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	<title>❤ Meru&#039;s Cosplay ❤</title>
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		<title>Mad About Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please vote for me!!!

http://madmencastingcall.amctv.com/browse/detail/YS4ND6
I entered AMC&#8217;s Mad Men Casting Call Contest!!! I know it&#8217;s a bit late to the game, but unfortunately I found out about this when I was boarding a plane for Tampa the other week. As soon as I got back, I contacted DimHorizon Studios and we did a shoot in downtown [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Please vote for me!!!</h2>
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<p>I entered AMC&#8217;s <strong>Mad Men Casting Call Contest!!!</strong> I know it&#8217;s a bit late to the game, but unfortunately I found out about this when I was boarding a plane for Tampa the other week. As soon as I got back, I contacted DimHorizon Studios and we did a shoot in downtown Woodstock.</p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s a lot to ask, but if anyone could <strong><em>vote for me once a day</em></strong>, I would greatly appreciate it! It would be a dream to have a walk-on role in the show ♥</p>
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		<title>Feature &amp; Metrocon Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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A few days ago, I was featured as &#8220;Sexy Cosplay of the Week&#8221; on nerdbastards.com. Thank you so much! 
This weekend I will be heading down to Tampa for my favorite Florida convention, Metrocon! I&#8217;m really looking forward to it, especially since I wasn&#8217;t able to attend last year. Although I won&#8217;t be entering anything [...]]]></description>
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<p>A few days ago, I was featured as &#8220;<a href="http://nerdbastards.com/2010/07/16/sexy-cosplay-of-the-week-the-marvelous-miracles-of-meru/">Sexy Cosplay of the Week</a>&#8221; on nerdbastards.com. Thank you so much! <img src="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j19/lalalalovinyou/newpixels/36-2.gif"></p>
<p>This weekend I will be heading down to Tampa for my favorite Florida convention, <strong>Metrocon</strong>! I&#8217;m really looking forward to it, especially since I wasn&#8217;t able to attend last year. Although I won&#8217;t be entering anything myself, I was asked to judge in the costume contest! Metrocon is the regional competition for the <em>Yume Cosplay Prize</em>, so I&#8217;m really looking forward to the experience.</p>
<p>These past few weeks I&#8217;ve been working on a few new costumes for my Metrocon line-up. <strong>Here&#8217;s what I plan to wear</strong>, most of which are with partners or a group:</p>
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<p>♥♥ I hope to see some of you at the con! Good luck to everyone competing. ♥♥</center></p>
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		<title>New Content!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been a busy bee with all these site updates! SeishunCon was a blast; I debuted three new costumes that weekend and won a nice award in the costume contest. All of my latest costumes now have their own pages online with information &#038; galleries. I also took the time to re-organize the costume page, [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been a busy bee with all these site updates! <strong>SeishunCon</strong> was a blast; I debuted <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=1169">three</a> <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=1144">new</a> <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=1097">costumes</a> that weekend and won a nice award in the costume contest. All of my latest costumes now have their own pages online with information &#038; galleries. I also took the time to re-organize the <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=3">costume page</a>, so it&#8217;s a bit easier to navigate. <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=253">Tsumugi</a>, <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=241">Louise Maid</a>, and <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=68">Mizore</a> also have some new photos.</p>
<p>Next up is <strong>Metrocon</strong> down in Tampa, FL which I am excited to be attending once again! I will announce my costume lineup and other plans once the date gets closer.</p>
<p>A while back I made this little video of my <strong>sewing room</strong>. It&#8217;s not much, but maybe some of you may find it entertaining? I apologize for the loud music, I&#8217;m still getting used to editing videos.</p>
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		<title>We ♥ Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! Summer is here, and I&#8217;ve been busy making preparations for events &#038; conventions that occur the next few months. On top of getting fit and working full time, things have been pretty crazy for me. Last weekend I attended the Momocon / AWA sponsored photoshoot at Rhodes Hall and got some excellent shot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, everyone! Summer is here, and I&#8217;ve been busy making preparations for events &#038; conventions that occur the next few months. On top of getting fit and working full time, things have been pretty crazy for me. Last weekend I attended the Momocon / AWA sponsored photoshoot at Rhodes Hall and got some excellent shot of my <strong>Louise Maid</strong> costume! Afterwards, my friends and I did a little <strong>K-On!</strong> shoot with our school uniforms. Pages for those costumes will be updated within the next week or two.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acparadise.com/acp/contests.php?cid=51&#038;t=1"><img src="http://merucosplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/voteformeru.png" alt="" title="voteformeru" width="318" height="210" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1038" /></a></p>
<p>Please vote for me in the <a href="http://www.acparadise.com/acp/contests.php?cid=51&#038;t=1">AC Paradise Ranka Lee Contest</a>! Select &#8220;Miss Meru&#8221; and &#8220;Vote for this Entry&#8221; if you&#8217;re a fan of my costume.</p>
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<p>I will also be at <a href="http://www.seishun-con.com/joomla/">SeishunCon</a> in Atlanta this weekend to debut 3 new costumes! Look forward to it &#038; hope to see you there~ and as always, I&#8217;m up for a link exchange. Please contact me if I haven&#8217;t added you; I tend to be forgetful. ♥</p>
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		<title>Cosplay in America</title>
		<link>http://merucosplay.com/?p=1026</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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My friends and I were featured in online exclusive Cosplay in America photos for our Strawberry Panic! costumes. Please support the book at cosplayinamerica.com! There will also be a release party held at Royal/T in Californa on 5/23. I&#8217;m unable to attend, but send all my support to Ejen for his hard work! ♥
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<p>My friends and I were featured in online exclusive <em><strong>Cosplay in America</strong></em> photos for our Strawberry Panic! costumes. Please support the book at <a href="http://www.cosplayinamerica.com">cosplayinamerica.com</a>! There will also be a release party held at <a href="http://www.royal-t.org/">Royal/T</a> in Californa on 5/23. I&#8217;m unable to attend, but send all my support to Ejen for his hard work! ♥</p>
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		<title>Galleries &amp; More!</title>
		<link>http://merucosplay.com/?p=993</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although updates lately have been less frequent, hopefully that will start to change. Since February, I&#8217;ve been working on getting everything on the site up-to-date, along with adding a different theme for a new layout.

All costumes now have complete galleries. I have also added two new simple costumes that I&#8217;ve worn this month: Bikini Louise [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although updates lately have been less frequent, hopefully that will start to change. Since February, I&#8217;ve been working on getting everything on the site up-to-date, along with adding a different theme for a new layout.</p>
<p><center><a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=3"><img src="http://merucosplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/04-20-2010.jpg" alt="" title="04-20-2010" width="536" height="162" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-992" /></a></center></p>
<p>All costumes now have complete galleries. I have also added two new simple costumes that I&#8217;ve worn this month: <strong>Bikini Louise</strong> and <strong>Saito Louise</strong>. Con season is starting to pick up! I&#8217;ve added SeishunCon to my convention schedule, and will also be attending another beach photoshoot within the next few weeks. Currently I&#8217;m working on a few different projects for summer events. Look forward to it~!!</p>
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		<title>MERUCOS★SHOP</title>
		<link>http://merucosplay.com/?p=527</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time again&#8230; for costume &#038; wig sales! Or rather, my first time doing this on my cosplay site. I have decided to part with some of my things since they&#8217;re no longer needed, or I just don&#8217;t have time to wear them anymore. My loss is your gain! Everything for sale is located [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time again&#8230; for costume &#038; wig sales! Or rather, my first time doing this on my cosplay site. I have decided to part with some of my things since they&#8217;re no longer needed, or I just don&#8217;t have time to wear them anymore. My loss is your gain! Everything for sale is located on the brand new <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=492">Shop</a> page. ^_^</p>
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<p>I also moved my contact info to the <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=2">About</a> page to make room for the shop in the navigation bar. I think it makes more sense being there than having its own page anyway~</p>
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		<title>LOVE ♥ LOVE</title>
		<link>http://merucosplay.com/?p=487</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! Although it may not seem like it, I have been making updates here. I&#8217;ve figured out how to do Lightbox galleries, so I&#8217;m now in the process of making one for each of my costumes! Currently the following costumes have galleries online: Tsumugi, Taiga, Louise Maid, Louise Ballgown, and Nagisa. 

A few more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, everyone! Although it may not seem like it, I have been making updates here. I&#8217;ve figured out how to do <b>Lightbox galleries</b>, so I&#8217;m now in the process of making one for each of my costumes! Currently the following costumes have galleries online: <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=253">Tsumugi</a>, <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=244">Taiga</a>, <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=241">Louise Maid</a>, <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=74">Louise Ballgown</a>, and <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=72">Nagisa</a>. </p>
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<p>A few more cosplayers have been added to the <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=11">Links</a> section. Be sure to check out the works of my lovely friends! I have also updated the <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=7">Events/Media</a> page with an interview and scans from the edition of <b>COSMODE</b> I was featured in over the summer. ^^</p>
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<p>Since it&#8217;s the &#8220;off season&#8221; for me, I am just in the process of planning &#038; gathering materials for my 2010 costumes, and getting into physical shape for them. When I have decent progress, I&#8217;ll post some photos here!</p>
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<p>Lastly, I made a <a href="http://www.formspring.me/merucosplay">formspring account</a> just for fun. Feel free to ask me a question or two!</p>
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		<title>Happy (Almost) New Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on holiday break and happy to say that I have epic updates! Check out costumes, as they all have working pages and information available. The next step is to work on galleries for each, of course. Links have also been updated, so be sure to check out some other amazing cosplayers if you haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m on holiday break and happy to say that I have epic updates! Check out <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=3">costumes</a>, as they all have working pages and information available. The next step is to work on galleries for each, of course. <a href="http://merucosplay.com/?page_id=11">Links</a> have also been updated, so be sure to check out some other amazing cosplayers if you haven&#8217;t already.</p>
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<p>Anime South was wonderful. I ran the Zero no Tsukaima maid/cosplay cafe and an interactive Cosplay 101 panel. I did photoshoots for all 3 of my new costumes: Louise Maid, Taiga, and Tsumugi. Those should be online soon enough!</p>
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<p>2010 should bring some amazing things. I will be attending Metrocon, Dragon-Con, and Anime Weekend Atlanta for sure. I hope everyone has a fantastic New Year, and thanks so much for visiting my site!</p>
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		<title>Site Progress!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week or so, I&#8217;ve been slowly working on the site. Every page is online now. I do still need to add link banners to other sites, though &#8212; that will most likely be next! Thumbnails have been created for the &#8220;Costumes&#8221; section, and I will start making individual pages for those.

Christmas season [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past week or so, I&#8217;ve been slowly working on the site. Every page is online now. I do still need to add link banners to other sites, though &#8212; that will most likely be next! Thumbnails have been created for the &#8220;Costumes&#8221; section, and I will start making individual pages for those.</p>
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<p>Christmas season has begun and I&#8217;m in full crunch mode for Anime South, but after that I&#8217;m on holiday break for a few weeks. Thanks for visiting! (≧ω≦)</p>
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<p>P.S. If you are attending Anime South, why not stop by~</p>
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