1. What got you into cosplay?
Going to my first con (Philly Comicon '93) and seeing lots of neat costumes. At first I thought every costume had to be elaborate and expensive, but as a pioneer of the 'Thrift Store Costume', I found ways around it!

2. How do you choose who you will cosplay?
It's not really difficult. I just pick some of my favorite characters, decide who I can pull off, and then beg Agent KA for help on the costume. :)

3. How has cosplay affected your life?
It made me a camera whore! Just kidding. It's done a few things for me, such as introduce me me to a bunch of my best friends, force me to think about fitness more than before, and given me great experiences-including my first trophy.

4. What keeps you busy outside of conventions?
Writing and/or performing music, school, my wonderful friends, and my pet guinea pigs tend to take up the other 78% of my free time

5. Do you see yourself continuing to cosplay 5 years or 10 years from now?
Oh jeez, who knows? I'd like to, but I don't want to be that creepy old guy at conventions. But if I still have the free time, I'd love to continue cosplaying. Maybe I'll be cosplaying older characters, however.

6. What is your dream costume?
My dream costume is, and always has been Zangulus from The Slayers.

7. What is your favorite costume you've done and why?
So far, my favorite costume has to have been Zidane of FF9 fame. One of these days, I'll finish the details on it and wear it proudly. Zidane is so cool XP.

8. Is there any advise you can give for our visitors?
Two things: a.) Hot Topic purchases do NOT constitute a costume. And b.)being obnoxious to hotel and con staff is never cool... ...unless it's a Marriott.

9. What is the hardest part about cosplaying?
Scheduling. Nothing eats up more time than skit practices, getting judged, and waiting in queue for performance.If you plan on entering competitions, you can forget about seeing anything in a video room if it in't on Sunday.

10. Who would win in a battle to the death? The King (Burger King) or Ronald McDonald? Why?
This is tough. Let's say that this is a tag-team match and Ronald has the Geico gecko in his corner, and King has Samuel L. Jackson in his. After running this over in my head a few dozen times, I'd say that the King and Sammy L. defeat Ronald and the stupid lizard after a lengthy bout. At the matches end, the King goes to hand Sammy his Texas Whopper (which appears from nowhere), and Mr. Jackson shoots him in the face. You see, Samuel L. Jackson only likes burgers from Big Kahuna Burger, and consequently, accepts no substitutes.