BASIC STATS

Name? Christina Marie Teverini. But everyone calls me Crissy.

Nicknames? Crissy is really more of my "name" then my "nickname". But aside from that...let's see. Louis calls me "Beautiful" or "Imouto" (don't ask.) A couple of people call me "Rei", or "Rei-chan", or a variation thereof (I particularly like "Mistress Rei", which Michi and Ruka call me, and "Mama Rei", which Maurynna and Avian call me.) And once upon a time I was Lieutenant Commander Crispy Long, but that was a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

DOB? October 24th, 1980. This makes me a Scorpio on the cusp of Libra, and also the Year of the Monkey. But I don't read horoscopes and I don't like monkeys. (Well, maybe little ones. That aren't currently flinging poo.)

Blood type? A+. The Japanese use blood type to determine personality types, much as Americans use zodiac signs. Supposedly A types are, on the one hand, calm and composed, but also arrogant perfectionists. They appear strong, almost to the point of aloof, but they avoid other people and confrontation. They're often artists, and are a bundle of nerves on the inside. They're driven to better themselves all the time, and often don't know how to relax.

Me? I don't know what you're talking about. :)

Ethnicity? I'm proudly American! But my heritage is Italian, German, and Austrian. (And I've actually been to Austria--so pretty!)

Languages spoken? Just English. I suck. I took French for ten years! And I can barely stammer out, "Comment allez-vous?"

Hair color? A lovely mousy brown.

Eye Color? Pretty similar to my hair, actually.

Height? 5 foot 4 inches...making me two inches taller than my mother. I win.

Sex? Female.

Location? Currently living in Queens, New York, and working in Manhattan.

Romantic Status? Married to GaijinOtaku/Genkai/Marvel/Louis/whatever he's calling himself this week.

Occupation? Personal Assistant

Family? I live with my husband in Queens, a tenant of my dad. My mom lives in New Jersey with my stepfather and one step-brother, his girlfriend, and their daughter (my baby niece!). My other step-brother is at college.

Pets? None ::sob::

Hobbies? I'm going to go with the usual: watching anime, cosplaying of course, playing video games, watching old cartoons and holiday specials, drinking absinthe and watching truly awful movies (you haven't lived until you've seen the Star Wars holiday special), working on my websites (this one makes number three, and now I'm up to four), and once upon a time I used to draw fanart. (And I'm starting to again.)

Dream? Oh, gosh. I'm pretty happy with my life right now. I'd like more free time to pursue my hobbies. I'd like to get better at everything I do. But that's all pretty general, isn't it?

Quote? "The more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of the majority who are decent and just." ~ Robert A. Heinlein

PERSONAL

Favorite games? For the computer, The Sims 2, and Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete. For console, I'm still in love with Super Mario Brothers 3 (and most other old NES games), we're replaying Rock Band since our PS3 died, I can play Mario Party at the drop of the hat, I love but suck at DDR, and I can kick almost anyone's ass in Puzzle Fighter. For board games, shoot, I'll try anything.

Favorite anime? The top spot probably belongs to Fatal Fury, both the OVAs and the Motion Picture. Sailor Moon, of course, and Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Card Captor Sakura, and Magic Knight Rayearth, and Vision of Escaflowne.

Favorite movie? The Crow, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Spinal Tap ("These go to 11."), He-Man and She-Ra Secret of the Sword, Zoolander, Eurotrip, The Last Unicorn...there are probably more that I'm forgetting.

Favorite TV shows? Believe it or not, I don't watch that much American TV. I watch the Simpsons and Family Guy when I'm home and I remember, and I'll plan my schedule around 24 when it's on. But other then that, I can take it or leave it. Oh! And I really like Soap.

Favorite color? I'm going to go with my usual: "Blue and red and black and gray...all of the beautiful colors are so very very meaningful".

Favorite bands? Counting Crows, Metallica, Weird Al Yankovic, and the Eagles. There's more, of course, but I think listing those four will give you a pretty good idea of just how diverse I am...

Favorite Hangouts? Our house, St. Mark's Street, Midtown Comics, and the Adirondacks.

Favorite Food? Bologna and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread, tuna with lettuce and tomato, and fried dumplings and chicken and broccoli. That's about it. I can eat those (I do eat those) pretty much every day without getting sick of them.

Likes? Getting time to work on my websites. Spending time with Louis. Goofing off with my friends. The Adirondacks. My baby niece. Small kittens and puppies. The fall. Really wacky stockings/tights. Kicking my little brother in the head. Absinthe. Having really intellectual debates. Viewing really beautiful pictures.

Dislikes? Shall I put the usual "drama" here? Seriously I feel so bad when it's going on, but I stay out of it. I'm not very good at the whole "interpersonal relationships" thing--my reactions are so different they're practically alien. Anyway, I also dislike being interrupted when I'm concentrating (seriously it makes me want to be violent). I hate white noise and loud noises. I don't like the fact that I have to ingest food in order to survive. Bad grammar and spelling make me wince. Ebonics of any kind also provokes violence (other than in jest--and even then, sometimes.) The Arby's they erected near the end of my block where a beautiful, 100+ year old German restaurant used to stand. Oh, and I really, really hate Arnold Schwartznegger.

COSPLAY

Favorite character? I know it's obvious, but I'm going to say Sailor Mars. She's the only one that I feel I want to do ALL of her costumes.

Best known for? Again, I'll say Sailor Mars. I think it's what most people associate me with.

Got started? It's a bit of a long story. I've always LOVED Halloween. And even as far back as the eighth grade, I wanted a Chun Li costume, but I had no idea how to go about it--I always thought I'd have to take my Street Fighter booklet (remember, this is from the days before the internet!) to an old German seamstress somewhere in my neighborhood, and that it would cost a thousand dollars, and that it probably wouldn't come out right (it'd end up looking like a dress, because that's all most people know how to make), so it was a lost cause.

Then one day (spring of 1999, I think), my stepfather e-mailed me with a link to an eBay auction for a Sailor Mars fuku. I missed the end of the auction, but I was so disappointed, I took a chance and e-mailed the seller, who turned out to be Setsuna Kou. She made me one of my very own, and that was my first cosplay costume.

To tell you the truth, though, at that point, I didn't even know the term "cosplay"! I just wanted a Sailor Mars costume for...whatever. Whatever reason. So I hung on to it.

About the same time (perhaps a little earlier), my friend Usagi Seion (who was the person who got me into Sailor Moon in the first place) and I wanted to start "Teh best Sailor Moon page EVAR!" (okay, we weren't really going to call it that, but I think that's pretty much how we thought of it in our minds), with images of EVERY Sailor Moon artbook image, screencaps of every episode, just...you know. Everything. The only problem was, neither of us knew how to make a website. ::laugh:: So Usagi Seion decided she'd be in charge of the artistic design, and I decided I'd be in charge of the technical mumbo jumbo. Now, I learn better by trying, then by studying, so I decided to make a "trial" webpage to learn on. I still wanted it to be useful, though, and Sailor Moon related, so I decided, since most Sailor Moon images exist somewhere on the web already, I'd make an image gallery of people dressed up as Sailor Moon characters. My search for people dressed in Sailor Moon costumes led me to a Sailor Moon newsgroup, which led me to my first Sailor Moon cosplayers, which led me to the COSP mailing list...and it was all downhill from there. :)