This marked the beginning of my descent ascent into cosplay. San Francisco Comic Con was coming to town, and I thought it would be a nice excuse to start a new craft hobby, one where I explicitly decided I was going to make mistakes, not worry about having the "right" sewing technique (or whatever) and kick perfectionism out the door.

It wasn't my first cosplay (in that I'd had friends who thankfully introduced me to the sport back in high school, and I'd put together an outfit for Kaylee Frye for Halloween the previous year), but this certainly was the gateway for me entering the cosplay realm. There was no going back.