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Metrocon 2025 – Saturday

Jul 26, 2025swankivy2025, Cosplay, Gatheringsfriends, ivy, jeaux, metrocon, steven universe

I went to Metrocon on Saturday and saw lots of great Steven Universe cosplayers, as well as many others from shows I like!

The Metrocon Album has them all, but here are a few faves:

Glimmer (She-Ra)

Me as Garnet

Scorpia, She-Ra, Catra

Me as Garnet with Princess Bubblegum and Marceline

Jeaux as Dib

Blue Diamond & White Diamond (Steven Universe)

Me as Garnet with Blue Diamond & White Diamond

Rose Quartz & Pearl (Steven Universe)

Marcille and Laios (Delicious in Dungeon)

Senshi (Delicious in Dungeon)

Mabel, Soos, Dipper, & Wendy (Gravity Falls)

Me as Garnet with Stevonnie & Pearl

Me as Garnet with Rose and Greg

Me as Garnet

Lars & Ronaldo (Steven Universe)

Me as Garnet with Lars & Ronaldo

Jeaux & Ronaldo

Fun Highlights!

I got to try out for an open audition at a voice acting opportunity! I super didn’t care for any of the character types in the audition, though, so I auditioned as a robot and wasn’t surprised at all that I didn’t get a callback 😀
Jeaux, dressed as a conspiracy theorist (Dib from Invader Zim), kept pointing at me and yelling SHE’S AN ALIEN! AN ALIEN!!!
Ronaldo from Steven Universe is also a conspiracy theorist and we saw someone cosplaying him. Had to take a photo with Jeaux.
We had a great lunch at Jackson’s. I had avocado sushi.
I got to play some music for people and that was super fun.
Someone handing out Halloween Horror Nights fliers in a line was startled by my costume’s third eye!
Lots of people recognized both our costumes!

Metrocon 2025 – Friday

Jul 25, 2025swankivy2025, Cosplay, Gatheringsivy, metrocon, steven universe

Friday at Metrocon! I decided to go on a whim (though I had PLANNED to go on Saturday and already had a ticket). I went because there was a panel I wanted to see about voice acting, which I have gotten into in the past six months. I just wore a cute Steven Universe–inspired outfit and brought my uke.

My Friday convention outfit

My Friday convention outfit

Steven Universe

Invader Zim

She-Ra & Catra (She-Ra)

Audition Tips Panel

Eda (Owl House)

Gaz (Invader Zim)

Dib (Invader Zim)

Nickelodeon meetup

Fun moments to note:

I hung out with Steven Universe nerds a couple times to play music and enjoy what they were blasting on the boom box.
I went to Bang Zoom’s “how to audition” panel for voice acting and took a bunch of notes. Very informative!
A nice lady that I bought food from at the convention asked me where I got my “little guitar” and liked my dress. She asked to take my photo.
Someone saw my ukulele, told me they remembered me being dressed as Steven Universe last year, and said they had wanted to come to this con this year dressed as Steven because of me but couldn’t find the shirt. They had brought their ukulele too.
One person complimented my Steveny outfit and said she would be dressed as Pearl and coming with a Rose Quartz tomorrow. I will definitely look for them.
My Lyft driver on the way home requested a song on the ukulele and she and I ended up singing car karaoke the whole way home. She told me I had a chill vibe and that the singing had been therapeutic.

Passover 2025

Apr 12, 2025swankivy2025, Gatherings, Holidaysconnie, dad, family, food, friends, jeaux, jimmy, passover, scott_

Passover service and meal at Dad’s!

Passover 2025

Karaoke Night

Jan 31, 2025swankivy2025, Gatheringsarthur, dare, friends, ivy, jeaux, yasmin

My friends and I did karaoke in our own room at Tampa Karaoke. Included nerds were Yasmin, Arthur, Dare, Jeaux, and me. Jeaux didn’t sing in the mic but sang along and assumed control of the song list and it was awesome.

Yasmin & Arthur at karaoke

Dare & Ivy at karaoke

Dare & Ivy at karaoke

Dare & Ivy at karaoke

Dare at karaoke

Yasmin “BE A MAN”

Ivy & Arthur at karaoke

Ivy & Dare at karaoke

Dare & Ivy at karaoke

Dare at karaoke

Yasmin at karaoke

Dare & Ivy at karaoke

Ivy at karaoke

Ben’s party

Jan 12, 2025swankivy2025, Cooking & Baking, Gatheringsben b, food

Ben was kind enough to invite his friends over to feed us his cooking and let us meet his daughter! Fun.

Ben cooking

Cookie Party!

Dec 28, 2024swankivy2024, Cooking & Baking, Gatherings, Holidaysadam, ben b, christmas, dare, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, meghan, yasmin

Had 9 friends over for a small cookie-eating gathering! Great time and we played games too.

Ben with party food

Meghan & Adam

My hot chocolate

Yasmin’s famous plate

Dare and Yasmin

Friends playing Joking Hazard

Hot Chocolate

Family Christmas Dinner

Dec 26, 2024swankivy2024, Cooking & Baking, Gatherings, Holidayscake, christmas, connie, cookies, dad, family, friends, gifts, ivy, jeaux, lindsay, mike

Family came over for a day-after-Christmas dinner! We had a great meal cooked by me and Jeaux and a gift-giving extravaganza.

Family dinner!

Dinner food!

My dinner plate at Christmas Dinner

All holiday desserts–6 cookies and a cake!

Dad opening presents

Lindsay & Mike opening presents

Dad’s new More Cowbell shirt

Lindsay & Mike opening gifts

Dad with his Rat Race shirt

Thanksgiving 2024

Nov 28, 2024swankivy2024, Cooking & Baking, Gatherings, Holidaysbread, cake, connie, dad, family, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, jimmy, john _, pie, thanksgiving

Got invited to spend Thanksgiving with my dad in Sarasota with family and friends. Brought Jeaux and lots of food.

Lentil Casserole for Thanksgiving

Chocolate Silk Pie for Thanksgiving

Rolls for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Group

Thanksgiving Group

My Thanksgiving Dinner Plate

Jeaux with beautiful pumpkin roll

Inside of chocolate silk pie

Inside of pumpkin roll

Dessert Spread

My Thanksgiving Dessert Plate

Halloween Party

Oct 26, 2024swankivy2024, Cooking & Baking, Cosplay, Gatherings, Holidaysadam, arthur, ben b, cake, candy, dare, dorian, food, friends, halloween, ivy, jeaux, meghan, michael, muffins, rachael, scott c, steven universe, yasmin

I had my usual Halloween party again! This time I dressed as baby Garnet with her cotton candy outfit! Lots of friends came and ate all my homemade food. Fun times!