1. What got you into cosplay?
The pretend factor. The fun I get from being a character started in the 4th grade (Darkwing Duck), and just never died.

2. How do you choose who you will cosplay?
Two things determine my cosplay choice: 1) Can I empathise with that character, and 2) Is it a possible booty costume? (#1 usually wins out most though)

3. How has cosplay affected your life?
Cosplay has introduced me to a whole new realm of reality where I don't have to de-geek myself in order to fit into today's cultural standards of normalcy within the working environment.

4. What keeps you busy outside of conventions?
Lesson plans. Totally lesson plans. It's reached the point where I've been too busy for conventions in order to finish up these little bastards.

5. Do you see yourself continuing to cosplay 5 years or 10 years from now?
A lot of thought went into this one. Yes. I totally see myself continuing to cosplay right up until I reach old man Roshi age. These are fun, mini-vacations spaced throughout the year. I have no intention of giving them up.

6. What is your dream costume?
For myself? Since middle-high school (we're talking ~10 years ago), it's always been to create a quality "Gambit." I've always put it off, because I want to do it 'right.' Though, full black-out and red pupils require contacts, so I needs my surgery first. But the day will come.

7. What is your favorite costume you've done and why?
Hmmm... It's a toss up with Hughes and Captain Jack Sparrow as second place, but 1st was definately Shikamaru with the full team of Shika-Ino-Cho.

8. Is there any advice you can give for our visitors?
Bow before us: the few, the proud, the "elite." (on a side note, I still didn't receive my hooded robe. How else am I supposed to brag about our superiority without my hooded robe?) **It's a long running joke.**

9. What is the hardest part about cosplaying?
Time. I don't care how well in advance you think you have something planned out. It aint gonna get done in time. That leaves us with my last piece of advice: ghetto cosplay skills are a godsend the night before a con.

10. Who would win in a battle to the death? The King (Burger King) or Ronald McDonald? Why?
Hmmm... Let's break this down by powers. The Burger King has demonstrated advanced levels of teleportation, ninja-like silence and stealth, and a degree of immortality (the recent motor bike commericials show him unharmed). In addition, he's pulled breakfast sandwiches from hammer space. Whose to say he can't pull out a sword, or ray gun? The only power Ronald has displayed is 'high jump.' The Burger King is clearly a level 5 mutant to Ronalds level 2.