My 100th Blog Post!

​I was pretty giddy when I found out today was my 100th blog post. That's exciting stuff! So I came up with tons of ideas for today's theme, before I asked myself, why not 100 ideas about myself? And the idea stuck. But this was no easy task. If you read my About Me page, it's very brief and only tells the bare minimum about myself. I enjoyed this a lot, and I hope you do too!

1. I'm 26 years old
2. My birthday is September 13th
3. I was born on a Thursday
4. I've moved 20 times already in my life;
5. 16 times in the same city (Edmonton)
6. My favorite color is grey
7. Coincidentally, my favorite fictional character is Totoro
8. Xbox > Playstation
9. Samsung > iPhone
10. My favorite food is pizza;
11. But it is also Kraft Dinner...
12. Yes, I have combined the two before
13. My favorite drink is coffee
14. I graduated post secondary with a Design Certificate and a Diploma in Film
15. I have career short attention span
16. My last serious job was a water jet table operator
17. I've sinced developed work anxiety

18. I shaved my head absolutely bald once
19. A friend's cancer had come back and I shaved my head with her
20. It was a total riot and an empowring experience all at once. From that day I vowed to grow my hair out until she beat it.
21. A few days after she passed, I cut my hair for the first time in three years.
22. I was in a serious relationship with another woman once;
23. My parents asked me to move out because of it
24. My 2+ year relationship with Riley is my longest relationship
25. I've lived with all of my serious relationship partners
26. I deleted Facebook two years ago because I felt it was one of the worst outlets for cyber bullying;
27. I re-joined Facebook last year to create a cosplay page;
28. It's now one of my biggest blog growing resources via facebook groups
29. I'm addicted to Kinder Eggs for literally no reason. I don't favor the chocolate and I usually get over the toy thrill within seconds;
30. Unless it moves on its own and Harley chases it

31. Speaking of Harley... I've had her for over four years
32. When I first got her, I would call her Harley Rae Jepson because I thought I was funny
33. I accidentally taught her to break dance
34. I recently created a Twitter for her
35. I enjoy reading, but I don't prioritize it enough
36. Last year I read two novels
37. The year before that, I read about 15 novels
38. I'm currently trying to read through the Forgotten Realms series by R.A. Salvatore
39. On contrary, I've watched about 7 trillion (not a literal number) series and shows on Netflix
40. Most of which is background noise while I blog or work on cosplay
41. Fun Fact: I watched the entire series of Grey's Anatomy during the build of Ninetales;
42. I used each episode as a way to track my progress time

43. Ninetales is still my longest cosplay build at 94 hours
44. My shortest time spent on a cosplay was Bombshell Harley Quinn at 15 hours
45. My total time bilding cosplays is 402 hours
46. My cheapest build was Red Sonja at only $13
47. My most expensive build was also Ninetales at $207 I also way over bought fabric for this project, so this isn't surprising ...
48. I've made a total of 12 cosplays myself, not including closet cosplays or themed costumes (Halloween and Christmas etc)
49. My total cost of cosplay is only $950 - which is an average of $79 per costume
50. I've made eight props
51. I've been cosplaying since 2015
52. I've been attending conventions since 2013
53. I've attended 13 total conventions
54. I've entered four cosplay contests
55. I've won twice
56. Putting me at the Journeyman level
57. I've guest judged one cosplay contest
58. I often wonder what my non-cosplay friends would cosplay as
59. My next public cosplay will be Raven from Teen Titans
60. I am currently working on a secret project only my patrons have access to
61. I seem to be slowly building a collection of cosplays AKA a cosplay from every fandom and genre
62. I have many fandoms, but I'm lacking a full Disney cosplay
63. My favorite Disney movie is Pocahontas
64. Although apparently I wore out the Beauty and the Beast VHS when I was little
65. My favorite comics are Red Sonja and Squirrel Girl and the new Thor
66. I definitely like the female leads
67. I did the minimalist challenge in 2014
68. I've since adopted a minimalistic type lifestyle - minimalism and cosplay do not mix
69. Because of this, I try to be as frugal and resourceful as possible with my cosplay builds
70. I like to draw mashup ideas, but not necessarily cosplays, such as 'Oliver Queen and Company'

​71. The last time I drew a mashup it was a single entity combination of all the eeveelutions
72. I've never written so many facts about myself at once
73. I'm actually bored with myself now
74. I recently started working out again
75. I was at my smallest right before my Nidalee cosplay
76. I've sinced grown to my largest!
77. I used to run every day with my dog for a whole year
78. The following year I developed a deep groin injury and needed physical therapy
79. Without running and too cheap for the gym, I haven't had an outlet for physical activity
80. I recently started working out again doing Insanity and I've improved my nutrition
81. Another thing I need to improve is my ability to plan and organize my life
82. I guess I'll need to print more pages from my planner!
​​83. I love being organized and seeing data and charts and graphs and progress - it's the nerdiest thing about me

84. I've also had to wear glasses and braces at the same time
85. I got glasses when I was nine
86. I got braces when I was 15 and they were gold. I've never met another person who got gold braces instead of silver
87. I got my braces off in my senior year right after my school photos. It's the only school photo I never showed my teeth in.
88. Luckily, I had my actual grad photos at the end of the year and I was all teeth for my senior year yearbook photo
89. Okay let's finish this with some more weird, random, fun facts about Bree; I only like Vanilla Ice Cream
90. This weekend I binge watched the new Netflix original series, One Day at a Time
91. I also recently watched Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 1 (don't judge me)
92. Coincidentally, the song A Thousand Years by Christina Perri played in both shows and now I'm obsessed
93. Move over How Far I'll go from the Moana soundtrack, I have a new song to listen to on repeat for the next month
94. I love doing expirements and research and pushing the bounds of knowledge
95. I miss my friends in Edmonton, and I wish I could live closer to so many more internet friends
96. I hate cleaning other people's messes, even if I contributed to the mess, but I will keep my own stuff and space squeaky clean
97. This post has made me more self aware
98. I feel more comfortable sharing about myself
99. I feel less vulnerable now that you know my deepest darkest secrets
100. This was also a great exercise for self love because it made me appreciate 100 amazing things about myself