those you care about. I look forward to running into you at cons in the future, and I will certainly keep you all favorited on ACP and admire your cosplays as I have always done. Maybe we will become closer in the future, and I will get to know some of you as people, not just as cosplayers. I really hope that can happen!

And to those same cosplay friends, just because I'm not including you in my everyday, personal life, doesn't mean that I want nothing to do with you. It's a pretty common misconception in the cosplay world that if someone doesn't want you to be in their inner circle of best friends, that means they dislike you, or don't respect you. I hope you'll all still say hi to me at conventions, as I will certainly still say hi to you! If you're in Boston, by all means give me a call and we can get lunch. But as I can't balance my time between 200 semi-close friends, I'm choosing to keep my best friends close and my convention friends...at conventions. If this feels like a blow to you, then all I can do is apologize and hope that you'll eventually come to understand why I'm making this choice.

We all reach turning points in our lives. Some of us take advantage of them, others don't. I've reached the turning point, and I'm taking the turn. If I don't, I'll still be here five years from now, updating my livejournal with cosplay stuff and wondering why I don't feel good about my life.
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AB picture post! [25 May 2009|03:28pm]


HAHAHAHA! Damn, am I one good-looking guy! Brace yourself for pictures of the wonderful and awesome me!!

☆Prussia-sama☆

(aka, pics from AB) )

There will certainly be more pics to come (ALANNA I MUST HAVE PICS OF MARIE + KIDS) but for now that's it! And now I leave for my Aunt and Uncle's house for a LOBSTER DINNER *O* (Germanyyyy I'm so huuuuungry!)
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Finally, the NYAF 08 video log! [04 Mar 2009|11:54am]
And, several months overdue, I present to you, the "JJ-log" from NYAF '08, aka KaraokeCon '08!

WHEN I WAS

A YOUNG BOY



Yyeeeaah dat shit was boss.

Oh and sorry about being a huge weeaboo fangirl around being Team Osaka.
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Hetalia petition [29 Jan 2009|08:35pm]
So, apparently getting the broadcasting of the Hetalia anime canceled is not enough for the Korean nationalist groups that find the series to be offense to Korea (even though he is far from being a main character, and has not even appeared yet in the anime.) Now another petition has been started by these groups, where they reportedly "advocate for the attack of Japanese websites connected with the series so that the series will cease its distribution."

This is definitely not right, and it's time to fight back, because what these groups are doing is crossing the line. This series isn't hurting anybody. It's poking lighthearted fun, as many other tv series, movies, and comedians have done in the past. And honestly, going to such length to ruin the fun for other people who love the series, when the Korean character is hardly even touched on? If anyone is going to be butthurt about the way Hetalia portrays their nation, it should be Italy (portrayed as useless, stupid, and simple-minded) America (portrayed as self-centered, self-righteous, narrow-minded, and tactless), or France (portrayed as a perverted sexual-harasser with narcissistic tendencies.)

Anyone who is a supporter of Hetalia, freedom of expression, or both, please consider signing this online petition. Time to make our comeback, guys.

http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/583853.html
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Wait a minute... [28 Jan 2009|06:10pm]
Whoa...guys? That "JJ" tripfag posting on /cgl/ is NOT me!

my tripcode is JJ !j7meAEYVk
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selling costumes [16 Jan 2009|04:28am]
So, since I really need money badly, I'm selling a SHIT TON of costumes and wigs! I want to give you guys first dibs if any of you want them, but this weekend I'm putting them up on cosplay.com and the cosplay LJ community.


Costumes:

Nia (Timeskip version) - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann **shoes NOT included**
Roxas - Kingdom Hearts II
Isabella - Paradise Kiss **shoes NOT included, but includes parasol!**
Hinamori Momo (musical version) - Rock Musical Bleach
Haruhi (episode 26 dress) - Ouran High School Host Club
Daisuke/Davis - Digimon Adventure 02
Ichimaru Gin (hueco mundo version) - Bleach **hakama NOT included, I dyed it for another costume**
Rin - Togainu no Chi **shoes NOT included, they fell apart...**
Prince of Tennis Rokkaku uniform (I have like 5, pfft)
Sasuke from Naruto (ninja shoes and kunai too)

Costume prices are specific to each costume, ask me about whichever one you're interested in and I'll give you a price


Wigs:

Nia wig
Isabella wig
Hinamori wig + hairpiece
Daisuke wig
Gin wig
Rin wig
Konata (lucky star) wig
short black wig (used for Ulquiorra from Bleach)
curly shoulder-length reddish brown wig (used for Davide from Prince of Tennis)
medium-length black wig (used for Sasuke from Naruto)
short darkish red wig (used for Ron from Harry Potter)
blonde "punky" wig (originally bought for roxas, but I ended up using my own hair)

Wigs will go anywhere from 15-30 bucks plus a little extra for shipping (depending on where you live) except for Nia which will go way higher since it cost me such a fortune to make.

props:
Gin's sword, Shinso (blade and handle are wood, the guard is resin - $20 plus shipping)

Most costumes can be found at my ACP gallery: http://www.acparadise.com/acp/display.php?a=16949 if you want to see pics of any others, just ask me :D

When I make a more official post in the cosplay LJ community, I'll be describing each costume in more detail, with pictures, and give each one a price, but for now if you're interested in a costume, you can just do those couple clicks to find it in the gallery XD;

I'm prepared to be really reasonable with prices, so hopefully some of these will sell T_T
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HETALIA FANART DUMP #5 [19 Dec 2008|01:47am]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEY!!

In honor of [info]_sey's birthday, today's Hetalia fanart dump is GERMANY x ITALY!

Previous posts:
#1: United Kingdom (Arthur Kirkland)
#2: United States of America (Alfred F. Jones)
#3: America and UK part 1
#4: America and UK part 2

Italy: Named Feliciano Vargas, he is a bright and energetic nation who somehow went from being the Roman Empire, the strongest nation of its time, to being absolutely clumsy. He's a bit of a crybaby and a spoiled child, but is sweet (in a naive sort of way) and always spreading his love everywhere. He tends to make huge gestures while speaking, hums obnoxiously, and skips instead of walks. His hobbies include cooking and siestas, and he loooooves pasta and pizza! Because he is so useless and airheaded, Germany is always bailing him out of whatever bad situation he gets into...

Germany: His real name is Ludwig (no last name for some reason), and this uptight guy is a nation of battle-hardened knights who survived poverty and the turmoil of war long enough to finally pull together into a unified country. He's serious all the time, and is a stickler for the rules, but once he drinks some beer all that pent-up anger and frustration usually comes out...! You can't blame him for being frustrated all the time, though, what with constantly having to take care of Italy, and being neighbors with stubborn Austria and perverted France, as well as having a completely crazy boss (aka Hitler O=) But somehow, he's still kind of cute- maybe since his uptight and serious nature causes him to to get embarrassed easily, or because of his blatant soft spot for Italy!



Germany x Italy


Note: I included Holy Roman Empire x Chibi Italy because I am one of many in the fandom that believes Holy Roman Empire = kid Germany. It (sort of) makes sense historically, since HRE was made up of mostly German States. And HRE does look exactly like a young Germany... so many of us think that after HRE's "death" in the 30 Years' War in Chibitalia chapter, he was sort of resurrected and appeared again, fully grown, as Germany. So far Hetalia hasn't really covered that area of history between the 30 Years' War and the unification of Germany, so it's a big vague. But yeah, since HRE x Chibitalia is canon in the manga (or one-sided, at least), it adds a whole new dimension to the Germany x Italy pairing!
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A BIT LATE BUT... [05 Dec 2008|12:05am]
...Otakon JJ-Log!!

I had to split it into two parts because I took a lot of video that con. A warning, I am a bit overexcited in a lot of the videos XD;;

Part 1:


Part 2:


Enjoy :D
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HETALIA FANART DUMP #4 [27 Nov 2008|11:58pm]
I hope everyone had a yummy and fun Thanksgiving. I know I did!

#1: United Kingdom (Arthur Kirkland)
#2: United States of America (Alfred F. Jones)
#3: America and UK part 1

Tonight is #4, part two of the Alfred/Arthur dump. While the first set had little to no shounen-ai, in these ones the shounen-ai is a little more apparent, and few towards the end are NWS. Click on the thumbnails for bigger images!

Cheeseburger x Tea, 74 images )

Aaaand done! I should mention that in the time between the America and UK posts and now, I've amassed much more art of both of them. I'm gonna have to make more posts for them soon... But anyway, next up is Northern Italy/Feliciano, followed by Germany/Ludwig, and then Italy/Germany! :D
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HETALIA FANART DUMP #3 [22 Nov 2008|12:49am]
[ music | NewS - Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek ]

#1: United Kingdom (Arthur Kirkland)
#2: United States of America (Alfred F. Jones)

Today is fanart dump #3, featuring fanart with both America and UK together! This is part 1 of 2 of my America/UK collection. This part is all general fanart, totally worksafe and not (too) gay.

The gentleman and the HERO (67 images) )

SURPRISE ALLI BONUS PARTY IMAGES NOW ONLY 19.99 )

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HETALIA FANART DUMP #2 [21 Oct 2008|07:40pm]
I did a great UK fanart dump about two months ago, and then never followed up on it... well, here is fanart dump #2, America!

Named Alfred F. Jones, he is a young, energetic nation of pioneers who thinks of everything in a positive light, and is impulsive and quick to take action. He loves heroes, justice, freedom, and hamburgers! He often annoys other countries because he's always sticking his nose in their business. He used to be UK's "little brother" but he rebelled some time ago and established himself as an independent nation, and has grown quite a lot since then. Now he and UK are friends and rivals. His hobbies include sports, making movies, and being the HERO. Oh, and he has a UFO friend named Tony XD

Warning: America is A HOT PIECE OF ASS. Do not click if you do not want to start lusting after your own country.

Hetalia Fanart Collection #1: America (71 images) )

Hope you all enjoyed!

[edit] Alli and I have decided that Al's middle initial (F.) standing for "fucking", thus "ALFRED FUCKING JONES" ...bitches!
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